Intergraph Injunction Against Intel Suspended For Now

Kilbasar writes "News.com is reporting that the Itanic has hit another iceberg, with a District Court granting an injunction stopping Intel from making the chip. However, the injunction was immediately suspended to allow for another round of appeals, and I don't really see anything coming of this other than Intel paying Intergraph anywhere from $100M to $250M to use their patents."

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I will never understand the court decisions

[jukal]

The companies further agreed that Intel would pay Intergraph an additional $100 million if it filed and lost an appeal... If Intel wins the appeal, it won't get the $150 million back, but it won't have to pay Intergraph any more fees and won't be barred from shipping Itanium chips.

Ok. So I get sued by someone for stealing his non-flushable-toilet idea (which is great concept), and he wins the first round in the court and I am ordered to pay him $42 million dollars. So, I make an appeal, which I win. They decide I did not do anything wrong after all. By this appeal I won't get anything back, but I won't have to pay anything more either. By suing me, the inventor got $42 million for nothing?

November coming fire... Samhain grim

[SexyKellyOsbourne]

The appeal will mostly likely fall through and end in a huge out-of-court settlement for Intel as they did before with Integraph (for $300 million), as $150 million is nothing compared to the cost of Intel delaying their Itaniums when the Hammer hits the shelves.

I've hardly ever heard of Integraph outside of a few lousy graphics cards, or their workstation Clipper chips -- and just how much of Integraph's corporate income comes from suing Intel?

Re:I simply can't justify buying Intel anymore

[WeaponOfChoice]

Time to stock up on Ultrasparcs and Alphas... (and I guess forever abandon windows for Unix would be a necessary part of it too...)

If the industry is determined enough sooner or later you won't have a choice, you'll have Palladium or you won't have a computer.

Still, there's the Soaring Dragon to consider, can't see the chinese buying the whole TCPA thing in the short term...

What will Integraph do with the money?

[Lord of the Fries]

Integraph. That's like a name o' the past. Will $250 Mil do anything to put them back on anyone's radar screen?

Re:Too bad

[Kallahar]

Actually, most people buy and use what TV tells them to. Unfortunately, that leaks into corporate practice too. Every AMD I've used has been rock solid, but management won't let us use them anywhere because they have that concept that they Must Use Intel.

Travis