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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. Re:Another Lawyer money maker by Phragmen-Lindelof · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    "... because they want to keep the drug dealers off the streets."
    I am not a fan of illegal drugs but I am also not a fan of "THE DRUG WAR". A "drug dealer" who sells pot to cancer patients is in a different category than a meth dealer. Lawyers who spend their careers "fighting (illegal) drugs" are hypocrites, in my opinion. Q: Should they "fight" alcohol? A: Yes (in 1926) No (in 2004). Q: Should they "fight" pot? A: No (in 1900) Yes (in 2000). Q: Should they "fight" tabacco? A: No (in 2000) Yes (in 2050 ??)
    How much money do we spend on prisons for non-violent "criminals"? How many of them are ENRON executives who stole billions of dollars? How many of them are minor pot dealers?

    "Not all lawyers are bad" - ... Maybe not, but I think the majority are. I do not even trust my own lawyers that much (and I sure don't trust yours).

  2. Advice by DiscoOnTheSide · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Cheer up, emo kid!

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    Viva La Revolucion! Buy a Mac!