Rambus in Violation of Monopoly Laws

In an opinion by Commissioner Pamela Jones Harbour, the Commission found that, through a course of deceptive conduct, Rambus was able to distort a critical standard-setting process and engage in an anticompetitive ‘hold up’ of the computer memory industry. The Commission held that Rambus’s acts of deception constituted exclusionary conduct under Section 2 of the Sherman Act and contributed significantly to Rambus’s acquisition of monopoly power in the four relevant markets.

I don’t think anyone will be incredibly surprised by this. It seems unclear what will happen to the company, whether it be fines or revoked patents… but time will tell.