Apple in another law suit
p2pnet.net News:- Apple has had yet another law suit piled upon it. This time, it’s being taken to court for allegedly improperly using patented technology.
OPTi says Apple violates three OPTi patents on, “‘Predictive Snooping of Cache Memory for Master-Initiated Accesses” without permission in its desktop, notebook and server computers and has asked for a jury trial to settle the dispute, says the IDG News Service.
Opti has so far focused on chip makers rather than the companies’ customers, “and a cynic might suggest the firm initiated its action only after reading about Apple’s spectacular Q1 FY2007 results earlier this week,” says The Register, going on:
“While Apple has used AMD chips in the past – and may still do – for peripheral products, such as its AirPort Wi-Fi base-stations, the Opti suit refers to Apple’s ‘desktop and portable computers and servers’, all of which now contain Intel processors.
“Has Intel been sued by Opti? Did it settle? Is another Opti lawsuit in the offing? We don’t know, and we await with interest Intel’s response to these questions.”
Also See:
IDG News Service – Snooping Software Creator Sues Apple, January 19, 2007
The Register – Intel next target as Opti sues Apple over CPUs?, January 19, 2007
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