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AMD-Intel patent licensing dispute heats up
AMD-Intel patent licensing dispute heats up
This post was updated at 8:23 a.m. PDT with comments from Intel and AMD and at 8:33 a.m. PDT with The Foundry Company's new name, Globalfoundries. Advanced Micro Devices announced Monday that Intel plans to pull its 2001 cross-licensing patent agreement in the next 60 ...
AMD lawyer: Intel would 'like us dead'
AMD lawyer: Intel would 'like us dead'
news.cnet.com — In the wake of the latest kerfuffle between Advanced Micro Devices and Intel, AMD's chief counsel seized the moment to sound off on a primal fear at his company: Intel is bent on its destruction. Intel, of course, doesn't quite see it that way.  ... (more) AMD lawyer: Intel would 'like us dead'
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Angry Intel Threatens to Pull Cross-Licensing Patent Agreement from AMD
Maximum PC — ... Now that the spin-off is complete, AMD said today that Intel plans to pull its 2001 agreement within the next 60 days, that is unless AMD addresses concerns surrounding AMD's joint-chip foundry, Globalfoundries. AMD meanwhile says it "strongly believes that the company has not breached the terms of the cross-license and Intel has no right to terminate the company's rights and licenses under the cross license." ...

Intel Lawyers Up
AMDZone Frontpage — CNet reports that Intel is threatening to pull their license agreement with AMD over the fab spinoff. In effect the entire argument is over wording. Lawyer up guys. They will be the winners in the end. ...

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