Rambus avoids EU antitrust fine

Emma Barraclough, London


Rambus has escaped a threat of fines from the EU Commission after antitrust officials agreed to accept a pledge from the chip technology company to lower its licence rates

In 2007, the Commission sent the US company a Statement of Objections, accusing it of abusing a dominant position by claiming unreasonable royalties for the use of DRAM-related patents that it said the company had failed to disclose but which it had later claimed were relevant to the...



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