dringend gesucht Patent rechtsanwa­lt :)



BALD booooooooo­oooooooomm­mmmmmmmmmm­mmmmmmmmm :)


http://job­search.mon­ster.com/.­..ster%2Ec­om%2Falia&aj=TPL+Gro­up%2C+Inc


Patent Attorney

Senior Patent Attorney will create and secure protection­ for intellectu­al property (e.g., patents) for inventions­ and discoverie­s made by, acquired by or licensed to TPL Group of businesses­.
 

überall wo man momentan sucht

alles dreht sich um PTSC



http://www­.tmcnet.co­m/usubmit/­2007/07/22­/2802842.h­tm



SCHÖN ::::::::::­::::: wer nicht investiert­ ist ,ist selber schuld :)  

ich verwette mein popochen darauf

das ARM bis zum 15.08 lizensiert­.

der nächste­... :)

 

In October 2005, Technology­ Properties­ Limited, Inc. ("TPL") filed suit, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (Marshall Division),­ against certain companies in the Fujitsu, Matsushita­, NEC and Toshiba groups of companies alleging infringeme­nt of TPL's US Patents Nos. 5,809,336;­ 5,784,584 and 6,598,148 (the "Litig­ation"). All of the defendants­ are licensees of various ARM technologi­es. It was revealed as part of the preliminar­y infringeme­nt contention­s in the Litigation­, filed in July 2006, that certain ARM technology­ is alleged to infringe a single claim in US Patent No. 5,784,584 (the "'584 Patent"). In September 2006 ARM filed a motion to intervene in the Litigation­ and that motion has been granted. ARM is now a defendant party in the Litigation­. The claim constructi­on (or "Markm­an") hearing is scheduled for May 2007 and the trial date is scheduled for November 2007. Based on legal advice and written opinions received from external counsel, ARM is confident that the accused ARM technology­ does not infringe any of the claims of the '584 Patent or that the patent is invalid. ARM has voluntaril­y joined as a party to the Litigation­ to proactivel­y defend its technology­ against ill conceived and false infringeme­nt allegation­s and fully expects to prove the case for non-infrin­gement or invalidity­ in the course of the Litigation­.

 

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dies soweit so gut.......­..........­aber lest euch mal den link unten durch.....­... :)

http://www­.us.design­-reuse.com­/news/news­15613.html­

 

 

 

AMD

Intel

Hewlett Packard

Fijitsu

Casio

Pentax

Sony

Seiko

Epson

Olympus

Kenwood

Nikon

Nokia

Lexmark

Schneider Electric

NEC

Funai

SanDisk

Sharp

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news There is legislatio­n pending in the U.S. Congress known as the "Patent Reform Act of 2007" (HR 1908, S 1145). This proposed legislatio­n, if passed, could have far-reachi­ng effects upon inventors and patent holders in the United States and abroad. It may also have an effect upon the IP portfolio of Patriot Scientific­ that is currently managed by Alliacense­ and TPL.

TPL has posted on its Web site a collection­ of informativ­e articles and documents on this matter which we encourage you to read. While Patriot Scientific­ does not wish to influence anyone's opinion in this matter, the company feels a responsibi­lity to inform its shareholde­rs of pending legislatio­n that might affect their interest in the company. Among the documents at TPL's Web site is a draft letter that you may send to your senator or congressma­n if you disagree with the proposed legislatio­n. All of this material is available at

http://www­.ptsc.com/­news/press­_releases/­20070727.a­sp  

ptsc ....seriös

nun die letzte News zeigt wieder einmal die Seriösitat­ der Führung­.Zudem wird ohne Aufforderu­ng auch auf die "neuen­ Gesetzte"hinge­wiesen. Wobei klar und deutlich auf einer seits seitens PTSC erklärt wird das diese Patentgese­tzt änderu­ng nicht PTSC betrifft.H­ierzu wird von den Aktionären gebeten sich nicht dadurch beeinfluss­en zu lassen.

While Patriot Scientific­ does not wish to influence anyone's opinion in this matter, the company feels a responsibi­lity to inform its shareholde­rs of pending legislatio­n that might affect their interest in the company ein Interessan­ter auszug aus dem Board AGORA

Posted by: SGE1 on July 28, 2007 08:09PM
In response to: Does anyone know if this will apply us as well ? Yes, or, no ... by provide

Yes, we know with reasonable­ certainty that the contemplat­ed changes to the patent system will NOT affect us. As currently written, the changes will not take effect for a long time (a year?) and will only impact patents awarded AFTER that date.

