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To: wanna_bmw who wrote (143123)	9/7/2001 7:45:33 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

I don't think VIA has a strong case at all. This one's definitely in the bag for Intel. I expect an out of court settlement within a week, at which point things will go on as normal. That's what I thought when Intel sued NEC over microcode. Then AMD stealing the 287 and the 386 and the 486. EP

To: wanna_bmw who wrote (143123)	9/7/2001 8:59:58 PM
From: Windsock	Respond to of 186894

BMW - Re:"I don't think VIA has a strong case at all. This one's definitely in the bag for Intel. I expect an out of court settlement within a week, at which point things will go on as normal." The suit will last longer than that before it is settled. After the last law suit on the P3 chipset it took over a year for Via to wave the white flag, pay for the technology and receive a P3 chipset license. You can also be certain that Via is still paying for the P3 chipsets it sells. Probably, the only real issue is whether the S3-Via joint venture has a license that will cover the Via parts. The validty and need for the Intel patents on the P6 Bus -- used in the P3 and the P4 -- was accepted when Via signed the P3 license.