re the BU$$, there was news this morning that the Judge in the VA trial against Infineon refused to allow discovery on some joint defense documents that have come to light in the CA trial vs Hynix. Not sure what is contained in the documents but they were not included in the Infineon privilidged documents log so they might have been fair game. The Judge ruled that Rambus waited too long since discovering their existence, Rambus counters that they only recently learned that they may have included Infineon. More grist for the appeal.
I don't understand the shorting either, but maybe because of the upcoming trial in VA with a Judge that rarely rules in Rambus's favor.