Rambus Wins Brutal Patent Fight Against Nvidia
Patent fights are a Rambus specialty.
Earlier this year, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled that Nvidia violated three of five patents held by Rambus which could lead to a possible U.S. ban on the import of some Nvidia products.
At that time, Nvidia was waiting for a decision from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office later this year on whether or not Rambus has full claim to some of the patents involved in the current dispute with Nvidia.
Just yesterday the U.S. ITC in Washington ruled that Nvidia chips did infringe on three Rambus patents and issued an order to ban the import of such chips. Through an agreement with the European Union, however, Nvidia can still sell the chips at a pre-agreed upon rate. By paying the rate in accordance to the European Commission, Nvidia sidesteps the ITC order that blocks the company from selling its product.
"There will be no impact on our customers or our business as a result of this ruling," said Nvidia spokesman Hector Marinez in an emailed statement to Reuters. "We intend to take advantage of the mandatory European Commission License that is available. This will allow us and our partners to continue our business under the terms of that license and prevent the enforcement of any exclusion order."
Not surprisingly, Nvidia plans to appeal the decision by the ITC. The ban order by the ITC is also subject to review by U.S. President Barack Obama.
Rambus was pleased with the decision. "The ITC's decision is another demonstration of the value of our continued commitment to innovation," said Thomas Lavelle, senior vice president and general counsel at Rambus.
According to Bloomberg, Rambus got about 96 percent of its $113 million in revenue last year from patent licensing royalties.
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Most Dram technologies used even today were developed by Rambus, so they really did something right. Royalties is just their living since they're no vendors but researchers.
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What a strange coincidence...I just saw the Rambus facility from CA-85 and found myself wondering what the heck they've been up to. And there's my answer...cashing in on royalties and not much else!
Rambus... the over priced and never fully adopted ram used by intel for a very short time... but they still made 113million last year, they must have done something right
The probably started the business by suing Intel for the Rambus name and thus Rambus disappeared as a ram module and reincarnated as a Company Name and now Rambus lives off nothing productive. They eat money off the world and produce nothing beneficial. Welcome to the Digital Age! Where copyright and patents will lead everyone to ruin.