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Civil Litigation,
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Oct. 29, 2020

Intel, Apple try unusual antitrust complaint again

The lawsuit accuses San Francisco-based Fortress Investment Group LLC of acquiring a number of patent holding companies, which then filed patent infringement suits against Intel and Apple saying they refused to sell alternative patents to drive up defense costs.

Intel Corp. and Apple Inc. are trying again in an unusual antitrust complaint against a SoftBank Group Corp.-owned investment firm over its patent infringement lawsuits that was dismissed earlier this year by a San Francisco judge.

The lawsuit accuses San Francisco-based Fortress Investment Group LLC of acquiring a number of patent holding companies, which then filed patent infringement suits against Intel and Apple saying they refu...

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