Memory chip maker Infineon scored a small victory in the ongoing
case brought against it by chip designer Rambus. Early last week,
the presiding US judge dismissed all but three of the 57 patent
infringement claims made by Rambus against the German off-shoot of
Siemens. On Friday, he dismissed the remaining three, but yesterday
upheld Infineon’s counter-claim that Rambus committed fraud.
Rambus had hoped to collect royalties on its designs for high
speed chips that are made by Infineon. Infineon argues that Rambus
wrongly failed to disclose certain intellectual property to JEDEC,
the chip industry’s standard-setting body.
A jury is expected to consider the fraud claim later this week
which is based on the US Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt
Organisations Act.
Rambus has already said it will appeal the rulings against it.
It is separately suing Micron and Hyundai’s Hynix for patent
infringements in addition to a German lawsuit against Infineon.
