Replies to post #58512 on Advanced Micro Devices Inc (AMD)

[dacaw]

Did you read Helm v. Bollman?

17082 are punitives that go beyond "fraud, malice & oppression" and are penal in nature. I hadn't worked with 17082 so I did not immediately know about the *mandatory* puntive aspect.

Did you read 17082? The punitive aspect goes beyond 3x actual damages to the plaintiff and allows 3rd parties to get triple damages too if they assign them to the suit. There must be a feeding frenzy going on in Silicon Valley right now. I wonder what Via, NVidia, ULI are doing - let me guess adding up their damages. And Transmeta, and HP/Compaq, Gateway and on and on.

It will be the new sport - carving up Intel's assets.