Rambus has spent about $300 million on lawyers in its eight-year patent fight against a group of big memory chip makers. On Tuesday afternoon, the Los Altos, Calif., chip designer inched a little closer to getting some payoff.
Northern District of California Judge Ronald Whyte entered final judgment (.pdf) in one of Rambus’ cases, against chip maker Hynix Semiconductor, ordering the Korean company to pay Rambus a total of $397 million in damages and interest. In the order, Whyte also finalized a court-ordered agreement recently reached between the two sides, under which Hynix will pay royalties to Rambus until sometime in 2010. A jury had found in 2006 that Hynix’s chips infringed on Rambus patents.
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