Rambus, the company that has made a speciality of haunting the courts to put forward claims for millions of dollars for patent infringements has just had a big disappointment. They had their lawsuit dismissed against Micron. The judge having noted that Rambus destroyed important documents which could have used to their discredit. More seriously, the judge considered that the patents of the company are quite simply not applicable in this context.
If Rambus hopes to appeal this decision, they are already on a back foot. Their stock has already been ravaged by the crisis, like all the others has fallen 40%, the investors preferring to flee a company whose ground is beginning to break down.
Already in the past, the American authorities were aware of the practices of Rambus considering even that the company voluntarily hid from JEDEC (organization of certification of the patents) some of its patents so that they could attack those who, in all bona fide, would start to manufacture products before thes
