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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) BATH & BODY WORKS, INC.; LIMITED ) BRANDS, INC.; Kao BRANDS CO. ) (f/k/a THE ANDREW JERGENS ) COMPANY); and Kao CORPORATION ) ) Defendants. ) LP MATTHEWS, L.L.C.

Civil Action No. 04-1507-SLR

LP MATTHEWS' CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF INFRINGEMENT AGAINST THE KAO DEFENDANTS Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 and the Local Rules of this Court, Plaintiff LP Matthews, L.L.C. cross-moves for summary judgment that defendants Kao Brands Co. (f/k/a The Andrew Jergens Company) and Kao Corporation (collectively "the Kao defendants") infringe LP Matthews' U.S. Patent No. 5,063,062 ("the `062 patent"). Kao originally filed a motion for summary judgment of non-infringement on March 8, 2005, before this Court's scheduling order issued and before defendants Kao Corporation, Limited Brands, Inc. and Bath & Body Works, Inc. answered the Amended Complaint. No dispute of material fact exists that Kao's accused product, Curél Ultra Healing Daily Moisture Therapy, contains 0.03% orange oil, a pharmaceutically-acceptable moisturizer, and oatmeal extract (an oat grain derivative). Claims 6 and 9 of the `062 patent call for a composition that cleans human skin and contains orange oil, a pharmaceutically-acceptable moisturizer, and an oat ingredient. Only the cleaning composition and orange oil claim elements are at issue with respect to the Kao accused products. The Court interprets the asserted claims of

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the `062 patent as a matter of law. See Markman v. Westview Instr., Inc., 517 U.S. 370, 372 (1996). That interpretation is dispositive to the case against the Kao defendants, because no issue of fact exists as to the composition of their accused products.

ASHBY & GEDDES /s/ John G. Day ________________________ Steven J. Balick (I.D. #2114) John G. Day (I.D. #2403 Lauren E. Maguire (I.D. #4261) 222 Delaware Avenue, 17th Floor P.O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 654-1888 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff L.P. Matthews,.L.L.C. Of Counsel: Ronald J. Schutz Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. 2800 LaSalle Plaza 800 LaSalle Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015 Office: 800-553-9910 Robert A. Auchter Jason R. Buratti Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P. 1801 K Street, Suite 1200 Washington, D.C. 20006 Office: 202-775-0725 Dated: July 6, 2006
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 6th day of July, 2006, the attached LP MATTHEWS' CROSS-MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT OF INFRINGEMENT AGAINST THE KAO DEFENDANTS was served upon the below-named counsel of record at the address and in the manner indicated:

Richard L. Horwitz, Esquire Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Arthur I. Neustadt, Esquire Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C. 1940 Duke Street Alexandria, VA 22314 Francis G.X. Pileggi, Esquire Fox Rothschild LLP Suite 1300 919 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 John Ward, Esquire Ward & Olivo 708 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017

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HAND DELIVERY

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John G. Day