Intel wins UK leg of global patent battle with R2 over chips

LONDON: Intel on Wednesday won the London leg of a global patent dispute with U.S. rival R2 Semiconductor, which had been seeking an injunction potentially preventing the sale of some of Intel’s chips.

R2 sued Intel at London’s High Court in 2022, arguing Intel had infringed its patent by marketing chips and processors containing fully integrated voltage regulators.

Intel counterclaimed to invalidate R2’s patent, which relates to on-chip power supplies for computer microprocessors, and the High Court ruled in its favour on Wednesday.