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Litigious Rambus Wins Again

Posted by timothy on from the courts-reward-the-patient-ligitant dept.

After Rambus's settlement deal with Samsung earlier this week, an anonymous reader writes with this snippet: "Memory technology company Rambus rounded out the week with another legal dispute ending in its favor as it fights to defend its patent portfolio. On Friday [the] US International Trade Commission ruled that graphics chip maker Nvidia infringed upon Rambus patents, according to statements released by the two companies on Friday. Rambus has been filing lawsuits against various technology companies for the past decade, claiming they violate patents held by the memory chip designer."

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  1. Not a troll by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 0, Troll

    Rambus is hardly a "patent troll". They are/were a legitimate technology company that innovated and was awarded patents for their inventions.

    If I did that, then was driven almost out of business by others who "borrowed" my technology, I would sue their asses off too! That wouldn't make me litigious (I hate legal wrangling). That would make me righteous and deserving.

    1. Re:Not a troll by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 1, Troll

      What do you want to bet those aren't the patents they are winning on?

      But that is a point. They did patent a few obvious things. On the other hand, they had some innovative technology of their own blatantly stolen.

    2. Re:Not a troll by Jane+Q.+Public · · Score: 0, Troll

      "Anyway, I haven't seen any cases where their actual technology was blatantly stolen. I've only seen cases where their patent rights to the technology they stole was upheld."

      DDR2 and further refinements like DDR3 and now 4 and 5 all rely on technology that Rambus patented.