Rambus inc. announced Thursday, 14 may 2009 that the Federal Trade Commission has dropped its claim that the memory chip company violated antitrust laws in patenting technologies that were eventually incorporated into industry standards. The FTC recently lost before the Supreme Court, ending the possibility of further litigation in the matter. By this decision, the commission's move ends a seven-year battle with Rambus and ended speculation that it might pursue the case against Rambus under different federal regulations.