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International Trade Commission Initial Determination Finds Rambus Patents Invalid
| Source: NVIDIA
SANTA CLARA, CA--(Marketwire - January 22, 2010) - NVIDIA (NASDAQ : NVDA ) today announced that an
administrative law judge in the International Trade Commission (ITC) has made an
initial determination that two of the five Rambus patents at issue are invalid and
unenforceable, in an action that had been brought against NVIDIA.
"We are pleased with the initial determination from the ITC finding two patents
invalid but disappointed about its ruling on the other three patents," said David
Shannon, NVIDIA executive vice president and general counsel. "All five of the
patents continue to be subject to reexamination proceedings in the Patent and
Trademark Office, in which the Office has consistently found the asserted claims of
all of these patents to be invalid. We will now take the patents before the full
commission for a full review of the initial determination announced today."
The ITC litigation stems from a complaint filed in November 2008 by Rambus,
involving memory controllers related to graphics processors.
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