VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation

  1. May 23, 2023

    Intel Says Rival's Patent 'Scheme' Dooms $950M Verdict

    Intel is once again accusing a rival chipmaker of hatching a "patent monetization scheme" with a New York hedge fund in order to dispose of its "overabundance of patents" — and alleging that a top lawyer at Irell & Manella used "a conscious and deliberate appeal to the jury's prejudices and passions" to land a nearly billion-dollar verdict in Texas federal court last year.

  2. December 22, 2022

    The Top Patent Damages Awards Of 2022

    Patent owners won relatively modest damages awards in their infringement battles in 2022, marking a departure from the massive verdicts and judgments handed down by juries and judges over the previous two years.

  3. November 23, 2022

    Mapping Out VLSI-Intel's Sprawling Patent War

    VLSI Technology has won more than $3 billion in patent infringement verdicts against Intel Corp. in a Texas federal court so far, but those victories account for just a portion of their cross-country and international feud over chip patents. Here, Law360 takes a closer look at the global litigation and lays out the fights in each forum.

  4. November 15, 2022

    Intel Hit With $949M Verdict In Latest VLSI Patent Fight

    A federal jury in the Western District of Texas on Tuesday hit Intel Corp. with a nearly $949 million verdict for infringing a VLSI patent for microchip technology, handing the patent licensing company another whopping verdict in its ongoing fight with the chipmaker.

  5. November 07, 2022

    As VLSI's Fight With Intel Revs Up Again, It's Deja Vu In Texas

    The fourth round of a multibillion-dollar dispute between Intel and VLSI over the licensing company's microchip technology patents got underway Monday in Austin, Texas, repeating themes attorneys raised in April during an earlier trial that was thwarted by COVID-19.

  6. November 03, 2022

    IP Forecast: VLSI Patent Battle Against Intel Goes For Round 4

    A fourth trial kicks off in Austin next week in a multibillion-dollar legal war between VLSI Technology and Intel over the licensing company's microchip technology patents. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

  7. November 02, 2022

    VLSI Says These 'Facts' In Intel Row Shouldn't Go To A Jury

    VLSI Technology LLC says it doesn't want jurors next week to hear certain alleged "facts" in its infringement case against Intel, like how much the company paid for the patent it now wants Intel to pay $1 billion for infringing, or that the company has "nothing to do" with the Austin researchers who developed the information processing technology at issue.

  8. May 17, 2022

    WDTX Sets New Trial Date For VLSI's $1B Case Against Intel

    U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas on Tuesday scheduled a November trial date in a billion-dollar computer chip lawsuit against Intel brought by a patent licensing company after last month's in-person trial was cut short by multiple positive COVID-19 tests.

  9. April 26, 2022

    Positive COVID Tests Derail Intel Patent Trial In WDTX

    After multiple positive COVID-19 tests among participants, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright of the Western District of Texas on Tuesday canceled the trial in VLSI's billion-dollar computer chip patent suit against Intel, and said it would be rescheduled later.

  10. April 25, 2022

    Intel Tells WDTX Jury It Doesn't Infringe In $1B Patent Suit

    The third infringement trial in a multibillion-dollar dispute over patents owned by VLSI kicked off Monday in Austin, Texas, with an attorney for Intel saying its allegedly infringing chip products are the result of its own hard work and innovation, not infringement.

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