Intergraph and Logic Patents

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News & Chronology

• 2005-01-21 US Mercury News: Hewlett-Packard settles patent disputes with Intergraph

• 2004-07-28 US Intergraph cashes in on Parallel Instruction and Clipper System patents: Quarterly Report (businesswire version) says they extracted 128 mn USD from Intel, 10 mn + 2% of yearly earning from AMD, are facing counter-suits from HP (--> Patents in Action)

Outline

• http://www.intergraph.com/

• fledgling software company which turned to patents, used large patent portfolio to extract funds, is now buying back shares
• There has been a lot of reporting in the press about these patents.
• We need to research their patents, also what has been granted at the EPO

  • http://www.depatisnet.de

  • http://www.espacenet.com

• Intel executives spoke of "patent trolls" in this context but eventually agreed to pay 128 mn USD.

  • This may have provoked negative comments from Intel CEO Andy Grove about the state of the patent system in the US.