"the idea that he would participate in a scheme to rip off and patent a standard for profit is so bizarre that it discredits any other arguments Infineon makes."
Really? BTW, Mark was not the only guy in the company.
There were few others, including Tate, Davidov, and Borovoy.
Also, have you read R.Crisp's revellations from JEDEC?
A small part can be found here:
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More, the whole invention thingy looks fishy from the
very beginning. From the FHager.com reporting:
"While teaching at Stanford, Dr. Horowitz consulted with a number of companies, one of which was MIPS Technology, where he met Mike Farmwald. In 1988, he and Mike got together to discuss a concept Mike had been working on, and while Mark admitted he was somewhat skeptical of whether or not the technology would work, the more he thought about it, the more he was convinced Mike was on to something that could be rather compelling. "
So, as an employee of Stanford, Dr. Horovitz "the more
he thought about it" during his working time, the more
he was convinced that the Mike's idea (the rights to
which must belong to Mike's employer MIPS Tech) was
something... Interesting.
"While in Chicago, Dr. Farmwald was given permission to spend time pursuing this idea in his free time, and he spent nights and weekends in the patent archives at the university searching for prior art."
It would be interesting to see that "permission" from the UChicago...
So, technically speaking, the true owners of Rambus patents
must be the MIPS Technology, University of Illinois,
and Stanford University, whichever percentage ownership
they may have agreed upon. Funny. They probably are
waiting to sue if Rambus manages to shake off
some serious money that are worth legal troubles... |
