Supreme Court requests briefing on Quanta v. LG Electronics

On April 16, the Supreme Court asked the Solicitor General to brief issues in Quanta Computer Inc. v. LG Electronics Inc., 06-937. LG Electronics complains that it had licensed its patents to Intel in 2000 on the condition that the chips not be combined with non-Intel components in a way that infringed the patents. The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) ruled in LG's favor in July 2006.