Apple ordered to pay damages in Opti patent case, Apple appeals

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http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2007/01/opti-apple.jpgFull-time IP licensor Opti sure has been keeping itself busy in the last few years suing the likes of NVIDIA, AMD (http://www.engadget.com/2006/11/17/patent-troll-going-after-amd-for-infringement/) and Apple, and it looks like its case with the latter (http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/18/patent-troll-strikes-again-opti-heads-after-apple-this-time/) may now finally be drawing to a close. After a few years of battling it out in the courts in Texas, the judge in the case has ordered Apple to pay Opti $19 million for three instances of patent infringement, as well as $2.7 million in pre-judgment interest. The judge didn't find that Apple willfully violated the patents in question, however, which concern a memory access technology known as predictive snooping (hence the relatively small damages). Apple apparently isn't quite ready to call it a day just yet though, and has reportedly already filed a formal appeal to have the case overturned.Apple ordered to pay damages in Opti patent case, Apple appeals (http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/08/apple-ordered-to-pay-damages-in-opti-patent-case-apple-appeals/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Tue, 08 Dec 2009 12:36:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).


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