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KENNETH L. NISSLY (SBN 77589)
[email protected] SUSAN van KEULEN (SBN 136060)
[email protected] SUSAN ROEDER (SBN 160897)
[email protected] O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 2765 Sand Hill Road Menlo Park, CA 94025 Telephone: (650) 473-2600 Facsimile: (650) 473-2601 [Additional counsel listed on signature page.] Attorneys for Plaintiffs HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AMERICA INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR U.K. LTD., and HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN JOSE DIVISION
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HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR U.K. LTD., and HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR DEUTSCHLAND GmbH,
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v. RAMBUS INC., Defendant.
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RAMBUS INC.,
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Plaintiff, v.
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HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AMERICA INC.,
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.P.,
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NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION U.S.A., Defendants.
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Pursuant to Federal Rule of Evidence 201, Hynix Semiconductor Inc., Hynix
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Semiconductor America Inc., Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America Inc., Hynix
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Semiconductor U.K. Ltd., and Hynix Semiconductor Deutschland GmbH (collectively “Hynix”)
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hereby request that the Court take judicial notice of the following items:
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The following documents from the United States Patent and Trademark Office’s
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reexaminations of Rambus’s patents, which are properly the subject of judicial notice (see Fed. R.
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Evid. 201; Coinstar, Inc. v. CoinBank Automated Systems, Inc., 998 F.Supp. 1109, 1114 (N.D.
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Cal. 1998)):
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Inter Partes Reexaminations filed with the United States Patent Office:
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Attached Hereto As Exhibit
Subject Patent
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US Patent No. 6,182,184 Reexam Control No. 95/001,112
November 17, 2008
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Order Granting Request for Inter Partes Reexaminations
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Attached Hereto As Exhibit
Subject Patent
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US Patent No. 6,182,184 Reexam Control No. 95/001,112 US Patent No. 6,426,916 Reexam Control No. 95/001,122 US Patent No. 6,426,916 Reexam Control No. 95/001,122 US Patent No. 6,452,863 Reexam Control No.95/001,124 US Patent No. 6,452,863 Reexam Control No.95/001,124 US Patent No. 6,378,020 Reexam Control No. 95/001,128 US Patent No. 6,266,285 Reexam Control No. 95/001,131 US Patent No. 6,266,285 Reexam Control No. 95/001,131 US Patent No. 6,314,051 Reexam Control No. 95/001,132 US Patent No. 6,314,051 Reexam Control No. 95/001,132
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Order Granting Request for Inter Partes Reexaminations January 16, 2009
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US Patent No. 6,378,020 Reexam Control No. 95/000,427 US Patent No. 6,751,696 Reexam Control No. 95/001,133 US Patent No. 6,751,696 Reexam Control No. 95/001,133
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Order Granting Request for Inter Partes Reexaminations
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to U.S. Patent Number 6,715,020 (Reexam Control No. 95/001,008) entitled Action Closing Prosecution (37 CFR 1.949) mailed on December 22, 2008. Attached hereto as Exhibit O. 2.
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The materials identified in Samsung’s Motion to Take Judicial Notice filed with
this Court on January 19, 2009, in which motion Hynix hereby joins, which are properly the subject of judicial notice for the reasons set forth in that Motion: a.
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The following document issued by the United States Patent Office relating
Certain pleadings, transcripts, indices of exhibits, filings, documents and
relevant briefing Micron Technology, Inc. v Rambus Inc., No. 1:00-cv-00792-SLR, United States District Court, District of Delaware (“Delaware Action”). In particular, Hynix requests that the court take judicial notice of the following items attached to the Declaration of Steven Cherensky In Support of Motion for Entry of Motion and for Entry of Judgment of Unenforcement of Rambus’s Asserted Patents as Against Samsung and Dismissal of Rambus’s Patent Infringement Claims Against Samsung Or, in the Alternative, For Summary Judgment filed on January 19, 2008 at D.E. 3127 (“Cherensky Decl.”): 1
Even though the cover sheet filed with the reexamination request stated it was a request relating to U.S. Patent No. 6,266,285 (and this number appears on some of the Patent Office records), the Request itself relates to U.S. Patent No. 6,751,696, and the Examiner so construed the request in granting it (see, Exhibit N at p.3.) -3-
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The order and opinion from the Delaware Action dated January 9,
2009 (see Cherensky Decl. at Ex. 29); (2)
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Rambus Inc.’s Supplemental and Second Amended counterclaims
(see Cherensky Decl. at Ex. 20); (3)
Rambus’s Answer and Counterclaims (see Cherensky Decl. at Ex.
