[News] Rambus Raping, Embargoing Industry with Intellectual Monopolies
Roy Schestowitz
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Rambus wants to stop Nvidia products from being imported into the US
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| It seems that the negotiations between Rambus and Nvidia over the licence
| fees for Rambus patents haven't been going too well. Rambus has now filed a
| complaint against Nvidia at the US International Trade Commission (USITC),
| asking the USITC to order an import ban for products with Nvidia parts
| containing memory controllers for SDRAM memory components like DDR, DDR2,
| DDR3, LPDDR, GDDR, GDDR2 and GDDR3. This probably includes most of Nvidia's
| graphics chips, mainboard chipsets and notebook chipsets, including those
| incorporated in the latest Apple notebooks as well as products by Asus, BFG,
| Biostar, Diablotek, EVGA, Gigabyte, HP, MSI, Palit, Pine and Sparkle, who
| were all explicitly listed by Rambus.
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http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/118645
More Microsoft BS:
Mattrick adamant he invented avatars
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| Microsoft boss Don Mattrick still believes he was the very first person to
| invent controllable 3D human avatars.
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http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=289203%20%20
No, people just put together existing knowledge to make new ideas. Ideas,
unlike implementations, cannot be owned. It would be travesty.
Related:
EU accuses Rambus of 'patent ambush'
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070823/ap_on_hi_te/eu_rambus_patent_ambush
Rambus Sues Nvidia
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| Rambus on Thursday said it had filed a lawsuit against Nvidia, alleging the
| graphics chip vendor had infringed on memory architecture patents owned by
| Rambus.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/148236/rambus_sues_nvidia.html
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Tony Manco
> More Microsoft BS:
>
> Mattrick adamant he invented avatars
>
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> | Microsoft boss Don Mattrick still believes he was the very first person to
> | invent controllable 3D human avatars.
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>
> http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=289203%20%20
>
> No, people just put together existing knowledge to make new ideas. Ideas,
> unlike implementations, cannot be owned. It would be travesty.
That is Microsoft BS for sure...
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Roy Schestowitz
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____/ Tony Manco on Wednesday 12 November 2008 15:04 : \____
>
>
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> More Microsoft BS:
>>
>> Mattrick adamant he invented avatars
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | Microsoft boss Don Mattrick still believes he was the very first person to
>> | invent controllable 3D human avatars.
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.eurogamer.net/article.php?article_id=289203%20%20
>>
>> No, people just put together existing knowledge to make new ideas. Ideas,
>> unlike implementations, cannot be owned. It would be travesty.
>
> That is Microsoft BS for sure...
To give an example of some Microsoft patents, consider the fact that the
company claims ownership of keystrokes for paging (PgUp and PgDn), the
double-click, and even tabbed browsing, which it was notoriously slow to adopt
and implement.
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