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Nvidia loses patent infringement suit against Rambus
Today that ruling has been upheld. The ITC has not yet posted details on its website and Rambus said the final determination has yet to be released, but the company expects the ITC to issue a ban on imports of several Nvidia products. The ban would presumably extend to many third-party products that integrate Nvidia components, such as motherboards and pre-built PCs. But Nvidia seems confident that partners will be able to continue sales by taking advantage of a licensing arrangement Rambus reached with European regulators as part of an unrelated antitrust case.
Nvidia has previously suggested it would consider paying Rambus to license the technology if the ITC ruled against them. For now, however, the graphics firm says they will appeal the case in the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals and make other moves to avoid any sales or import issues.
Rambus said to be "extremely pleased with the ITC's decision" as it confirms the "value of [their] patented inventions." The company doesn't really build much these days, but has spent more than a decade suing computer-memory chipmakers that refused licensing deals. Just last year the company got about 96% of its $113 million in revenue from patent licensing royalties, and in January 2010 it reached a milestone settlement with Samsung for around $900 million.
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Lol, wow. I company that receives annual revenues from the lawsuits it makes, and eventually wins. Hey, it sounds like a pretty profitable business model, if you ask me.
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tengeta said:
Extortionbus at it again.
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Well Rambus has lost a lot more money from its own violations, than it has won.
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I will make sure than none of my future products are related with Rambus! Never! Blood suckers!
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I will make sure than none of my future products are related with Rambus! Never! Blood suckers!
Read, why New Zeland rejects software patents.
http://www.nzcs.org.nz/news/blog.php?/archives/97-.html
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Ah rambus, designer of the Xtreme Data rate memory interface, commonly used in PS3s. That's how I mainly know them for. You know, it's extremely well hearted that NVIDIA would do this, and I'm glad both sides are seeing win-win in such an occasion.
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IPR sucks!
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