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HP Pays Intergraph $141m to Settle Patent Dispute

Posted by samzenpus on from the money-fixes-everything dept.

foxed writes "HP has settled a patent dispute with Intergraph. Intergraph claim the caching in Intel's Pentium processors violates their patent. Intel, AMD, Dell and Gateway made similar settlements last year."

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  1. Not a fine... a tribute by tkrotchko · · Score: 1, Funny

    You can send the check directly to me, since I am representing the plaintiff in this case.

    We'll give a 10% discount for cash.

    I'll stop by around 10 o'clock to pick up the cash.

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  2. Re:Demand Tort Reform... by essreenim · · Score: 1, Funny
    New M.C Hammer lyrics:

    "We got to pray to avoid patents today"... "we got to pray, prayyyyyy." "We got to PRAY, prayyyyyy."

  3. Re:Demand Tort Reform... by R.D.Olivaw · · Score: 1, Funny

    or else we'll have to pay,paaaaaaaaaaaaay

  4. Re:How is HP reliable? by gowen · · Score: 2, Funny
    HP is very reliable... look at their reputation for scientific instruments
    ... not to mention their excellent brown sauce.
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  5. From TFA by ceeam · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Intergraph said in a release that it expects to pay $11 million in legal expenses."..."The company created an intellectual property division in 2002 to protect its intellectual capital. Intergraph said that, since then, its IP protection and enforcement efforts have generated about $860 million in pre-tax income."

    I'm sure that "classic-style" racketeer division would've cost them quite a bit less.