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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. Another Lawyer money maker by stecoop · · Score: 5, Informative

    Did anyone notice that the details are missing in the lawsuit? I read the patent and it I couldn't tell if they were seeking rights to the theory of relativity or dual processor technology. I suspect its speed step technology but who knows. Law cases are getting really thin now-a-days.

  2. Overdrive by GigsVT · · Score: 5, Informative

    This looks like it covers something more like the old "DX2" overdrive chips and things, where you install a second chip to upgrade the first. Makes you wonder why they didn't try to sue years ago.

    That's just from my preliminary reading though.

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  3. Legal Section on /. by jobsagoodun · · Score: 5, Informative

    Its called Groklaw!