Rambus and Micron will also face each other in Italy. Hyundai declined to comment for this article, while Micron and Infineon did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Federal Trade Commission also has begun taking depositions from witnesses, said sources, in what could turn into a wider investigation of Rambus. Rambus first filed the specifications for its memory patents in April 1990. Some companies had also already licensed Rambus' technology.
Nothing means something Doing nothing, however, is a violation of the law, the memory makers claim.
The intent was to have an open standard. Other companies, including Wang and Dell, have been found in violation of antitrust law for not disclosing patent applications, according to several sources and Hyundai legal papers. However, in many of these instances, the companies actively promoted their technology to some degree. By contrast, Rambus was relatively passive. It has always been a very open organization.