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Intel Must Pay $150M for Patent Infringement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the holy-alliteration-batman dept.

An anonymous reader writes "ExtremeTech is reporting that a U.S. district court has ruled that Intel's Itanium infringes Intergraph's intellectual property to the tune of $150 million in damages. The judge also cleared the way for Intergraph to request an injunction blocking sales of Itaniums and Itanium 2's."

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  1. Re:AMD... by khuber · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Don't! That link has /goatse/ in its URL.

    Back in my day, trolls came up with their own stuff. Now they're all clones, probably due to excessive inbreeding.

    -Kevin

  2. Idiotic patent infringments by hatchet · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I think all this patenting should be dropped. First of all they should limit patenting to things that are really revolutionary. Secondly, having a patent should not be profitable. It would be just to get credits as being first.

    Why? Because simply put.. If someone invents something and patents it, it's assumed like noone else is smart enough to invent the same thing. It's idiotic. Why not allow everyone to use all availbile knowledge? It would be a better world.. more competition, lower prices, newer technology. And there will not be any more pussies who do nothing just make an idea.

    ILP, VLIW, EPIC or whatever it's called without processor or PC means NOTHING.