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To: Don Green who wrote (69819)	4/7/2001 8:58:27 PM
From: Don Green	Respond to of 93625

Crispgate: Rambus fraud appeal turned down 213.219.40.69 Micron intros limitation of patents to own case By Mike Magee, 7 April 2001 09.47 BST AN APPEAL THAT intellectual property (IP) firm Rambus made against a decision by a lesser court to allow anti-racketeering (RICO) allegations in a patent case has been turned down. A federal court of appeals rejected Rambus' appeal against a clause in a pre-trial ruling which would have allowed its court opponent, Infineon, to ask witnesses about alleged fraud and racketeering issues. That means that Infineon, formerly Siemens Semiconductor, will be able to present criminal allegations into a case which originally centred around whether Rambus owes the rights to certain kinds of memory technology used in PCs. The judge in the court case which begins this month in Richmond, VA, Robert "Dramurai" Payne, will now allow Infineon lawyers to quiz Rambus witnesses about alleged cross-State activities. In a further twist to what is already becoming a sensational case, Micron, a large semiconductor manufacturer which is also in litigation with Rambus, wishes to introduce limits on patents that are alleged to be in question. Judge "Dramurai" Payne made a pre-trial ruling in the case of Rambus versus Infineon which significantly limits the number of alleged patent infringements in question. Earlier this week, we revealed that pre-trial documents filed with Judge Dramurai, showed that Siemens Semiconductor considered Rambus methods to be such a menace that it thought of buying the company, or in some way using the technology without paying any royalties. µ