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Intellectual Property

Jul. 19, 2006

Judge Reduces Award, Puts Rambus in a Bind

SAN JOSE - A federal judge has put Rambus Inc., a Los Altos-based company that licenses its patents to semiconductor memory chipmakers around the world, in a bind.

By Craig Anderson
Daily Journal Staff Writer


SAN JOSE - A federal judge has put Rambus Inc., a Los Altos-based company that licenses its patents to semiconductor memory chipmakers around the world, in a bind.
      U.S. District Judge Ronald Whyte rejected a jury's $307 million damage verdict in a ruling filed Friday, saying the company must accept less than half of that or take its chances on another dama...

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