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14 Apr 2009
HP said on Monday that it would be appealing against a $53m ruling issued against the company in a patent case.
The ruling stems from a patent battle between HP and researchers at Cornell University. The Cornell Research Foundation claims that HP violated patents its regarding designs used in the HP PA-8000 processor line.
According to the Cornell Daily Sun, the suit was first filed in 2001 and originally sought $900m in damages. HP is seeking to appeal against the most recent ruling in the case, which on 30 March reduced the award from $184m to $53m.
The company said that the ruling will cause the company to re-calculate its earnings reports, but HP does not expect the case to be an issue for any of its future products as the patent at the centre of the suit expired in 2006.
HP has been among the leading voices in the IT industry calling for patent reform. Executives from Sun, Google and Microsoft have also called for an overhaul of the system and reduced litigation.
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