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Technology Stocks : Rambus (RMBS) - Eagle or Penguin
RMBS 97.02-0.5%3:59 PM EST
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To: Zeev Hed who wrote (44859)6/18/2000 9:50:00 AM
From: Scumbria   of 93625
 
Zeev,

maybe the patent office does not have the "talent" you think they need

There is no question that the patent office is overloaded, and largely staffed by junior people. Many, many ridiculous patents get through, and these frequently become legal issues later on.

BTW, you never responded to my post about the necessity of patent infringement, so I will repeat it again. I would like to hear your thoughts about this. You seem to be taking a very one sided stance on this issue.

"There are probably no important semiconductor products that don't infringe on other patents.

Some examples are:

SGI holds a patent which covers all graphics texture caches. It is impossible to build a graphics chip which does not infringe upon this patent.

MIPS holds a patent which covers all misaligned loads and stores. It is nearly impossible to build a CPU which does not infringe upon this patent.

STM holds a patent which covers all on-chip processor memory (caches, etc.) It is impossible to build a CPU which does not infringe upon this patent.

Most big companies hold large patent portfolios to protect against litigation. DRAM manufacturers are no exception."

Rambus presents a particularly difficult situation for the lawyers from other DRAM companies, because Rambus has no product- only IP. It is very difficult to accuse a company that has no product of patent infringement.

But I can imagine that rest of the Japanese memory industry is now out for blood from Rambus and Toshiba. These two companies have become a serious problem for some of the largest companies in Japan.

Scumbria
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