Less Than a Week After Billion-Dollar Samsung Settlement, Rambus Wins ITC Infringement Ruling Against Nvidia

On January 22, 2010, administrative law judge Theodore Essex of the U.S. International Trade Commission issued an initial determination that the chipmaker Nvidia infringes three Rambus patents for memory controllers related to graphics processors. Judge Essex also turned back Nvidia’s assertions of inequitable conduct and unclean hands against Rambus. Finnegan partner Mike Jakes represented Rambus at the hearing before Judge Essex in October.