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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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HYNIX'S [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISCOVERY SCHEDULE / 

 CASE NO. C04-4708 VRW (AND RELATED CASES) 

TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

DANIEL J. FURNISS (State Bar No. 73531) 

THEODORE G. BROWN, III (State Bar No. 114672) 

SUSAN M. SPAETH (State Bar No. 142652) 

379 Lytton Avenue 

Palo Alto, California 94301 

Telephone: (650) 326-2400 

Facsimile: (650) 326-2422 

Email: djfurniss@townsend.com 

TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

ERIC P. JACOBS (State Bar No. 88413) 

ROBERT A. McFARLANE (State Bar No. 172650) 

Two Embarcadero Center, 8th Floor 

San Francisco, California 94111 

Telephone: (415) 576-0200 

Facsimile: (415) 576-0300 

THELEN REID & PRIEST LLP 

KENNETH L. NISSLY (State Bar No. 77589) 

SUSAN VAN KEULEN (State Bar No. 136060) 

KEITH L. SLENKOVICH (State Bar No. 129793) 

225 West Santa Clara Street, Suite 1200 

San Jose, California 95113 

Telephone: (408) 292-5800; Facsimile: (408) 287-8040 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC., 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

TOSHIBA CORPORATION, ET AL. 

Defendants. 

 Case No. C04-04708 VRW 

Related Cases:

C05-4547 VRW; C05-4016 VRW; 

C05-4100 VRW 

HYNIX'S [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: 

DISCOVERY SCHEDULE 

AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS 

 

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HYNIX'S [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISCOVERY SCHEDULE / 

 CASE NO. C04-4708 VRW (AND RELATED CASES) 

Pursuant to the Court's instructions during the August 22, 2006, and the subsequent 

request from chambers that the parties submit separate proposed orders to facilitate the Court's 

review, Hynix hereby submits the following [Proposed] Order re: Discovery Schedule. 

I. DEADLINE FOR CERTAIN DISCLOSURES UNDER LOCAL PATENT RULES 

AND INITIAL DEADLINE FOR FACT DISCOVERY 

 Hynix proposes the following schedule for the completion of fact discovery pertaining to 

the '111, '311, '519, and '190 Patents at issue in the 4708 Case, the '579 Patent at issue in the 4100 

Case, and the '994, ‘715, and '588 Patents at issue in the 4547 Case and to make certain of the 

disclosures required by the Northern District of California Local Patent Rules. 

 The parties are in agreement as to the December 1, 2006, deadline and the scope of the 

disclosures to take place thereon. The parties also agree that August 31, 2007, should be the 

initial cut-off for fact discovery. Hynix opposes Toshiba's proposal to bifurcate liability and 

damages discovery, because Hynix believes the lack of damages discovery will prevent the 

parties from evaluating one another's exposure in this case and thereby hamper efforts to settle the 

dispute. Thus, Hynix proposes that August 31, 2007, be the cut-off for fact discovery relating to 

liability and damages, with the exception of discovery pertaining to opinions of counsel offered in 

defense of willful infringement allegations which are addressed in section III, below. 

December 1, 2006 

(agreed as to time and scope) 

Last day for Toshiba to serve documents 

required by Patent L. R. 3-4(a) (source code, 

specifications, schematics, flow charts, artwork, 

formulas, or other documentation sufficient to 

show the operation of any aspects or elements of 

an Accused Instrumentality identified by patent 

claimant in its Patent L. R. 3-1(c) chart) 

pertaining to the '111, '311, 519, and '190 

Patents at issue in the 4708 Case. 

Last day for Hynix to serve updated 

preliminary invalidity contentions for the 

asserted claims of the '579 patent at issue in the 

4100 case and to serve preliminary invalidity 

contentions for the '994, '715 and '588 patents at 

issue in the 4547 Case as specified in Local P. 

R. 3-3.

Last day for Hynix to serve documents 

required by Local P. R. 3-4(a) (source code, 

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HYNIX'S [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISCOVERY SCHEDULE / 

 CASE NO. C04-4708 VRW (AND RELATED CASES) 

specifications, schematics, flow charts, artwork, 

formulas, or other documentation sufficient to 

show the operation of any aspects or elements of 

an Accused Instrumentality identified by patent 

claimant in its Patent L. R. 3-1(c) chart) 

pertaining the '579 Patent at issue in the 4100 

Case, and the '994, '715, and '588 Patents at 

issue in the 4547 Case. 

August 31, 2007 

(agreed as to time) 

Close of initial fact discovery pertaining 

to the '111, '311, '519, and '190 Patents at issue 

in the 4708 Case, the '579 Patent at issue in the 

4100 Case, and the '994, ‘715, and '588 Patents 

at issue in the 4547 Case. This deadline shall 

apply to discovery pertinent to liability and to 

damages, with the exception of discovery 

relating to opinions of counsel, which is subject 

to the deadlines set forth below. 

