This should be a good time for these guys..... ( NOT)
Rambus Requests the U.S. International Trade Commission To Investigate
Alleged Unlawful Imports by Hyundai
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sep 11, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS)
today announced it is requesting the U.S. International Trade Commission ("ITC")
to conduct an investigation, pursuant to section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930,
and to remedy the alleged unlawful importation into the United States and the
sale in the United States after importation, of Hyundai products, covered by
U.S. patents Nos. 5,953,263; 6,034,918 and 6,038,195 which are owned by Rambus.
Rambus' "337 Complaint", names Hyundai Electronics Industries Co. Ltd. and
Hyundai Electronics America. The complaint requests that the ITC investigate
Hyundai SDRAM and DDR SDRAM memory products and is seeking to halt the
importation and sale of the infringing Hyundai memory products.
Rambus also filed suit in Germany and France against Hyundai Electronics
Industries Co. Ltd. for patent infringement. The suits were filed after
negotiations over Rambus' intellectual property rights were preempted by the
filing of a lawsuit by Hyundai in the United States. Rambus is seeking
injunctions to halt the sale, manufacture and use of Hyundai SDRAM and DDR SDRAM
memory devices which infringe the Rambus intellectual property protected by
European Patent EP 0 525 068.
Rambus Inc. (Nasdaq:RMBS) is an intellectual property company that designs,
develops and licenses high-bandwidth chip-connection technologies which enable
semiconductor memory devices to keep pace with faster generations of processors
and controllers. To date, these efforts have resulted in more than 100 U.S. and
foreign patents issued to Rambus. Rambus has licensed its technology to
approximately 30 semiconductor companies for the development, manufacture and
sale of Rambus-compatible ICs. Providers of Rambus-based integrated circuits
include the world's leading DRAM, ASIC, controller and microprocessor
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