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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Bill Jackson who wrote (78873)11/6/1999 10:28:00 PM
From: Elmer  Read Replies (1) of 1574024
 
Re: "Elmer, I am not sure about that. If they have licensed others they must also licence AMD on similar terms.....is that not correct? I am not an expert in this area and if you are sure that they can pick and choose their clients licence I will defer to your knowledge."

For many years Intel would license their microprocessors to IBM and no one else (stopped after the 486). Picture AMD out in a snowstorm with their nose pressed up against the window looking in. Besides why would AMD want access to Intel's P6 bus architecture when they claim their Alpha bus is so superior? A major redesign would be necessary to make the Athlon work on the P6 bus, even if Intel allowed them a license.

While you make a case that the mere threat of suit can be used as intimidation, you cannot escape the fact that a company still has a right to defend it's patents. It is easy to steal technology from such a visible company as Intel and then claim bully when they attempt to defend themselves. Furthermore under US law, if Intel were to allow any company to use their patents without license, no matter how small and insignificant, another company such as AMD could claim that Intel abandoned those patents and therefore they are no longer enforceable. A case in point was when McDonalds sued a tiny California natural fast food store for using the name McDharmas. McDonalds couldn't care less about a bunch of organic aging hippies but failure to defend their trademark from even such a minor intrusion could cause them to lose it. Intel's failure to defend themselves here could have far reaching unforeseen ramifications. They have no choice under this crazy legal system.

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