US patent tribunal sides with Intel again in $2.2 billion VLSI case

A U.S. Patent Office tribunal ruled for Intel Corp on Tuesday on the chipmaking giant’s bid to invalidate a patent that represented $1.5 billion of a $2.18 billion verdict it lost to VLSI Technology LLC in 2021.

The Patent Trial and Appeal Board invalidated the computer chip-related patent after canceling another VLSI patent that accounted for the remainder of the Texas federal court verdict last month.

VLSI can appeal both decisions to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

An Intel spokesperson said the company was pleased with the decisions to invalidate both of VLSI’s “low-quality” patents. Representatives for VLSI did not immediately respond to a request for comment.