Intergraph Corporation issued the following statement in response to a recent ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit holding that Intel does not have a right to use Intergraph's patented Clipper technology. The Appeals Court, which has exclusive jurisdiction over all patent-related cases, stated, "Intel is not licensed under these patents."

Intergraph CEO James Taylor said, "We are energised by the unanimous decision of the Appeals Court that Intel has no cross-licence defence."

In its ruling, the Court stated that Intergraph received 'the full and exclusive right, title, and interest' to its Clipper patents. The Court went on to find that no contract or other document or other evidence supports Intel's interpretation that Intergraph's patents were encumbered, and that Intel's interpretation was 'too strained to be supported.'

Taylor added, "Based on this ruling, we can now pursue our case to receive a royalty for Intel's use of our technology in its Pentium products. The Court's ruling clears the way for us to fully pursue recovery of the value taken from our employees, customers and shareholders by Intel's actions."

A complete chronology and details of the Intergraph vs Intel lawsuit can be found at www.intergraph.com/intel

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