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4 AGILITY IP LAW JO~7 UTIG ON ERT ~" V2E~ James C. OneSOIl [email protected] ,9 April 1, 2011 -......................................... -- ............................ .. OHice at the Secretary Acting Secretary James R. Holbein Inri rrade Commission United States International Trade Commission 500 E Street, S. W. Washington, DC 20436 Re: Certain Motion-Sellsitive SOll1ld Effects Devices and Image Display Devices a1ld Components alld Products Contai11ing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-_ Dear Secretary Holbein: Enclosed for filing on behalf of Ogma, LLC ("Ogma") are the following documents in support of Ogma's request that the Commission commence an investigation under Section 337 of Tariff Act of 1930. Pursuant to the Commission Rules of Practice and Procedure, a request for confidential treatment of certain confidential information contained in the complaint, exhibits, and appendices is being transmitted concurrently herewith. Enclosed is a listing of the contents of each box. Accordingly, Ogma submits the following documents: 1. An original and twelve (12) copies of the verified complaint and an original and six (6) copies of the accompanying exhibits, with the confidential exhibits segregated from the other material submitted (exhibits that include an original and one (1) copy unbound, without tabs) (Rules 201.6(c), 21O.4(f)(3)0), and 210.8(a)(1)(i»; 2. Thirty-eight (38) additional copies of the complaint and accompanying non confidential and confidential exhibits, one each for service upon the twenty-four proposed respondents (Rules 21O.4(f)(3)(i), 21O.8(a)(l)(iii), and 21O.11(a»; 3. Copies of United States Patent Nos. 6,150,947 (the '947 Patent) and 5,825,427 (the '427) are included as Exhibit 1 and 2 in all copies of the Complaint (Rule 210. 12(a)(9)(i»; 4. Copies of the Assignment Records for the '947 Patent and '427 Patent are included as Appendices A and C in the original Complaint, and copies thereof included as Exhibits 4 and 6 in all copies of the Complaint (Rule 21O.12(a)(9)(ii»; 5. An identification of each license agreement for the agreement for the '947 Patent and '427 Patent included as Confidential Exhibits 5, 7, 76, 78, 78-1, 78-2, 78-3, 78-4, 78-5, 78-6, and 78-7 (Rule 210. 12(a)(9)(ii); 6. Copies of the prosecution histories of the '947 Patent and the '427 Patent are included as Appendix Band D to the original Complaint. Three (3) additional 1900 University Circle, Suite 201 ~ East Palo Alto, CA 94303 ~ 650-227-4800 • www.AgmtyIPLllw.com ~ AGILITY IP LAW Acting Secretary James C. Holbein Aprill,2011 Page 2 copies (plus an additional unbound copy) thereof are also included (Rule 21 0.12( c)(2»; 7. Six (6) additional copy of the complaint for service upon the embassy in Washington, D.C. of the country of the foreign respondents (Japan, Taiwan, Singapore, China, Hong Kong SAR, Sweden) (Rules 21O.8(a)(1)(iv) and 210.11 (a)(l )(ii)); 8. A letter and certification pursuant to 19 c.P.R. 201.6(b) and Commission Rules 210.5(d) requesting confidential treatment of confidential exhibits 5,7, 76, 78, 78- 1, 78-2, 78-3, 78-4, 78-5, 78-6, 78-7. 9. In a telephonic conversation on March 30, 2011, Acting Secretary Holbein authorized Complainant Ogma, LLC to submit all Confidential and Non Confidential Exhibits, including the Appendices on CDs. Respectful1~ submitted, 1)~Al!J I. es c. btteson Enclosures 1900 Univcrsity Circle, Suitc 201 ~ East Palo Alto, CA 94303 + 650-227-4800 + www.AgilityIPLaw.com 4 AGILITY IP LAW llTI j j"j E PE T James C. Otteson [email protected] April 1, 2011 Acting Secretary James R. Holbein United States International Trade Commission 500 E Street, S.W. Washington, DC 20436 Re: Cer/dill Motion-Sellsitive SOU1ld Effects Devices and Image Display Devices and Components and Products Containing Same, IllV. No. 337-TA-_ Dear Secretary Holbein: This firm represents Complainant Ogma, LLC (HOgma"), which is concurrently filing a complaint pursuant to Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 19 U.S.C § 1337. In accordance with Commission Rules 201.6 and 210.5 (19 C.F.R. §§ 201.6 and 210.5), Complainant requests confidential treatment of the business information contained in confidential exhibits 5, 7, 76, 78, 78-1, 78-2, 78-3, 78-4, 78-5, 78-6, and 78-7. The information for which confidential treatment is sought is proprietary commercial and financial information not otherwise publicly available. Specifically, those exhibits contain proprietary commercial information concerning Complainant's licensing of the asserted patents, financial information of the Complainant and the Complainant'S investments in the domestic industry as well as confidential and proprietary technical information belonging to the Complainant. The information described above qualifies as confidential business information pursuant to Rule 