Intel, VLSI Open Texas Patent Trial With Competing Narratives

A Texas federal jury heard opening arguments as Intel Corp. and VLSI Technology LLC began another round in their high-stakes patent fight over chip-making technology, with VLSI promising “a lot of evidence” that Intel infringed one of its patents.

The trial began Monday afternoon, after a panel of jurors was selected inside an Austin courtroom in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Jurors will decide whether Intel infringed VLSI’s U.S. Patent No. 7,606,983.

It’s the third trial between Intel and VLSI over different patents related to chip-making technology in the past 15 months. The first ...