02-26-2006, 06:00 PM
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Mobile Phones Infringe Rambus Patents
"Rambus Inc. owns the patents on memory interfaces used in most mobile phones on the market, and most of those phones violate the company's patents, according to Chief Executive Officer Harold Hughes. "We have technology that we invented literally 10 to 15 years ago, that is going into just about every mobile phone, so that will be an opportunity for us to find patent licenses," Hughes said in a wide-ranging interview Tuesday. Many people thought that Rambus would not survive patent infringement lawsuits it is involved in "and to a certain extent our technology was then incorporated wantonly," Hughes said. Rambus aims to get companies to license its technology, and that could include both chip makers and mobile phone manufacturers, Hughes said."
The never ending world of patent lawsuits. :roll: Rambus says they spend $8-9 million a quarter on litigation. Of course, a 3% royalty from a $30 Billion industry should easily cover the cost of litigation. Anyway, there doesn't appear to be much to worry about, your Smartphone isn't going to be shutdown or anything. Most manufacturers are settling with Rambus and moving forward.
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