Rambus Inc., v. Hynix Semiconductor Inc. et al

Filing 3186

ORDER by Judge Whyte responding to Rambus' Request for Case Management Conference, Docket No. (3180) in case 5:05-cv-00334-RMW and Docket No. (1838) in case 5:05-cv-02298-RMW. (rmwlc3, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 4/13/2009)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.P., Defendants. v. HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AMERICA INC., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.P., NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION U.S.A., Defendants. RAMBUS INC., Plaintiff, No. C-05-02298 RMW RAMBUS INC., Plaintiff, No. C-05-00334 RMW ORDER RE RAMBUS'S REQUEST FOR A CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE REGARDING SAMSUNG'S § 17200 CLAIM IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION E-filed: 4/13/09

ORDER RE RAMBUS'S REQUEST FOR A CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE REGARDING SAMSUNG'S § 17200 CLAIM IN CASE NOS. C-05-00334 AND C-05-02298

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 United States District Court For the Northern District of California 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28

Rambus has requested a case management conference to be held before April 24, 2009 to clarify the status of the bench trial held late last year involving: (a) Samsung's breach of contract and related counterclaims and affirmative defenses and (b) Samsung's unclean hands defense and § 17200 counterclaim based on allegations that Rambus spoliated evidence. In its Order Entering Stay of Proceedings in Case Nos. C-05-00334, C-05-02298 and C-0600244 filed February 3, 2009 the court stated: Although the court hereby stays the Northern California actions other than the Hynix I Action, it will continue to issue orders on matters other than in limine motions under submission in those cases. The stay will not apply to any request pertaining to those orders or to any otherwise applicable time limit with respect to them. 8:4-7. The matters under submission include the Samsung claims set forth above. The court has not modified the stay order. In other words, the court does intend to issue its findings of fact and conclusions of law on the subject Samsung claims. The court anticipates that the findings and conclusions on the breach of contract and related counterclaims and affirmative defenses will be issued before April 24, 2009. The findings and conclusions on the unclean hands defense and § 17200 counterclaims based upon allegations that Rambus spoliated evidence will most likely not be issued before April 24, 2009. The court did not understand there to be urgency in issuing these orders given the stay order which precludes any judgment in the Samsung matters being entered pending the lifting of the stay and the trial of the remaining issues. If the above information does not clarify the question raised by Rambus's request, the parties may set a telephone conference at a mutually agreed upon time. DATED: 4/13/09

RONALD M. WHYTE United States District Judge

ORDER RE RAMBUS'S REQUEST FOR A CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE REGARDING SAMSUNG'S § 17200 CLAIM IN CASE NOS. C-05-00334 AND C-05-02298 2

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to counsel in: all cases.
Counsel Rambus: Kathryn Kalb Anderson Peter A. Detre Erin C. Dougherty Sean Eskovitz Burton Alexander Gross Keith Rhoderic Dhu Hamilton, II Pierre J. Hubert Andrea Jill Weiss Jeffries Miriam Kim Carolyn Hoecker Luedtke Steven McCall Perry Jennifer Lynn Polse Matthew Thomas Powers Rollin Andrew Ransom Rosemarie Theresa Ring Gregory P. Stone Craig N. Tolliver Donald Ward David C. Yang Douglas A. Cawley Scott L Cole William Hans Baumgartner, Jr Scott W. Hejny Kelly Max Klaus Catherine Rajwani Thomas N Tarnay Hynix: Theodore G. Brown , III Daniel J. Furniss Joseph A. Greco Julie Jinsook Han Tomomi Katherine Harkey Jordan Trent Jones Patrick Lynch Kenneth Lee Nissly Kenneth Ryan O'Rourke Belinda Martinez Vega Geoffrey Hurndall Yost Susan Gregory van Keulen Allen Ruby Micron: Robert Jason Becher John D Beynon Jared Bobrow Yonaton M Rosenzweig Harold Avrum Barza Email Appearances: 05-00334 05-02298 06-00244 00-20905

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ORDER RE RAMBUS'S REQUEST FOR A CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE REGARDING SAMSUNG'S § 17200 CLAIM IN CASE NOS. C-05-00334 AND C-05-02298 3

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Linda Jane Brewer Aaron Bennett Craig Leeron Kalay David J. Lender Rachael Lynn Ballard McCracken Sven Raz David J. Ruderman Elizabeth Stotland Weiswasser Nanya: Jason Sheffield Angell Kristin Sarah Cornuelle Chester Wren-Ming Day Jan Ellen Ellard Vickie L. Feeman Robert E. Freitas Craig R. Kaufman Hao Li Cathy Yunshan Lui Theresa E. Norton Mark Shean Kaiwen Tseng Samsung: Steven S. Cherensky Dana Prescott Kenned Powers Matthew Douglas Powers Edward Robert Reines United States Dept. of Justice May Lee Heye Eugene S. Litvinoff Niall Edmund Lynch

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Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program in each action. Dated: 4/13/09 TER Chambers of Judge Whyte

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