Rambus was held to have committed fraud by failing to disclose to an industry standards body that it had applied for patents covering memory chip technology.
Rambus also argues that according to Virginia state law, a fraud claim must be “filed within two years from actual enquiry or notice.” Rambus alleges that Infineon’s fraud claims result from knowledge of its patents that Infineon gained in 1997, therefore it was time-barred against raising the allegations.
Rambus also alleges that the judge in the case against Infineon misled the jury over previous patent law precedents.