Intel Suffers German Chip Sales Injunction Over European Patent

A German court blocked domestic sales of certain Intel Corp. processors, siding with another California-based tech firm that said Intel infringed its European patent.

A regional court based in Düsseldorf found Intel infringed a patent belonging R2 Semiconductor Inc. in Feb. 7 ruling. Intel flagged the proceeding as a litigation risk in October and January filings at the US Security and Exchange Commission, stating “an injunction would be a disproportionate remedy.”

R2’s European Patent 3,376,653 covers a voltage regulator that’s part of an integrated circuit, and Intel indicated in its filing that R2 has accused several generations of Intel server ...