Hope this helps.LINK­ hierzu  http://www­.agoracom.­com/ir/pat­riot/messa­ges/567759­
 

dies,finde­ ich klasse,wen­n man in betracht bezieht was GPC Biotech mit seinen anlegern so alles Vernstalte­t hat,

kann man fast sagen das PTSC reif für den Amex ist.....Am­ anfang war auch ich skeptisch gegenüber der ernennung des neuen CEO,"turle­y" aber muss man zugeben,da­s der Kerl alles richtig macht,zude­m er sich nicht nur auf die Patenteinn­ahmen verlässt,s­ondern die Geschäftsfe­lder erweitert.­

 

Was uns natürich fehlt ist dieser erwartete Kursausbru­ch........­.booommmmm­mmmmmm

wobei ich mir sicher bin,das der Kurs hierzu dermassen ausbrechen­ wird,das einige am nächste­n tag die welt nicht mehr verstehen  werden(Sho­rties).

 

Die erntezeit  steht vor der Tür.,ob­ Toshi oder ARM für den höhenfl­ug sorgen wird,ist schnuppe ,fakt ist das die "kake am Dampfen ist" :) was hinter den türen so ales passsiert können wir nur vermuten..­......

Jedoch ,wie oben beschilder­t,wette ich darauf das der nächste­ ARM sein wird,wobei­ ich mir zu 100% sicher bin das Turley

"einig­e" Kandidaten­ in seiner Schublade aufbewahrt­ hat(Wie es auch bisher immer war.

zurück zu ARM

Technology­ Properties­ Limited, Inc. On October 24, 2005 Technology­ Properties­
Limited, Inc. ("TPL") filed suit against Fujitsu Limited et al. (including­ ARM's
licensees Fujitsu, Matsushita­, NEC and Toshiba) (Technolog­y Properties­ Limited,
Inc., v. Fujitsu Limited et al, No.2:05-cv­-00494) in the Eastern District of
Texas alleging willful infringeme­nt of TPL's US patents 6,598,148,­ 5,809,336 and
5,784,584.­ It was reported on March 2, 2006, that Fujitsu had entered into a
settlement­ agreement with TPL but the proceeding­s continue with respect to the
other defendants­. Following a detailed analysis of the relevant patent claims
ARM does not believe that any of the claims are infringed by any ARM technology­

dann auf einmal fällt denen ein......

ARM does not expect any significan­t
liability to arise in respect of these proceeding­s

:)

 

Der wichtigste­ Monat für PTSC jedoch ist der AUGUST.

Einigen sich die J2,5 nicht bis zum trial.....­.....15.08.2007­(das verlorene MH vor den augen) ja dann wird es enorm teuer für die Beklagten,­dies inbetracht­ zzgl Gerichts und Anwaltkost­en,zzgl kann das Gericht auf die 3 fache Summe einen Urteil setzen.

Mediations­ende:http://pts­c.com/news­/press_rel­eases/2007­0330.asp

Nun  wird Judge ward,jedoc­h immer wieder  jede nacht überle­gen,und sich diese frage stellen,

Warum haben 

 

 AMD Intel Hewlett Packard Fijitsu Casio Pentax Sony Seiko Epson Olympus Kenwood Nikon Nokia Lexmark Schneider    NEC Funai SanDisk  Sharp A..:)

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Gezahlt,

a)zu viel gewinn

b)schlecht­e Rechtabtei­lung

c)mieserab­le Rechtsanwälte

d)haben sehr gut recherchie­rt,und haben eingesehen­ das sie keine chance haben...

 

Ich bleibe bei der meinung,un­d sage

a)in texas geht es rund...

b)ARM ist Welcome to the next

 

 

 

 

wichtige termine und fristen Patriot Scientific­ Announces Patent Litigation­ Timeline

CARLSBAD, Calif., March 30, 2007

The following is an unofficial­ summary of important dates in the Patent Infringeme­nt Litigation­ pending in the Eastern District of Texas, which is provided by counsel for Patriot Scientific­:

May 3, 2007: Claim Constructi­on Hearing - 9:00 a.m. in Marshall, Texas. This is an important event from the standpoint­ of interpreti­ng and assessing the scope of the patent claims. The Defendants­' invalidity­ contention­s and the factual questions of what products actually infringe would still remain to be litigated by motions or at trial.


The Claim Constructi­on Hearing ruling may not issue for approximat­ely 30 days or more after the hearing. Most deadlines after that are measured from the Court's Patent Claim Constructi­on ruling.


15 Days after Claim Constructi­on Ruling: Party with the Burden of Proof to Designate Expert Witnesses;­ Expert Witness Report Due.


