Rambus Appeals ITC Finding of No Violation in Semiconductor Patent Case

Rambus appealed an International Trade Commission determination finding no violation of Section 337 and terminating the investigation on its patent claims on certain semiconductor chips and products containing same (337-TA-753). SI Corporation and STMicroelectronics, along with their customers Asustek and Asus, Cisco Systems, Garmin International, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies, and Seagate Technology were the only respondents remaining in the investigation, which had originally included Freescale, Broadcom, Mediatek, and NVIDIA. (See ITT’s Online Archives 12073022 for summary of the ITC’s determination.)