VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation

  1. April 30, 2024

    Where VLSI-Intel's High-Stakes Patent Battle Stands Now

    Intel has managed to turn the tide on litigation where it had faced the daunting possibility of owing VLSI Technology more than $3 billion for infringing microchip patents, with the tech company winning patent invalidations and a large verdict do-over. Here's a look at where the multifaceted litigation between the companies stands.

  2. April 21, 2021

    Intel Beats VLSI's Bid For $3B In 2nd Chip Trial

    Intel was cleared of liability on Wednesday in a closely watched infringement trial when a Texas jury rejected patent holder VLSI Technology's claim for $3 billion, evening the score in a series of chip technology disputes between the two companies.

  3. April 20, 2021

    VLSI Tells Jury $3B Intel Case Hinges On Witness Credibility

    Patent holder VLSI made its final argument Tuesday that Intel owes $3 billion for allegedly infringing chip-voltage-regulation technology, telling a Texas federal jury Intel's witnesses contradicted themselves at moments they weren't "getting the script right."

  4. April 15, 2021

    Intel Experts Tell Jury Chips Don't Infringe VLSI Patents

    Intel brought two electrical engineers to a Texas federal courtroom Thursday to testify that its chips' circuitry doesn't match patents for which VLSI wants a jury to award infringement damages of $3 billion.

  5. April 15, 2021

    IP Forecast: Ferring, Lupin To Face Off In Clenpiq Patent Trial

    Ferring Pharmaceuticals is scheduled to go head-to-head with generic drugmaker Lupin in a Delaware bench trial next week over patents connected to the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration-approved prescription "ready-to-drink" colon cleanser — plus all the other major intellectual property matters that are on deck for the coming week.

  6. April 14, 2021

    Intel Owes VLSI Another $3B For Chip IP, Economist Tells Jury

    Intel owes $3 billion for allegedly infringing two chip-technology patents, an economics consultant for VLSI told a Texas federal jury Wednesday as the patent holder seeks what would be a record verdict dwarfing its recent $2 billion win against the tech giant.

  7. April 13, 2021

    Intel's Chips Saved Serious Energy With Lifted IP, Jury Hears

    Patent-holding company VLSI brought computer scientists to Texas federal court Tuesday to tout the power savings provided by chip technology it claims Intel infringed, seeking to bolster an upcoming argument for damages.

  8. April 12, 2021

    Intel's Chip Advances Were Borrowed Tech, VLSI Tells Jury

    After a punishing $2 billion loss, Intel went to trial again Monday against patent claims by hedge-fund-backed VLSI, which told jurors in Texas the chip powerhouse helped itself to efficiency advances created two decades ago by innovative engineers "looking over the horizon."

  9. December 23, 2020

    Fed. Circ. Faults Albright For Moving Intel Trial To Waco

    The Federal Circuit ruled Wednesday that Texas federal Judge Alan Albright was wrong to move a January patent trial against Intel from a city where in-person trials are halted due to the pandemic to one where they're still being held.

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