Foundry Network files "Son of Rambus" suit against Alcatel
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Santa Clara-based Foundery Networks has filed a "Son of Rambus" law suit alleging that French telecommunications giant Alcatel engaged in exactly the same sort of "submarine patent" trap-setting that the FTC slammed Rambus for last week.
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According to the complaint, Alcatel "duped" the IEEE into adopting a user identification standard that later became widely adopted, while simultaneously filing patents that would be sure to be infringed by implementers of that standard. Foundry says that Rambus not only did not disclose the patent filings while helping to set the standards, but that it will only license the essential patent to companies that will pay for a package of unnecessary patents as well. Foundry wants actual and treble damages under the antitrust laws, as well as compulsory licensing on reasonable terms. It's fair to assume that Foundry has probably invested a few postage stamps in sending a copy of its complaint to the FTC as well.
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