Rambus is going to get owned in court. (News inside)

[Finality]

Electronic news skinny on confidential documents



<< From a Rambus business plan dated June 12, 1992: Finally, we believe that Sync DRAMs infringe on some claims in our filed patents; and that there are additional claims we can file for our patents that cover features of Sync DRAMs. Then we will be in a position to request patent licensing (fees and royalties) from any manufacturer of Sync DRAMs. Our action plan is to determine the exact claims and file the additional claims by the end of Q3/92. Then to advise Sync DRAM manufacturers in Q4/92. >>





<< DRAM makers say they were not informed of Rambus? plans until after 1997. >>



Heres Rambus take on the subject.

Q]&quot;It is irresponsible and misleading to view any document out of context and without seeing all the evidence.&quot; It also expressses confidence that it will win in court. ®[/i] >>



I'm really starting to hate pure IP companies now.

 

[bacillus]

the master plan begins to show itself!

 

[odog]

i'm not the least bit surprised.... what goes around comes around.... and did they really think they could keep this a secret in silicon valley?

 

[Zorba]

Hopefully that will be the &quot;smoking gun.&quot;

Why doesn't JEDEC make these companies sign something saying if they don't reveal their IP before hand they lose it?

 

[Leo V]

&quot;the master plan begins to show itself!&quot;

Hopefully, their arrogance will be their own undoing! I'm still up for a cocktail party the day RAMBUST files Chapter 7 😀

 

[Soccerman]

heh Leo, I've got to wonder if one of the JEDEC companies buy out RAMBUS if/when they go under, what's going to happen then? will they be allowed to utilize all of their tech that they aren't allowed to use? will we see much higher frequency SDRAM (both a good and bad thing, hopefully the yields won't go down, and heat production won't go up)? this is getting quite interesting...

 

[Sohcan]

?(The documents) clearly show that Rambus? business objective was to manipulate the JEDEC standards to claim patent coverage,? states Hyundai?s motion to have the documents unsealed. ?Indeed, one document expressly states that Rambus? business objective ?depends on getting a standard, which depends on our patents.?

?They do show that Rambus was well aware of JEDEC rules requiring patent disclosure, and of the JEDEC discussions. This is highly relevant to Hyundai?s claims here and in Germany that Rambus violated JEDEC rules to obtain the broad patent coverage by secretly amending its patent applications to cover ideas and technology discussed at JEDEC without disclosing this to the JEDEC members.?


:|:|:|:| WTF?!?! They knew in '92 that SDRAM was going to become an industry standard, yet they didn't reveal their patents, even in JEDEC meetings in which they participated. They had every intention of milking the DRAM and memory controller makers down the road. :|:|:|

edit: fixed for Travis 😉

 

[TravisBickle]

i wish people wouldn't use the term &quot;rape&quot; on these computer forums.

 

[rickn]

I doubt they will get 'owned' They have been able to weasil their way thru the courts and manipulate other memory manufacturers into signing agreements with them -- they obviously have very good lawyers. Everything I have read points to they were never &quot;required&quot; to give any information to JEDEC, they just attented a few meetings and were never a formal partner. Maybe their intention of attending was to see if indeed JEDEC was infringing on the patents they already had

 

[Finality]

Yes well see sig for details about what I think about the company...

Seriously though. That sounds like a good weak argument for them. If they did attend Jedec meetings to check for patent violation then why did they not reveal there patents till 1997?