Intel, VLSI Patent Jury Trial Kicks Off in Waco After Delay Bid

An in-person patent trial between Intel Corp. and VLSI Technology LLC has kicked off in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, despite a last minute objection from Intel.

The two sides delivered opening statements Monday, shortly after a panel of jurors were sworn in inside Judge Alan Albright’s courtroom in Waco. The jury is being asked to decide whether Intel microprocessors infringe VLSI’s U.S. Patent Nos. 7,523,373 and 7,725,759.

The trial is among the few in-person patent trials in recent months, with many courts pressing pause amid the coronavirus pandemic. It was delayed a week because ...