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To: Ingenious who wrote (4205)	8/31/2000 7:08:48 PM
From: Art Bechhoefer	Read Replies (1) of 6531

This is not a straight patent infringement suit, but has grown out of a prior accusation of stealing trade secrets from Intel by hiring, or making promises to hire Intel employees. Intel already has offered enough evidence for the court to grant an injunction against BRCM, preventing them from using trade secrets in any of their products. So don't go counting the chickens before they've hatched. You say that Intel always sues when they think the opponents are getting too close for comfort (in terms of using proprietary technology). Well, this is standard procedure for many companies, not just Intel. You can't take any patent suit for granted these days. Maybe BRCM is similar to AMD, and maybe not. These subjects get highly technical, and I don't see how anyone on the outside, unless the person is very knowledgeable about the technology, can speculate at this point. All I would point out is that Intel did get an injunction against the very practices they say have led to a patent infringement. They're legal action is not without some foundation, apparently.

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