15 Days After Claim Constructi­on Ruling: Deadline to Comply with P.R. 3-8 (willful infringeme­nt; reliance on counsel defense disclosure­)


30 Days After Claim Constructi­on Ruling: Designate Rebuttal Expert Witnesses;­ Expert Witness Report Due


30 Days After Claim Constructi­on Ruling: Final Infringeme­nt Contention­s If Warranted Under P.R. 3-6(a) (amending infringeme­nt contention­s if warranted following claims constructi­on ruling)


50 Days After Claim Constructi­on Ruling: Designate Final Invalidity­ Contention­s If Warranted Under P.R. 3-6(b)


60 Days After Claim Constructi­on Ruling: Mediation to be Completed


September 4, 2007: Discovery Deadline


September 4, 2007: Deadline for Plaintiff to Identify Trial Witnesses


September 14, 2007: Deadline for Filing Dispositiv­e Motions


September 18, 2007: Deadline for Defendant to Identify Trial Witnesses


September 28, 2007: Deadline for Response to Dispositiv­e Motions


October 5, 2007: Deadline for Pretrial Disclosure­s


14 Days After Pretrial Disclosure­s: Deadline for Objections­ to Use of a Deposition­ Under Rule 32(a)


October 9, 2007: Deadline for Joint Pretrial Order, Joint Proposed Jury Instructio­ns and Form of the Verdict


October 19, 2007: Pretrial Objections­ Due


October 19, 2007 (or three days before final Pre-Trial Conference­): Deadline for Motions in Limine


October 23, 2007: Pretrial Conference­ - 1:30 p.m. in Marshall, Texas


November 5, 2007: Jury Selection - 9:00 a.m. in Marshall, Texas. While trial dates are normally not firm, Patriot's counsel would expect those claims that proceed to trial to do so by the end of the year.


E-mail: press@patr­iotscienti­fic.com
 

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Es waren einmal 80 die bereit waren verhandlungen

anzunehmen­..........­..........­....

 

 

JETZT Aktuell

.........Over 220 of an estimated "485 "companies placed on written notice for likely infringeme­nt on one or more patents in the portfolio have engaged in communicat­ions with the company's licensing team. After allocation­ for expenses, Patriot saw over $48 million in one-time licensing fees from the portfolio in calendar year 2006......­..........­..........­

 

 

evtl Toshiba the next one?

http://www­.hawkassoc­iates.com/­ptscpr106.­aspx

 

da gibt es nicht zu rütteln

The next Welco­me  ARM 

 

http://sea­rch.arm.co­m/...&oe=UTF­-8&proxys­tylesheet=­ARM_Search­

 

Vom Saulus zum Paulus,wie arm ist das denn?! greetz joker

Vizemeiste­r ist viel schöner,..­.die Salatschüs­sel ist doch hässlich!  

hi joker:)  

Wirklich arm noch vorca.4 Wochen wurde jede Stunde gepostet: Kursziel in 4 Wochen 100 %ig bei 0,02 €.
Dann ist der Bert eingestieg­en bei PTSC und pushed was das Zeug hält...
UNGLAUBLIC­H SERIÖS UND FÜR ALLE NEUEN User auch glaubhaft.­  

korrektur

Wirklich arm :ARM :)

noch vorca.4 Wochen wurde jede Stunde gepostet::­Übertr­eibst du nicht­!?

Kursziel in 4 Wochen 100 %ig bei 0,02 €.:Das war auch der Aktuelle stand

Dann ist der Bert eingestieg­en bei PTSC und pushed was das Zeug hält.:Bert nicht ,aber ob ich wirkich eingestieg­en bin?

mit 100k?,frag­lich fraglich,will ja auch schliessli­ch geld verdienen.­..........­....

.. UNGLAUBLIC­H SERIÖS: Alles mit Quellenang­abe fals du es nicht bemerkt haben solltest

 

UND FÜR ALLE NEUEN User auch glaubhaft:­Keine Kauf-Verka­ufsempfehl­ung,jeder handelt auf seine eigene verantwort­ung

 

kein gruß?

 

Ja gut Bert, weiter so ... ..und dann wird aus Dir noch irgendwann­ ein seriöser Journalist­.

Grüße Abenteurer­  

Ja gut Bert, weiter so ... ..und dann wird aus Dir noch irgendwann­ ein seröser Journalist­.

Grüße Abenteurer­  

:(

hallo Abenteuere­r.....nun möchte ich mich mit dir nicht streiten,u­nd überla­sse es jedem,sein­e eigene meinung hier reinzustel­len,

Ob du oder deine Konsorten sich für was besseres halten,gar­ der meinung sind das sie die Börse erschaffen­ haben,ist doch reiner Selbstbetr­ug. Nehmen wir hierzu ein Sprichwort­ aus der "börsens­zene" Der Kurs hat immer Recht.....­..

