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Case 5:05-cv-00334-RMW

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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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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AMERICA INC.,

ORDER GRANTING HYNIX AND SAMSUNG'S MOTIONS TO STRIKE RAMBUS'S GDDR5 SDRAM FINAL INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS [Re Docket Nos. 2035, 2049]

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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[Re Docket Nos. 1011]

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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.P.,

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ORDER GRANTING HYNIX AND SAMSUNG'S MOTIONS TO STRIKE RAMBUS'S GDDR5 SDRAM FINAL INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS C-05-00334 RMW; C-05-02298 RMW TSF

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Pursuant to the deadline set by the court's case management orders, Rambus served its final

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infringement contentions on August 1, 2008. Two weeks later, Hynix and Samsung filed motions to

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strike Rambus's infringement contentions as to GDDR5 SDRAM, their most recent generation of

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graphics-specific SDRAMs.1 Rambus opposes the motions. The court has reviewed the papers and

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considered the arguments of counsel.

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The court grants Hynix and Samsung's motions to strike Rambus's infringement contentions

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related to GDDR5 SDRAM. If Rambus wishes to pursue claims against Samsung and Hynix's

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manufacture and sale of GDDR5 SDRAM, it may do so in a separate case.

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9/29/2008 RONALD M. WHYTE United States District Judge

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Samsung also moved to strike Rambus's final infringement contention accusing Samsung's memory controllers of infringing various patents. Rambus filed its election of claims for trial on September 4, 2008 (Docket No. 2128 in C-05-00334, Docket No. 1077 in C-05-02298) in which Rambus agreed not to pursue claims against memory controllers in an upcoming trial. Rambus and Samsung agree that this moots Samsung's motion to strike for the present. If necessary, the parties may revisit the issue at a later time. ORDER GRANTING HYNIX AND SAMSUNG'S MOTIONS TO STRIKE RAMBUS'S GDDR5 SDRAM FINAL INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS C-05-00334 RMW; C-05-02298 RMW TSF 2

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to counsel in: C-05-00334 and C-05-02298. 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

[email protected]

Belinda Martinez Vega

[email protected]

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Catherine Rajwani

[email protected]

Daniel J. Furniss

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Craig N. Tolliver

[email protected]

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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Erin C. Dougherty

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Kenneth Lee Nissly

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Gregory P. Stone

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Kenneth Ryan O'Rourke

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Jennifer Lynn Polse

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Patrick Lynch

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Keith Rhoderic Dhu Hamilton, II

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Susan Gregory VanKeulen

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Kelly Max Klaus

[email protected]

Theodore G. Brown, III

[email protected]

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Miriam Kim

[email protected]

Tomomi Katherine Harkey

[email protected]

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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

[email protected]

Aaron Bennett Craig

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Rosemarie Theresa Ring

[email protected]

David J. Ruderman

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Scott L Cole

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Harold Avrum Barza

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Scott W. Hejny

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Jared Bobrow

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Sean Eskovitz

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John D Beynon

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Steven McCall Perry

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Leeron Kalay

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Thomas N Tarnay

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Linda Jane Brewer

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William Hans Baumgartner, Jr

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Rachael Lynn Ballard McCracken

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Robert Jason Becher

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Yonaton M Rosenzweig

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Counsel for Nanya entities, C-05-00334

Counsel for Samsung entities, C-05-00334 and C-0502298

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Chester Wren-Ming Day

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Ana Elena Kadala

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Craig R. Kaufman

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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

[email protected]

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Mark Shean

[email protected]

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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 Kelli A. Crouch

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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

[email protected]

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.

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Dated:

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TSF Chambers of Judge Whyte

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ORDER GRANTING HYNIX AND SAMSUNG'S MOTIONS TO STRIKE RAMBUS'S GDDR5 SDRAM FINAL INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS C-05-00334 RMW; C-05-02298 RMW TSF 4