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To: Petz who wrote (82732)	6/17/2002 7:10:15 PM
From: wanna_bmw	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

Petz, Re: "Everybody and their brother (even myself) was doing VLIW, and had patents to protect their inventions." Which invention of Intergraph's uses VLIW? wbmw

To: Petz who wrote (82732)	6/17/2002 7:31:05 PM
From: TGPTNDR	Respond to of 275872

John, re: <what/who is "Markman?"> In a patent case the two sides are normally arguing the scope and meaning of one or more patents. A 'Markman ruling' precedes virtually all patent cases. In Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc (Markman II), the Supreme Court affirmed that patent claim construction is a matter exclusively for the trial judge, not the jury. What happens in the Markman ruling is the judge takes arguments from both sides on what the terminoligy of the disputed patents means. "Courts typically conduct a pre-trial Markman hearing where the trial judge hears evidence and then construes, as a matter of law, the asserted patent claims. A narrow claim interpretation often favors accused infringers because it may allow them to escape literal infringement. Conversely, the more broadly a claim is construed, the more likely the accused device will fall within the claim's limitations. An overly broad claim interpretation, however, can actually create problems for the patentee by causing the patent claim to be invalid in light of the prior art." vosi.com vsb.org In this case it looks (to me) like the finding was highly favorable to Intergraph. Since the case is soon to go to court(July 1 ?), there's a high probability of an out of court settlement SOON.(Grounds for such settlement were agreed upon back in March or April IIRC) (I've been investing, off and on; currently off, since it was in the $4 range.) -tgp