Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique v. Samsung Electronics Co.

MEMORANDUM ORDER

MARY PAT THYNGE, United States Magistrate Judge.

Plaintiff, Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (“CEA”) objected to the Report and Recommendations (“Report”) (D.I. 659) of the Special Master issued on May 12, 2006.1 The Report resulted from a request by then defendant AU Optronics Corporation (“AUO”) to compel production of communications relating to the prosecution of French patents, many of which related to the those underlying the patents-in-suit.2 CEA asserts that those documents are shielded from production on the basis of French law on privilege and contends that the…