At the end of January law court made the preliminary decision of the dispute between RAMBUS and NVIDIA, after recognizing the lawfulness of claims as the first on the disturbance by NVIDIA company of three from the five patents.
In the accused side in this situation remained the chance to dispute the urgency of these patents in the ministry for patents and USA trade marks. If questionable patents were acknowledged ineffective, then NVIDIA automatically would obtain the right to use described patents in its developments.
As reports reuters agency, USA competent authorities recognized as those acting two of three patents. The latter from the companies is satisfied by the fact that one of the patents was acknowledged ineffective, and it is going to dispute the competence of claims on other two patents. In the case of RAMBUS victory this will threat the end of NVIDIA product import in USA, products, which use a memory controller.