In onze dagelijkse berichtgeving over de handel en wandel van Rambus Inc. kunnen we vandaag melden dat Rambus in Duitsland een aanklacht heeft ingediend tegen de duitse IC bakker Infineon, de voormalige halfgeleider divisie van Siemens. Rambus Inc. beschuldigd Infineon van patent breuk en eist dat de verkoop van Infineon SDRAM en DDR produkten in Europa wordt gestaakt. De beide partijen ontmoeten elkaar op 22 december voor de rechter in Mannheim:
The other legal shoe has dropped in Rambus Inc.'s patent fight with Infineon Technologies AG. Rambus here on Wednesday evening announced it has filed a lawsuit in Germany, accusing Infineon of infringing upon its synchronous DRAM patents, following similar cases filed in Europe against Micron Technology Inc. and Hyundai Electronics Industries Co.
Rambus--which is being sued by Munich-based Infineon for patent infringement in the U.S.--also said it has filed a lawsuit in Eastern U.S. District Court in Virginia alleging "willful patent infringement" against the German company.
[...] "IP [intellectual property] is our business and we will not hesitate to protect our IP when it is being used without a license," said Geoff Tate, Rambus' chief executive officer of Rambus.
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