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Intellectual Property

Jan. 13, 2009

Blow Dealt to Patent Claims By Chip Maker

A Delaware federal judge found Friday that Rambus Inc. destroyed evidence in a patent case, casting a large shadow over the memory chip designer's infringement claims against several manufacturers.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN JOSE - A Delaware federal judge found Friday that Rambus Inc. destroyed evidence in a patent case, casting a large shadow over the memory chip designer's infringement claims against several manufacturers.

U.S. District Judge Sue Robinson of Delaware ruled Friday that Rambus executives knew in late 1998, more than a year before filing the first of several lawsuits, that the company was going to sue b...

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