VLSI Urges Federal Circuit to Block Intel Patent-License Trial

VLSI Technology LLC petitioned the Federal Circuit to block a March trial in California over whether Intel Corp. was entitled to use patents that underpin a pair of jury verdicts holding Intel liable for more than $3 billion.

VLSI said the US District Court for the Northern District of California’s upcoming trial over whether Intel has a license to use VLSI’s patents would be “unprecedented” and beyond its jurisdiction, according to its Thursday petition. Several of VLSI’s patent infringement allegations were adjudicated in Intel’s favor and the others were dropped, and as a result the court in January said Intel’s ...