Greg & Intel Investors - Intergraph Asks Judge for a Summay Judgement in Intel LawSuit.
Here's the story. Sounds like Intergraph is in a big hurry.
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Wednesday September 16, 9:55 pm Eastern Time
Intergraph asks for Intel ruling without trial
HUNTSVILLE, Ala., Sept. 16 (Reuters) - Computer hardware and software maker Intergraph Corp. (Nasdaq:INGR - news) said on Wednesday it has asked a federal court for a summary judgment in its antitrust suit with Intel Corp. (Nasdaq:INTC - news) and sees no reason why the case should proceed to trial.
Intergraph, which makes computer workstations that run Intel chips, said in a statement it had asked the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Alabama to use existing evidence to decide whether Intel took part in anticompetitive behaviour, patent infringement and antitrust violations, as Intergraph alleges.
The Huntsville, Alabama company also asked for a dismissal of Intel's motion for a summary judgment on Intergraph's allegations of anticompetitive behaviour and patent infringement.
In June, Intergraph said the federal judge handling the case set a deadline of Feb. 14, 2000 for the companies to resolve the dispute or see it head to trial.
Intergraph said it has provided sufficient evidence to support allegations that Intel infringed upon its patents and used Intergraph intellectual property in Intel Pentium, Pentium Pro and Pentium II microprocessors, the brains of the PC.
''There's no sense in spending resources to prepare for and conduct a trial on the matter,'' Intergraph Chief Executive Jim Meadlock said in the release. ''The judge can rule based on the evidence at hand.''
Intel officials were not immediately available for comment.
In June, Intergraph said it expected second quarter revenues to be flat next to those of the first quarter, due to a
slower than expected recovery related to the Intel suit.
Intergraph lodged its suit against Intel in November 1997.
In April, the company won an injunction against Intel, a U.S.
District Court judge in the Northern District of Alabama ruling Intel must continue to provide Intergraph with
advance information about its products. Intel had ceased to give Intergraph its advance product information
because the two became embroiled in a patent litigation lawsuit.
The lawsuit filed against Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel by Intergraph has become one of the cornerstones in the
antitrust case the Federal Trade Commission is bringing against Intel.
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