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

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

UNIRAM TECHNOLOGY, INC.,

Plaintiff(s),

 vs.

MONOLITHIC SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY,

INC, et al.,

Defendant(s). /

No. C 04-1268 VRW (MEJ)

ORDER RE TSMC'S U.S. PATENT

NUMBERS '186, '050, AND '226 

On August 29, 2006, the parties in the above-captioned matter filed a joint discovery dispute

letter. (Doc. #231.) In the letter, plaintiff UniRAM Technology, Inc. ("UniRAM") sought to

compel defendant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd. ("TSMC") to produce

documents related to the conception, including initial invention disclosures and inventor notebooks,

of the inventions disclosed and claimed in TSMC's U.S. Patent Numbers 6,136,638 ("'638"),

6,600,186 ("'186"), 6,661,050 ("'050"), and 6,420,226 ("'226"). In its portion of the letter, UniRAM

set forth the relevancy of the '638 patent, but provided no information regarding the relevancy of the

remaining three patents.

On September 11, 2006, the Court found that UniRAM had properly set forth the relevancy

of the '638 patent and ordered production accordingly. (Doc. #236.) As to the remaining three

patents, the Court permitted the parties to file additional briefing. UniRAM filed its letter on

September 12 (Doc. #239) and TSMC filed its response on September 19 (Doc. #243). Upon review

of the parties' further briefing, the Court finds that TSMC need not produce documents related to the

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'186, '050, and '226 patents. UniRAM's '229 patent issued on August 22, 2000. Unlike the '638

patent, for which TSMC filed its application prior to the issuance of the '229 patent, TSMC filed the

remaining three patent applications after the issuance of the '229 patent. Accordingly, there is no

basis for compelling discovery of the remaining three patents. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 26, 2006 

MARIA-ELENA JAMES

United States Magistrate Judge

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