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To: Scumbria who wrote (66597)	2/26/2001 3:06:40 PM
From: charred water	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 93625

Scumbria, the problem is that the "complaining" seems wholly disingenuous. It appears that huge multinational conglomerates were trying to shut out a small (some would say itsy-bitsy) innovative startup by avoiding, or misappropriating, their revolutionary technology. Scumbria wrote: The litigants are complaining that Rambus learned of JEDEC plans in the meetings, and shaped their IP strategy around those plans. After SDRAM became a standard, Rambus amended their patents and demanded royalties. You don't see a problem with that?

To: Scumbria who wrote (66597)	2/26/2001 3:24:34 PM
From: Ali Chen	Respond to of 93625

"The litigants are complaining that Rambus learned of JEDEC plans in the meetings, and shaped their IP strategy around those plans." The proof is typed out in black on white: rambusite.com on page 167: " As far as intellectual property issues go here are a few ideas: 1. DRAM on a packet oriented bus ... 4. DRAM with programmable access latency 5. DRAM with on chip address space decoding" "I think it makes sense to review our current issued patents and see what we have that may work against them. If it is something really key, then we may want to mention it to Hyundai in our attempts to get the negotiation underway again. If it is not a really key issue, such as the initialization issue, then I think it makes no sense to alert them to a potential problem they can easily work around" See also the other pages of the exhibit. Very entertaining reading. The shit smells no matter what.