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To: Don Green who wrote (71952)	5/4/2001 6:03:56 PM
From: Don Green	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 93625

Rambus Says to Appeal Court Ruling Friday May 4 5:30 PM ET LOS ALTOS, Calif. (Reuters) - Rambus Inc. (NasdaqNM:RMBS - news), a maker of technology to speed the performance of memory microchips, said on Friday it plans to appeal a U.S. District Court ruling that dismisses the three remaining claims of patent infringement it brought against German semiconductor maker Infineon Technologies AG (NYSE:IFX - news). ``We are disappointed with the court's decision,'' said Rambus Chief Executive Geoff Tate of Tuesday's ruling. ``If today's decision is allowed to stand, all companies that innovate risk having their intellectual property rights unjustly expropriated.'' While the Virginia case against Infineon involves four Rambus U.S. patents, Los Altos, Calif.-based Rambus said that there are a dozen U.S. and European patents involved in other infringement cases pending against Infineon, Hyundai and Micron Technology Inc. (NYSE:MU - news) Rambus said a trial against Infineon in German currently is scheduled for May 18. ``Rambus will continue to fight to protect our intellectual property,'' Tate said in a statement. Tuesday's ruling was issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. An Infineon spokesperson could not immediately be reached to comment on the ruling. U.S. District Judge Robert Payne, who is presiding over the jury trial in Richmond, Va., also will consider a motion by Infineon to throw out all the remaining claims after receiving legal briefs from the litigants. Rambus initially sued Infineon for allegedly infringing on its patents on two types of computer memory. The original suit included 57 claims covering four patents. Infineon, one of the top global producers of computer memory, countered that Rambus improperly obtained technical specifications that led to some of the patents and was seeking to broaden the scope of its patents in the suit. In tossing out the bulk of Rambus's case, the judge dismissed a key charge of willful infringement against Infineon. Rambus had alleged Infineon knew it was infringing on computer memory designs invented by Rambus more than seven years ago.

To: Don Green who wrote (71952)	5/4/2001 7:37:47 PM
From: Skeeter Bug	Respond to of 93625

>>"We are disappointed with the Court's decision and plan to appeal the ruling," Rambus CEO Geoff Tate said. "If today's decision is allowed to stand, all companies that innovate risk having their intellectual property rights unjustly expropriated."<< yes, the free world of intellectual property is at stake. give rmbs what they want or else the legal system is wrong. hello!?!?!? bottom line, tate may feel different when the infineon pursues their fraud lawsuit against rmbs and wins! "if we can't steal and/or manipulate it, thieving and manipulating rights everywhere will be at risk!"