To complicate things a little bit, Intel actually funded the research underlying this patent. This was the crux of the WARF vs Intel suit a few years ago — Intel argued they received a license to the patent as part of their grant.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theinquirer.net&#x2F;inquirer&#x2F;news&#x2F;1557536&#x2F;intel-settles-university-wisconsin" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theinquirer.net&#x2F;inquirer&#x2F;news&#x2F;1557536&#x2F;intel-settl...</a><p>&quot;Intel had supported Sohi&#x27;s research with about $90,000 in gifts in the 1990s and argued it was entitled to the intellectual property that resulted from Sohi&#x27;s work.<p>However US District Judge Barbara Crabb laughed Chipzilla&#x27;s argument out of court and ordered the case to trial.<p>She said that the funding terms did not give Intel the right to use patents resulting from the work. However she said that any infringement by Intel was not willful because the funding agreements were ambiguous.&quot;