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To: Don Green who wrote (71419)	5/1/2001 9:22:50 AM
From: Don Green	Respond to of 93625

Rambus case turns into bloody shambles Ramboholics become shamboholics in Crispgate By Mike Magee, 1 May 2001 08.05 BST CRUSTY US DISTRICT COURT judge Robert Payne, yesterday severely limited Rambus' claims of patent infringement against Infineon, effectively liquidising the original 57 allegations down into three. But, as we reported here Saturday, although some expected the entire trial to close in disarray yesterday, instead the case will continue although Payne may decide this Thursday whether it should come to a grinding halt. Infineon will today start its defence, which rests on a claim that Rambus - in the person of one Mr Richard Crisp - failed as a member of industry body JEDEC to say out loud whether it had taken out patents on synchronous memory during discussions on future memory technology. Where do we go from here? Rambus has several other cases pending against major Dramurai Micron, and Hyundai (Hynix). Whether Rambus will pour further money into legal cases must now be an urgent topic of discussion at board level. Recently, Rambus reported its financial results and the existing legal expenses have already dented its coffers to the tune of over seven million dollars. If Rambus does abandon its litigation, there are going to be some very mad Dramurai who have agreed that Rambus has rights to SDRAM and DDR memory patents. They're paying Rambus for the technology as we write... Ramboholics on Yahoo Message Boards are going crazy at the news, suggesting they should "never have caught the bus". Meanwhile bus traveller Croaker, whose comments we reported Saturday about "throwing in the towel", said on message boards yesterday evening: "I took a lot of heat last Friday for posting the Jim Rockwell statement of his characterization "throwing in the towel". Well folks, that is exactly what Rambus attorney's have done with the 804 and the 214 patent. Given that 703 was out already; we are left with only three claims that the judge thinks that Huber might have touched upon." Although the trial now looks like it's a busted hand for Rambus, one question still remains to be resolved, and that is whether alleged RICO (anti racketeering fraud charges) that Infineon made against Rambus executives, will go any further. µ 213.219.40.69