The Supreme Court will hear another case having patent implications.

Intel licensed a set of patents from South Korean firm LG, then used some of the licensed patents to create parts of the chipset technology it sold to Taiwanese computer makers like Quanta. LG then sued the computer makers in a US court, claiming that the patent license to Intel specifically did not extend to combining Intel parts with non-Intel parts, and that the computer makers in question each needed to obtain licenses from LG. The Supreme Court has now agreed to take up the issue, which could help to answer the question of how many times a patent holder can cash in as products move through the supply chain.