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Case 2:09-cv-00290-NBF Document 837 Filed 03/25/13 Page 1 of 28 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY, Plaintiff, v. Civil Action No. 2:09-cv-00290-NBF MARVELL TECHNOLOGY GROUP, LTD., Hon. Nora B. Fischer and MARVELL SEMICONDUCTOR, INC., Defendants. MARVELL’S OPPOSITION TO CMU’S MOTION FOR PERMANENT INJUNCTION, POST-JUDGMENT ROYALTIES, AND SUPPLEMENTAL DAMAGES Case 2:09-cv-00290-NBF Document 837 Filed 03/25/13 Page 2 of 28 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page ARGUMENT ...................................................................................................................................2 I. THE COURT SHOULD NOT ISSUE A PERMANENT INJUNCTION ...........................2 A. CMU Fails To Demonstrate Any Irreparable Harm ................................................2 1. CMU Faces No Irreparable Commercial Harm As It Does Not Compete With Marvell ................................................................................2 2. CMU Has Not Shown That Its Patents Drive Consumer Demand ..............3 B. CMU Has Not Demonstrated That Monetary Compensation Is Inadequate ...........5 1. CMU Has Demonstrated Its Willingness To License The Patents ..............5 2. CMU’s Concern About “Risk Of Non-Payment” Is Baseless .....................6 C. The Balance Of Hardships Weighs Against An Injunction .....................................9 D. An Injunction Would Be Contrary To The Public Interest ....................................10 E. CMU’s Proposed Injunction Is Vague, Overbroad And Fails to Include A Transition Period ....................................................................................................12 F. CMU Should Post Security to Protect Marvell From A Wrongful Injunction ...............................................................................................................13 II. THIS COURT SHOULD DEFER CONSIDERATION OF AN ONGOING ROYALTY UNTIL MARVELL’S MOTIONS FOR JUDGMENT ARE RESOLVED AND AN EVIDENTIARY HEARING IS HELD .......................................14 III. IN LIGHT OF CHANGED ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES, ANY ONGOING ROYALTY SHOULD BE SET WELL BELOW THE $0.50 RATE AWARDED FOR PAST INFRINGEMENT ..........................................................................................16 A. CMU Does Not Compete Commercially And Has Failed To License the Patents-in-Suit ........................................................................................................16 B. Marvell’s Profit Margins Provide No Basis For An Ongoing Royalty .................17 C. Marvell’s Non-Infringing Alternatives Counsel In Favor of a Reduced Royalty ...................................................................................................................18 D. There Is No Basis For A Ongoing Royalty Greater Than $0.50 ...........................18 ii Case 2:09-cv-00290-NBF Document 837 Filed 03/25/13 Page 3 of 28 IV. THE COURT SHOULD DEFER CMU’S REQUEST FOR AN ACCOUNTING AND SUPPLEMENTAL DAMAGES ..............................................................................20 CONCLUSION ..............................................................................................................................20 iii Case 2:09-cv-00290-NBF Document 837 Filed 03/25/13 Page 4 of 28 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES Page Cases ActiveVideo Networks, Inc. v. Verizon Commn'cs., Inc., 694 F.3d 1312 (Fed. Cir. 2012)........................................................................................1, 5, 10 Adams Arms, Inc. v. 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