Apple Thoughts: Judge Rules Against Apple

"OPTi, a former semiconductor vendor that now exists to license its chipset intellectual property, last week received a US$21.7 million judgment against Apple in a ruling by Judge Chad Everingham in the Eastern District of Texas. In determining that Apple did not willfully violate OPTi's patent, the judge granted a $19 million infringement reward and an additional $2.7 million in pre-judgment interest."

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Apple isn't the only one that is in OTPi's sights as they plan on going after AMD next. You can view the press release from OPTi here, and I'm sure this is no surprise, but Apple plans to appeal the ruling.