Call it deja vu.
Seven months after a Virginia federal judge found chipmaker Rambus Inc. had engaged in litigation misconduct in a long-running patent dispute with one of its rivals, the Silicon Valley firm must now defend itself against the same allegations on the West Coast.
At issue is whether Rambus and its lawyers purposely shredded evidence in the late 1990s at a time when it was getting ready to sue a slew of rivals for infringing one of its chip design patents.
A Virginia judge ruled in March that Rambus had indeed acted against “the interests of justice” when it asked employees company-wide to shred records. The ruling led to the dismissal of Rambus’ case against German chip company Infineon Technologies AG.
Details here from The Recorder via Law.com.
Call it deja vu.
Seven months after a Virginia federal judge found chipmaker Rambus Inc. had engaged in litigation misconduct in a long-running patent dispute with one of its rivals, the Silicon Valley firm must now defend itself against the same allegations on the West Coast.
At issue is whether Rambus and its lawyers purposely shredded evidence in the late 1990s at a time when it was getting ready to sue a slew of rivals for infringing one of its chip design patents.
A Virginia judge ruled in March that Rambus had indeed acted against “the interests of justice” when it asked employees company-wide to shred records. The ruling led to the dismissal of Rambus’ case against German chip company Infineon Technologies AG.
Details here from The Recorder via Law.com.
Call it deja vu.
Seven months after a Virginia federal judge found chipmaker Rambus Inc. had engaged in litigation misconduct in a long-running patent dispute with one of its rivals, the Silicon Valley firm must now defend itself against the same allegations on the West Coast.
At issue is whether Rambus and its lawyers purposely shredded evidence in the late 1990s at a time when it was getting ready to sue a slew of rivals for infringing one of its chip design patents.
A Virginia judge ruled in March that Rambus had indeed acted against “the interests of justice” when it asked employees company-wide to shred records. The ruling led to the dismissal of Rambus’ case against German chip company Infineon Technologies AG.
Details here from The Recorder via Law.com.
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