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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 Regarding Production Of Materials 

Subject To Privilege Piercing Orders In Related Cases 3485

CASE NOS. 00-20905, 05-00334, 05-02298, AND 06-00244 

[Attorney list on signature page]

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC.; HYNIX 

SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC.; HYNIX 

SEMICONDUCTOR U.K. LTD.; and HYNIX 

SEMICONDUCTOR DEUTSCHLAND GmbH, 

Plaintiff, 

vs. 

RAMBUS INC., 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. CV 00-20905 RMW 

[] ORDER REGARDING 

PRODUCTION OF MATERIALS 

SUBJECT TO PRIVILEGE PIERCING 

ORDERS IN RELATED CASES 

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. 

CASE NO. C 05-00334 RMW 

*E-FILED - 9/12/07*

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[] Order Regarding Production Of Materials 

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CASE NOS. 00-20905, 05-00334, 05-02298, AND 06-00244 

RAMBUS INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., 

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., 

SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., 

SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, 

L.P., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. C 05 02298 RMW 

RAMBUS INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., and MICRON 

SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC., 

Defendants. 

CASE NO. C 06-00244 RMW 

At the case management conference before the Court on August 3, 2007, Hynix 

Semiconductor Inc., Hynix Semiconductor America, Inc., Hynix Semiconductor U.K. Ltd., Hynix 

Semiconductor Deutschland GmbH, and Hynix Semiconductor Manufacturing America Inc. 

(collectively, “Hynix”), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., 

Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.P. (collectively, 

“Samsung,”), Nanya Technology Corporation and Nanya Technology Corporation U.S.A. 

(collectively, “Nanya”), and Micron Technology, Inc. and Micron Semiconductor Products, Inc. 

(collectively, “Micron”) requested that the Court order Rambus Inc. (“Rambus”) to produce all 

materials that Rambus has been ordered to produce pursuant to privilege piercing orders in Hynix 

Semiconductor, Inc. et al. v. Rambus Inc., Civ. A. No. 00-20905 (N.D. Cal. filed Aug. 29, 2000) 

(“Hynix I case”) and Micron Technology, Inc. v. Rambus Inc., Civ. A. No. 00-792 (D. Del filed 

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Subject To Privilege Piercing Orders In Related Cases 

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CASE NOS. 00-20905, 05-00334, 05-02298, AND 06-00244 

Aug. 28, 2000) (“Micron Delaware case”) to the parties adverse to Rambus in each of the abovecaptioned cases to the extent it had not already done so. Rambus opposed this request. Having 

considered the parties’ arguments and good cause appearing, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that: 

1. Rambus shall produce all materials that Rambus has been ordered to 

produce pursuant to privilege piercing orders in the Hynix I case to Hynix, Samsung, Nanya and 

Micron in each of the above-captioned cases to the extent it has not already done so, including 

without limitation the materials subject to the Court’s Orders dated February 26, 2004, January 

31, 2005, February 28, 2005, August 26, 2005, October 3, 2005, October 19, 2005, and October 

20, 2005, and all discovery and testimony taken in connection with such materials, including 

without limitation documents, interrogatory responses, deposition testimony and exhibits, trial 

testimony and exhibits, and declarations. 

2. Rambus shall produce all materials that Rambus has been ordered to 

produce pursuant to privilege piercing orders in the Micron Delaware case to Hynix, Samsung, 

Nanya and Micron in each of the above-captioned cases to the extent it has not already done so, 

including without limitation the materials subject to the Court’s Orders dated May 16, 2001, 

February 10, 2006, and June 15, 2006, and all discovery and testimony taken in connection with 

such materials, including without limitation documents, interrogatory responses, deposition 

testimony and exhibits, trial testimony and exhibits, and declarations. 

3. Rambus shall produce the materials identified above within 15 business 

days of entry of this Order without the need for further requests by Hynix, Samsung, Nanya or 

Micron. 

4. By producing these materials in response to this Order, Rambus is not 

waiving any protection to which it is otherwise entitled under the attorney-client privilege or 

work product doctrine, and nothing in this Order shall preclude Rambus from challenging the 

admissibility of any documents or testimony at any trial on any basis, including without limitation 

on the basis of the attorney-client privilege and/or work product protection. 

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IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: __________________ 

Honorable Ronald M. Whyte 

United States District Court Judge 

9/10/07

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APPROVED AS TO FORM: 

DATED: August 20, 2007 Respectfully submitted, 

FOR THE MANUFACTURERS 

 By /s/ Hal Barza 

 Harold A. Barza 

William Price 

Robert Becher 

QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES 

865 South Figueroa Street, 10th Floor 

Los Angeles, California 90017-2543 

Jared Bobrow 

John D. Beynon 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Attorneys for 

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., and 

MICRON SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTS, INC. 

 By /s/ Anita Kadala 

 David J. Healey 

Anita E. Kadala 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

Houston, TX 77002 

Alan J. Weinschel 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

New York, NY 10153 

Matthew D. Powers 

Edward R. Reines 

WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Attorneys for 

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., 

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., 

SAMSUNG SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., and 

SAMSUNG AUSTIN SEMICONDUCTOR, L.P. 

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CASE NOS. 00-20905, 05-00334, 05-02298, AND 06-00244 

 By /s/ Robert Freitas 

 Robert E. Freitas 

Kai Tseng 

Craig R. Kaufman 

Denise M. Mingrone 

ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP 

Menlo Park, CA 94025 

Attorneys for 

NANYA TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION and NANYA 

TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION U.S.A. 

 By /s/ Theodore G. Brown 

 Theodore G. Brown, III 

TOWNSEND and TOWNSEND and CREW LLP 

379 Lytton Avenue 

Palo Alto, California 94301 

Attorneys for 

HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR 

AMERICA INC., HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR 

MANUFACTURING AMERICA INC., HYNIX 

SEMICONDUCTOR U.K. LTD., and HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR 

DEUTSCHLAND GmbH 

APPROVED ONLY AS TO FORM AND NOT AS TO CONTENT: 

DATED: August 20, 2007 

 By

FOR RAMBUS INC. 

 /s/ Carolyn Luedtke 

 MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

560 Mission Street, 27th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105 

Attorneys for 

RAMBUS INC. 

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