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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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ORDER DENYING SAMSUNG'S RENEWED MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE

C-05-00334 RMW

E-FILED on 1/4/06

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

RAMBUS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

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.

No. C-05-00334 RMW

 Related Cases: C-05-02298

 C-00-20905

ORDER DENYING SAMSUNG'S RENEWED

MOTION TO CONSOLIDATE THE

UNCLEAN HANDS ISSUE

At the initial case management conference in this case on October 28, 2005, Samsung renewed its

request to consolidate the uncleanhands defense in the above-captioned case with the uncleanhands defense

asserted by Hynix against Rambus in the related Hynix v. Rambus case, No. C-00-20905 ("Hynix case").

Hynix's unclean hands defense was the subject of an evidentiary hearing occurring on October 17 - 19 and

October 24 - November 1, 2005. Rambus proposes that the court withhold a decision on that defense in the

Hynix case until such time as additional evidence can be offered by Samsung so a consolidated decision can

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be rendered. Samsung specifically proposes a January 30, 2006 completion of fact discovery for the issue of

Rambus's unclean hands and a February 21, 2006 hearing date, subject to the court's schedule. The court

hereby denies the request.

The court will not repeat the parties' arguments as theyare veryfamiliar to the parties. However, the

reasons for the denial are those stated in the court's October 3, 2005 Order Denying Samsung's Motion to

Consolidate the Unclean Hands Issue. Additionally, the court finds that: (1) the cases involving the various

parties cryout for a business resolution and the sooner matters which have beenheard are decided the sooner

the parties will be informed where they stand so hopefully they can intelligently evaluate their respective

positions and resolve their disputes before further evidentiaryproceedings occur; (2)some issues in Samsung's

unclean hands defense appear unique to Samsung; (3) it would be impractical to try and squeeze in the time

necessary for discovery and the hearing on Samsung's unclean hands defense without resultant delay in

resolving the patent and conduct phases of the Hynix case; and (4) it does not appear that Samsung would

be bound by any finding adverse to Hynix.

DATED: 1/4/06 /s/ Ronald M. Whyte

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiff(s):

Jeannine Y. Sano jsano@dbllp.com 

Carolyn Hoecker Luedtke luedtkech@mto.com 

Craig N. Tolliver ctolliver@deweyballantine.com 

Gregory P. Stone gregory.stone@mto.com 

James J. Elacqua jelacqua@deweyballantine.com 

Kevin S. Kudlac kkudlac@dbllp.com 

Peter A. Detre detrepa@mto.com 

Pierre J. Hubert phubert@dbllp.com 

Burton Alexander Gross grossba@mto.com 

Counsel for Defendant(s):

Matthew D. Powers matthew.powers@weil.com 

David J. Healey david.healey@weil.com 

Jason Sheffield Angell jangell@orrick.com

Theodore G. Brown tgbrown@townsend.com

Vickie L. Feeman vfeeman@orrick.com

Daniel J. Furniss nghafari@townsend.com

Jordan Trent Jones jtjones@townsend.com

Patrick Lynch plynch@omm.com 

Kenneth L. Nissly kennissly@thelenreid.com

Mark Shean mshean@orrick.com 

Geoffrey H. Yost gyost@thelenreid.com 

Susan G. van Keulen svankeulen@thelenreid.com

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.

Dated: 1/4/06 DOH

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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