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Intel may not have to pay $2.2 billion to the zombie.

A jury found that Intel owed over $2 billion to a zombie chip company, but an appeal board disagrees: it’s invalidated both of the VLSI patents in question, Reuters and Law360 are reporting.

VLSI rose from the dead specifically to sue companies — the original company helped Apple and Acorn produce the first ARM processors, but the new brand is an LLC under Fortress Investment Group.

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