VIA - Lawsuit Limited Co's Chipset Mkt Shr
Couldn't happen to a nicer rip-off artist.
TAIPEI (Dow Jones)--VIA Technologies Inc. (Q.VIA) is still in talks with
Intel Corp. (INTC) over its Pentium-4 lawsuit with the U.S. chip giant, Via
Chief Executive Chen Wen-chi said Monday.
However, he added he remains optimistic that his company and Intel can find
a way to cooperate together in the P 4 market.
VIA Technologies had hoped to capture 80% of the global chipset market
share, but because of the lawsuit that now appears to be impossible, Chen
said, without elaborating.
The tit-for-tat legal battle with Intel over the P 4X 266 chipset began
several months ago when the U.S. company filed a lawsuit against VIA and the
Taiwan company responding in kind soon after that.
Intel is alleging VIA has infringed on a patent and VIA is alleging
infringement and anticompetitive behavior.
The companies are now fighting it out in court rooms in Germany, Hong Kong,
Taiwan, the U.K. and the U.S.
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DJ Taiwan VIA Tech -3: Lawsuits Hurt 4Q P 4 Sales
Chen wouldn't specify how badly the lawsuits have hurt sales of P 4 chipsets
of VIA, the largest Taiwanese chip supplier and microprocessors for personal
computers.
"We have seen the impact in the fourth quarter," said Chen. "Nonetheless,
overall the damage has been pretty much done."
The executive wouldn't estimate shipments of P 4 chipsets for 2001 or 2002.
-By Perris Lee and J.R. Wu, Dow Jones Newswires; 8862 -2502 -2557;
perris.lee@dowjones.com
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