Archived Cases - Samsung

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DATE	DETAILS	SUPPORTING INFORMATION
January 31, 2005	Judge Martini issues Order of Dismissal, dismissing the action between MOSAID and Samsung without costs and without prejudice.	Read the Order
January 18, 2005	MOSAID announces that it has signed an agreement with Samsung that settles the litigation and grants Samsung a licence to the MOSAID patent porfolio.	Read the News Release
December 7, 2004	Magistrate Judge Hedges issues Order granting Samsung's request to allow Scott Lassetter and Andrew Costa, of the firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, to participate on its behalf.	Read the Order
December 7, 2004	Judge Martini issues Order and Opinion denying Samsung's appeal of Magistrate Judge Hedges' sanctions order and affirming the adverse jury instruction and monetary sanctions.	Read the Order Read the Opinion
November 16, 2004	Judge Martini orders the supplemental experts reports served by MOSAID on Infineon and Samsung on November 11, 2004, stricken from the record.	Read the Order
November 10, 2004	Magistrate Judge Hedges presides over a court imposed settlement conference between MOSAID and Infineon. (MOSAID typically does not note the various conferences that are requested or scheduled by the Court. To avoid confusion however, the recent 'Settlement Conference' listed on PACER as a Samsung related event, was, in fact, such a conference with Infineon.)
October 18, 2004	Judge Hedges issues scheduling order, setting Final Pretrial Conference for the MOSAID and Samsung parties for January 5, 2005.	Read the Order
October 1, 2004	Judge Martini issues Order and Opinion denying Samsung's appeal of Magistrate Judge Hedges' sanctions order and affirming the representative parts and assumptions sanctions.	Read the Order & opinion Read the News Release
October 1, 2004	Judge Martini issues scheduling Order, setting trial date for February 1, 2005.	Read the Order
September 29, 2004	Court schedules trial date for MOSAID patent lawsuit against Samsung	Read the News Release
September 28, 2004	MOSAID submits opposition brief to Samsung's appeal of Sanctions Order	Read the Brief
September 17, 2004	Samsung files appeal of Magistrate Judge Hedges' September 2, 2004 Order imposing sanctions against Samsung.	Read the Appeal
September 15, 2004	Magistrate Judge Hedges orders that all Affirmative Expert Reports are to be served within fourteen days of Judge Martini ruling on any appeal by Samsung of the sanctions Order and that all Rebuttal Expert Reports are to be served within twenty-eight days of any such ruling.	Read the Order
September 15, 2004	Magistrate Judge Hedges issues Order granting Samsung's request for leave to permit David Healey, of the firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, to appear on its behalf.	Read the Order
September 8, 2004	Magistrate Judge Hedges issues Order granting Samsung's request for leave to permit Richard Rothman, of the firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, to appear on its behalf.	Read the Order
September 2, 2004	Magistrate Judge Hedges issues Order awarding MOSAID fees and costs and stipulating the instruction to be read to the jury concerning Samsung's failure to produce emails	Read the Order Read the News Release
August 10, 2004	Magistrate Judge Hedges grants MOSAID's request to delay the submission of Expert Reports, and the identification of asserted patent claims, until after any appeal from Judge Hedge's sanctions ruling against Samsung. MOSAID currently estimates that this may result in a three month delay of the trial date, which was previously scheduled for December 7th, 2004.	Read the Order
July 8, 2004	Magistrate Judge Hedges issues Order and Opinion regarding the issue of sanctions agains Samsung.	Read the Order Read the News Release
June 10, 2004	Court issues order and opinion regarding MOSAID's motion for limited reargument and clarification of the Markman ruling	Read the Opinion Read the Order
May 10 & 19, 2004	Hearings held regarding MOSAID motion for imposing sanctions against Samsung (see April 5, 2004)	Order Pending
April 5, 2004	MOSAID has filed a Motion for Limited Reargument and Clarification of the Markman ruling issued by Judge William J. Martini on March 22, 2004. This Motion seeks to clarify and amend the definition of "double bootstrapping circuit" introduced by Judge Martini in his Markman Opinion. MOSAID also filed a motion for an order imposing sanctions against Samsung arising from its failure to deliver technical documentation related to its DRAM products.	Read the Notice of Motion Read the Motion Brief Read the News Release Read the Order
March 23, 2004	Markman Order and Opinions issued in the cases against Samsung and Infineon.	Read the Order Read the Opinion Read the News Release
March 8, 2004	Hearing held to finalize the Order arising from the February 11, 2004 Status Conference. Magistrate Judge Hedges agreed with the form and content of the Order prepared by MOSAID, and rejected the timetable delays proposed by Samsung.	Read the Order
February 11, 2004	On February 11, 2004, a joint Status Conference was held before Magistrate Judge Hedges of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey to deal with the next steps in the Samsung and Infineon cases. In the Samsung case, Magistrate Hedges set a pretrial conference for November 23, 2004 and a trial date of December 7, 2004. Expert reports in the Samsung case will be exchanged during the May to July, 2004 period. A number of additional scheduling issues may be addressed in the final Order of Magistrate Judge Hedges, which is still pending.	See entry for March 8, 2004
January 27 & 30, 2004	The consolidated Markman Hearing (patent claims construction hearing) in the Samsung and Infineon cases was held before Judge Martini of the U.S. District Court for New Jersey on Tuesday January 27th and Friday January 30th, 2004 (the original date of January 28th for the second hearing day was rescheduled due to inclement weather conditions in New Jersey). Counsel for MOSAID, Samsung and Infineon made extensive legal submissions during those two days which were in addition to the lengthy written briefs which had been filed earlier by all parties. Judge Martini has now reserved his decision in order to further consider those submissions and materials, but has not given the parties any firm indication of when he will deliver his final claims construction ruling. However, it is estimated that Judge Martini's ruling could be released within the next three months.	Awaiting Markman Hearing ruling of Judge Martini.
