IP: DEC Sues Cyrix, claiming Cyrix copied its lawsuit against

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

MAYNARD, Massachussetts, May 14 (Reuter) - Digital Equipment
Corporation said Wednesday that it had filed a lawsuit against Cyrix
Corp claiming that Cyrix had illegally copied Digital's plans for
suing Intel in order to make up for having lost out to Intel in the
market.


Robert Palmer, former British pop singer and now President of Digital,
was quoted as saying, "We don't mind competing with other lawyers, but
when those lawyers are imitating our style, well, that's just not
fair."


Cyrix had no immediate comment, but analysts noted that Cyrix may
agree to a settlement with Digital, unless the legal teams hired by
each company can find some good ways to draw out the process for many
years.


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