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To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (143238)	9/10/2001 9:37:32 PM
From: Win Smith	Respond to of 186894

Intel has to protect its IP, and has to protect the right to charge for that IP in the future. Given how tangled up in Rambus Intel's P4 "strategy" has been, right from the start, I can't help but find that particular current mantra ironic. Live by the patent sword, die by the patent sword just might be the outcome Intel ends up looking at here. There may end up being a lot of road kill semi companies around, who could claim patent violations and have no need for cross-licensing. Who can say?

To: Robert Salasidis who wrote (143238)	9/10/2001 10:02:19 PM
From: Elmer	Respond to of 186894

The reason for the lawsuit however, even if it does result in some extra short term sales, is that Intel has to protect its IP, and has to protect the right to charge for that IP in the future. Letting VIA get away with this would seem to imply that licenses, and license fees are not required. This is an excellent and very important point. Should Intel fail to enforce it's patents, someone(AMD) could claim that Intel has forfieted them by neglect. It is critical that Intel pursue this. I remember a few years ago McDonalds sued a small natural fastfood joint in Santa Cruz which called itself McDharms. Not that McDonalds really cared about a bunch of burnedout aging hippies but failure to enforce any violation of their copyright could enable someone to claim they lost it by failure to enforce. EP