Free Motion to Dismiss for Failure to State a Claim - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
RONALD A. KATZ TECHNOLOGY )
LICENSING, L.P., )
)
Plaintiff] )
)
v. ) Case No.: 1:07-cv-00361-GMS
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COMCAST CORPORATION; COMCAST )
CABLE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC; )
COMCAST OF NEW CASTLE COUNTY, LLC; ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
COMCAST OF DELMARVA, INC.; )
COMCAST OF EASTERN SHORE, LLC; )
COMCAST OF CALIFORNIA II, LLC; )
COMCAST OF CALIFORNIA/COLORADO, )
LLC; COMCAST OF ARKANSAS/FLORIDN )
LOUISIAN SOTA/MISSISSIPPI/ )
TENNESSEE, INC.; COMCAST OF )
COLORADO/PENNSYLVANIA/WEST )
VIRGINIA, LLC; COMCAST OF FLORIDA! )
ILLINOIS/MICHIGAN, INC.; COMCAST OF )
GARDEN STATE, L.P.; COMCAST OF )
HOUSTON, LLC; GEICO CORPORATION; )
GOVERNIVIENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE )
COMPANY; GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE )
COMPANY; GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY; )
GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY; XM )
SATELLITE RADIO HOLDINGS, INC.; )
XM SATELLITE RADIO, INC.; XM RADIO, )
INC. and XM EQUIPMENT LEASING, LLC, )
)
Defendants. )
THE GEICO DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS PLAlNTIFF’S COMPLAINT OR,
ALTERNATIVELY, FOR A MORE DEFINITE STATEMENT
Defendants Geico Corporation, Government Employees Insurance Company, Geico
General Insurance Company, and Geico Indemnity Company (collectively “Geico Defendants"),
hereby move pursuant to Rule l2(b)(6) ofthe Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, to dismiss Count
II of Plaintiff Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P.’s Amended Complaint for Patent
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Infringement for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. In the alternative, the
Geico Defendants hereby move pursuant to Rule 12(e) ofthe Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
for a more definite statement of Katz’s claims.
The Court is respectfully referred to the accompanying brief for the reasons advanced in
I support of this motion.
Respectfully submitted,
FOX ROTHSCFIILD LLP
By: /s/ Francis G.X. Pileggi
Francis G.X. Pileggi, Esquire (#2624)
Citizens Bank Center, Suite 1300
919 North Market Street
Wilmington, DE 19801-2323
Phone; (302) 655-3667
Email; [email protected]
-and—
WARD & OLIVO
John F. Ward, Esquire
David M. Hill, Esquire
Michael G, Gabriel, Esquire
708 Third Avenue
New York, New York 10017
Phone: (212) 697-6262
Email; [email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Counsel for Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs
GEICO CORPORATION, GOVERNMENT
EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, GEICO
GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, GEICO
INDEMNITY COMPANY AND GEICO
CASUALTY COMPANY
Dated: August 22, 2007
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
1, Francis G. X. Pileggi, Esquire, hereby certify on this 22"d day of August 2007, that the
Geico Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Plaintif`f" s Complaint or, Alternatively, for a More
Definite Statement has been served with the Clerk of Court using CM/ECF which will send
notification of such filing(s) to the following:
Andre G. Bouchard, Esq.
John M. Seaman, Esq.
Bouchard Marguies & Friedlander, P.A.
222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1400
Wilmington, DE 1980]
/s/ Francis G.X. Pileggi
Francis G.X. Pileggi, Esquire (#2624)
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