VLSI Technology LLC v. Intel Corporation

  1. April 30, 2024

    Where VLSI-Intel's High-Stakes Patent Battle Stands Now

    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.

  2. April 05, 2024

    Intel Takes VLSI License Defense To Texas After Dismissal

    Intel brought its effort to secure a ruling that it has a license to VLSI chip patents in a multibillion-dollar dispute to a Texas court Friday, after a California judge unsealed a dismissal order holding that contract language barred her from deciding the issue.

  3. March 29, 2024

    Intel License Defense Tossed In Calif. VLSI Patent Case

    A California federal judge on Friday threw out Intel's counterclaim arguing that it has a license to VLSI's microchip patents in a multibillion-dollar dispute, indicating that it can be raised in a separate case.

  4. March 22, 2024

    Intel Seeks Delay Of VLSI Damages Retrial Due To Patent Ax

    Intel has asked Western District of Texas Judge Alan Albright to hold off on a damages retrial in a case where the Federal Circuit vacated a $1.5 billion chip patent verdict won by VLSI, saying the case should be held while VLSI appeals a decision invalidating the patent.

  5. March 18, 2024

    Fed. Circ. Won't Block Intel License Defense In Calif. Case

    The Federal Circuit on Monday refused to undo a California judge's order letting Intel argue that it has a license to VLSI's microchip patents in cases with billions of dollars at stake, ruling that VLSI hadn't shown that the appeals court should step in.

  6. November 23, 2022

    Mapping Out VLSI-Intel's Sprawling Patent War

    VLSI Technology has won more than $3 billion in patent infringement verdicts against Intel Corp. in a Texas federal court so far, but those victories account for just a portion of their cross-country and international feud over chip patents. Here, Law360 takes a closer look at the global litigation and lays out the fights in each forum.

  7. May 23, 2022

    Juror's Post Won't Be VLSI's Kryptonite In $2B Win Over Intel

    Intel's attempt to discredit a jury member who made a Lex Luthor-themed Facebook post in the middle of a computer chip patent trial where the tech giant lost more than $2 billion to VLSI is based entirely on speculation, U.S. District Judge Alan Albright said in an 8-month-old order unsealed Monday.

  8. May 10, 2022

    VLSI Scores $162M In Interest From Intel In IP Fight

    A Texas federal judge has handed VLSI Technology LLC $162 million in prejudgment interest in its computer chip patent suit after the company already scored a $2.18 billion jury verdict against Intel.

  9. November 18, 2021

    IP Forecast: Delaware '101 Day' To Start Off With Natera Battle

    Delaware's Judge Leonard Stark on Monday will hold one of his "101 Day" hearings, where he considers patent eligibility fights and issues decisions on the same day, and one of the cases he's set to hear involves arguments from Natera Inc. looking to sink a DNA sequencing patent. Here's a look at that case — plus all the other major intellectual property matters on deck in the coming week.

  10. August 10, 2021

    Albright Rejects Intel's New Trial Bid After $2.18B IP Verdict

    Judge Alan D. Albright of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas has rejected Intel's request for a new trial after a jury came down with a $2.18 billion verdict against it for infringing VLSI Technology LLC's computer chip patents, one of the largest patent verdicts in history.

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