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[TJ Parker]

This article is just a rehash of the case which was tossed out by the CAFC.

it is? gee, reads like an overview of the history of related issues to me.

In addition, the phony JEDEC fraud charge gave the FTC the next way to go after Rambus.

phony? hmm. well they did convince a jury of it initially, so i can't be entirely phony or obviously false. notice they explicitly bow to virginia law in analyzing the "disclosure duty" as a finding of fact and not of law ...

So you see, we owe the FTC case against Rambus to Judge Payne flawed rulings.

bah. the issues were raised way back to hynix, and there were rumors floating about back in spring 2000 already that everyone and his brother was getting ready to request an ftc antitrust case: this, you might remember, is when rdram was still in the race ...

Of course, those of us who have been following the case for the duration are not at all surprised by the FTC action. Especially after hearing of the close ties between Micron attorneys and the FTC and even blood ties to hierarchy of the FTC.

well, it'll be a sad day in the industry, i'm sure, if rambus succeeds. although you have to admit, its sort of like cutting off your nose to spite your face ... i mean, best case is they get the estimated $1B over the lifetime of the patent. but then, who's going to work with them again? so a one-trick pony ...

Incidently, Rambus discovery has been building a RICO price fixing and market manipulation case against certain MM's.There also is a Department of Justice Investigation ongoing against the MM's at this time as you probably know.

nope, i don't know. i've never owned, shorted nor traded rmbs stock or options. too much of a gamble. unlike qcom, in the old days ...

The bottom line is the CAFC rulings have completely gutted any FTC cause of action against Rambus.

well, what i read from the ftc is this:

"By allegedly concealing this information, in violation of JEDEC's operating rules and procedures, and through other alleged bad-faith, deceptive conduct, the complaint charges that Rambus purposefully sought to, and did, convey to JEDEC the materially false and misleading impression that it had no relevant intellectual property rights," the FTC said.

http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/1368141

so whatever the ftc decides to do about the disclosure duty (and note the assumptions that the cafc makes on these re virgina law, on the second or third page), they apparently still have part of their case coming from "other alleged" stuff.

anyway, we'll see.