NOTE: This order is nonprecedentia1.

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

IN RE DELL INC., Petitioner.

Miscellaneous Docket No. 129

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus to the United States District Court for the District of Delaware in case n0. 11-CV-976, Judge Richard G. Andrews.

ON PETITION

ORDER

De11 Inc. submits a petition for a writ of mandamus to direct the United States District Court for the District of Delaware to vacate-in-part its May 15, 2012 order and direct the district court to enter a protective order pre- venting Desmarais LLP from accessing Dell’s confidential information

Upon consideration thereof,

IT IS ORDERED THATZ

IN RE DELL INC 2

Round Rock R»esearch LLC is directed to respond no later than June 11, 2012.

FoR THE CoURT 2 4 /s/ J an Horbaly Date J an Horbaly

Clerk

cc: Kimball R. Anderson, Esq.

Brian E. Farnan, Esq.

Clerk, United States District Court for the District of Delaware

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HAY 2 4 2012

JAN HOBBALY CLERK