AMD and NVIDIA sued for possible Power Management technology patent infringement

caveman-jim · Apr 9, 2012, 01:31 PM

Tom's Hardware Guide reports on a lawsuit brought against AMD and NVIDIA for their innovative new power management technologies, that might not be that new:

Power Management Solutions, a Frisco- Texas-based company with no traceable corporate history, claims that it is entitled to damages relating to patent number 5,504,909, which the company says is infringed by AMD and Nvidia.

The patent, titled "Power management apparatus collocated on the same integrated circuit (IC) as the functional unit that it manages" was filed by Electronics Products Company in January 1994 and approved by the USPTO in April 1996. Power Management Solutions claims it has the rights to the patent, even if the USPTO did not list Power Management Solutions as the rightful owner at the time of this writing. Intel and Freescale were sued by Power Management Solutions over the same patent back in August of last year.

Read (a little) more at THG.

**Ryoko** · Apr 9, 2012, 04:02 PM

uh, wow.

wonder what would happen if PMS and RAMBUS sued each other...

Dr. Zhivago · Apr 9, 2012, 05:51 PM

Wonderful...

Akumajo · Apr 11, 2012, 07:21 PM

So other than money and losses to both AMD and Nvidia what else does "Power Management technology" gain from this?

caveman-jim · Apr 11, 2012, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Akumajo

So other than money and losses to both AMD and Nvidia what else does "Power Management technology" gain from this?

Did you mean "Power Management Solutions", the company? It's patent trolling, what do you think they're after?

Akumajo · Apr 12, 2012, 07:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caveman-jim

Did you mean "Power Management Solutions", the company? It's patent trolling, what do you think they're after?

Yeah I already mentioned other than money... but yeah what are their chances of getting anywhere and therefore causing losses for both AMD and Nvidia that was my real question among others....

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Apr 11, 2012, 07:21 PM	#4
Akumajo White Devil Bastard Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 3,827	So other than money and losses to both AMD and Nvidia what else does "Power Management technology" gain from this? __________________ Sony PlayStation 3 60GB Artic Silver since Jan 2011. Sony PlayStation 2, Sega Saturn, X-Eye, DC. Nintendo consoles NES, SNES, N64, GC. NEC Turbo Duo AMD Phenom II X4 980, Athlon X2 6400+, Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 EVGA FTW, GeForce GTS 250 1GB Helghast... till the end of days!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJ52epZ6nWw Gaming Crisis!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CxMmXmb0QI http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=rGlu3e9kdks http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dogMXzbz9js http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vp9SQduS_r0 Why u mad tho?

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