Filed on 22 December 2023 before Judge Alan D. Albright in the Western District of Texas, this infringement action saw ACQIS LLC assert five patents — US9529769B2, USRE044654E, USRE045140E, US8977797B2, and US9703750B2 — against Micro-Star International Co. Ltd. and its Shenzhen and Kunshan manufacturing subsidiaries. The patents collectively cover architectures in which a CPU or peripheral bridge communicates PCI bus transactions serially over a low-voltage differential signal (LVDS) channel, as well as related data-security methods for computer modules.

The case closed on 15 August 2025 via a Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(ii) stipulated dismissal. Critically, the dismissal is with prejudice as to all of ACQIS’s claims, meaning ACQIS cannot re-assert these five patents against MSI on the same accused products in any future proceeding. MSI’s defenses — which likely included invalidity contentions — were dismissed without prejudice, preserving the defendants’ ability to raise those defenses in other contexts. Each party bears its own costs and attorneys’ fees, consistent with a negotiated resolution rather than a contested judgment.

At 602 days, the case’s duration suggests substantive engagement — discovery and claim construction activity would be expected at this stage in Albright’s court — before the parties reached their resolution. The asymmetric dismissal structure (plaintiff with prejudice, defendant without) is a hallmark of a licensing resolution or negotiated settlement, though the public record does not confirm financial terms. What remains unknown is whether ACQIS extracted a license, a lump-sum payment, or a covenant not to sue, and whether the broader ACQIS portfolio continues to be asserted against other computer hardware manufacturers.