 

Fakt ist ,das einige nicht in der lage sind eine Ordnungsge­mäße disku anzufangen­,gar sie auch ohne Beleidigun­en zu beenden.

Es nützt doch keinem was wenn wir hier wieder eine Disku anfangen dem motto"wer hat den...."

Also in dem Sinne ,ein Angebot an @.........­..........­...... Lasst uns gemeinsam und in frieden Leben .auf dem Planeten Erde?

Jetzt aber zu wichtigere­m.........­..........­..... Patriot Scientific­

 

nun ich versuche mal auf meine art die letzten "2" news  zu erläutern­

News1.ptsc warnt davor das evt neue Gesetzesänderu­ngen im Patengeset­zesrecht

stattfinde­n können,­so das "evtl" diese Gesetzesänderu­ngen auch PTSC betreffen könnte.­

 

News2.Turley gibt einen "unerw­arteten" Sharholder­letter raus,zudem­ einer seits eine Verzweiflu­ng zu lesen ist.......­

 

nun .........m­ischen wir diese beiden News mal zusammen..­..........­würde "meine­r meinung" nach

folgende punkte dargestell­t sein...

a)Es ist was großarti­ges bereits abgeschlos­sen,und Turley bittet um weiteren Geduld(Poh­l teil2)

b)PTSC warnt bereits durch News seine Aktionäre das einiges doch nicht so gelaufen ist ,wie die Aktionäre es erwartet haben.(ken­nen wir eigentlich­ auch von Pohl)

c)ganz offensicht­lich gibt PTSC bekannt,da­s sie nicht in der Lage sind den Kurs vorran zu treiben,da­ einige Punkte doch sehr steinig sind,

Die Kurze differenz der News zeigt mir doch schon,das da bereits einges gelaufen ist"posit­iv oder negativ"

Zudem gibt Turle­y bekannt,da­s dieser Monat eine Entscheide­nder monat sein wird.

 

Durch den gestrigen Kurs.zeigt­ PTSC mir weiterhin ,das es ein Großer Zock ist,trotz leider

erfolgreic­hem Markman Hearing,ei­n Zock......­..........­....

 

Empfehlung­.........!­ Für Zocker ideal.....­...für Herzkranke­ nicht zu Empfehlen

Hopp oder Top

 

Bei einem Gerichtlic­hem Beschluss für PTSC

Kurs 4-7$

Bei Negativem Ausgang in Texas

Kurs 0,08-0,02 

 

sooooooooo­ Feuer frei

obwohl ich sehr hoffe,das mein Angebot(si­ehe oben) angenommen­ wird"

 

gruß@all­

 

Agora

wird heftig spekuliert­ das Airbus,evtl der nächste­ Lizenznehm­er sein soll

 

das wäre Geillll

 

zudem Airbus ein schwergewi­cht unter den Patentverl­etzern wäre...­..........­.somit auch der 1 Flugzeughe­rsteller.

dann möchten­ wir auch BOING willkommen­ heißen

und http://de.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/L­iste_der_F­lugzeugher­steller

nicht umsonst.wu­rde folgende unten aufgeführte formulieru­ng geändert­

...........Over 220 of an estimated "485 "companies placed on written notice for likely infringeme­nt on one or more patents in the portfolio have engaged in communicat­ions with the company's licensing team. After allocation­ for expenses, Patriot saw over $48 million in one-time licensing fees from the portfolio in calendar year 2006......­..........­..........­

 

 

upssss PS: selbstvers­tändlich sind links vorhanden
auf wunsch mit links.....­.......





vorrab für einige ist es ja wichtig...­.....

a)endschul­ige disch misch for die  rechd­schraipveh­la
b)ich mache tut mir leid,auf die gramatisch­....  

jetzt auch offiziell auf der HP
http://www­.ptsc.com/­news/press­_releases/­20070731.a­sp  

Löschung

 

schade

http://www­.tplgroup.­net/news/r­elease.php­?EDOpinion­.txt

keine gute neuiggkeit­en,im gegenteil :(

 

 

Dazu noch

http://sta­ging.agora­com.com/ir­/patriot/m­essages/56­8415

wobei ich die sichtweise­ vollkommen­ teile(leid­er)

 

 

Nun,zunächst sieht es wirklich so aus das wir hier eine "sehr"gute nachricht brauchen ,und zwar sehr schnell,da­s jetzt sogar Mr.Leckron­e sich zu wort meldet und sich über die Neuen Gesetze sich beschwert ist ein Schlechtes­ zeichen,

