It sounds definitive to me, based on those minutes, that Rambus is not allowed to share the DOJ documents with the FTC or anyone. Rambus has those documents (for Hynie, Sammie, and Mickey - as in the mouse and the type of operation they run) and can use them in their AT suit but cannot share them as yet with the public or with other government agencies. However, if the FTC subpoenaed those documents, it sounds like Kramer would give it to them. Will the commission be inclined to take a peek at what their sister agency has discovered or are they concerned that reviewing the documents will make them complicit when they rule against Rambus?
The fact that the protective order was not lifted is disappointing but not devastating and it is good to know that Sammie must hand over everything as well which of course bolsters their AT suit. (subject to appeal)
What Rambus received back (as the motion to strike/seal by Mickey and Hynie was denied as moot) was their own discovery thus far which is not as comprehensive as the DOJs. That discovery is Rambus' and Rambus is free to use it as it pleases (my non-legal opinion). I think the backbone of what Rambus has, that they could share, is the same information that they launched their AT suit to begin with.
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