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Chip Maker Gets $35 Million Judgment

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the levels-of-hurt-i-don't-want-to-think-about dept.

Neoflexycurrent writes "The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has affirmed a $35 million judgment against Clear Logic for violation of the Semiconductor Chip Protection Act of 1984. The court concluded that the jury properly rejected Clear Logic's argument that it had legitimately reverse engineered Plaintiff Altera Corporation's mask work design to create cheaper application-specific integrated circuits."

4 of 88 comments (clear)

  1. Re:And we care because? by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 5, Funny
    Gee, news involving chip manufacturers and the processes used to make chips from designs USED to be news that mattered to real nerds. Perhaps there are none left here?

    Maybe you'd like another article about global warming or the Iraq war?

  2. rejection of clear logic by d1v1d3byz3r0 · · Score: 5, Funny

    does anyone else find the phrase "the jury properly rejected Clear Logic's argument" to be ironic?

  3. ninth circuit court by kunzy · · Score: 2, Funny

    At least the court is responsible, being the Ninth Circuit court and all :)

  4. Ok, ok, so. . . by EraserMouseMan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Q: Where do you go to sue somebody for violating a semiconductor law?

    A: A Circuit Court!!!

    Bad, Bad!!!