IBM, WARF Settle Patent Infringement Suit

Star Tribune writes:

International Business Machines Corp. on Tuesday became the latest company to settle charges of infringing a patent owned by the University of Wisconsin's research arm in making computer chips.

The Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, which owns patents granted to UW researchers, had accused IBM in a federal lawsuit of infringing on patented technology in making and selling copper-based chips.

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