VLSI Patent-Fraud Suit Against PQA Clears Jurisdiction Hurdle

A South Dakota firm failed to escape a fraud suit in Virginia state court related to its validity challenge of a computer chip patent that was part of a $2 billion infringement verdict against Intel Corp.

Patent Quality Assurance LLC’s validity challenge to a VLSI Technology LLC patent at the Alexandria, Virginia-based Patent Trial and Appeal Board, and in particular, allegedly false statements PQA made while trying to sink the patent, is enough to establish the state court’s personal jurisdiction over it. The court rejected its argument that the suit should be dismissed under a government contacts exception to personal ...