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Additional Details on the Legal Dispute Between Intel and VIA In Germany. [11/27/2002 08:25 PM]
by Anton Shilov

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Many of our readers probably remember that in late October the Dusseldorf District Court decided to prohibit the importation or sale of VIA chipsets that work with Intel Pentium 4 processors to Germany (see this news-story). That time our VIA contacts told me to wait their official response on the matter, though, they never did it. Because of the great interest a lot of people express about the Pentium 4 processor bus concerning legal disputes between Intel and VIA, I decided to share some unofficial facts with you.

VIA Technologies appealed against court’s decision because there were no representatives from the company on the hearing.
The court let VIA to sell their mainboards based on the chipsets that possibly infringe Intel’s patents until the situation is clear. It does not help VIA to sell a lot of its core-logic, so to speak.
There will be another hearing on the matter in future where both plaintiff and defendant will take part. The date is not yet set.

The information is fully unofficial and may contain some misleading or outdated facts. But anyway, it explains why VIA’s P4X/P4M families of chipsets are still for sale in Germany and why the companies are both tight-lipped about the legal dispute.

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