Monday, December 11, 2000

RAMBUS Goes After NVIDIA -- 2:50 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

According to NVIDIA's quarterly report, RAMBUS is threatening to sue them over their memory patents. Here's a snip:

[W]e have been advised by Rambus Inc. that it believes our products infringe certain patents owned by Rambus and requesting that we agree to certain licensing terms, including royalty payments. We believe the Rambus patents are invalid, not infringed and unenforceable. Although we currently are having discussions with Rambus regarding potential business alternatives to Rambus' proposed licensing terms, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to reach a satisfactory agreement with Rambus. If we are unable to do so, Rambus may sue us for patent infringement at any time.

My hope remains that if RAMBUS keeps on suing enough people, the combined force of the entire technology industry's lawyers will crush them. I hope, I hope, I hope. Thanks Ars Technica.

News for 12/11/2000

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