Patent infringement suit targets Apple over use of Intel CPUs
Apple, Intel and Hewlett-Packard have all been hit with a new patent infringement lawsuit that takes issue with Apple's iMac and its use of Intel processors.
The lawsuit was filed this week by X2Y Attenuators, LLC, based out of Erie, Penn. X2Y has asserted that Apple's 27-inch iMac, utilizing a 3.2Ghz Intel Core i3 processor, is in violation of five patents it has registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The inventions are U.S. Patent Nos:
6,738,249 Universal energy conditioning interposer with circuit architecture
7,110,227: Universal energy conditioning interposer with circuit architecture
7,609,500: Universal energy conditioning interposer with circuit architecture
7,733,621: Energy conditioning circuit arrangement for integrated circuit
7,916,444: Arrangement for energy conditioning
Apple's 27-inch Core i3 iMac, model No. A1312, is accused of violating all five patents in the lawsuit. But X2Y also broadens its position in the complaint, citing the desktop as "one such personal computer" made by Apple that it believes violates those patents.
X2Y's complaint also specifically cites HP's TouchSmart 610 Series PC as a computer made by HP alleged to be in violation of the five patents. And it also singles out Intel's Core i7-950 3.06Ghz LGA1366 Desktop Processor.
X2Y's complaint was filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Pennsylvania. The company asserts that the alleged infringement by Apple, Intel and HP, without proper licensing of the five patents, has caused X2Y to suffer monetary damages.
The plaintiff seeks to recoup those damages, along with interest, and has asked the court to prevent the three companies from continuing to sell products it believes are in violation of its patents.
The official site for X2y Attenuators notes that it is an intellectual property company that develops "advanced passive component solutions for the electronics industry." It says that the business is "dedicated to helping companies identify applications where X2y components can improve circuit performance and save money."
The lawsuit was filed this week by X2Y Attenuators, LLC, based out of Erie, Penn. X2Y has asserted that Apple's 27-inch iMac, utilizing a 3.2Ghz Intel Core i3 processor, is in violation of five patents it has registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The inventions are U.S. Patent Nos:
6,738,249 Universal energy conditioning interposer with circuit architecture
7,110,227: Universal energy conditioning interposer with circuit architecture
7,609,500: Universal energy conditioning interposer with circuit architecture
7,733,621: Energy conditioning circuit arrangement for integrated circuit
7,916,444: Arrangement for energy conditioning
Apple's 27-inch Core i3 iMac, model No. A1312, is accused of violating all five patents in the lawsuit. But X2Y also broadens its position in the complaint, citing the desktop as "one such personal computer" made by Apple that it believes violates those patents.
X2Y's complaint also specifically cites HP's TouchSmart 610 Series PC as a computer made by HP alleged to be in violation of the five patents. And it also singles out Intel's Core i7-950 3.06Ghz LGA1366 Desktop Processor.
X2Y's complaint was filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Pennsylvania. The company asserts that the alleged infringement by Apple, Intel and HP, without proper licensing of the five patents, has caused X2Y to suffer monetary damages.
The plaintiff seeks to recoup those damages, along with interest, and has asked the court to prevent the three companies from continuing to sell products it believes are in violation of its patents.
The official site for X2y Attenuators notes that it is an intellectual property company that develops "advanced passive component solutions for the electronics industry." It says that the business is "dedicated to helping companies identify applications where X2y components can improve circuit performance and save money."
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Apple, Intel and Hewlett-Packard have all been hit with a new patent infringement lawsuit that takes issue with Apple's iMac and its use of Intel processors.
The lawsuit was filed this week by X2Y Attenuators, LLC, based out of Erie, Penn. X2Y has asserted that Apple's 27-inch iMac, utilizing a 3.2Ghz Intel Core i3 processor, is in violation of five patents it has registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The inventions are U.S. Patent Nos:
6,738,249 Universal energy conditioning interposer with circuit architecture
7,110,227: Universal energy conditioning interposer with circuit architecture
7,609,500: Universal energy conditioning interposer with circuit architecture
7,733,621: Energy conditioning circuit arrangement for integrated circuit
7,916,444: Arrangement for energy conditioning
Apple's 27-inch Core i3 iMac, model No. A1312, is accused of violating all five patents in the lawsuit. But X2Y also broadens its position in the complaint, citing the desktop as "one such personal computer" made by Apple that it believes violates those patents.
X2Y's complaint also specifically cites HP's TouchSmart 610 Series PC as a computer made by HP alleged to be in violation of the five patents. And it also singles out Intel's Core i7-950 3.06Ghz LGA1366 Desktop Processor.
X2Y's complaint was filed on Tuesday in U.S. District Court in the Western District of Pennsylvania. The company asserts that the alleged infringement by Apple, Intel and HP, without proper licensing of the five patents, has caused X2Y to suffer monetary damages.
