Nvidia sued for patent infringement
Winga
MrSouth Africa Icrontian
What seems to be standard practice for memory makers Rambus, has seen them filing a lawsuit against Nvidia for patent infringement.
In claiming infringement on 17 of their patents they seeking monetary damages and an injunction to stop Nvidia from selling products that include chipsets, graphics processors and memory controllers.
They not new to this type of thing it seems with Rambus having taken many rival memory makers to court for similar infringements. The competitors however have cried foul, alleging that Rambus deceived the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC)by not disclosing its DRAM patents and trying to win them over to avoid high royalty payments.
Having won a victory against their rivals earlier this year, with a court ruling that they had not run afoul of the JEDEC, as alleged by Micron Technology, Nanya Technology and Hynix Semiconductor, it seems they have turned their attention to Nvidia.
According to Tom Lavelle, senior vice president at Rambus, they have been attempting to negotiate a licensing agreement with Nvidia for the past six years but it seems they are no closer to an agreement.
With Nvidia having seen it's fair share of troubles lately, this couldn't have come at a worse time.
In claiming infringement on 17 of their patents they seeking monetary damages and an injunction to stop Nvidia from selling products that include chipsets, graphics processors and memory controllers.
They not new to this type of thing it seems with Rambus having taken many rival memory makers to court for similar infringements. The competitors however have cried foul, alleging that Rambus deceived the Joint Electron Device Engineering Council (JEDEC)by not disclosing its DRAM patents and trying to win them over to avoid high royalty payments.
Having won a victory against their rivals earlier this year, with a court ruling that they had not run afoul of the JEDEC, as alleged by Micron Technology, Nanya Technology and Hynix Semiconductor, it seems they have turned their attention to Nvidia.
According to Tom Lavelle, senior vice president at Rambus, they have been attempting to negotiate a licensing agreement with Nvidia for the past six years but it seems they are no closer to an agreement.
With Nvidia having seen it's fair share of troubles lately, this couldn't have come at a worse time.
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