Rambus (RMBS)

[Threejack]

re: Hynix Responds


Hey Kent,

re: 1st puzzle. Hynix is sueing Rambus, over what?

When Hynix anticipated Rambus would sue them for infringement after licensing negotiations broke down, Hynix took preemptive legal action and sued Rambus in California for Non-infringement, Invalidity, Unenforceability, Breach of Contract, etc. Read the complaint here at Jeff's site. Start at page 4 of 11:

http://www.usjeff.com/HynixVsRambus/Docket01.htm

Think an error in the article created confusion, too. It read Hynix and should have read Rambus:

...Hynix originally filed 59 claims of which the judge allowed 50 to proceed. Rambus must now choose 10 claims to take to trial from the pool of 50, which includes the 29 claims in which the judge has already found patent infringement by the Korean chipmaker. The remaining claims will be tried at trials slated for March and June

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=5186741

re: 2nd puzzle. I thought that all that had to be shown or proven was if you infringe on one claim in the patent, you infringe on the whole patent. So, if Judge Whyte has made a SJ saying that Hynix has infringed on 29 claims in 4 patents, how can Hynix exonerate themselves by saying, 'so what, we got a SJ on 9 claims'. Are they talking 9 claims on Rambus patents or 9 claims on Hynix patents? Since Rambus does not produce anything, how can they infringe on anyones patent? It seems to me that since the SJ judgement says Hynix has indeed infringed, it does not amount to squat about what Hynix claims. If it is a numbers game, it is Rambus 29 Hynix 9, game over, Rambus wins

Just read Paul's response to your second puzzle. Couldn't have given you a better answer.

Just my opinion.

Threejack