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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ______________________________________ ) ) ) ) MDL Docket No. 07-md-1848 (GMS) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Civil Action No. 07-752-GMS ) ) ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED ) ) ) ) ) )

IN RE: REMBRANDT TECHNOLOGIES, LP PATENT LITIGATION ______________________________________ MOTOROLA, INC., CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC., ARRIS GROUP, INC., THOMSON, INC., AMBIT MICROSYSTEMS, INC., and NETGEAR, INC., Plaintiffs, v. REMBRANDT TECHNOLOGIES, LP, Defendant. ______________________________________ REMBRANDT TECHNOLOGIES, LP, and REMBRANDT TECHNOLOGIES, LLC d/b/a REMSTREAM,

) ) ) ) Counter-Plaintiffs, ) ) Civil Action No. 07-752-GMS v. ) ) MOTOROLA, INC., CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED SCIENTIFIC-ATLANTA, INC., ARRIS GROUP, ) INC., THOMSON, INC., AMBIT ) MICROSYSTEMS, INC., NETGEAR, INC., TIME ) WARNER CABLE, INC., TIME WARNER CABLE ) LLC, TIME WARNER NEW YORK CABLE LLC, ) TIME WARNER ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, ) LP, COMCAST CORPORATION, COMCAST ) CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, CHARTER ) COMMUNICATIONS, INC., CHARTER ) COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING, LLC, ) COXCOM, INC., COX COMMUNICATIONS, )

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INC., COX ENTERPRISES, INC., CSC HOLDINGS, INC., CABLEVISION SYSTEMS CORPORATION, ADELPHIA COMMINICATIONS CORPORATION, CENTURY-TCI CALIFORNIA COMMUNICATIONS, LP, CENTURY-TCI HOLDINGS, LLC, COMCAST OF FLORIDA/PENNSYLVANIA, L.P. (f/k/a PARNASSOS, LP), COMCAST OF PENNSYLVANIA II, L.P. (f/k/a CENTURY-TCI CALIFORNIA, L.P.), PARNASSOS COMMUNICATIONS, LP, ADELPHIA CONSOLIDATION, LLC, PARNASSOS HOLDINGS, LLC, and WESTERN NY CABLEVISION, LP, Counter-Defendants. ______________________________________

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NOTICE OF VOLUNTARY DISMISSAL OF COX ENTERPRISES, INC. AND COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC. WITHOUT PREJUDICE

WHEREAS, Counter-Defendants CoxCom, Inc. ("CoxCom"), Cox Enterprises, Inc. ("CEI") and Cox Communications, Inc. ("CCI") have represented to Defendants, CounterPlaintiffs Rembrandt Technologies, LP and Rembrandt Technologies, LLC d/b/a Remstream (collectively "Rembrandt") that: 1. CoxCom is the proper Cox entity to respond to the claims asserted by Rembrandt in this case, and no Cox entity will take the position that CoxCom is not the proper party; Rembrandt can assert its current infringement claims against, and reach, all of Cox's cable operations through CoxCom. Rembrandt does not need to add any Cox entities or affiliates to this suit to be able to assert its infringement claims against all of Cox's cable operations; CoxCom has the financial ability to pay any judgment entered in this case; CoxCom will treat document requests propounded upon it in this case as if also propounded upon CCI and will provide responsive document discovery consistent with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for CCI without requiring Rembrandt to subpoena documents from CCI; and, CEI is a parent company with no cable operations which does not have any documents in its possession, custody or control which are relevant to the above-referenced litigation.

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NOW THEREFORE, in reliance upon the above representations, pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1), Rembrandt, by and through undersigned counsel, hereby voluntarily dismisses only Counter-Defendants Cox Enterprises, Inc. and Cox Communications, Inc. from this action without prejudice.

Dated: February 15, 2008

__/s/ James D. Heisman_________ Collins J. Seitz, Jr. (#2237) Francis DiGiovanni (#3189) James D. Heisman (#2746) Kristen Healey Cramer (#4512) CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP The Nemours Building 1007 N. Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19899 Phone (302) 658-9141 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Rembrandt Technologies, LP, and Rembrandt Technologies, LLC d/b/a Remstream

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, James D. Heisman., hereby certify that on this 15th day of February, 2008, a true copy of the foregoing Notice of Voluntary Dismissal of Cox Enterprises, Inc. and Cox Communications, Inc. Without Prejudice was emailed to the following persons and was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF which will send notification of such filing to the following and the document is available for viewing and downloading from CM/ECF: BY E-MAIL Jack B. Blumenfeld Karen Jacobs Louden Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP 1201 North Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899 [email protected] [email protected] Rodger D. Smith II (#3778) 1201 N. Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899-1347 (302) 658-9200 [email protected] John W. Shaw Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor The Brandywine Building 1000 West Street, 17th Floor P.O. Box 391 Wilmington, DE 19899-0391 [email protected]

Richard D. Kirk Scott G. Wilcox Stephen B. Brauerman Bayard, PA 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900 P.O. Box 25130 Wilmington, DE 19899 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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Fredrick L. Cottrell, III Kelly E. Farnan Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. One Rodney Square 920 North King Street Wilmington, DE 19801 [email protected] [email protected]

Peter J. Toren Lawrence B. Goodwin Monica V. Bhattacharyya Stefan R. Stoyanov Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP 1633 Broadway New York, NY 10019 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] David Segal Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 3161 Michelson Drive Irvina, California 92612-4412 [email protected]

Josh A. Krevitt Charles J. Bourdreau Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 200 Park Avenue, 47th Floor New York, New York 10166-0193 [email protected] [email protected] Amanda J. Tessar Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP 1801 California Street, Suite 4200 Denver, CO 80202-2642 [email protected]

David S. Benyacar Daniel L. Reisner Kaye Scholer LLP 425 Park Avenue New York, New York 10022 [email protected] [email protected] Robert A. Van Nest Brian L. Ferrall Daralyn J. Durie Leo L. Lam Matthew M. Werdegar KEKER & VAN NEST LLP 710 Sansome Street San Francisco, CA 94111 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Matthew D. Powers Edward R. Reines Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP 201 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 [email protected] [email protected]

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John Desmarais Kirkland & Ellis LLP Citigroup Center 153 East 53rd Street New York, New York 10022 [email protected] Mitchell Stockwell Kilpatrick & Stockton LLP 110 Peachtree Street, N.E. Suite 2800 Atlanta, GA 30309 [email protected]

Eric R. Lamison Kirkland & Ellis LLP 555 California Street, Ste. 2700 San Francisco, CA 94104 [email protected]

Bradford P. Lyerla Kevin D. Hogg Charles E. Juister Marshall, Gerstein & Borun LLP 6300 Sears Tower 233 South Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60606-6357 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

_____/s/ James D. Heisman____________ James D. Heisman (#2746) [email protected]

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