June 11, 2013
Technology company Rambus Inc. and South Korean memory semiconductor supplier SK Hynix Inc. have signed a $240 million, five-year licensing agreement for the use of Rambus memory-related patent innovations in Hynix's semiconductor products, settling all claims in their long-running patent dispute, Rambus announced Tuesday.
May 09, 2013
A California federal judge on Wednesday hit Rambus Inc. with $250 million in sanctions for egregious evidence destruction in its long-running patent case against Hynix Semiconductor Inc., drastically reducing the $397 million judgment Rambus won in 2009.
October 18, 2012
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. asked a California federal judge Tuesday to either throw out a $397 million judgment for infringing Rambus Inc. patents or grant the chipmaker a new trial in its decadelong fight over memory chip technology, saying recent patent re-examination proceedings merit reversal.
September 24, 2012
Rambus Inc.'s destruction of documents related to memory chip patents it planned to assert against Hynix Semiconductor Inc. merits a downgrade in a $400 million penalty assessed against Hynix, but neither dismissal nor a new trial is warranted, a California federal judge ruled Friday.