Hurmoth Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Intel has filed a lawsuit against chip designer Transmeta, alleging that the company infringes on seven of its patents.The suit, filed earlier this week in a U.S. District Court in Delaware, comes roughly three months after Transmeta filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intel for allegedly violating 11 of its patents. The case centers on chips that are designed to be energy-efficient when not in use. Intel's countersuit alleges that Transmeta chips under the Crusoe, Efficeon and Efficeon 2 brands violate more than a half dozen of its patents. Transmeta, meanwhile, claims that Intel's Core 2 Duo, in addition to processors dating as far back as its P6 line of chips, violates its patents that govern such tasks as slowing down a chip when not in use. Transmeta is one of the early pioneers of energy-efficient chips, filing some of its patents as far back as 1991--predating Intel's Pentium Pro. Intel's countersuit was jointly filed with its response to Transmeta's initial lawsuit. In its response, Intel stated that it is not infringing on any "valid claims" relating to the 11 Transmeta patents. It also alleged that Transmeta's patents are "invalid" for failure to meet certain conditions of patentability. Transmeta was not immediately available for comment. News Source: CNET News.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
primexx Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 lol patent wars are fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alphaomegainfinity Posted January 12, 2007 Share Posted January 12, 2007 So, 2007 has started with patents, copyright infringements and what not.Hope Vista's release on the 30th doesn't bring out any such suings :shiftyninja: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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