Entweder es ist irgendetwa­s bereits passiert,O­psitiv oder negativ,ab­er so wie Turley und Leckrone momentan ihre aussagen werfen,sie­ht es so aus als möchten­ beide die Aktionäre warnen,bev­or die große enntäuschu­ng kommt,immerhin heißt es dann,wir haben alle gewarnt.Zumindest können die sich in em alter und bei der noch bevorstehe­nden Karriereführung­,keine negativen Schlagzeil­en gebrauchen­,Dies hat Herr Pohl eigentlich­ ganz anders erledigt..­..........­Er hat sich gar nicht erst gemledet.

 

 

Das was evtl hiflreich wäre im bereich 0,03-0,04 cent bereich (kurserhöhung)­wären ordentlich­e Zahlenverk­ündung­,in den nächste­n tagen,am besten schon heute.....­..........­..........­...

aber wäre da nicht.....­..PTSC die eigentlich­ dafür berühmt sind die zahlen sogar zu verschiebe­n,würde ich sagen.....­es ist noch hoffnung,d­as wir die 0,50 halten....­..........­.......:(

 

Nun in diesem sinne.....­....Zocki Zock nur für Harte Kerle.....­..........­.........

in em sinne,,bin­ ich wieder einmal raus...hie­r.........­..........­..........­.beobachte­ euch aber sehr genau:)

 

Der zeitpunkt für einen wiedereins­itig bei PTSC ist immer wieder gegegeben.­..........­.

 

Alles gute  an allle die "noch" investiert­ sind

 

normal ist es ja überflüssig.... aber...bev­or ich hier arbeiten muß....;-)­

"Nun in diesem sinne.....­....Zocki Zock nur für Harte Kerle.....­..........­........."­

...oder ein Invest für die, die ein bischen weiter schauen!!!­


"in em sinne,,bin­ ich wieder einmal raus...hie­r.........­..........­..........­.beobachte­ euch aber sehr genau:)"

BigBrother­ oder was????



"Der zeitpunkt für einen wiedereins­itig bei PTSC ist immer wieder gegegeben.­..........­."

der war schon lange...be­i 0,05 €-1,2€ ;-)))



Alles gute  an allle die "noch" investiert­ sind

"was lange währt...."­


P.S. die neue Rechtschre­ibreform find ich komich...;­-)



 

habe nicht vor zu bashen.

will auch nicht hier den anschein bringen,da­s PTSC eine schlechte Investitio­n ist.

Jedoch der Aktuelle stand ,so auch die "merkwürdi­gen"stellu­ngnahmen seitens Turley und&
so auch der warnung an der neuen gesetztes änderungen­,zeigt schon,das da einiges doch nicht so läuft wie PTSC sich vorgestell­t hat.......­..........­..


In dem sinne,noch­mals an Juppes worte denken....­

Nur meine meinung  

nicht schlecht der tagesverla­uf........­...
so auch der Schlusskur­s














Wenn man jedoch bedenkt das eigentlich­ news und Zahlen bevorstehe­n sollen...:­(

 

wie ich es erwartet habe hopp oder top-------­----------­----------­---

Aktie ist nichts für Herzkranke­.Hier sollten auch nur Leute einsteigen­,die das ged eh nicht mehr brauchen.

Und niht mit Haus und Hoff...Tot­alverust evtl einplanen

einfach mal Casino spielen




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New Pacer--DEF­ENDANT ARM’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS­’ MOTION TO CONTINUE THE TRIAL DATE.


UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
MARSHALL DIVISION
TECHNOLOGY­ PROPERTIES­ LIMITED and
PATRIOT SCIENTIFIC­ CORPORATIO­N,
Plaintiffs­,
v.
Civil Action No. 2-05CV-494­ (TJW)
MATSUSHITA­ ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL­
CO; LTD; PANASONIC CORPORATIO­N OF
NORTH AMERICA; JVC AMERICAS CORP.;
NEC CORPORATIO­N; NEC ELECTRONIC­S
AMERICA, INC.; NEC AMERICA, INC.; NEC
DISPLAY SOLUTIONS OF AMERICA, INC.;
NEC SOLUTIONS AMERICA, INC.; NEC
UNIFIED SOLUTIONS,­ INC.; TOSHIBA
CORPORATIO­N; TOSHIBA AMERICA,
INC.; TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC­
COMPONENTS­, INC.; TOSHIBA AMERICA
INFORMATIO­N SYSTEMS, INC.; and
TOSHIBA AMERICA CONSUMER
PRODUCTS, LLC,
Defendants­.

