Rambus Inc v. Broadcom Corporation

Filing 63

ORDER RE UPDATED JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT REGARDING THE PARTIES' PROGRESS IN SELECTING A DISCOVERY SPECIAL MASTER. Signed by Judge Richard Seeborg on 9/2/11. (cl, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/2/2011)

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(All parties and counsel listed on Signature Page)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

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RAMBUS INC.,
Plaintiff,

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v.
BROADCOM CORP.,

Date:
Time:
Judge:

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RAMBUS INC.,

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UPDATED JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT
STATEMENT REGARDING THE
PARTIES’ PROGRESS IN SELECTING A
DISCOVERY SPECIAL MASTER AND
[PROPOSED] ORDER

Defendant.

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Case No. 3:10-cv-05437 RS

No date set
N/A
Hon. Richard Seeborg
Courtroom 3, 17th Floor

Case No. 3:10-cv-05446 RS

Plaintiff,
v.
LSI CORPORATION,

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Defendant.

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RAMBUS INC.,
Plaintiff,

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v.
MEDIATEK INC.,
Defendant.

Case No. 3:10-cv-05447 RS

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RAMBUS INC.,
Plaintiff,

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v.

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Case No. 3:10-cv-05449 RS

STMICROELECTRONICS N.V.;
STMICROELECTRONICS INC.,

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Defendants.

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Pursuant to Rule 26(f) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Civil Local Rule 16-9,

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Plaintiff Rambus Inc. (“Rambus”) and Defendants Broadcom Corporation (“Broadcom”), LSI

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Corporation (“LSI”), Mediatek Inc. (“Mediatek”), and STMicroelectronics N.V. and

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STMicroelectronics Inc. (collectively, “STMicro”) hereby submit the following Updated Joint

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Case Management Statement Regarding the Parties’ Progress in Selection a Discovery Special

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Master (“Statement”).

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By way of background, the parties previously submitted a Joint Case Management

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Statement on July 28, 2011, and the Court held a Case Management Conference on August 4,

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2011. At the August 4th Conference, the Court directed the parties to confer (or confer further)

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regarding a number of issues, including the use and identity of a special master for these related

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cases, the parties’ proposed schedules, discovery limits, and an index of Rambus’s anticipated

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production, and submit an Updated Case Management Statement by August 18, 2011.

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On August 18, 2011, the parties submitted an Updated Case Management Statement that

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included, among other things, a statement indicating that the parties agreed in principal to the use

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of a special master and requesting a two-week period for the parties to meet and confer on the

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selection of a particular special master.1 While that two-week period has now passed, the parties

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believe it would be productive to continue meeting and conferring on the issue with the hope that

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an agreement can be reached. Accordingly, the parties request that the Court permit the parties to

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continue to meet and confer and report to the Court on the selection of a special master on or

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Rambus continues to believe that the use of a special master in the Related Cases will multiply
rather than minimize the discovery disputes this Court will have to address. Rambus understands,
however, that the Court may wish to designate a special master.

UPDATED JOINT CMC STATEMENT
CASE NO. 10-CV-05437 RS
RELATED CASE NOS. C 10-05446 RS, C 10-05447 RS, C-10-05449 RS

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before September 12, 2011. If the parties cannot reach an agreement by that date, each party will

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submit to the Court no more than three names of potential special masters and, if necessary,

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competing proposals as to how the cost for the special master will be divided among the parties.

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The Court can then select a special master to be assigned to these related cases and resolve any

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disputes related thereto.
Respectfully submitted,

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DATED: September 1, 2011

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
By:
/s/ Heather E. Takahashi
Gregory P. Stone (SBN 078329)
[e-mail]
Peter E. Gratzinger (SBN 228764)
[e-mail]
Heather E. Takahashi (SBN 245845)
[e-mail]
David H. Pennington (SBN 272238)
[e-mail]
MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
355 South Grand Avenue, 35th Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Peter A. Detre (SBN 182619)
[e-mail]
MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP
560 Mission Street, 27th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for RAMBUS INC.

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QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN LLP

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By:
/s/ Gillian Thackray
Charles K. Verhoeven (SBN 170151)
[e-mail]
Sean Pak (SBN 219032)
[e-mail]
Gillian Thackray (SBN 196756)
[e-mail]
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, California 94111-4788
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile:
[phone]

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UPDATED JOINT CMC STATEMENT
CASE NO. 10-CV-05437 RS
RELATED CASE NOS. C 10-05446 RS, C 10-05447 RS, C-10-05449 RS

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Attorneys for BROADCOM CORPORATION
Attorneys for MEDIATEK INC.

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PERKINS COIE LLP
By:
/s/ Amanda Tessar
Bobbie Wilson (SBN 148317)
E-mail: [e-mail]
Heather R. Bobkova (SBN 257014)
E-mail: [e-mail]
Perkins Coie LLP
3150 Porter Drive
Palo Alto, CA 94304
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Amanda Tessar (pro hac vice admission pending)
E-mail: [e-mail]
Perkins Coie LLP
1900 Sixteenth St., Suite 1400
Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for BROADCOM CORPORATION

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KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP

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By:
/s/ Robert John Artuz
David E. Sipora (SBN 124951)
[e-mail]
1400 Wewatta Street, Suite 600
Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Julie J. Han (SBN 215279)
[e-mail]
Robert J. Artuz (SBN 227789)
[e-mail]
1080 Marsh Road
Menlo Park, CA 94025
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for LSI CORPORATION

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UPDATED JOINT CMC STATEMENT
CASE NO. 10-CV-05437 RS
RELATED CASE NOS. C 10-05446 RS, C 10-05447 RS, C-10-05449 RS

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K&L GATES LLP

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By:
/s/ Elaine Y. Chow
Michael J. Bettinger (SBN 122196)
[e-mail]
Stephen M. Everett (SBN 121619)
[e-mail]
Curt Holbreich (SBN 168053)
[e-mail]
Elaine Y. Chow (SBN 194063)
[e-mail]
Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 1200
San Francisco, CA 94111
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

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Attorneys for STMICROELECTRONICS N.V. and
STMICROELECTRONICS, INC.

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Filer’s Attestation

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I, Heather Takahashi, am the ECF user whose identification and password are

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being used to file this UPDATED JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT. In
compliance with General Order 45.X.B., I hereby attest that the above-named signatories concur
in this filing.

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DATED: September 1, 2011
/s/ Heather E. Takahashi

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UPDATED JOINT CMC STATEMENT
CASE NO. 10-CV-05437 RS
RELATED CASE NOS. C 10-05446 RS, C 10-05447 RS, C-10-05449 RS

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[PROPOSED] Order

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The parties request for an extension of time to meet and confer on the selection of a

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special master is GRANTED. On September 12, 2011, the parties will submit a report to the

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Court identifying their selection of a special master for this case. If the parties cannot reach on

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agreement, each party will submit to the Court no more than three names of potential special

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masters and, if necessary, competing proposals as to how the cost for the special master will be

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divided among the parties.

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DATED: September _____, 2011

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Judge Richard Seeborg
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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UPDATED JOINT CMC STATEMENT
CASE NO. 10-CV-05437 RS
RELATED CASE NOS. C 10-05446 RS, C 10-05447 RS, C-10-05449 RS

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