U.S. court rejects request for ban on Hynix DRAM sale

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. court has rejected a request by a California
company to bar South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest
computer memory-chip maker, from selling its DRAM products in America, Hynix said
Tuesday.
Rambus Inc. sought an injunction with the U.S. District Court for the Northern
District of California to ban Hynix from selling DRAM memory products, saying it
infringed upon Rambus' patents.
The court, however, upheld a prior decision on Hynix's payment of damages to
Rambus and ruled Hynix must pay the U.S. company royalties on sales of
later-generation DRAMs sold in the U.S.
DRAM, or dynamic random access memory, is the most common type used in personal
computers.
Hynix said it will file an appeal over the court's damages ruling.
"Hynix is gratified that the court rejected Rambus's request for an injunction,"
the company said in a statement. "(But) Hynix believes that Rambus's patents, as
recently confirmed by certain rulings of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office,
are invalid."
ygkim@yna.co.kr
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