MIT spawned Amberwave sues Intel again

AMBERWAVE has filed a claim in a Texas district court alleging Intel has breached its patents on a "Method for making semiconductor devices with low dislocation effects".

The firm, in its filing, said that it is a small technology and engineering firm founded by MIT professor Eugene Fitzgerald and his former students.

It alleges that Intel has improved the performance of its semiconductors by shrinking the size of fundamental components.

"Intel now finds itself unable to continue its historical pace of performance enhancement using its own technological developments. In order to defend its market position against inroads by competitors, Intel is using the inventions of Eugene Fitzgerald to enable the production of faster and more efficient semiconductor devices - all without obtaining a licence from Amberwave," the filing alleges.

The 5,158,907 Fitzgerald patent was issued in 1992, based on research while he was working at AT&T Bell Labs. Amberwave is the only firm able to license it.

There is previous legal action between Amberwave and Intel. The firm wants the court to declare the patent valid and to award it costs and the rest. µ

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