Law360, New York (January 29, 2010) -- Facing tighter budgets and a teetering economy, many technology and medical companies opted to shell out some gigantic settlement payments in 2009 to forgo waging potentially more expensive and time-draining patent litigation battles against industry rivals.
Computer chip giant Intel Corp. handed smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. a staggering $1.25 billion payment to put an end to their patent and antitrust fight, while Boston Scientific...
