US District Judge Alan Albright in Waco, Texas has denied the company's motion for a new trial in a recent sealed order.

 VLSI was awarded $1.5 billion and $675 million for two patents that Intel had infringed on. The first patent, US7725759B2, deals with managing clock speed in an electronic device and was originally developed by SigmaTel while the second patent, US7523373B2, which describes a minimum memory operating voltage technique was originally developed by Freescale.

Chipzilla said it was disappointed with the decision and that it will appeal it. However, it called for reforms of the patent laws to stop “litigation investors” from using low-quality patents to extract “exorbitant” damages from itself and other large companies.

When Intel first sought a new trial in the case, the company's reasoning behind doing so was due to how it believed the verdict was tainted by incorrect jury instructions and penitentiary rulings which were based on earlier Intel settlements.

Intel brought up the fact that the verdict was the second largest by a jury in a patent case and that the three other largest verdicts had been overturned by vacated judgments.