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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 RE: PRODUCTION OF

DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO PRIVILEGE 

PIERCING ORDERS IN RELATED CASE

CASE NO. 05-00334 RMW 

235594 

James J. Elacqua (SBN 187897) 

JElacqua@dbllp.com 

Jeannine Yoo Sano (SBN 174190) 

JSano@dbllp.com 

DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP 

1950 University Avenue, Suite 500 

East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2225 

Telephone: 650-845-7000 

Fax: 650-845-7333 

Pierre J. Hubert (pro hac vice) 

PHubert@dbllp.com 

Brian K. Erickson (pro hac vice) 

BErickson@dbllp.com 

DEWEY BALLANTINE LLP 

401 Congress Avenue, Suite 3200 

Austin, TX 78701 

Telephone: 512-226-0300 

Fax: 512-226-0333 

Gregory P. Stone (SBN 078329) 

Gregory.Stone@mto.com 

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

355 South Grand Avenue, 35th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90071-1560 

Telephone: 213-683-9100 

Fax: 213-687-3702 

Burton A. Gross (SBN 166285) 

Burton.Gross@mto.com 

Peter A. Detre (SBN 182619) 

Peter.Detre@mto.com 

MUNGER, TOLLES & OLSON LLP 

560 Mission Street, 27th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2907 

Telephone: 415-512-4000 

Fax: 415-512-4077 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

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., 

INOTERA MEMORIES, INC. 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 05-00334 RMW 

ORDER REGARDING

PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS 

SUBJECT TO PRIVILEGE PIERCING 

ORDERS IN RELATED CASE 

Hon. Ronald M. Whyte 

AND RELATED CROSS-ACTIONS 

*E-FILED - 11/18/05*

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ORDER RE: PRODUCTION OF

DOCUMENTS SUBJECT TO PRIVILEGE 

PIERCING ORDERS IN RELATED CASE 1

CASE NO. 05-00334 RMW 

235594 

At the hearing before the Court on September 30, 2005, Samsung Electronics Co., 

Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., and Samsung Austin 

Semiconductor, L.P. (collectively, “Samsung”) advised that they intend to seek in discovery in 

this matter certain documents that Rambus Inc. (“Rambus”) contends are privileged but were 

subject to several orders of the Court in Hynix Semiconductor Inc. et al. v. Rambus Inc., Case 

No. CV-00-20905 RMW (“Hynix”) overruling Rambus’s privilege claims - specifically 

documents subject to Orders in Hynix dated February 26, 2004, January 31, 2005, and 

August 26, 2005 (as clarified by the Order issued on October 4, 2005) (collectively, “the 

Privileged Documents”). Rambus continues to assert that the Privileged Documents are 

privileged and protected from discovery, including in this litigation. 

Notwithstanding Rambus’s continued objection to the production of the Privileged 

Documents, for the reasons set forth in the prior Orders in Hynix identified above, 

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Rambus’s attorney-client privilege and work 

product objections to the production of the Privileged Documents are overruled. The Privileged 

Documents shall not be withheld from Samsung by Rambus on grounds of privilege during the 

normal course of discovery ordered by the Court and shall be produced to Samsung within 10 

days of entry of this Order without the need for further requests by Samsung for such production. 

Rambus’s obligation under this Order to produce such Privileged Documents is not contingent 

upon the entry of a Protective Order in this action. Rambus may, however, produce such 

Privileged Documents to Samsung on an outside counsel only basis, subject to the protections 

available under Patent Local Rule 2-2, until a Protective Order is entered in this action. Samsung 

will be thereafter required to accord the Privileged Documents the highest protection available 

under the Protective Order to be entered in this action. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED:______________________ 

Honorable Ronald M. Whyte 

United States District Court Judge 

11/18/05 /S/ RONALD M. WHYTE

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