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USPTO rejects more Rambus claims against NVIDIA
Robert Hallock
July 14, 2009 10:25 AM ET in Tech
The United States Patent and Trademark Office has rejected another batch of infringement claims leveled against NVIDIA in an ongoing dispute regarding memory and memory controllers.
The eight bounced claims brings the total to 49 after the USPTO opened infringement proceedings with 41 rejections in June. The growing volume of rejections is expected to significantly influence the conclusion of a parallel case addressing similar claims in the ITC.
Big Green’s spinners are lauding what is thus far a one hundred percent success rate in battling the litigation which stems from memory tech in the GeForce 9000 series.
“We are pleased that the USPTO decided to review the patentability of these two additional Rambus’ patents and continued to agree with NVIDIA’s challenge to these eight claims,” said David Shannon, NVIDIA executive vice president and general counsel. “The USPTO has now initially rejected all of the patent claims asserted by Rambus against NVIDIA in the ITC.”
It is expected that RAMBUS will queue for another slap on the nose when the case progresses to the appeals stage around mid-August.
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