Rambus Inc., a designer of high-speed computer memory chips, destroyed documents knowing that competitors would need them to defend against the company's patent infringement lawsuits, a lawyer told a federal judge today. The lawyer, John Desmarais, is representing German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG in a retrial of a patent infringement case initiated by Rambus before U.S. District Court Judge Robert Payne in Richmond, Virginia. Desmarais presented video-taped witness testimony that he said supports Infineon's defense. ``We are confident that the hearing will help to clarify and determine the facts surrounding Rambus's document destruction, false statements made under oath and other litigation misconduct,'' Infineon spokesman Sawato Das said. Earlier this month Payne said he wouldn't rule on Infineon's motion to dismiss Rambus's lawsuit until he heard testimony from witnesses about Infineon's ``serious charges'' that Rambus purposely destroyed documents and then made misrepresentations in court to ensure that chip companies couldn't challenge its patents.

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