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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

LAM RESEARCH CORPORATION,

Plaintiff,

v.

DANIEL L. FLAMM, et al.,

Defendants.

DANIEL L. FLAMM,

Plaintiff,

v.

GLOBAL FOUNDRIES U.S. INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-cv-01277-BLF

Related Case Nos. 16-cv-01578-BLF; 16-cv01579-BLF; 16-cv-01580-BLF; 16-cv01581-BLF; 16-cv-02252-BLF

ORDER STAYING CASES

DANIEL L. FLAMM,

Plaintiff,

v.

INTEL CORPORATION,

Defendant.

DANIEL L. FLAMM,

Plaintiff,

v.

MAXIM INTEGRATED PRODUCTS, 

INC.,

Defendant.

Case 5:16-cv-01579-BLF Document 35 Filed 08/23/16 Page 1 of 2
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United States District Court

Northern District of California

DANIEL L. FLAMM,

Plaintiff,

v.

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC.,

Defendant.

DANIEL L. FLAMM,

Plaintiff,

v.

SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD, et 

al.,

Defendants.

On August 8, 2016, the Court CONDITIONALLY GRANTED a stay pending inter partes 

review in the above-captioned actions. The Court conditioned the stay on agreements by 

GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S. Inc. (“GLOBALFOUNDRIES”), Intel Corporation (“Intel”), Maxim 

Integrated Products, Inc. (“Maxim”), Micron Technology, Inc. (“Micron”), and Samsung 

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

Samsung Austin Semiconductor, LLC (collectively, “Samsung”) to be bound by an appropriate 

level of estoppel based on their involvement in the filing of IPR petitions by Lam Corp.

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Intel, Maxim, Micron, and Samsung have all filed declarations 

agreeing to be bound by the appropriate estoppel conditioned outlined in the Court’s Order. See

GLOBALFOUNDRIES, Case No. 16-1578, ECF 27; Intel, Case No. 16-1579, ECF 34; Maxim, 

Case No. 16-1580, ECF 34; Micron, Case No. 16-1581, ECF 28; Samsung, Case No. 16-2252, 

ECF 101. Accordingly, the Court STAYS the above-captioned actions. The Court ORDERS the 

parties to file a joint status report within 21 days of the PTO’s final decisions on the IPR petitions.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 23, 2016

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BETH LABSON FREEMAN

United States District Judge

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