Intel Must Pay $150M for Patent Infringement

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Intel Must Pay $150M for Patent Infringement

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Thursday October 10, 2002 @09:27PM 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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AMD... by Kissing+Crimson · 2002-10-10 21:30 · Score: 5, Funny

...must be throwing a party right about now.

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1. Re:AMD... by ggeens · 2002-10-10 21:35 · Score: 3, Funny
  
  I got an AMD ad when I read the article. Thought it was pretty ironic.
  
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Re:Take that, you IP Beast! by mbogosian · 2002-10-10 21:43 · Score: 5, Funny

Could I run out and patent the idea of 128 bit parallel chip?

Application for patent: method by which an individual may suggest/ask feedback regarding (un)patentable ideas in an Internet-based group discussion forum.

Somehow, I'm guessing there's probably some prior art here....

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intel fails to pay total fine by lob5ter · 2002-10-10 22:09 · Score: 5, Funny

Cheque made payable to Intergraph for $149.99999...
1. Re:intel fails to pay total fine by fferreres · 2002-10-10 23:16 · Score: 4, Funny
  
  Well, they COULD pay:
  
  149,999,999.999999999999999999999999999999999 (etc)
  
  As it would be equal to 3/20 * x = 150M, and they could probably argue the amount doesn't fit in the Cheque amount area, so they can't pay.
  
  If that didn't work, they could apologize and blame it to a floating point bug in the CPU :-).
  
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A new idea to Patent by PGillingwater · 2002-10-10 22:38 · Score: 4, Funny

I had this great idea, and thought of Patenting it, but in the interests of open source and free software, decided to publish it for free use. As far as I know, there is no prior art. :-)
VCR Clock Setting
A reliable sign of the absence of technical knowledge is to see the flashing 12:00 of a VCR. It seems that manufacturers can't get their act together, to create a UI that the average Joe (or Joanne) can use to set the time in the VCR (or Microwave oven.)

My idea is to add a single button, replacing all those time setting menus. On this button, and also on a large sheet of card in several languages, would be written the words "Press the Time button at 12 noon." Of course, technicians can also be trained to do this for those who have trouble following instructions.

Share and Enjoy!
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Re:Purchase intergraph by fferreres · 2002-10-10 23:19 · Score: 5, Funny

Because it's worth a lot, at least $150M, that's why.

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On Patenting the Wheel: by PhxBlue · 2002-10-11 01:36 · Score: 3, Funny

Too bad this patent doesn't keep people from reinventing it.

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In further news... by frank_adrian314159 · 2002-10-11 03:39 · Score: 4, Funny

... AMD announces the acquisition of Intergraph for $400M. :-)

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