201.6(a) because: 1. it is not available to the public; 2. unauthorized disclosure of such information could cause substantial harm to the competitive position of Complainant; and 3. the disclosure of such information could impair the Commission's ability to obtain information necessary to perform its statutory function. Please contact me if you have any questions regarding this request, or if this is not granted in full. 1966 University Circle, Suite 261 + I~a"t I)alo Alto, CA 94363 + 650-227-4800 .. www.AgilityH·Luw.com ~ AGILITY IP LAW Acting Secretary James C. Holbein April 1,2011 Page 2 Thank you for your attention to this matter. Enclosures 1900 University Circle, Suite 201 ~ East Palo Alto, CA 94303 ~ 650·227·4800 • www.A.gilitJIPLaw.com UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. In the Matter of CERTAIN MOTION-SENSITIVE SOUND EFFECTS DEVICES AND IMAGE DISPLAY DEVICES AND COMPONENTS AND PRODUCTS CONTAINING SAME Investigation No. 337-TA-__ COMPLAINT OF OGMA, LLC UNDER SECTION 337 OF THE TARIFF ACT OF 1930, AS AMENDED COMPLAINANT RESPONDENTS Ogma, LLC Activision Blizzard, Inc. 3301 W. Marshall Ave. 3100 Ocean Park Blvd. Longview, TX 75604 Santa Monica, CA 90405 Telephone: (866) 308-2038 Apple Inc. COUNSEL FOR COMPLAINANT I Infinite Loop James e. Otteson Cupertino, CA 95014 David A. Caine Thomas T. Carmack Canon, Inc. XiangLong 30-2, Shimomaruko 3-chome Ohta-ku AGILITY IP LAW, LLC Tokyo 146-8501, 1900 University Circle, Suite 201 Japan East Palo Alto, CA 94303 Telephone: (650) 227-4800 Canon USA, Inc. One Canon Plaza Andrew W. Spangler Lake Success, NY 11042 SPANGLER LAW P.e. 208 N. Green St., Suite 300 Seiko Epson Corporation Longview, TX 75601 3-3-5 Owa, Suwa Telephone: (903) 753-9300 Nagano 392-8502, Japan Epson America, Inc. 3840 Kilroy Airport Way Long Beach, CA 90806 RESPONDENTS HTC Corporation Mad Catz, Inc. 23 Xinghua Rd. 7480 Mission Valley Road, Suite 101 Taoyuan 330, Taiwan San Diego, CA 92108 ROC Motorola Mobility, Inc. HTC America, Inc. 600 North U.S. Highway 45 13920 SE Eastgate Way, Suite 400 Libertyville, IL 60048 Bellevue, WA 98005 Nintendo Co., Ltd. InFocus Corp. 11-1 Kamitoba-hokotate-cho, 13190 SW 68th Parkway, Suite 200 Minami-ku. Kyoto 601-8501 Portland, OR 97223-8368 Japan Jakks Pacific, Inc. Nintendo of America, Inc. 22619 Pacific Coast Highway, 4600 150th Avenue NE Malibu, CA 90265 Redmond, W A 98052 Kyocera Communications, Inc. Nyko Technologies, Inc. 9520 Towne Centre Drive 1990 Westwood Blvd., 3rd Floor San Diego, California 92121 Los Angeles, CA 90025 LEGO AlS dba LEGO Group Sanyo North America Corp. Aastvej 1, Dk..;7190 Billund 2055 Sanyo Ave. Denmark San Diego, CA 92154 LEGO Systems, Inc. Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd. 555 Taylor Road 2-5-5 Keihan-Hondori, Moriguchi-ku Enfield, CT 06082 Osaka 570-8677 Japan Lenovo (United States), Inc. 1009 Think Place, Sanyo Electronic Device (U.S.A.) Morrisville, NC 27560 Corporation 2055 Sanyo Avenue Lenovo Group Ltd. San Diego, CA 92154 No.6 Chuang Ye Road Shangdi Information Industry Base Sharp Corporation Haidian District 22-22 Nagaike-cho, Abeno-ku Beijing 100085 Osaka 545-8422 China Japan Lenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. Sharp Electronics Corporation New Tech Park 1 Sharp Plaza 151 Lorong, Chuan, Mahwah, NJ 07495 (S) 556741 at Serangoon Garden Singapore RESPONDENTS WowWee Group Ltd. Sony Computer Entertainment America, Energy Plaza, 3F, 92 Granville Road LLC Tsim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong 919 East Hillsdale Blvd. Foster City, CA 94404 WowWee USA, Inc. 5963 La Place Court, Suite 207 Sony Corporation Carlsbad, CA 92008 1-7-1 Konan, Minato-ku Tokyo 108-0075 Japan Sony Corporation of America 550 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022 Sony Electronics Inc. 16530 Via Esprillo San Diego, CA 92127 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications (USA), Inc. 3333 Piedmont Road, Suite 600 Atlanta, GA 30305 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB Nya Vattentomet SE-221, 88 Lund Sweden Vivitek Corporation 4425 Cushing Parkway San Jose, CA 94538 VTech Electronics North America, LLC 1155 W. Dundee, Suite 130 Arlington Heights, IL 60004 VTech Holdings, Ltd. 231F, Tai Ping Industrial Centre, Block 1 57 Ting Kok Rd., Tai Po, New Territories Hong Kong ViewSonic Corp., Ltd. 381 Brea Canyon Road, Walnut, CA 91789 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page I. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 1 II. COMPLAINANT ................................................................................................................... 2 III. PROPOSED RESPONDENTS ............................................................................................... 3 IV. THE PATENTS, TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCTS AT ISSUE ................................. 11 A. Overview and Ownership ofthe Asserted