Rambus: Friend or foe?

Article Abstract:

Rambus Inc's share value dropped precipitously on Mar 15, 2001, reflecting a perception that the company's legal case might be coming apart. A patent infringement lawsuit against Infineon Technologies AG, of Munich, Germany, looms in Rambus' immediate future, and six more actions will follow. Rambus claims that its patents for Rambus dynamic RAM, or RDRAM, also cover aspects of synchronous DRAM and double-data-rate synchronous DRAM, known as SDRAM and DDR, respectively. If Rambus loses its legal battle, licenses it holds for SDRAM and DDR are likely to collapse, along with benefits it hoped to obtain from its own memory technology.

Semiconductors and related devices, Semiconductor Devices, Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing, Cover Story, Litigation, Lawsuit/litigation, Dynamic random access memory, DRAM (Dynamic random access memory), Infineon Technologies AG, DRAM

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Technical win for Rambus in patents case

Article Abstract:

A federal appeals court has overturned a May 2001 verdict by a federal jury that found Rambus Inc guilty of civil fraud for concealing pending patents until they were incorporated into a standard.

Legal issues & crime, Product standards, safety, & recalls, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Legal/Government Regulation, Patent Programs, Standards, Column, Intellectual property

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Space mountain

Article Abstract:

The official inauguration of the largest submillimeter radio telescope in the southern hemisphere, named Atacama Pathfinder Experiment (APEX), located in the Chilean Andes, is reported.

Household audio and video equipment, Services information, Usage, Services, Consumer electronics industry, Submillimeter waves

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