December 23, 2003	Judge Martini schedules pre-hearing conference for January 12, 2004 to consider procedural issues concerning the Markman Hearing scheduled for January 27 & 28, 2004.
November 6, 2003	Status Conference	Read the Order 1 Read the Order 2
November 3, 2003	MOSAID Adds Two New Patents to its Claims Against Samsung and Infineon.	Read the News Release
September 15, 2003	The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (MDL Panel) issues a Transfer Order assigning the Infineon v. MOSAID action in the Northern District of California to Judge William J. Martini of the District of New Jersey for "coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings" with the MOSAID v. Samsung action pending in New Jersey.	Read the Transfer Order
August 27, 2003	Magistrate Judge Hedges issues an additional Order arising from the July 28, 2003 motion concerning various fact discovery disputes raised by MOSAID and Samsung, after receiving further submissions from the parties.	Read the Order
August 19, 2003	Magistrate Judge Hedges issues Order concerning MOSAID and Samsung motions argued on July 28, 2003.	Read the Order
July 28, 2003	Magistrate Judge Hedges hears argument on motions brought by MOSAID and Samsung concerning various fact discovery disputes, and issues agreed-upon order on one particular matter.	Read the Agreed Order
July 22, 2003	Magistrate Judge Hedges issues Order setting timetable for next Samsung and MOSAID fact discovery motions and the exchange of materials for those motions, and requiring Samsung to produce to MOSAID certain documents concerning Samsung's DRAM schematics.	Read the Order
June 30, 2003	Magistrate Judge Hedges rules on various fact discovery disputes between MOSAID and Samsung.	Read the Order
June 6 & 13, 2003	Status Conferences held before Judge William J. Martini to deal with various issues concerning the Markman Hearing process. Markman Hearing date of September 15, 2003 now set (Markman Hearing rescheduled; Status Conference held September 15, 2003). Awaiting final Order from Judge Martini on this and other procedural matters.
May 30, 2003	MOSAID brings motion seeking additional documentation and depositions from Samsung. Samsung also raises Fact Discovery disputes. The Court orders that the motion be heard on June 5, 2003.	Read the Order
May 22, 2003	Status Conference, scheduled for this date, postponed by Magistrate Hedges until 10:30 a.m. on June 30, 2003.
April 14, 2003	MOSAID and Samsung agree to exchange documentation and information relating to patent claims construction matters.	Read the Stipulation/Order
April 4, 2003	Court orders Samsung to deliver complete schematics for certain DRAM parts.	Read the Order
April 4, 2003	Court denies Samsung motion to permit release of MOSAID's confidential claims construction positions.	Read the Order
January 10, 2003	The Status Conference as ordered on December 11, 2002 by Magistrate Judge Hedges was held. The Order resulting from the Status Conference, dated January 31, 2003, outlines the next steps in the discovery process.	Read the Order
December 11, 2002	Order of Magistrate Judge Hedges that a Status Conference be conducted at 10 a.m. on January 10, 2003. At this Status Conference, we expect that Magistrate Judge Hedges will review all outstanding matters, including those arising from the November 6, 2002 Scheduling Conference held before the previous presiding Magistrate - Magistrate Judge Donald Haneke. The former Magistrate has not issued any formal order arising from that Scheduling Conference in these unique circumstances.	Read the Order
December 5, 2002	Order of Chief Judge Bissell that the case be reassigned to incoming new Judge William J. Martini, with presiding Magistrate Judge Ronald J. Hedges. The reassignment arose because of the filling of a number of outstanding vacancies in the New Jersey District of the United States District Court. Neither party had requested the transfer or had any control over the transfer process.	Read the Order
May 13, 2002	Samsung filed its Answer to the First Amended Complaint and Summons.	Read the Answer
March 27, 2002	MOSAID filed a First Amended Complaint and Summons which incorporated its original September 13, 2001 Complaint and Summons but also added another Samsung corporate defendant.	Read the Complaint
February 13, 2002	Scheduling conference held. United States Magistrate Judge G. Donald Haneke issues an order stating that fact discovery shall be completed by October 31, 2002. The order also states a status conference be held on November 6, 2002 at 2:00 p.m.
January 23, 2002	United States Magistrate Judge G. Donald Haneke issues an order for a scheduling conference between counsel for the Plaintiff and the Defendant(s), be held on February 11, 2002 at 2:00 p.m.	Read the Order
January 17, 2002	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Samsung Semiconductor, Inc. file Defendants' Answer to MOSAID's original Complaint of September 13, 2001.
December 27, 2001	United States Magistrate Judge G. Donald Haneke issues an order in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey denying Samsung's Motion for a More Definitive Statement of the Complaint.	Read the Order Read the News Release
November 9, 2001	Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc. and Samsung Semiconductor, Inc., file Notice of Motion for More Definitive Statement; Brief in Support of Defendants' Motion for a More Definitive Statement of the Complaint; and Proposed Order Granting Defendant's Motion for More Definitive Statement.
September 13, 2001	MOSAID Technologies Incorporated (MOSAID) announces that it has initiated litigation against Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. (Samsung) and several of its U.S.-based affiliates for infringement of seven of MOSAID's United States patents related to Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM) circuit inventions. The Complaint is filed in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. MOSAID's original Complaint and Summons was amended to add another Samsung corporate defendant on March 27, 2002 - Please see the entry for March 27, 2002 for a link to the First Amended Complaint and Summons.	Read the News Release