We could devote a whole blog to the litigation warhorse that is Rambus Inc., but in the interest of diversity (and our sanity), we've settled for occasional roundups as events warrant. That time, loyal readers, has come again, with a pair of recent developments that lend at least a tiny bit of clarity to Rambus's long-term prospects.

In the latest win for the National Credit Union Administration, financial institutions including Royal Bank of Scotland and Wells Fargo lost a bid to dodge claims that they duped Kansas-based U.S. Central Federal Credit Union into pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into residential mortgage-backed securities.

In the closely watched trial, Emimen's label contended Apple was illegally selling songs via iTunes. Apple said it had a license. After a week of trial, the two sides struck a confidential deal.

Badke and De capped their eight-year defense of Nova Biomedical and Becton Dickinson by persuading a judge for the second time that an Abbott patent was procured by deceiving the PTO, even after Abbott persuaded the Federal Circuit to raise the bar for proving inequitable conduct.