Intel Corp (INTC)

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Intergraph CEO Halsey Wise said in a statement that the company is still studying the ruling.

"The decision is being reviewed by Intergraph's counsel to determine its meaning in the context of the April 4, 2002, settlement agreement between Intergraph and Intel," Wise said.

Intergraph also has separate suits against several PC makers that the company says are not affected by the latest ruling.

"Today's ruling on the appeal of Intel's infringement of our 'PIC patents' relates to different patents and products than those involved in our ongoing lawsuit with Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and Gateway," Wise said.


Translation, Stick a fork in Intergraph, they're done. This ruling, In addition to the previous rulings that intel was not a monopolist for witholding proprietary information, and recent leanings that patent holders don't have to share their technology, has resulted IMO, that intergraph has actually achieved the opposite result they intended, and provided intel with a shield.

I wonder how the EU, investigating intel on antitrust complaint from an "Unnamed Company" (cough), will view all these developments? Ain't heard much lately, perhaps the EU fell asleep....... from boredom?

Oh btw...... if Intergraph decides the "context" is for them to keep the money.... then intel should sue Intergraph to get their 150 million back.

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