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Rambus wins first phase of Hynix trial; judge rejects motion to dismiss, patent trial to proceed (RMBS) 18.49 : Co announces that the judge in the patent infringement matter with Hynix Semiconductor has denied Hynix's request to dismiss Rambus' case, based on unclean hands and document spoliation following a two-week evidentiary hearing. Among other things in the ruling, "the court concludes that Rambus did not engage in unlawful spoliation of evidence." In a 42-page ruling, Judge Whyte determined that Rambus should be allowed to argue the merits of its patent infringement position against Hynix for SDRAM, DDR and DDR2 SDRAM memory products. The date for that trial has been set for March 6, 2006.