Intellectual Ventures Settles Patent Suit with Altera

Intellectual Ventures has settled a patent lawsuit against chipmaker Altera Corp, leaving Xilinx Inc as the only remaining defendant in a case in which IV had claimed infringement by four semiconductor companies, according to court documents. Intellectual Ventures, which has purchased billions of dollars worth of patents, sued Altera for patent infringement in December 2010.

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