February 04, 2026
Intel and VLSI are set to square off Thursday at the Federal Circuit in one arm of their high-stakes fight over semiconductor patents, but questions over the state of $3 billion in verdicts, a potential license, fraud allegations and invalidations are still playing out in other cases. Here's where things stand.
August 09, 2024
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board has only faced a handful of instances where sanctions took center stage, but the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director's rulings have made attorneys increasingly aware that pushing ethical boundaries at the board could put their cases and their careers at risk.
April 30, 2024
Intel has managed to turn the tide on litigation where it had faced the daunting possibility of owing VLSI Technology more than $3 billion for infringing microchip patents, with the tech company winning patent invalidations and a large verdict do-over. Here's a look at where the multifaceted litigation between the companies stands.
March 12, 2024
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal is standing by her decision ordering OpenSky Industries to pay VLSI Technology $413,000 for court proceedings tied to the former's misconduct, but allowed the company an extension to make that payment.
February 22, 2024
OpenSky Industries LLC has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office director to reconsider making it pay $413,000 in attorney fees to VLSI Technology, arguing in a newly unsealed filing that she failed to justify the award and allowed records "fabricated" by VLSI.
January 23, 2024
OpenSky Industries must pay VLSI Technology more than $413,000 to compensate for misconduct that led the patent owner into sanctions proceedings, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal said in an order unsealed Monday.
July 19, 2023
The Federal Circuit will be reviewing its first en banc patent case since 2018, while the court's members are being sued by its longest-serving judge, who claims that an attempt to oust her is unconstitutional. Here's what you need to know about these and other high-profile patent cases.
June 27, 2023
Weeks after the Patent Trial and Appeal Board found that a VLSI patent-at-issue in a $2.2 billion verdict against Intel is invalid, the director of the patent office on Tuesday "strongly admonished" VLSI for making multiple misleading statements throughout the case.
May 12, 2023
The Patent Trial and Appeal Board decided Friday that Intel and a company called OpenSky Industries had shown that a VLSI patent at issue in a $2.2 billion jury verdict against Intel is invalid, after the director of the patent office imposed sanctions on OpenSky.
May 09, 2023
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Director Kathi Vidal has cleared VLSI Technology to provide evidence supporting the amount it believes OpenSky Industries owes it in attorney fees after being sanctioned.