Intel Corp. and Transmeta Corp. on Wednesday said that the two companies had agreed to settle the patent infringement lawsuit. Under the terms of the agreement Transmeta will receive a one-time payment that equals its revenue for the recent three years and consequently will obtain the amount of cash that equals its revenue throughout the whole history of the company. Intel will receive rights to use technologies by Transmeta.
The agreement will grant Intel a perpetual non-exclusive license to all Transmeta patents and patent applications, including any patent rights later acquired by Transmeta, now existing or as may be filed during the next ten years. Transmeta will also transfer technology and grant to Intel a non-exclusive license to Transmeta’s LongRun and LongRun2 technologies and future improvements. Under the agreement, Intel will covenant not to sue Transmeta for the development and licensing to third parties of Transmeta’s LongRun and LongRun2 technologies.
The agreement provides for Intel to make an initial $150 million payment to Transmeta as well as to pay Transmeta an annual license fee of $20 million for each of the next five years. In total, Transmeta will receive $250 million from Intel, an unprecedented sum for the company, which combined revenue since 1999 was $249.133 million. In the last three years total earnings of Transmeta were $150.725 million.
The agreement also provides for the parties to dismiss their pending patent litigation with prejudice and for a mutual general release of all claims of any type between the parties.
“We are very pleased to have reached this agreement with Intel. We believe that this arrangement will create value for Transmeta stockholders both by realizing immediate financial value for our intellectual property rights and by supporting our technology development and licensing business going forward,” said Les Crudele, president and chief executive of Transmeta.
Intel’s payments will not only give stockholders of Transmeta a chance to return their investments, but will provide the struggling former chip designer with profits that it needs to survive going forward.
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Wow. Transmeta must be SUPER-relieved.
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Posted by: boner

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Date: 10/24/07 11:28:04 AM]
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Transmeta: "YEA!!!!!"
Intel: "Lets just buy them out next quarter, all in favor? Ok."
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Posted by: Joz

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Date: 10/24/07 05:53:52 PM]
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That one made me laugh :) I could actually see that happen.
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Posted by: Moe Szyslak

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Date: 10/28/07 07:44:24 PM]
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I can't believe Transmeta settled for this little. $250 million is chump-change for Intel.
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Posted by: realitycheck

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Date: 10/24/07 08:16:38 PM]
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Bastards. Why does intel have to pay anyone? All the weak jealous companies suck so much the only way they feel they can compete with intel is to sue them for cash. Buy them out Intel.
A man makes his own way, no one gives it to you, you've got to take it.
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Posted by: Mr. BonBon

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Date: 10/24/07 09:00:30 PM]
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From the sphincter comes more verbal diarrhea.
Intel has had a long history of violating patent- recall also the Intergraph case.
They've also been found guilty of violating anti-monopoly laws in Europe and Japan- this company has abused its position in the marketplace for years. They've also been so "kind" as to threaten yoga groups "Yoga Inside" and gaming sites "Intel Recon" with legal action, claiming Intel holds exclusive rights to the words "intel" and "inside". Intel likes to throw its weight around because it can. Anyone with a brain who has followed this long enough understands.
If their technology is really that great they shouldn't have to resort to such underhanded tactics. Just shameful.
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Posted by: realitycheck

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Date: 10/25/07 05:25:14 AM]
@ realitycheck:
I agree with you on this one...it's the reason why certain OEM 1st tier manufacturers had been "tied-up" to Intel-only products...it's a big, powerful company's way of "bullying" the competition and its "partners" (who happen to be not as filthy rich as Intel).
And with the recent lawsuits Intel is experiencing...we can see the company trying to "loosen it's noose" on big-time OEM manufacturers (i.e. Dell, etc.) in another tactic to "fool" the courts into thinking: "hey, who said we're trying to force OEM manufacturers to close their doors on the competition (i.e. AMD)? They're offering AMD products right now see?!?"...yeah right...
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Posted by: BeowulfX

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Date: 10/26/07 06:53:32 PM]
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Buy buy buy!!!!!
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Posted by: zdfgdfg

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Date: 10/24/07 09:27:13 PM]
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Also could of just bought them >_>
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Posted by: 1234

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Date: 10/25/07 07:38:10 AM]
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Intel doing what they have always done if they want something that is not theirs..............................STEAL IT.....................and settle thru the courts
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Posted by: alpha0ne

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Date: 10/25/07 09:30:51 PM]
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