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Comments: 1 +-   Intel sued over Core 2 Duo patent infringement on Friday February 08 2008, @11:59AM Anonymous Coward

Submitted by Anonymous Coward on Friday February 08 2008, @11:59AM
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An anonymous reader writes "It looks like Intel is being sued over a patent infringement alleged to be in the Core 2 Duo microprocessor design.

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF) is charging Intel Corporation with patent infringement of a University of Wisconsin-Madison invention that significantly improves the efficiency and speed of computer processing. The foundation's complaint identifies the Intel CoreTM 2 Duo microarchitecture as infringing WARF's United States Patent No. 5,781,752, entitled "Table Based Data Speculation Circuit for Parallel Processing Computer." WARF contacted Intel in 2001, and made repeated attempts, including meeting face-to-face with company representatives, to offer legal licensing opportunities for the technology.
Although this is a university organization behind the lawsuit, is this another case of a patent troll going after cash, or is a big corporation really at fault here? A PDF of the complaint is made available."
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  • So, they are a not-for-profit organization. They own a patent, though I couldn't verify if INTEL is breaching the same patent. They are suing for damages. As the Vice President of a not-for-profit international security association, I know that we cannot have more than 20k in the bank or investments, at which point we become for profit. SO how exactly can they sue over this?

    It seems the outcome would either stifle production (which universities have never been about), or receiving royalties. Neither answer
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