UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 24, 2004

FORMFACTOR, INC.

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Delaware

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)

000-50307		13-3711155
(Commission		(IRS Employer
File Number)		Identification No.)

2140 Research Drive, Livermore, CA				94550
(Address of principal executive offices)				(Zip Code)

(925) 294-4300

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

NOT APPLICABLE

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

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Item 5.      Other Events

On February 24, 2004, FormFactor, Inc., a Delaware corporation, filed in the Seoul Southern District Court, located in Seoul, South Korea, two separate complaints against Phicom Corporation, a Korean corporation, alleging infringement of a total of four Korean patents issued to FormFactor. One Complaint alleges that Phicom is infringing FormFactor’s Korean Patent Nos. 252,457, entitled “Method of Fabricating Interconnections Using Cantilever Elements and Sacrificial Substrates,” and 324,064, entitled “Contact Tip Structures for Microelectronic Interconnection Elements and Methods of Making Same.” The other Complaint alleges Phicom is infringing FormFactor’s Korean Patent Nos. 278,342, entitled “Method of Altering the Orientation of Probe Elements in a Probe Card Assembly,” and 399,210, entitled “Probe Card Assembly.” Both of the Complaints seek injunctive relief. The court actions are a part of FormFactor’s ongoing efforts to protect the intellectual property embodied in its proprietary technology, including its MicroSpring interconnect technology. FormFactor could incur material expenses in these litigations.

 

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SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	FORMFACTOR, INC.
Date:   February 24, 2004	By:		/s/ Stuart L. Merkadeau
			Stuart L. Merkadeau, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary