A US judge has rejected Intel Corp’s request to overturn a jury decision that ordered the chipmaker to pay $2.18 billion to VLSI Technology LLC for patent infringement.
US District Judge Alan Albright in Waco, Texas, in a sealed order issued late Monday rejected Intel’s proposal for a new trial.
On March 2, jurors awarded VLSI $1.5 billion and $675 million for related infringement of two Intel patents that were once owned by Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors NV.
Intel said in a statement Tuesday that it is disappointed with the decision and intends to appeal. It called for reforms to prevent “litigation investors” from using low-quality patents to extract “excessive” damages, saying the practice stifles innovation and hurts the economy.
In seeking a new trial, Intel said the decision was tainted by erroneous jury instructions and evidence rulings, and appears to have been based on earlier Intel settlements that VLSI’s own damages specialist acknowledged was not comparable. Were.
Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel noted that it had the second-largest ruling by a jury in a patent case, and the three other-largest rulings were vacated.
A separate Waco jury ruled in Intel’s favor on April 21 in a separate patent infringement lawsuit in which VLSI sought $3.1 billion.
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