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Intel must pay $949 million to patent troll VLSI for an outdated chip patent [TechSpot]
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The patent in question was acquired by VLSI from Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors NV, and according to the patent troll attorney it would cause “millions and millions of infringements per second” within Intel’s CPUs. The jury was convinced, and VLSI got the full amount of damages it requested.
