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To: John F. Dowd who wrote (92835)	11/18/1999 6:40:00 PM
From: NITT	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

re: "they are going after the lightweights and after they win those cases they can apply the decision to the big boys" I believe Intel has pretty extensive cross licenses with companies like HP and IBM. It might be that Intel is more interested in dealing with the have nots (as in have not got a license with Intel) which in the end would send a message to VIA that dirty rotten infringers are not welcome in this part of the world. Intel has gone after infringers in the past who could say they were "cleansed" buy using this or that contract manufactures, and the court has allowed supported that defense. My guess is Intel would rather not complicate a pretty simple case, and they would rather not start a battle with companies that are key customers, technology partners, and patent cross licensees. Just my opinion, Nitt