Rambus Inc. v. FTC

Rambus (defendant), an active member of the standards body JEDEC until withdrawing in 1996, held patents that were later incorporated into JEDEC's SDRAM and DDR SDRAM memory standards without JEDEC ever learning of Rambus's patent interests during the standardization process; after the standards were adopted, Rambus asserted its patents to negotiate higher licensing fees, and the FTC (plaintiff) found this nondisclosure was deceptive and had enabled unlawfully higher fees, ordering Rambus to adopt reasonable royalty rates, which Rambus appealed.