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The CAFC (Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit -- the appeals court
immediately below the US Supreme Court) has released it's decision in
the appeal of the Rambus vs. Infineon case.
The decision is a total victory for Rambus, the Appeals Court reversed
the lower court on almost every aspect of the case.
Rambus did not commit fraud, all four jury fraud counts against Rambus have been thrown out -- not remanded for a retrial, but totally thrown out as completely without any justification.
Rambus did NOT violate Jedec rules or breach it's obligation of
disclosure to Jedec.
All fines and penalties against Rambus were thrown out.
All injunctions against Rambus preventing them from bringing additional patent infringement cases were thrown out.
All EIGHT claims construction rulings, every one of which was originally
decided by the trial judge in Infineon's favor, were REVERSED and are
now ruled in Rambus' favor.
Because the original judge threw out Rambus' charge of patent
infringement against Infineon (after making all of the erroneous rulings
cited above), there never was an actual trial of Rambus' infringement
case in the original trial, therefore a new trial has been ordered on
that aspect of the case. However this new trial will be conducted under
the eight new "claims construction" rulings issued by the appeals court.
This makes it highly likely that Rambus will prevail (the term "slam
dunk" comes to mind).
Although this case could drag on for years yet, between the new trial
for infringement and a likely appeal of every step by the losing side,
the most likely outcome of today's decision is that Rambus' claim to
have invented and validly patented intellectual property (inventions)
that are part of every SDRAM and DDR memory module will probably prevail and be recognized by the courts.
immediately below the US Supreme Court) has released it's decision in
the appeal of the Rambus vs. Infineon case.
The decision is a total victory for Rambus, the Appeals Court reversed
the lower court on almost every aspect of the case.
Rambus did not commit fraud, all four jury fraud counts against Rambus have been thrown out -- not remanded for a retrial, but totally thrown out as completely without any justification.
Rambus did NOT violate Jedec rules or breach it's obligation of
disclosure to Jedec.
All fines and penalties against Rambus were thrown out.
All injunctions against Rambus preventing them from bringing additional patent infringement cases were thrown out.
All EIGHT claims construction rulings, every one of which was originally
decided by the trial judge in Infineon's favor, were REVERSED and are
now ruled in Rambus' favor.
Because the original judge threw out Rambus' charge of patent
infringement against Infineon (after making all of the erroneous rulings
cited above), there never was an actual trial of Rambus' infringement
case in the original trial, therefore a new trial has been ordered on
that aspect of the case. However this new trial will be conducted under
the eight new "claims construction" rulings issued by the appeals court.
This makes it highly likely that Rambus will prevail (the term "slam
dunk" comes to mind).
Although this case could drag on for years yet, between the new trial
for infringement and a likely appeal of every step by the losing side,
the most likely outcome of today's decision is that Rambus' claim to
have invented and validly patented intellectual property (inventions)
that are part of every SDRAM and DDR memory module will probably prevail and be recognized by the courts.
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