II. DEADLINES FOR FINAL INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS 

AS REQUIRED BY LOCAL PATENT RULE 3-6 

Hynix proposes that the deadline for Final Infringement and Invalidity Contentions as 

required by Local Patent Rule 3-6 be set for October 12, 2007, to correspond with service of the 

initial expert reports on liability issues, i.e., on infringement and invalidity, as set forth below. 

III. DEADLINES FOR EXPERT DISCOVERY, WILLFUL INFRINGEMENT 

DISCOVERY AND DISPOSITIVE MOTIONS REGARDING LIABILITY 

In addition to the agreed deadlines for fact discovery set forth in Section I, above, Hynix 

proposes the following deadlines for 1) expert discovery, 2) disclosure of any opinions of counsel 

to be offered in defense of willful infringement allegations, and 3) dispositive motions. 

A. Hynix Proposal For Expert Discovery Schedule 

October 12, 2007 Initial Liability Expert Reports: Last day to 

serve initial expert reports regarding liability on 

issues on which each party has the burden of 

proof. Such reports would include the Hynix 

infringement report and Toshiba invalidity 

report regarding the '111, '311, ‘519, and '190 

Patents at issue in the 4708 Case, and the 

Toshiba infringement report and Hynix 

invalidity report regarding the '579, '994, 715, 

and '588 Patents at issue in the 4100 and 4547 

Cases. 

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HYNIX'S [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISCOVERY SCHEDULE / 

 CASE NO. C04-4708 VRW (AND RELATED CASES) 

October 15 to October 26, 2007 Depositions of experts who submitted Initial 

Liability Expert Reports. Such depositions will 

address the subject matter of the Initial Liability 

Expert Reports. 

October 26, 2007 Initial Damages Expert Reports: Last day for 

the patentee to serve damages expert reports 

regarding infringement of the '111, '311, 519, 

and '190 Patents at issue in the 4708 Case 

(Hynix) and the '579 Patent at issue in the 4100 

Case and the '994, 715, and '588 Patents at issue 

in the 4547 Case (Toshiba). 

October 29 to November 9, 2007 Depositions of experts who submitted Initial 

Damages Expert Reports. Such depositions 

will address the subject matter of the Initial 

Damages Expert Reports. 

November 9, 2007 Rebuttal Liability Expert Reports: Last day to 

serve rebuttal expert reports on issues of 

liability. 

November 12 to November 30, 2007 Expert depositions addressing subject matter of 

Rebuttal Liability Expert Reports. 

November 30, 2007 Rebuttal Damages Expert Reports: Last day to 

serve rebuttal expert reports on damages. 

December 3 to December 14, 2007 Expert depositions addressing subject matter of 

Rebuttal Damages Expert Reports. 

December 14, 2007 Close of Expert Discovery pertaining to the 

'111, '311, '519, and '190 Patents at issue in the 

4708 Case, the '579 Patent at issue in the 4100 

Case, and the '994, ‘715, and '588 Patents at 

issue in the 4547 Case.. 

B. Hynix Proposal for Disclosure and Discovery of Opinions of Counsel 

October 12, 2007 Last day for parties intending to rely on opinion 

of counsel to make disclosures required by 

Local P. R. 3-8 pertaining to the '111, '311, 

'519, and '190 Patents at issue in the 4708 Case, 

the '579 Patent at issue in the 4100 Case, and 

the '994, ‘715, and '588 Patents at issue in the 

4547 Case. 

December 14, 2007 Close of discovery pertaining to any assertion 

of advice of counsel as defense to willfulness 

pertaining to the '111, '311, '519, and '190 

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AUGUST 31, 2007

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HYNIX'S [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISCOVERY SCHEDULE / 

 CASE NO. C04-4708 VRW (AND RELATED CASES) 

Patents at issue in the 4708 Case, the '579 

Patent at issue in the 4100 Case, and the '994, 

‘715, and '588 Patents at issue in the 4547 

Case. 

C. Hynix Proposal for Dispositive Motion Deadline

January 18, 2008. Last day to file dispositive motions pertaining 

to the '111, '311, '519, and '190 Patents at issue 

in the 4708 Case, the '579 Patent at issue in the 

4100 Case, and the '994, ‘715, and '588 Patents 

at issue in the 4547 Case. 

Hynix respectfully requests that the Court adopt the schedule set forth above. 

Dated: September 18, 2006 TOWNSEND AND TOWNSEND AND CREW LLP 

By /s/ Robert A. McFarlane 

ROBERT A. MCFARLANE 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

HYNIX SEMICONDUCTOR INC. 

60870497 v1

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HYNIX'S [PROPOSED] ORDER RE: DISCOVERY SCHEDULE / 

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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER

 The [Proposed] Order re: Discovery submitted by Hynix and as modified and set forth above is her

adopted by the Court as the Case Management Order for the case and the parties are ordered to 

comply with this Order. 

DATED: 

VAUGHN R. WALKER 

United States District Judge 

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September 26, 2006

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