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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN JOSE DIVISION
7 8 RAMBUS INC.,
No. C-05-00334 RMW
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PATENT TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
v.
[Re Docket No. 1950]
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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.
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RAMBUS INC.,
No. C-05-02298 RMW
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.P.,
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[Re Docket No. 955]
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1 RAMBUS INC.,
No. C-06-00244 RMW
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[Re Docket No. 1391]
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MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., and MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC.
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Having considered the comments and proposals presented by the parties in their July 9 joint case management statement, the court provides the following case management order. A.
Schedule for the Patent Trial
Case Milestone
Rambus's Proposal
Manufacturers' Proposal
Court's Order
Final Infringement Contentions.
July 25, 2008
August 11, 2008
August 1, 2008
Final Invalidity Contentions.
August 11, 2008
September 2, 2008
August 22, 2008
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Close of fact discovery.
August 15, 2008
September 8, 2008
August 29, 2008
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Opening expert reports (on all issues as to which a party bears the burden of proof).
August 11, 2008
September 19, 2008
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Rebuttal expert reports.
September 10, 2008
October 3, 2008
September 26, 2008
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Close of expert discovery.
September 26, 2008
October 17, 2008
October 10, 2008
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Last day to file dispositive motions and Daubert motions.
October 3, 2008
October 24, 2008
October 17, 2008
Last day to file oppositions to dispositive motions and Daubert motions.
October 17, 2008
November 7, 2008
October 31, 2008
Last day to file replies to dispositive motions and Daubert motions.
October 24, 2008
November 14, 2008
November 7, 2008
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The court expects that the Manufacturers will have significantly narrowed the number of prior art references supporting their invalidity contentions. PATENT TRIAL SCHEDULING ORDER C-05-00334 RMW; C-05-02298 RMW TSF
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Hearing on dispositive motions.
November 7, 2008
December 5, 2008
November 21, 2008
Last day to file motions in limine.
(none)
(none)
November 26, 2008
Last day to file oppositions to motions in limine.
(none)
(none)
December 5, 2008
Last day to file replies to motions in limine.
(none)
(none)
December 10, 2008
Pretrial conference.
December 12, 2008
January 5, 2009
December 19, 2008
Start of trial.
January 19, 2009
(none)
January 19, 2008
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Given these cases' histories, a few deadlines may require clarification. A "dispositive
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motion" is a motion for summary judgment that disposes of a portion of the case. The court will not
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entertain any dispositive motion that turns on an issue of claim construction. Such motions were
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supposed to be filed on October 5, 2007. See Joint Case Management Order, Attachment C (Apr.
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24, 2007). A "Daubert motion" is any motion based on the reliability of any expert testimony. A
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"Daubert motion" is not a motion in limine that merely challenges the relevance of an expert's
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testimony.
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The parties have previously encountered difficulties with the procedure surrounding expert
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reports, yet have retained the same mechanism for exchanging expert reports. To be clear, this
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mechanism will require the Manufacturers to produce their expert reports related to invalidity on
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September 5 while Rambus will have to produce its expert reports on infringement and damages on
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September 5. The parties are encouraged to reach an agreement regarding the anticipated scope of
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the inventors' testimony and what, if any, disclosure obligations that testimony will entail.
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This schedule proceeds on the expectation of holding a consolidated trial. If a Manufacturer has good cause for severance, it must file a motion requesting severance by August 1, 2008.
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DATED:
7/16/2008 RONALD M. WHYTE United States District Judge
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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to counsel in: C-05-00334, C-05-02298, C-06-00244. Counsel for Rambus Inc., all actions
Counsel for Hynix entities, C-00-20905 and C-05-00334
Burton Alexander Gross
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Allen Ruby
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Carolyn Hoecker Luedtke
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Belinda Martinez Vega
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Catherine Rajwani
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Daniel J. Furniss
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Craig N. Tolliver
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Geoffrey Hurndall Yost
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David C. Yang
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Jordan Trent Jones
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Douglas A. Cawley
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Joseph A. Greco
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Patrick Lynch
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Kelly Max Klaus
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Theodore G. Brown, III
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Miriam Kim
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Tomomi Katherine Harkey
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Peter A. Detre
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Counsel for Micron entities, C-06-00244
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Pierre J. Hubert
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Aaron Bennett Craig
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Rosemarie Theresa Ring
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David J. Ruderman
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Counsel for Nanya entities, C-05-00334
Counsel for Samsung entities, C-05-00334 and C-0502298
Chester Wren-Ming Day
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Ana Elena Kadala
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Craig R. Kaufman
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Claire Elise Goldstein
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Glenn Michael Levy
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David J. Healey
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Jan Ellen Ellard
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Edward Robert Reines
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Jason Sheffield Angell
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Matthew D. Powers
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Kaiwen Tseng
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Mark Shean
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Robert E. Freitas
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Vickie L. Feeman
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Counsel for intervenor, Texas Instruments, Inc., C-05-00334
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Kelli A. Crouch
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Counsel for intervenor, United States Department of Justice, C-00-20905
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Eugene S. Litvinoff
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May Lee Heye
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Nathanael M. Cousins
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Niall Edmund Lynch
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Counsel for intervenor, Elpida Memory, Inc., C-00-20905 and C-05-00334
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Eric R. Lamison
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John J. Feldhaus
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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:
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