Not sure if you're old enough or geeky enough to remember this RAM company called RAMBUS from back in the early 2000s, but they had some memory that was cutting edge, super fast, etc. for early Pentium 4 processors. Then DDR memory came along and wiped them off the face of the earth (thankfully). But they're still around, basically don't make anything physical anymore, and seem to just come up with patent ideas so if you're a company such as nVidia who does physically make a product, you can stumble on a patent created by this "innovation" company and get your pants sued off.
That's exactly what's happening now, and seems to carry on America's long tradition (and seemingly more and more twisted) weird patent laws.
I guess Rambus still has us in its grasp too, as the old chips are hard to come by for a decent price, and every so often, someone needs a pair. Yes, you have to install them in a pair. Oh, and if you have open slots on your motherboard you need to install dummy sticks into them in order for it to work. See why this stuff cost so much?
-Nate
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