VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation

  1. July 07, 2021

    5 Patent Cases To Watch In The Second Half Of 2021

    The U.S. Supreme Court will be deciding later this year whether to take up a highly controversial patent eligibility case, while a California federal court mulls whether discretionary denial precedent at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board is legal. Here are five cases in patent attorneys' sights for the rest of the year.

  2. April 26, 2021

    Intel Says VLSI's 'Unclean Hands' Bars $2.18B Patent Win

    VLSI Technology LLC's "unclean hands" should prevent it from recovering a Texas federal jury's $2.175 billion patent infringement verdict, Intel says, arguing that the company deploys "egregious" litigation tactics by changing infringement theories and weaponizing patent assertions.

  3. 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.

  4. 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."

  5. 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.

  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. March 19, 2021

    Law Professors Criticize Docket Secrecy In $2B Intel IP Trial

    A group of intellectual property law professors has criticized what they said was the excessive sealing of documents in a Western District of Texas patent infringement case where Intel was hit with a $2.18 billion jury verdict.

  10. March 02, 2021

    Intel Hit With $2.18B Jury Verdict In VLSI Patent Fight

    A Western District of Texas jury delivered one of the largest patent infringement wins in history to VLSI Technology LLC on Tuesday, finding that Intel infringed all contested claims in two computer chip patents and building on a trend in recent years of enormous verdicts in patent cases.

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