> They need some legal standing or the case can be dismissed out of hand.
Yes and no. Yes, Intel would get a chance to claim that the case should be dismissed out of hand. To do that, they have to prove that, even assuming all the claimed facts are true, the people suing still don't have a valid case. That's a high bar. It can be reached - there's a reason that preliminary summary judgment is a thing in court cases - but it takes a really flawed case to be dismissed in this way.
How flawed? SCO v. IBM was not completely dismissed on preliminary summary judgment, and that was the most flawed case I've ever seen.
> It may very well be a question of who has the better legal team.
Well, Intel can afford to hire the best. A huge class-action suit can sometimes attract the best to the other side as well, though. (There's not just one "best", so there's enough for both sides of the same court case.)
IANAL, but it looks to me like there's at least the potential for a valid court case. CPUs are (approximately) priced according to their ability to handle workloads; if they can't provide the advertised performance, they didn't deserve the price they sold for.
Yes and no. Yes, Intel would get a chance to claim that the case should be dismissed out of hand. To do that, they have to prove that, even assuming all the claimed facts are true, the people suing still don't have a valid case. That's a high bar. It can be reached - there's a reason that preliminary summary judgment is a thing in court cases - but it takes a really flawed case to be dismissed in this way.
How flawed? SCO v. IBM was not completely dismissed on preliminary summary judgment, and that was the most flawed case I've ever seen.
> It may very well be a question of who has the better legal team.
Well, Intel can afford to hire the best. A huge class-action suit can sometimes attract the best to the other side as well, though. (There's not just one "best", so there's enough for both sides of the same court case.)
IANAL, but it looks to me like there's at least the potential for a valid court case. CPUs are (approximately) priced according to their ability to handle workloads; if they can't provide the advertised performance, they didn't deserve the price they sold for.