Volume V

Issue : 18: November 8, 2007

• Court Denies New York Rangers Injunction Request to Block the NHL
• eBay Wins Another Trade mark Battle Against Perfumebay.com
• Merrill Lynch Sues Over Racist Emails
• New Jersey Man Gets Jail Time for Violation of U.S. Anti-Spam Laws
• Defamation Case Against Wikipedia Dismissed
• Industry Canada Study Finds P2P File Sharing May Increase Music Sales
• The 2006-2007 Annual Report on Canadas Privacy Act Calls for Reform
• Transmeta Receives U.S. $250 Million in Patent Settlement with Intel
• Canadian Industry Group Seeks Canadian Content Regulation of the Internet

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Transmeta Receives U.S. $250 Million in Patent Settlement with Intel

Transmeta Corp. and Intel Corp. have agreed to settle all patent matters in a deal that sees Intel pay an initial $150M up front and $20M each year for five years. In exchange, Intel receives a perpetual license to Transmeta’s patent portfolio (including patents acquired during the next 10 years) for use in any of Intel’s current or future products. Intel also agreed not to sue Transmeta or its licensees of Transmeta’s LonRun and LonRun2 technologies.

Transmeta’s patent suit in Delaware’s District Court asserted 10 of its patents against Intel’s popular microprocessors including Intel’s Core and Core 2 products. Intel countersued for infringement of seven Intel patents. Recently, Transmeta exited the business of selling products in favour of licensing its technology to others.

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