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To: Elmer who wrote (160559)	2/27/2002 5:36:14 PM
From: TGPTNDR	Respond to of 186894

Elmer, Re: <If I understand correctly, Intel could still present that argument to a jury and let them decide. The ruling only covered the summary judgement.> We disagree on that. businessweek.com U.S. Court of Appeals in April ruled against Intel, stating that the company doesn't have the right to use Intergraph's patented Clipper technology in Intel's Pentium chips. The court ruled that Intergraph had full and exclusive rights to its Clipper patent. Once you get past the U.S. Court of Appeals I think the next stop is the Supreme Court. As I read it, the only things Intel can hope for are non-infringement and invalid patent. And since Intel pressured INGR for rights to those specific patents, AND WAS MANUFACTURING MPUs FOR INGR THAT USED THOSE PATENTS prior to the design and release of the Pentium, I think Intel's case is pretty hopeless. But I sort of doubt you'd agree with that sentiment, at least publicly. ;) tgptndr