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To: Paul Engel who wrote (92017)	11/9/1999 9:57:00 PM
From: jmac	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 186894

Just to clarify, you have most of it correct. TechSearch is a firm created by a group of patent attorneys. They went into a Ch 11 Bankruptcy hearing and argued that they should be allowed to purchase the patents for $50,000. Intel was present at this hearing as well. However, Intel did something incredibly stupid. They formed an offshore shell corporation to represent them at the hearing and hid its true identity until someone dug it up and brought it to the attention of the bankruptcy judge. That judge was so incensed, he gave the group of lawyers the patent for $50,000 (for which they are now suing for $2B to $8B). There are damages. If Intel profited from violating the patents, then that is damage. The whole transaction was a sham. It was buying a lawsuit which is prohibited by the legal code of ethics (yes there is one). Intel mishandled the situation but the attorneys who bought the lawsuit are also terribly wrong. It is was it wrong with America. As for what happened today, all that happened was that the plaintiff (this group of attorneys) called an expert witness to testify as to what they thought Intel owed them for violating the patents. It was their witness. CNBC reported it as fact! Unbelievable. Intel will put forward their own witness as to how much should be paid if, in fact, they are found to have violated the patents. That's my understanding. And, just so nobody acuses me of taking information that was given to me by another SI member, I got this information in a private message from another SI member.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (92017)	11/9/1999 10:19:00 PM
From: Detail-MD	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

RE: "Money Grabbing LAWYERS who contribute NOTHING to society".....AMEN!!!. When will this country WAKE UP about frivolous lawsuits? The cost is (and has to be) ultimately passed on to the consumer.EOM.