IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
S.O.l.TEC SILICON ON INSULATOR .
TECHNOLOGIES, and
COMMISSARIAT A IJENERGIE
ATOMIQUE, Civil Action No. l:08—cv—292—SLR
Plaintiffs,
v.
MEMC ELECTRONIC MATERIALS, INC.,
Defendant.
DEFENDANTS MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE,
MOTION FOR A MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT
COMES NOW Defendant MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. ("MEMC"), and, for
its Motion to Disrniss under Fed. R. Civ. P. l2(b)(6) or, in the alternative, Motion for a
More Definite Statement under Fed. R. Civ. P. l2(e), states as follows:
I. Plaintiffs, S.O.I.TEC Silicon on Insulator Technologies, S.A. and
Commissariat A L’Energie (collectively, "Soltec"), filed a "C_oniplaint for Patent
Infringement†on l\/lay I9, 2008 (D.I. l). Soitec’s Complaint contains three counts:
Count I alleges willful infringement of U.S. Patent No. RE39,484; Count H alleges
willful infringement of U.S. Patent No. 6,809,009; and Count III alleges willful
infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,067,396.
2. In Counts I, II, and III, Soitec alleges "on information and belief" that
» MEMC’s purported infringement "is and has been willful" and seeks treble damages
based on l\/lEMC’s alleged willful infringement. See Cornpl. (DI. l), {lil 15, l9, 23, and
p. 5. Soitec makes no further factual allegations to support its willful infringement
allegations. Because Soitec’s bare willful infringement assertions fail to provide
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sufficient grounds upon which the relief it requests can be granted, Soitec’s Complaint
should be dismissed under Fed. R. Civ. P. i2(h)(6).
3. Alternatively, Soitec should be ordered to file a more definite statement,
under Fed. R. Civ. P. l2(e), describing the specific grounds on which Soitec’s willful
infringement claims rest.
4. Filed contemporaneously herewith is MEl\/fC’s Opening Brief in Support
of this Motion.
WHEREFORE, Defendant MEMC respecttiilly requests that this Court enter its
Order as follows:
A. Disinissing Counts lj, II, and lll of plaintiffs’ Complaint pursuant to Fed.
R. Civ. P. l2(b)(6) because the Complaint fails to adequately plead facts sufficient to
support a claim for willful patent infringement, OR, in the alternative,
B. Ordering plaintiffs to file a more definite statement, pursuant to Fed. R.
Civ. P. l2(e), alleging facts (if any) with the required particularity to provide plaintiffs’
basis for alleging that (1) l\/{EMC engaged in the accused conduct despite an objectively
high likelihood that its actions constituted infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. RE39,¢i8·4;
6,809,009; 7,067,396; and (2) these objectively——detined risks of infringement were either
known or so obvious that they should have been known to MEMC, as required under the
controlling standard announced in In re Seagate Tech., LLC, 497 F.3d l360 (Fed. Cir.
2007); and
C. Granting such other and further relief as the Court deems proper.
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Respectfully submitted,
Dated: July 9, 2008 CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP
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Patricia S. Rogo ski (LD. # 32)
The Nemours Building
1007 North Orange Street
P.O. Box 2207
Wilmington, DE l9899
(302) 658-9141
(302) 658—56l4 (Fax)
progowski(@cblh.com
Of Counsel:
SENNIGER POWERS LLP
Robert M. Evans, Jr.
David W. Harlan
Marc W. Vander Tuig ‘
Richard L. Brophy
One Metropolitan Square
16m Floor
St. Louis, MO 63102
(314) 231-5400
(3l4) 231-4342 (Fax)
revansg@,senniger.com
dharla1rga)sennige1·.com
mvandertuig@sennige1·.com
[email protected]
Attorneysfor MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Patricia Smink Rogowski, hereby certify that on this 9* day of July, 2008, I
electronically filed DEFENDAN"I"S MOTION TO DISMISS OR, IN THE
ALTERNATIVE, MOTION FOR A MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT with the Court Clerk
using CM/ECP which will send notification of such tiiing(s) to Denise Seastone Kraft.
VIA CM/ECF and E-MAIL VIA E-—l\/IAIL
Denise Seastone Kraft George W. Neuner
EDWARDS ANGELL PALMER EDWARDS ANGELL PALMER
& DODGE LLP & DODGE LLP
9l9 North Market Street, 15*** Floor 10} Federal Street
Wilmington, DE 1980i Boston, MA 02310
dl
Patricia Smink Rogowski (Bar ID No. 2632)
progowsl
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