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Intel Sued for Patent Infringement

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the familiar-sounding-ideas dept.

mfh writes "All Computers Inc. has filed suit against Intel for infringing on US Patent (5,506,981). Apparently Intel utilized patent-conflicting circuitry to determine the frequency of the input signal to the microprocessor, including Pentium processors. All Computers is asking for the tidy sum of $500 million USD."

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  1. Europe by sleepnmojo · · Score: 5, Funny

    At least this sort of thing can't happen in Europe. Oh wait....

  2. The American Dream (TM) by JohnCC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Step 1: Patent generic idea
    Step 2: Wait a few years for people to adopt it
    Step 3: ???
    Step 4: Profit!!

    I'm waiting to sue for my patent "eating food whilst surfing the internet". I'm gonna be rich beyond my wildest dreams!

  3. Re:FUCK YOU AMERICA by DrMrLordX · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm sorry, but this REALLY needs to be done. Moderators, please activate your social justice circuitry before modding this.

    IN SOVIET RUSSIA, America fucks YOU!

    Yakov Smirnov is a genius. I love this country! Thank you.