From Tom's Hardware: Intel and VLSI this week agreed to settle one of their ongoing legal disputes. The legal battle in Delaware covered five patents, and VLSI asked for more than $4 billion in damages, reports Reuters. Meanwhile, the two companies have several more ongoing litigations in California and Texas.
The two parties agreed to settle the dispute in Delaware with prejudice, so the lawsuit cannot be brought to court again. VLSI agreed not to sue Intel's customers and suppliers over the five CPU patents at the issue of the case, whereas the processor giant agreed to dismiss its counterclaims. The two companies will not pay anything to each other.
"The parties have agreed to dismissal of claims and counterclaims asserted in this action," a court filing reads.
Intel and VLSI have a huge continuing legal battle in different courts across the U.S. and other countries. VLSI says Intel has infringed 19 patents that originate from Freescale, SigmaTel, and NXP. Some of the allegations have been dismissed by juries, but many cases are still ongoing.
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