Rambus Inc. v. Hynix Semiconductor Inc.
Opinion
Opinion
Whyte, J.
ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART RAMBUS’S MOTION TO STRIKE; DENYING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT No. 1 OF INVALIDITY; AND STRIKING MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT No. 2 OF INVALIDITY
Rambus has accused the Manufactur ers of infringing various patents. Trial is scheduled for January 19, 2009. Pursuant to a case management deadline for filing summary judgment motions, the Manufacturers have filed two motions for summary judgment of invalidity pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 102 (b). Rambus opposes both motions. Rambus also moves to strike the two motions for violating a case management order. The court has reviewed the papers and considered the arguments of counsel. For the following reasons, the court grants Rambus’s motion to strike the Manufacturers’ summary judgment motion no. 2 and the court does not consider it. The court denies Rambus’s motion to strike the Manufacturers’ summary judgment motion no. 1. The court denies the Manufacturers’ motion for summary judgment no. 1.
I. RAMBUS’S MOTION TO STRIKE
Before turning to the Manufacturers’ motions for summary judgment of invalidity, the court must address Rambus’s motion to strike those motions.