Technology and the Internet
A U.S. appeals court Friday denied a request by Infineon Technologies for a full court rehearing of a fraud case against Rambus Inc. over a patent dispute, pushing Rambus shares up nearly 10%.
April 5, 2003
Designer of high-speed chips is free to resume its suit seeking $840 million in patent royalties from semiconductor makers.
Oct. 7, 2003
Intel to buy Infineon wireless unit for $1.4 billion
Aug. 31, 2010
Four current and former sales executives of German chip maker Infineon Technologies have agreed to plead guilty to participating in a conspiracy to fix the prices of computer memory chips, the Justice Department said Thursday.
Dec. 3, 2004
After the chip designer’s patent case is reinstated, manufacturer Infineon again seeks a dismissal. Rambus’ shares tumble.
Dec. 22, 2004
Infineon Technologies of Germany has agreed to plead guilty to charges of price fixing and pay a $160-million fine as part of a U.S. investigation into the computer memory chip industry, U.S. antitrust authorities said.
Sept. 16, 2004
German chipmaker Infineon Technologies claimed another success in its long-running legal dispute with memory-chip designer Rambus Inc., after a judge barred Rambus from asserting certain of its patents against some of Infineon’s memory chips.
Nov. 27, 2001
Rambus Inc. will ask an appeals court today to throw out a finding that it committed fraud in getting computer memory-chip patents and to let it pursue infringement claims against Infineon Technologies.
June 3, 2002
Rambus Inc. said German chip maker Infineon Technologies agreed to pay as much as $150 million to end a five-year patent dispute.
March 22, 2005
Samsung Electronics Co., Hynix Semiconductor Inc. and Infineon Technologies agreed to pay $160 million to resolve claims that they conspired to drive up the price of computer memory chips.
May 11, 2006