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To: Skeeter Bug who wrote (82008)	6/27/2000 4:27:00 PM
From: jim kelley	Read Replies (2) of 132070

Skeeter Bug Once again you reveal your lack of business sense. You sound like a social worker complaining that life is unfair. "* significant amounts of rmbs' patents will be deemed in the public domain (all those rewritten patents after sitting in on industry meetings to get the goods will be tossed)" There is no evidence to support the notion that RAMBUS' patents came out of the JEDEC meetings. On it face, it is a ridiculous position to take. "* significant portions of rmbs' patents will remain valid. how significant is key. it c/b major or it could be minor. prior art from the dram guys will be flowing to court like milk and honey in the land of milk and honey." Why are you not complaining about Texas Instruments which has collected billions in patent royalties and awards over the last decade by it aggressive enforcement of its DRAM patent portfolio. Instead, you are running to TI for help in beating up RAMBUS. "* rmbs has now aligned itself with the devil in the eyes of its intermediate customers." You think the semiconductor companies are saint like? <LOL> You think patent enforcement is the work of the devil? <LOL> If someone moved into your house and refused to pay rent, I suppose you would go along with their program. <g> * rmbs's licensing power will be reduced via the courts. This is silly! The patents are presumed valid and Rambs has the right to insist on payment. The courts will not interfere with this basic right. "* the dram guys will work around rmbs' limited patents if at all possible." They have a perfect right to do so. In the meantime, they should pay for the use of RMBS intellectual property. "rmbs has REALLY hurt the industry. technology sharing will be limited now. standards will be more difficult to arrive at. rmbs beats up on customers (us) trying to force us to pay higher prices for their product." It follows from your reasoning that Texas Instruments has hurt the industry the most. Texas Instruments has become famous in the IP world for its agressive assertion of its patent rights over every company in the industry. They have collected billions of dollars in royalties and awards. "rmbs sucks! too bad they can't make money based off sound business practices. they have to give away warrants, money, sit in on meetings and steal info, hide their true intentions..." RAMBS is a corporation. It has a fiduciary duty to its stock holders to enforce its patent portfolio.

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