International Business

Taiwanese Firm Settles Case With Intel: According to the settlement, United Microelectronics Corp., Taiwan’s second-biggest semiconductor maker, agreed to stop making a version of Intel Corp.’s 486 chip and withdrew its challenges contesting the validity of Intel patents in several countries. It also paid Intel’s expenses, which a spokesman said were less than $5 million. According to a statement from Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel, legal hostilities broke out in 1994 when United Microelectronics started making a 486 clone marked “Not for sale in the United States.” United Microelectronics also contested Intel’s patents in Germany, France, Britain, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore. Last June, Intel sued United Microelectronics and its distributors in Germany, Britain, Hong Kong and Singapore.