United States International Trade Commission Washington, D.C

United States International Trade Commission Washington, D.C

UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C. Before the Honorable E. James Gildea Administrative Law Judge In the Matter of CERTAIN WIRELESS CONSUMER Investigation No. 337-TA-853 ELECTRONICS DEVICES AND COMPONENTS THEREOF RESPONDENTS’ NOTICE OF PRIOR ART Pursuant to Ground Rule 4 and the procedural schedule set forth in Order No. 7, dated October 1, 2012, Respondents Acer Inc., Acer America Corporation, Amazon.com, Inc., Barnes & Noble, Inc., Garmin Ltd., Garmin International, Inc., Garmin U.S.A., Inc., HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc., Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., Kyocera Corporation, Kyocera Communications, Inc., LG Electronics, Inc., LG Electronics USA, Inc., Nintendo Co., Ltd., Nintendo of America, Inc., Novatel Wireless, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Sierra Wireless, Inc., Sierra Wireless America, Inc., ZTE Corporation, and ZTE (USA) Inc. (collectively, “Respondents”) hereby respectfully submit their Notice of Prior Art for U.S. Patent No. 5,809,336 (“Patent-in-Suit”). Respondents may rely on the prior art identified or incorporated in this Notice to establish invalidity or unenforceability of the asserted claims of the patent-in-suit, and/or to demonstrate the relevant state of the art and/or level of skill in the art. In addition, Respondents incorporate herein by reference, and reserve the right to rely upon any prior art (1) identified or produced by Complainants, any other party, any third party, or the Commission Investigation Staff to this Investigation; (2) included on any party's hearing exhibit list; (3) contained within any patent prosecution history of the Patent-in-Suit; (4) contained within any patent prosecution history that relates to the Patent-in-Suit, including parent applications, child applications, and foreign counterparts to the Patent-in-Suit; (5) that is the foreign equivalents to any patent art incorporated herein; and (6) cited in any expert report served during this Investigation. Respondents’ discovery and investigation in connection with this lawsuit are continuing, including discovery from third parties, and, thus, these disclosures are based on information obtained to date. Accordingly, Respondents reserve the right to modify, amend or supplement this Notice as additional information or prior art is discovered, in particular in view of, without limitation, (1) information provided by Complainants concerning its infringement allegations, theories, contentions, or facts supporting them; (2) information provided by Complainants concerning the alleged priority, conception, and reduction to practice dates for any of the asserted claims; (3) any change by Complainants in the claims they are asserting; (4) additional prior art obtained through discovery, including without limitation discovery from Complainants or from third parties; (5) the disclosures of witnesses not yet disclosed; (6) information provided by Complainants to rebut any contentions regarding the prior art or Respondents’ invalidity or unenforceability positions; (7) the Court’s claim construction order; or any other basis in law or in fact. Respondents also specifically reserve the right to modify, amend or supplement this Notice to the extent Complainants are permitted to amend the priority dates for any of the asserted claims. Subject to the above stated reservations, Respondents identify the following references relating to invalidity and/or unenforceability of the Patent-in-Suit. Persons with knowledge include without limitation all inventors, designers, authors, assignees, manufacturers, and users of the references below. I. PRIOR ART PATENTS Exhibit A contains a list of prior art patents for the Patent-In-Suit. II. PRIOR ART PUBLICATIONS - 2 - Exhibit B contains a list of prior art publications for the Patent-In-Suit. III. PRIOR INVENTORS AND/OR PERSONS HAVING KNOWLEDGE OF PRIOR INVENTION, USE, AND/OR SALE Charles H. Moore, inventor of Patent-In-Suit, c/o Kenneth H. Prochnow Chiles and Prochnow, LLP at 2600 El Camino Real, Suite 412, Palo Alto, CA 94306-1719 Russell H. Fish III, inventor of Patent-In-Suit, 5400 Preston Oaks Road, Apt. 1112, Dallas, Texas 75254 Patentees or named authors identified in connection with each reference listed in Sections I and II above, current address unknown Companies or creators/designers of products identified in connection with each reference listed in Section IV, current address unknown Persons with knowledge regarding the authenticity, publication, public use, and/or on sale dates of any references listed in Sections I, II, and IV, current address unknown IV. PRIOR ART DEVICES/SYSTEMS OFFERED FOR SALE OR PUBLICLY USED OR KNOWN Respondents identify all versions of the following prior art devices sold, offered for sale, known, or used prior to August 3, 1989, as well as documents, source code, and schematics describing the same. Device/System MC68332 and related devices by Motorola. MC16805H2 device by Motorola. Motorola Pager Chips. HP Sacajawea Chip. μPD75008 device by NEC. TLCS47 by Toshiba. Sharp SM 550 4-bit Microcomputer. - 3 - Device/System MAB8400 device by Philips. TMS370 