Interesting snippets of the Rambus article ... at least we don't have to worry about laying off 90 workers to pay the legal bill. The company has done a good job of holding down expenses while we try to get this thing on track

Wolfy

But the victories have not helped much. “Every day we’re amazed at how victories in court don’t necessarily lead to settlements,” said Sharon Holt, Rambus’s senior vice president for worldwide sales, licensing and marketing. “We really need the courts to help force these parties into settlement talks. We’re not having as much momentum in signing new business as we’ve liked.”

Harold Hughes, who reclaimed the job as Rambus’s chief executive in 2005 after five years of retirement, traces the problem back to company executives in the early 1990s who failed to enforce its patent rights.

“The problem we had is that infringement got out of control,” Mr. Hughes said.

Some analysts think the recent court victories could lead some of the bigger chip makers to settle with Rambus and become paying customers, particularly if the court issues an injunction in the Hynix case. They have estimated Rambus could collect hundreds of millions, if not several billion, dollars from chip makers over the next 10 year