SAN FRANCISCO — Shredding evidence cost Rambus Inc. its patent infringement case against memory chip maker Micron Technology Inc. in Delaware last month. But it won’t hurt Rambus in a similar patent case against three other defendants in San Jose — at least for now.
San Jose federal Judge Ronald Whyte tentatively denied motions for summary judgment from chip makers Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Samsung and Nanya Technology Corp. at a hearing Friday. The three companies had argued that because Delaware federal Judge Sue Robinson found Rambus’ patents unenforceable against Micron on Jan. 9 — on the grounds that the company destroyed documents in anticipation of litigation — Whyte should do the same for them.
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