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June 28, 2023

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PTAB Invalidates Two Patents Central To VLSI’s $2.2 Billion Verdict Against Intel From the Western District of Texas

On June 13, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a 35-page final written decision following inter partes review (IPR) between Patent Quality Assurance LLC (PQA), Intel Corp. (together, the petitioners), and VLSI Technology LLC (the patent owner).

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February 24, 2022

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Judge Yeakel Orders Stay Pending IPRs on 3 of 7 Asserted Patents

On February 7, 2022, Judge Yeakel stayed Bell Semiconductor LLC v. NXP Semiconductors N.V. et al. pending IPRs on three of Plaintiff’s seven asserted patents.

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