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Intellectual Property

Aug. 16, 2022

Holding company for Bell Labs patents sues several companies

Bell Semiconductor alleges the tech companies are infringing on their patents when making video cards, video game consoles, smartphones, PC hardware and other devices.

Nvidia, Qualcomm, Nintendo and other tech companies are being sued by Bell Semiconductor alleging infringement of its patents as the successor in interest of Bell Labs, which played a key role in inventing transistors.

“This is a patent infringement suit relating to Nvidia’s unauthorized and unlicensed use of the asserted patents,” wrote Alex H. Chan of Devlin Law Firm LLC on behalf of Bell Semiconductor. Bell Semiconductor LLC v. Nvidia C...

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