NVidia Sues 3dfx
Greedy video card manufacturer NVidia has filed a lawsuit against rival company 3dfx attempting to prevent them selling any Voodoo 3/4/5 cards. The justification for seeking a temporary injunction which would effectively stop 3dfx from selling any of its products is a list of alleged (and archane) patent infringements. NVidia recently caused a lot of bad feeling among Net journalists through the use of strong-arm tactics to stop positive reviews of 3dfx products. This latest legal ploy seems just another step down for a company whose ethics are increasingly questionable.
NVIDIA’s lawsuit involves five NVIDIA patents and seeks an injunction restraining 3dfx from manufacturing, selling or importing infringing graphics chip and card products including VooDoo3, Voodoo4 and Voodoo5 and VSA-100 family of products, as well as monetary damages.
The lawsuit alleges that 3dfx’s graphics chip and card products which are used to accelerate 3D graphics on personal computers, infringe on the following NVIDIA U.S. Patents: No: 5,687,357; No. 5,721,947; No: 5,758,182; No: 6,023,738; and No: 6,092,124.
“We have always been on the forefront of innovation in 3D graphics technology and visual computing,'’ said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO of NVIDIA. “This innovation is achieved through the annual investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in research and development. We cannot allow the fruits of this investment to be misappropriated.'’
Avault have a listing of the sited Patents and what they mean.
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