VIA vs Intel

Ah this is a bit amusing this morning. As was expected and mentioned a few days back, Intel has filed suit against VIA for that P4 chipset they released that has DDR memory support for Pentium4 chips because Intel doesnt like people making stuff compatible with their products without their permission. VIA was so impressed by this that they have decided to file a countersuit (more details here) just to make it more interesting:

VIA said Intel's top-of-the-line Pentium 4 processor, and the 845 chipset that supports it, infringe on company patents. ``Not only Intel has chipset and CPU (central processing unit) patents. We have a lot of patents also,'' VIA Vice President Ted Lee told a news conference. VIA also accused Intel of anti-competitive behaviour, related to allegations that the U.S. firm has threatened Taiwan's motherboard makers with legal action if they use VIA's products.