SAN JOSE -- Nvidia Corp. here today announced a lawsuit against 3dfx Interactive Inc. for alleged patent infringement in the graphics chip market.
The suit, filed in the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of California, claims that San Jose-based 3dfx has infringed upon five of Nvidia's patents involving graphics-acceleration technology used in PCs. Nvidia also seeks an injunction that would restrain 3dfx from making, selling, or importing its chips or products based on its ICs, including the VooDoo3, Voodoo4, and Voodoo5, and VSA-100 family of products.
"We have always been on the forefront of innovation in 3D graphics technology and visual computing," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and chief executive officer of Nvidia. "This innovation is achieved through the annual investment of hundreds of millions of dollars in research and development. We cannot allow the fruits of this investment to be misappropriated."
