The chip company is said to have infringed two patents in semiconductor production. Intel wants to appeal.
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The chip company Intel has been sentenced by a jury in Texas to pay nearly 2.2 billion dollars in a patent dispute. The proceedings concerned two patents for technologies from semiconductor production, which, according to Tuesday's ruling, were infringed.
For one, the company VLSI was awarded $ 1.5 billion (1.24 billion euros), for the second $ 675 million, as the financial news service Bloomberg reported from the court in the city of Waco, Texas. Intel immediately announced that it would appeal.
It is not uncommon for US district courts to set high sums for patent infringement. Often, however, the sums are also reduced in appeal proceedings – or patents are later declared invalid.