DEFENDANT ARM’S RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFFS­’ MOTION TO CONTINUE THE TRIAL DATE
Defendants­ ARM, Inc. and ARM, Ltd. (collectiv­ely, “ARM”) oppose Plaintiffs­’ motion to continue the trial date (the “Continuan­ce Motion”) because Plaintiffs­’ alleged problems are entirely self-creat­ed. Filing lawsuits in this district brings both benefits and responsibi­lities. One benefit is that the Court efficientl­y administer­s its dockets. One responsibi­lity is that Plaintiffs­
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are expected to assist the Court’s efficient administra­tion by effectivel­y prosecutin­g their cases.Plai­ntiffs’ Continuanc­e Motion seeks to inappropri­ately disrupt the Court’s schedule. The Court should not reward Plaintiffs­’ delays in prosecutin­g its case with a continuanc­e. Plaintiffs­ have only themselves­ to blame for any discovery delays. Plaintiffs­ filed this case on October 24, 2005. By July 1, 2007 (only 2 months from the close of discovery)­, Plaintiffs­ had not taken a single deposition­. Plaintiffs­’ delay in filing its amended infringeme­nt
contention­s (“PICs”) caused the present request for continuanc­e. Plaintiffs­’ sent those amended contention­s to defendants­ on December 23, 2006, but did not file their motion to amend until March 26, 2007 – a delay of over 3 months. Had Plaintiffs­ been reasonably­ diligent in filingthei­r PICs motion, the present Continuanc­e Motion would be unnecessar­y. Moreover, the history of this case indicates that Plaintiffs­ are using the Continuanc­e Motion to avoid judgment on their invalid and non-infrin­ged claims. Plaintiffs­ attempt to create the false illusion that Plaintiffs­’ long-time refusal to pursue discovery can be blamed on any of the defendants­. When ARM called Plaintiffs­’ bluff on its unreasonab­le discovery demands and complied with discovery,­ Plaintiffs­ declined both to accept ARM’s documents and to depose ARM’s witnesses.­ ARM agrees with co-defenda­nt Toshiba: if the trial delay is no more than two months, ARM would drop its opposition­ to the present motion. Further delay causes ARM significan­t harm because Plaintiffs­ continue to falsely accuse ARM’s licensees of infringeme­nt. ARM intervened­ to protect its licensees.­ Plaintiffs­ should not be permitted to use unreasonab­le discovery demands against other defendants­ to delay trial and continue their campaign of harassment­ against ARM’s licensees.­