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Micron’s Amended Complaint (see Cherensky Decl. at Ex. 30);
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Trial Transcript excerpts dated November 8-9, 13-15, 2007 and
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telephonic hearing transcript dated January 16, 2009 (see Cherensky Decl. at Exs. 10 and 26);
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the index of trial exhibits dated December 6, 2007(see Cherensky
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relevant briefs from the Delaware Action (Micron’s Post-Trial Brief
Decl. at Ex. 11); and
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Regarding Rambus’s Duty to Preserve Evidence, dated February 5, 2008; Post-Trial Opposition
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Brief of Rambus Inc. on the Issue of When the Duty to Preserve Evidence Arose, dated March 27,
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2008; Micron’s Post-Trial Reply Brief Regarding When Rambus’s Duty to preserve Evidence
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Arose, dated April 30, 2008; Rambus Inc.’s Post-Trial Brief on Micron’s Unclean Hands Defense,
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dated June 30, 2008; Micron’s Post-Trial Brief Regarding Rambus’s Litigation Misconduct and
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the Proper Sanction for Rambus’s Spoliation, dated June 30, 2008; Rambus Inc.’s Post-Trial Brief
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in Response to Micron’s Brief Regarding Rambus’s Alleged Litigation Misconduct and Sanctions,
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dated August 4, 2008; and Micron’s Reply Post-Trial Brief Regarding Rambus’s Litigation
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Misconduct and the Proper Sanction for Rambus’s Spoliation, dated August 4, 2008) (see
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Cherensky Decl. at Exs. 12-18).
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The following documents from the Rambus Inc. v. Infineon Techs. AG, Civ.
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No. 3:00cv524, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia case: excerpts from the
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trial transcript dated February 21-24 and March 1, 2005, (see Cherensky Decl. at Ex. 1).
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The following documents from the Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd. v. Rambus,
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Inc., No. 3:05cv406, United States District Court, Eastern District of Virginia case: the case
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submission of the Infineon record, and the exceptional case hearing transcript from (E.D. Va.)
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litigation (see Cherensky Decl. at Exs. 5-9); d.
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Rambus's Opening Brief For Defendant-Appellant Rambus Inc., Samsung
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Elecs. Co. v. Rambus Inc., No. 2006-1579 (Fed. Cir. Dec. 5, 2006) (see Cherensky Decl. at Ex.
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28)); charts prepared by Samsung showing the Farmwald-Horowitz patent family tree and the
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accused products involved in both the Delaware Action and this patent trial (see Cherensky Decl.
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at Exs. 22, 23); and the expert reports of William Huber (dated August 16, 2001) and Robert
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Murphy (dated September 5, 2008) (see Cherensky Decl. at Exs. 4, 19).
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Dated: January 26, 2009
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By: /s/ Kenneth L. Nissly Kenneth L. Nissly KENNETH L. NISSLY SUSAN van KEULEN SUSAN ROEDER O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
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KENNETH R. O’ROURKE WALLACE A. ALLAN BELINDA M. VEGA
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O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP 16 THEODORE G. BROWN III JULIE J. HAN TOWNSEND and TOWNSEND and CREW LLP
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING AMERICA INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR U.K. LTD., and HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR DEUTSCHLAND GmbH
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