Hynix v Rambus - 10/18/05 - Part I

My recollection . . .

I arrived about 20 to eight. The hall outside Judge Whyte’s locked courtroom was full of legal types and anxious bodies.

When the doors were unlocked and we entered Judge Whyte’s sanctuary, I discovered that the congregation seating included six padded pews - three on the left and three on the right. Each pew comfortably seating five with adequate space between attendees.

Inside the bar were two large tables aligned perpendicular to the bar and bench. Holding down the left table was Team Hynix and on the right was Team Rambus.

Team Hynix positioned two of their team on each long side, one on the end facing Judge Whyte and a sixth individual – the computer guru in the back on the left. The guru was joined by a seventh individual late in the day. Two or three computer monitors were on the table. One member had a laptop computer. The guru had a pair of monitors.

Team Rambus positioned attorney Stone on the end facing Judge Whyte with two individuals on the inside and three on the outside. Their computer guru sat on the outside closest to Judge Whyte. Three computer monitors.

The computer gurus managed the proffered documents for their respective teams. They would access the documents from the data base and display them on the monitors. On request, they would enlarge certain paragraphs or in yellow, highlight lines in the document. The gurus could also split the screen, allowing multiple pages to display. They were very efficient and both operated without a hitch.

Each team had two or three rolling bookcases positioned longwise full of binders containing copies of potential exhibits, deposition testimony, etc., and banker boxes stacked below the bar with more binders.

Raised between the team tables and the bench sat Judge Whyte’s clerk and two court reporters - with the reporters on the left and the clerk seated on the right side.

Immediately in front of the reporters was counsel’s podium.

Directly in front of Team Hynix was the witness box. The witness box was home to a computer monitor. Positioned outside the front of the witness box was another rolling bookcase full of binders.

Elevated and to the right sat Judge Whyte. His Honor’s computer monitor off to the side between himself and the witness.

I was seated directly behind the bar and attorney Stone making it difficult to take a careful gallery census as most were behind me. I’ll hazard a guess that about ½ of the 30 or so in the gallery were legal types and their supporters and the other ½ were investors, media types and stalkers. All visitors were required to be seated.

John Danforth was present the entire day, sitting behind Team Rambus. Sitting next to him in the morning was Harold Hughes – Mr. Hughes may have been present the balance of the day seated somewhere behind me.

The witness for the entire day was Joel Karp