device by Texas Instruments. T414M Transputer by INMOS Limited. The INMOS Transputer family of products. MN1880/1890 Series Microprocessor by Matsushita Electronics Corporation MCS6500 and related chips by MOS Technology, Inc. Hitachi HD64180 Family High Integration CMOS Microcontrollers Z8/Z80/Z180/Z280/Z8000/Z80000 families of devices by Zilog SB180 by Micromint TMS320 devices by Texas Instruments Motorola MC68701 Microprocessor Unit Motorola MC6801 Microprocessor Unit Motorola MC6803 Microprocessor Unit Dated: November 16, 2012 Respectfully submitted, /s/ Timothy Bickham Charles F. Schill Alice Kipel Timothy Bickham Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 429-3000 Huan-Yi Lin Steptoe & Johnson LLP 2121 Avenue of the Stars Suite 2800 Los Angeles CA 90067 Counsel for Respondent Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. _/s/ Daniel F. Smith_____________________ Louis S. Mastriani Sarah E. Hamblin - 4 - Daniel F. Smith Dana L. Watts ADDUCI, MASTRIANI & SCHAUMBERG, L.L.P. 1133 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: (202) 467-6300 Adam P. Seitz Eric A. Buresh Jason R. Mudd ERISE IP, P.A. 6201 College Boulevard, Suite 300 Overland Park, KS 66211 Telephone: (913) 777-5600 Facsimile: (913) 777-5601 Counsel for Respondents Garmin Ltd., Garmin International, Inc. and Garmin USA, Inc. /s/ Paul F. Brinkman David Eiseman Paul F. Brinkman Michael James O’Connor Pamela L. Van Dort Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 825 Washington, DC 20004 Tel.: (202) 538-8000 Fax: (202) 538-8100 E-mail: [email protected] Counsel for Respondent Barnes & Noble, Inc. /s/ Christian A. Chu_________________ Michael J. McKeon Richard A. Sterba Christian A. Chu Scott A. Elengold Kevin C. Wheeler FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 1425 K Street, N.W., 11th Floor Washington, D.C. 20005 Telephone: (202) 783-5070 Facsimile: (202) 783-2331 Attorneys for Respondents - 5 - LG ELECTRONICS, INC., and LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC. /s/ Jeffrey J. Catalano Jay H. Reiziss Michelle A. Miller BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE 1850 K Street N.W., Suite 675 Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 296-6940 (phone) William H. Frankel Charles M. McMahon Jeffrey J. Catalano Hersh Mehta BRINKS HOFER GILSON & LIONE NBC Tower, Suite 3600 455 North Cityfront Plaza Drive Chicago, IL 60611-5599 (312) 321-4200 (phone) Attorneys for Respondents, ZTE Corporation and ZTE (USA) Inc. /s/ K.R. Lahnstein Tom M. Schaumberg, Esq. David H. Hollander, Jr., Esq. Katherine R. Lahnstein, Esq. ADDUCI, MASTRIANI & SCHAUMBERG, LLP 1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW Twelfth Floor Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: 202.467.6300 R. Mark Halligan, Esq. NIXON PEABODY 300 S. Riverside Plaza, 16th Floor Chicago, IL 60606 Telephone: 312.425.3900 Facsimile: 312.425.3909 Christopher Mooney, Esq. NIXON PEABODY 2 Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real, Suite 500 Palo Alto, CA 94306-2106 Telephone: 650.320.7700 Facsimile: 650.320.7701 Counsel for Respondents Sierra Wireless, Inc. and Sierra Wireless America, Inc. - 6 - /s/ Aaron Wainscoat __________ Mark Fowler Andrew Valentine Aaron Wainscoat Carrie Williamson Erik Fuehrer DLA Piper LLP (US) 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, California 94303 Tel: 650-833-2000 Fax: 650-833-2001 James M. Heintz DLA Piper LLP (US) One Fountain Square 11911 Freedom Drive, Suite 300 Reston, Virginia 20190 Tel: 703-773-4000 Fax: 703-773-5000 Attorneys for Respondents Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. /s/ M. Andrew Woodmansee David C. Doyle M. Andrew Woodmansee E. Dale Buxton, II Stephen D. Keane Christian G. Andreu-von Euw Joshua G. Simon Morrison & Foerster LLP 12531 High Bluff Drive, Suite 100 San Diego, CA 92130 Tel: (858) 720-5100 Fax: (858) 720-5125 E-mail: [email protected] G. Brian Busey Tihua Huang Morrison & Foerster LLP 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 6000 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 887-1500 Fax: (202) 887-0763 Counsel for Respondents Kyocera Corporation and Kyocera Communications, Inc. /s/ Kyle Chen ________ Stephen R. Smith COOLEY LLP 11951 Freedom Drive - 7 - Reston, VA 20190 Tel.: 703.456.8000 Fax: 703.456.8100 Email: [email protected] Kyle Chen COOLEY LLP 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 Tel: 650.843.5000 Fax: 650.849.7400 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Respondents HTC Corp. and HTC America, Inc. /s/ Stephen R. Smith Stephen R. Smith Phillip E. Morton Scott A. Cole Laura J. Cunningham Cooley LLP 11951 Freedom Drive Reston, VA 20190 [email protected] Thomas J. Friel, Jr. COOLEY LLP 101 California Street, 5th Floor San Francisco, CA 94111 Tel: 415.693.2000 Fax: 415.693.2222 Email: [email protected] Matthew J. Brigham COOLEY LLP Five Palo Alto Square 3000 El Camino Real Palo Alto, CA 94306 Tel: 650.843.5000 Fax: 650.857.0663 Email: [email protected] Counsel for Nintendo Co., Ltd. and Nintendo of America Inc. - 8 - /s/ Eric C. Rusnak Eric C. Rusnak K&L GATES LLP 1601 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20006-1600 Telephone: (202) 778-9000 Facsimile: (202) 778-9100 Michael J.

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