Intel Corp. has been ordered to pay $2.18 billion to VLSI Technology after losing a patent-infringement trial over technology related to chip-making. Intel pledged to appeal.
Susan Decker and Matthew Bultman for Bloomberg:
Intel infringed two patents owned by closely held VLSI Technology LLC, the jury in Waco, Texas, said Tuesday. The jury found $1.5 billion for infringement of one patent and $675 million for infringement of the second. The jury rejected Intel’s denial of infringing either of the patents and its argument that one patent was invalid because it claimed to cover work done by Intel engineers.
VLSI “took two patents off the shelf that hadn’t been used for 10 years and said, ‘We’d like $2 billion,”’ [Intel lawyer William Lee of WilmerHale told the jury. The “outrageous” demand by VLSI “would tax the true innovators.”
He had argued that VLSI was entitled to no more than $2.2 million.
“Intel strongly disagrees with today’s jury verdict,” the company said in a statement. “We intend to appeal and are confident that we will prevail.”
MacDailyNews Note: Of course, Advanced RISC Machines (ARM) Ltd. was founded in November 1990 and structured as a joint venture between Acorn Computers, Apple, and VLSI Technology.
Wow! A patent case tried in the Western District of Texas rather than the Eastern District.
You just conclusively showed you’re not from Texas.
Would you mind explaining why knowing that juries in Waco sit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, and not in the Eastern District, conclusively shows I’m not from Texas? I know because I have been a lawyer, a litigant, and a juror in the Western District.
Look it up if you don’t believe me. Next time, look it up before you demonstrate your ignorance.
billion. with a b. Jesus.
it was a BS ruling. Why hasn’t congress fixed the patent issues? Seems like the companies should start rallying congress to right the wrongs as it’s costing them big bucks.
Intel Vomet Lake, you say?