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To: milo_morai who wrote (117764)	6/26/2000 7:43:00 PM
From: Gopher Broke	Respond to of 1578006

Sounds to me like Rambus offered Hitachi a deal that was too good to refuse, and that Rambus is hoping to up the ante later, when the precendent for licensing the patent has been established. That is the only reason I can see that it is Rambus who is emphasizing that the current deal is only a short term agreement. But isn't there some law that directs you can't license patent technology on favorable terms initially and then whack up the price when you have companies locked in to licensing from you. I think "fair and reasonable" comes into play somewhere. Perhaps Rambus is now worried that Hitachi will turn around and demand $200K in warrants for every $100K of licenses they buy :^)