Rambus Inc. v. Hynix Semiconductor Inc.

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW WITH RESPECT TO SAMSUNG’S COUNTS I-III AND ESTOPPEL DEFENSE

These Findings of Fact and Conclusions of Law concern the court trial of that portion of the dispute between Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. and Samsung Austin Semiconductor, L.P. (collectively “Samsung”) and Rambus Inc. (“Rambus”) based upon the allegations set forth in Counts I-III of Samsung’s Counterclaims against Rambus in Action Nos. C-05-00334 RMW and C-05-02298 RMW. Samsung alleges that: (1) Rambus breached § 3.8 of the SDR/DDR IC and SDR/DDR Memory Module Patent License Agreement Between Rambus, Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (“2000 SDR/DDR License,” “License” or “Agreement”) by failing to notify Samsung of the more favorable license rate it gave to Infineon and by refusing to provide that rate to Samsung (Count I); (2) Rambus breached § 8.5 by failing to negotiate in good faith an extension of the License (Count II); and (3) Rambus breached the covenant of duty of good faith and fair dealing implied in the License by failing to adjust the royalty rate paid by Samsung under the License to match the lower…