Free Motion for Summary Judgment - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:05-cv-00048-SLR

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE

HITACHI, LTD., and HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE ) PRODUCTS (USA), INC., ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) ) BORGWARNER INC., and ) BORGWARNER MORSE TEC INC., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________________) ) BORGWARNER INC., ) ) Counterclaimant, ) ) v. ) ) HITACHI, LTD., and HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE ) PRODUCTS (USA), INC., ) ) Counterdefendants. )

Civil Action No. 05-048-SLR

PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF INVALIDITY FOR FAILURE TO MEET THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION REQUIREMENT OF 35 U.S.C. § 112 UNDER BORGWARNER'S PROPOSED CLAIM INTERPRETATION Plaintiffs Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. (collectively, "Hitachi") move for summary judgment that claims 10 and 11 of U.S. Patent No. 5,497,738 are invalid because this patent fails to comply with the statutory written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1 under BorgWarner's proposed interpretation of claim 10. The grounds for this motion are fully set forth in Hitachi's accompanying opening brief.

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ASHBY & GEDDES /s/ Tiffany Geyer Lydon Steven J. Balick (I.D. #2114) John G. Day (I.D. #2403) Tiffany Geyer Lydon (I.D. #3950) 222 Delaware Avenue, 17th Floor P.O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 654-1888 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Hitachi, Ltd. and. Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc. Of Counsel: Kenneth E. Krosin Michael D. Kaminski Pavan K. Agarwal C. Edward Polk Foley & Lardner LLP 3000 K Street, N.W., Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20007­5109 (202) 672­5300 William J. Robinson Foley & Lardner LLP 2029 Century Park East Blvd., Ste. 3500 Los Angeles, CA 90067-3021 (310) 277-2223 Dated: October 4, 2006
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE HITACHI, LTD., and HITACHI AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS (USA), INC. Plaintiffs, v. BORGWARNER INC., and BORGWARNER MORSE TEC INC. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Civil Action No. 05-048-SLR

ORDER This ______ day of ____________________, 2006, Plaintiffs, Hitachi, Ltd. and Hitachi Automotive Products (USA), Inc., having moved for summary judgment that claims 10 and 11 of U.S. Patent No. 5,497,738 are invalid because this patent fails to comply with the statutory written description requirement of 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1 under BorgWarner's proposed interpretation of claim 10, after considering the motion and accompanying papers, having concluded that good grounds exist for the requested relief, now therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiffs' motion for summary judgment is granted.

_______________________________ Chief Judge

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 4th day of October, 2006, the attached PLAINTIFFS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF INVALIDITY FOR FAILURE TO MEET THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION REQUIREMENT OF 35 U.S.C. § 112 UNDER BORGWARNER'S PROPOSED CLAIM INTERPRETATION was served upon the following counsel of record in the manner indicated:

Richard K. Herrmann, Esquire Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams LLP 222 Delaware Avenue, 10th Floor P.O. Box 2306 Wilmington, DE 19801 Hugh A. Abrams, Esquire Sidley Austin LLP One South Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60603

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/s/ Tiffany Geyer Lydon ________________________________ Tiffany Geyer Lydon
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