Rambus vs World# Hardware - 计算机硬件
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I guess they need some money for x'mas bonus
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/02/rambus-files-itc-complaint-against-
just-about-everyone-wants-to/
Rambus files ITC complaint against just about everyone, wants to stop
sale of just about everything
Rambus, which modestly describes itself as "one of the world's premier
technology licensing companies," has meekly asked the International
Trade Commission to block import and sale of an amazing array of
products from companies including Broadcom, Freescale, LSI, MediaTek,
NVIDIA, and STMicroelectronics -- the latter of which was sued by
Caltech only yesterday. But wait, there's more! Rambus also indicates
that other "companies whose products incorporate the accused
semiconductor products" have also been named, selling things like
"personal computers, workstations, servers, routers, mobile phones and
other handheld devices, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, motherboards,
plug-in cards, hard drives and modems." That should just about cover 95%
of what's available at your local electronics store, and certainly puts
our holiday wish lists in legal limbo.
This is a follow-up to earlier disputes involving the company,
particularly with NVIDIA, which will continue via patent infringement
lawsuits filed in US District Court against those corporate entities
mentioned above. Beyond that, Rambus is hoping that the ITC stops import
and sale of any and all infringing products post-haste. That seems
awfully drastic, but for its part Rambus indicates it has been trying
with all its might to negotiate licenses with these supposedly dirty
dealers and that it was told "the only way they would get serious is if
we sued them." So, place your bets because here we go.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/12/02/rambus-files-itc-complaint-against-
just-about-everyone-wants-to/
Rambus files ITC complaint against just about everyone, wants to stop
sale of just about everything
Rambus, which modestly describes itself as "one of the world's premier
technology licensing companies," has meekly asked the International
Trade Commission to block import and sale of an amazing array of
products from companies including Broadcom, Freescale, LSI, MediaTek,
NVIDIA, and STMicroelectronics -- the latter of which was sued by
Caltech only yesterday. But wait, there's more! Rambus also indicates
that other "companies whose products incorporate the accused
semiconductor products" have also been named, selling things like
"personal computers, workstations, servers, routers, mobile phones and
other handheld devices, set-top boxes, Blu-ray players, motherboards,
plug-in cards, hard drives and modems." That should just about cover 95%
of what's available at your local electronics store, and certainly puts
our holiday wish lists in legal limbo.
This is a follow-up to earlier disputes involving the company,
particularly with NVIDIA, which will continue via patent infringement
lawsuits filed in US District Court against those corporate entities
mentioned above. Beyond that, Rambus is hoping that the ITC stops import
and sale of any and all infringing products post-haste. That seems
awfully drastic, but for its part Rambus indicates it has been trying
with all its might to negotiate licenses with these supposedly dirty
dealers and that it was told "the only way they would get serious is if
we sued them." So, place your bets because here we go.