The plaintiff seeks to recoup those damages, along with interest, and has asked the court to prevent the three companies from continuing to sell products it believes are in violation of its patents.
The official site for X2y Attenuators notes that it is an intellectual property company that develops "advanced passive component solutions for the electronics industry." It says that the business is "dedicated to helping companies identify applications where X2y components can improve circuit performance and save money."
Good Gravy! Enough already!!
Apple sues Samsung. Samsung sues Apple. Apple sues HTC. Lodsys sues app developers. Nokia sues Apple. Apple sues Nokia. . .
And on and on. Does anyone here really think these patent suits help develop technologies or add to the bottom line of anyone but lawyers? IMO, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Samsung, HTC and a few other big players should all agree to sit down and form a group that agrees not to sue each other, work things out within the group as needed, and to share patents to keep others at bay to avoid patent infringement claims against other group members.
Or just keep things as they are, using the courts to win in the marketplace. This is beyond asinine IMO.
IMO, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Samsung, HTC and a few other big players should all agree to sit down and form a group that agrees not to sue each other, work things out within the group as needed...
That is what they do (discuss) and when that fails they bring suit in front of the court.
Does anyone here really think these patent suits help develop technologies or add to the bottom line of anyone but lawyers?
Don't blame the lawsuits, blame the U.S. Government for approving these vague, logical conclusion tech patents in the first place!
I'm getting sick of these patent trolls already.
You're getting sick of it because these tech sites find it necessary to post every story about it.
Seriously, You can't build anything without someone calling infringement. And the suing crap has got to stop.
"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
- Shakespeare (Henry VI)
(You'd think someone would have gone and DONE it by now. Geez.)
Tort Reform, if the company suing loses, they pay bigtime. that would slow this crap down.
Great idea. This should definitely be done. Getting sick of all the effing patent trolls out there. It's getting ridiculous.
Tort Reform, if the company suing loses, they pay bigtime. that would slow this crap down.
Write your local Democrat to get on board with the Republicans, who have been touting tort reform for years, and let's get this done!
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Don't blame the lawsuits, blame the U.S. Government for approving these vague, logical conclusion tech patents in the first place!
The strange thing is that all other tech companies can copy apple stuff and get away with it. All smartphones today are Iphone clones. All tablets are Ipad clones.
When Steve introduced Iphone he said that Apple had over 200 patent on the Iphone. How can Samsung make exact copies of it?
IMO, Apple, Google, Microsoft, Intel, AMD, Samsung, HTC and a few other big players should all agree to sit down and form a group that agrees not to sue each other.....
The problem is that, as the article notes, X2y Attenuators is an "intellectual property" company that produces nothing. Same with Lodsys. As such, their only reason for existence is "licensing" and/or suing other companies. There are thousands of them out there, hidden in the woodwork like cockroaches.
Hell, Lodsys was created and staffed SOLELY to hunt down companies that "violate" their patent. The company is a shell. It has no assets. There's nothing to countersue. Try to sue them for bringing frivolous lawsuits, and the "company" simply disappears into thin air, like smoke.
The entire system needs to be reformed, if not totally eliminated...
Write your local Democrat to get on board with the Republicans, who have been touting tort reform for years, and let's get this done!
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US should be more nationalistic.
All patent cases with US companies against non US companies = US companies automatically win
I don't get it, shouldn't the manufacturer of the Core i3 processor be sued instead?
Believe that would be Intel and they were included.
That said, these patents sound rather broad and could likely apply to a number of chips etc. Which means this reeks of "we waited until someone was making a ton of money that we could try to grab some of". That's also likely why they included HP and Apple.
With luck this will be tossed as the trolling it appears to be. And with it, the case law continues to negate the notion of broad idea patents
Tort Reform, if the company suing loses, they pay bigtime. that would slow this crap down.
Hell just make them pay all the court and lawyer fees. That can be enough to sting.
Also, a major reform for patents that we need is to take a page from trademarks. If someone violates your mark and you do nothing it is deemed that you don't give a shit and you essentially void your own trademark. They should do the same with patents. no more of this waiting for the offender to make money. you see something that is a possible violation you have to speak up right away (right away being defined as say 3 months from the announcement/release of the thing that is a potential offense) or you lose the right to ever do so. After all patents are supposed to be about protecting inventions, not making money
If it is the Intel CPU that is infringing on the patents, why are they suing Apple?
Um.....
If it is the Intel CPU that is infringing on the patents, why are they suing Apple?
It is just like the app developers being sued by Lodsys(?) except in this case, Intel did not complete some license agreement let alone one that passes to anyone using the technology. This is assuming the patents and interpretation of the infringement is correct......