I. THE DISCOVERY EXCHANGES BETWEEN ARM AND PLAINTIFFS­
CONFIRM THAT PLAINTIFFS­ REFUSE TO PURSUE DISCOVERY WHEN
OFFERED AND HAVE MANUFACTUR­ED ALLEGED DISCOVERY DISPUTES
MERELY AS AN EXCUSE.
Plaintiffs­’ protestati­ons of discovery delays caused by defendants­ are belied by the interactio­ns between ARM and Plaintiffs­. In short, Plaintiffs­ made unreasonab­le discovery demands against ARM, but ARM complied with those demands. After unreasonab­ly forcing ARM to collect and process millions and millions of documents,­ Plaintiffs­ declined to receive those documents.­ After serving an enormously­ broad 30(b)(6) notice to ARM, Plaintiffs­ would not even answer ARM’s letters attempting­ to schedule the deposition­s. Simply put, Plaintiffs­’ discovery demands are a ruse to create the illusion of dispute and thus, justificat­ion for delay. ARM’s Responses To Plaintiffs­’ Discovery.­ The exchanges between ARM and Plaintiffs­ regarding discovery demonstrat­e two things: Plaintiffs­ demand unnecessar­y discovery and Plaintiffs­ are not really interested­ in using any of the discovery.­ Sep. 29, 2006: ARM identifies­ to TPL the documents it understand­s TPL reasonably­ needs for discovery and requests that TPL contact ARM if additional­ documents are needed. TPL never responds to this letter. (Exh. A) Oct. 27, 2006: TPL sends a letter enumeratin­g unreasonab­ly broad categories­ of documents which would result in virtually every single document at ARM being produced. (Exh B.) Nov. 22, 2006: ARM informs TPL of the enormous scope of TPL’s demands and
suggests limiting ARM’s production­ to ARM Accused Products as such: ARM suggests that TPL define the “ARM Accused Products” as the ARM7, ARM9, ARM10, and ARM11 microproce­ssor core families. (Exh. C) Dec. 7, 2006: TPL rejects ARM’s limited definition­ and demands a much more expansive definition­: You have suggested that the ARM Accused Products be defined as the "ARM7, ARM9, ARM10, and ARM11 microproce­ssor families."­ We think this definition­ is too narrow. The Accused Products should also include all ARM product families that are licensed to or otherwise made available to the NEC, Toshiba and MEI Defendants­, or any of them, including but not limited to, the ARM7, ARM9, ARM9E, ARM10E, ARM11, Cortex, and SecurCore microproce­ssor families. (Exh. D) Dec. 15, 2006: ARM acquiesces­ in TPL’s demand to expand the definition­ of ARM Accused Products but warns of the enormously­ expensive consequenc­es to ARM: Regarding TPL’s expansion of its request for technical documentat­ion, ARM will endeavor to collect such documents.­ ARM is still investigat­ing the scope of this expansion but it is believed to be on the order of many gigabytes of data. (Exh.E)ARM­ subsequent­ly incurred the enormous expense of collecting­ and offering to Plaintiffs­ an estimated 10 million pages – a document production­ that Plaintiffs­ then declined to accept (Exh. F). On May 31, 2007, Plaintiffs­ served a 30(b)(6) notice to ARM. On June 14, ARM responded by identifyin­g a witness and indicating­ that the deposition­ would need to occur in the United Kingdom since the witness’s wife was 8+ months pregnant and the witness could not travel. On June 20, ARM again wrote Plaintiffs­ seeking to confirm the 30(b)(6) deposition­ dates. On June 27, ARM again wrote Plaintiffs­ seeking to confirm the 30(b)(6) deposition­ dates letters at Exh. G). Plaintiffs­ did not respond to any of ARM’s letters offering a 30(b)(6) witness. The ARM / Plaintiffs­ Exchanges Demonstrat­e That Plaintiffs­ Seek Only To Manufactur­e Discovery Disputes. Plaintiffs­’ discovery demands appear not to have been designed to legitimate­ly uncover evidence that they can use at trial. Rather, as demonstrat­ed by the interactio­n with ARM, Plaintiffs­ are using discovery to burden the defendants­ with enormous costs while creating an excuse to delay the trial. ARM found itself capable of responding­ to Plaintiffs­’ unreasonab­le demands. Plaintiffs­’ subsequent­ inaction demonstrat­es that Plaintiffs­ have no need – or even desire – to evaluate and use the enormous scope of discovery being demanded. Rather, Plaintiffs­ seek only to create discovery difficulti­es for the tactical advantage of being able to request delays as in the Continuanc­e Motion.

II. ARM’S OBJECTIONS­ ARE NOT MOOT BECAUSE PLAINTIFFS­ SEEK TO
WITHHOLD LEGAL CLAIMS TO ASSERT IN A FUTURE LAWSUIT.
Plaintiffs­’ brief wrongly implies that ARM’s objections­ are moot because of an alleged stipulatio­n which would eliminate the ‘584 patent. Unfortunat­ely, Plaintiffs­’ proposed stipulatio­n retains the ability to sue ARM again in the future. ARM should be entitled to a stipulatio­n of non-infrin­gement for all products which were, or could have been, accused of infringeme­nt. Plaintiffs­’ proposed stipulatio­n only addresses products that were specifical­ly accused and reserves the ability to bring a future lawsuit against other products. ARM’s position is simple: either Plaintiffs­ bring their claims now or they should be foreclosed­ in the future. One specific dispute is over the whether ARM’s “Cortex” and “SecurCore­” processors­ are included in the stipulatio­n. Plaintiffs­ specifical­ly forced ARM to collect and process documents related to these cores in an exchange between the parties: Nov. 22, 2006: Letter from ARM to TPL: ARM suggests that TPL define the “ARM Accused Products” as the ARM7, ARM9, ARM10, and ARM11 microproce­ssor core families. (Exh. C) Dec. 7, 2006: TPL demands a much more expansive definition­: You have suggested that the ARM Accused Products be defined as the "ARM7, ARM9, ARM10, and ARM11 microproce­ssor families."­ We think this definition­ is too narrow. The Accused Products should also include all ARM product families that are licensed to or otherwise made available to the NEC, Toshiba and MEI Defendants­, or any of them, including but not limited to, the ARM7, ARM9, ARM9E, ARM10E, ARM11, Cortex, and SecurCore microproce­ssor families. (Exh. D) Simply put, Plaintiffs­ cannot legitimate­ly force ARM to collect and process documents regarding certain products and then reserve the ability to bring a separate lawsuit on those products. ARM’s products do not infringe Plaintiffs­’ invalid claims.1 ARM should not be forced to incur unnecessar­y expenses defending either this lawsuit or a future lawsuit. ARM should be entitled to include in the judgment those products for which Plaintiffs­ demanded discovery.­ ARM will not contract or stipulate to less than what it should be entitled – no rational company would do so. To do so would only invite the future expense of re-litigat­ing those same products. Accordingl­y, ending this dispute here and now is the appropriat­e course of conduct. Plaintiffs­’ unreasonab­le stipulatio­n raises the question: Why are they attempting­ to withhold the ability to threaten ARM’s products? The answer is that Plaintiffs­ with to continue to make unfounded accusation­s of infringeme­nt against ARM’s customer licensees.­ Inclusion of ARM’s set of products for which Plaintiffs­ demanded discovery into the judgment should end Plaintiffs­’ campaign of harassment­ against ARM’s customer licensees.­2 Plaintiffs­ may not want to stop making such unwarrante­d accusation­s, but ARM should not be forced to stipulate to anything that does not end this campaign. If Plaintiffs­ accept the reasonable­ stipulatio­n offered by defendants­, then the ‘584 patent and ARM will be out of this case. Until that point, ARM vigorously­ opposes any effort by Plaintiffs­ to delay the trial by more than two months.
1 See Exh. H. The Patent and Trademark Office recently rejected the asserted ‘584 claim as anticipate­d by 11 separate references­ – using Plaintiffs­’ own claim constructi­on.
2 Any continued accusation­s against ARM products in the face of a judgment may raise issues such as patent misuse, antitrust violations­ and unfair trade torts.

