NVIDIA Settles Patent Dispute with Implicit Networks

Santa Clara-based NVIDIA Corporation, manufacturer of graphics-processor technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and mobile devices, settled a patent dispute today with Implicit Networks. Implicit is a small, Seattle-based company involved in computer software and licensing. Implicit is taking on some of technology's biggest companies, including the likes of Intel and AMD.

Implicit's case against Intel, NVIDIA and others involves US Patent No. 6,629,163 covering "A method and system for demultiplexing a first sequence of packet components to identify specific components wherein subsequent components are processed without re-identifying components." This is basically, a system for processing encrypted data. According to allegations in the Complaint, this technology is used in Intel's Viiv platform, the Java Media Framework, ATI Radeon hardware, software from NVIDIA called Stant, and other products.

Details of NVIDIA's settlement with Implicit remain confidential, or at least I don't have any information about it other than what is in this post.

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