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To: Patrick Grinsell who wrote (7473)9/21/1998 6:03:00 PM
From: Tae Spam Kim  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 16960
 
If 3dfx had a patent on multi-texturing, they may very well have a case. But personally I'd rather have 3dfx win "in the marketplace" than trying to pull off this legal mumbo-jumbo.

Maybe the cash settlement with Sega has 3dfx's legal team on a "high" to go after their biggest competitor.

In a strategic sense, this my apply increasing financial pressure for Nvidia to seek a partner or a buyout. From what I hear Nvidia's IPO is in shaky waters.

-Tae



To: Patrick Grinsell who wrote (7473)9/21/1998 6:17:00 PM
From: Simon Cardinale  Respond to of 16960
 
Patent suit.

Well, they can't patent the notion of multitexturing, but they can patent a particular implementation. If they can prove that nVidia either:

1) Developed the same method.
or
2) Used 3Dfx intellectual property to develop their method.

then nVidia is in deep trouble.

But I'm not a patent lawyer, so I'm arguing on logic more than experience. Take it for what it's worth.

Simon


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