R2 Semiconductor files new patent infringement lawsuit against Intel in France

R2 Semiconductor, a Third Point Ventures portfolio company, announced it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit in Le Tribunal Judiciaire de Paris against the French subsidiaries of Intel Corp (INTC) and its customers, Dell Technologies (DELL) and Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company and HP (HPQ). The filing comes shortly before the April 16 start of trial on the same European patent against Intel in the U.K.’s High Court of Justice, Patents Court in London. “The invention we are protecting in Germany, the U.K., and now in France, is protected by patent throughout all of Europe. R2 is fortunate to have the means to enforce our rights to stop this egregious behavior by Intel,” said R2 CEO David Fisher. “R2’s integrated voltage regulation technology is critical to Intel’s products in the PC, laptop, and server markets, yet R2 receives no recognition or compensation for our innovation, which was the result of years of work and effort. We are fully prepared to enforce the injunction in Germany, and look forward to the chance to demonstrate that Intel’s products should be similarly enjoined, and damages paid, in the U.K. It is unfortunate that we must now seek further relief in other European countries, like France, but Intel seems intent on fighting in court as opposed to doing the right thing.”