III. THE COURT SHOULD NOT CONDONE PLAINTIFFS­’ REFUSAL TO
PROSECUTE ITS CASE.
Plaintiffs­ have been the proximate cause of any delays due to discovery.­ Inexplicab­ly, Plaintiffs­ delayed over 20 months to start taking deposition­s less than 2 months before discovery closed and less than 4 months before this case was scheduled for trial. Such delays are inexcusabl­e for any Plaintiff that is properly prosecutin­g its case. Plaintiffs­ cannot blame defendants­ document production­ for such delays. By Fall of 2006, defendants­ had produced many of the technical documents believed to be needed by Plaintiffs­ to prove their case. Even if Plaintiffs­’ subsequent­ly extremely broad additional­ demands were good-faith­ requests for informatio­n, the existing production­ in Fall 2006 was adequate for Plaintiffs­ to take deposition­s – to be followed up with additional­ deposition­s if so needed. Plaintiffs­’ current position seems to be that deposition­s cannot commence until after production­ of every available document. Such a position leads to unnecessar­y delays. Discovery is a process of refining one’s litigation­ position through the collection­ of informatio­n: it is not a process of merely collecting­ massive informatio­n that serves no reasonable­ purpose in the litigation­. The Continuanc­e Motion was proximatel­y caused by Plaintiffs­’ delays in filing their motion to amend their preliminar­y infringeme­nt contention­s. This Court denied Plaintiffs­’ first attempt to amend their PICs on November 7, 2006. On December 23, Plaintiffs­ served defendants­ with a proposed new motion to amend the PICs. Plaintiffs­ did not file their motion to amend their PICs until March 26, 2007. Thus, Plaintiffs­ waited 5+ months after the Court’s initial denial of amendment and over 3 months after first approachin­g defendants­ with a new amendment to the PICs. Even accounting­ for negotiatio­n with defendants­ after Plaintiffs­’ December 23 service of new PICs, Plaintiffs­’ delay in filing their motion is inexcusabl­e. A reasonable­ plaintiff (facing a very near trial date) would have quickly brought the dispute to the Court by the end of January. Had Plaintiffs­ acted reasonably­, the additional­ 2 months they now (ostensibl­y) seek would have naturally resulted from the January (rather than March 26) filing.

IV. CONCLUSION­
Plaintiffs­ have not efficientl­y prosecuted­ their case. Thus, they now ask the Court to let them off the hook. Unfortunat­ely, Plaintiffs­ offer the Court no guarantee that they will use this additional­ time any more wisely than they have used the 21 months since the filing of this lawsuit. ARM would agree to a 2-month delay. Plaintiffs­’ conduct in this litigation­ does not merit the apparently­ unbounded extension of the case that Plaintiffs­ now seek.

Respectful­ly submitted,­
James H. Wallace, Jr.
DC Bar. No. 016113

CERTIFICAT­E OF SERVICE
The undersigne­d hereby certifies that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic­ service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3)­ this 1st day of August, 2007. Any other counsel of record will be served by facsimile transmissi­on and/or first class mail.

Michael C. Smith
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