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Rambus files memory suit against Samsung

Intellectual property rights are a hot topic in court rooms lately and for good reason.  Late today Rambus has ADDED Samsung to their memory technology lawsuit & terminated a license agreement with them.  Big news for those in the memory industry, as these two heavy weights prepare to do battle in future months. 

SAN JOSE, Calif. ? Rambus Inc. late Monday (June 6) said that it has added Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. as a defendant in its pending patent infringement suit against four companies over memory technology. Rambus has also terminated a memory license agreement with Samsung ahead of schedule.

In its claims filed against South Korea's Samsung, Rambus (Los Altos, Calif.) asserts infringement of 14 of its patents by DDR2, GDDR2 and GDDR3 devices that are currently shipping in the marketplace. Rambus is also asserting infringement of 11 of its patents by SDRAM and DDR DRAM memory and controller products. Today's action does not affect Samsung's role as a licensee of RDRAM and XDR DRAM memory types.

EE Times

Posted by | Mon, Jun 06, 2005 - 06:58 PM