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MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL
1201 N ORTH M ARKET S TREET P.O. B OX 1347 W ILMINGTON , D ELAWARE 19899-1347 (302) 658-9200 (302) 658-3989 FAX
THOMAS C. GRIMM (302) 351-9585 (302) 425-4661 FAX [email protected]

September 12, 2008 BY E-FILING, E-MAIL & HAND DELIVERY The Honorable Vincent J. Poppiti Blank Rome LLP 1201 N. Market Street, Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801 Re: Honeywell International Inc., et al. v. Apple Computer, Inc., et al. C.A. Nos. 04-1337-JJF, 04-1338-JJF, 04-1536-JJF, 05-874-JJF

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Dear Special Master Poppiti: I am writing briefly with regard to Your Honor's determination of a schedule for the remainder of the case, and in response to Mr. Rovner's letter from last evening (D.I. 1183) and the letters from Sony and Apple served this afternoon. First, the Manufacturer Defendants continue to suggest that Honeywell wishes to delay trial in this matter. Nothing could be further from the truth. Honeywell is prepared to move forward under either proposed schedule ­ or an amalgamation of the two ­ in order to bring this matter to an efficient and fair conclusion in July 2009. It is for that reason that Honeywell submits that it is critical that the trial proceed upon a complete record. In this regard, Honeywell is troubled that the Manufacturer Defendants allot as much, if not more, time to dispositive motion practice and pretrial motions than they do the development of the commercial success record and the expert reports on infringement and damages. Honeywell fully understands that the dependence of the schedule upon Judge Farnan's Markman decision, and upon the actions of the Customer Defendants, may necessitate tightening its proposed schedule and even include some form of double tracking. However, Honeywell submits that Your Honor should be guided by the principals of giving precedence and allotting the greatest portion of time, to development and completion of the record on issues which previously had been stayed. It was in the spirit of balancing the need for a complete record and the need for an expeditious schedule that Honeywell proposed alternatives to formal discovery, including a stipulation and/or agreement that the licenses would be admissible at trial. Agreements

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regarding admissibility now would streamline or even moot Honeywell's need for the commercial success discovery, thus expediting the expert phase and the rest of the schedule. Importantly, the Manufacturer Defendants cite Iron Grip, a case that relates to the weight, not the admissibility, of licenses; i.e., the licenses were part of the actual record considered by the fact finder. None of the cases cited by the Manufacturer Defendants stands for the proposition that licenses should be excluded from the record merely because they relate to litigation. By way of its alternative proposals, Honeywell in no way seeks to constrain Defendants' ability to place the licenses in whatever context they feel appropriate; rather, Honeywell simply wants to ensure its access to a fundamental part of the record in order to alleviate one of the two main contingencies in the schedule. With regard to the letters from Sony and Apple, we note that the arguments set forth therein are simply a variation on the theme that is already being addressed in the informal proceedings ongoing since May of this year. It stands to reason that if it is determined that some or all of Sony's/Apple's activities are not covered by the corresponding licenses, it is because those licensees/suppliers chose not to fully indemnify them, contrary to the assumptions underpinning both the case law cited in the letter and Judge Jordan's original ruling. Honeywell will be prepared to fully address these arguments at next week's hearing but observes that it is difficult to envision that a sophisticated company like Sony - who analyzed Honeywell's `371 patent and entered into a detailed license regarding it in 2006 - would face any difficulty in evaluating Judge Farnan's Markman ruling in the time allowed. We thank Your Honor for the opportunity to offer these brief additional comments, and are available for a hearing on Tuesday, September 16, 2008, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Respectfully,

/s/ Thomas C. Grimm
Thomas C. Grimm (#1098) TCG cc: Dr. Peter T. Dalleo, Clerk (by hand) All Counsel of Record (by e-filing and/or e-mail) (see attached Certificate of Service)

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that on September 12, 2008, the foregoing was caused to be electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF which will send electronic notification of such filing to all registered participants. In addition, the undersigned hereby certifies that true and correct copies of the foregoing were caused to be served via electronic mail on September 12, 2008 upon the following parties: SPECIAL MASTER Vincent J. Poppiti, Esq. [email protected] Elizabeth A. Sloan [email protected] Tara L. Laster [email protected] Mary Levan [email protected] Carrie David [email protected] REPRESENTING HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC. AND HONEYWELL INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES INC. (C.A. 04-1337) Steven J. Balick [email protected] John G. Day [email protected] Lauren E. Maguire [email protected] REPRESENTING AUDIOVOX ELECTRONICS CORPORATION (C.A. 04-1337) REPRESENTING AUDIOVOX COMMUNICATIONS CORP. (C.A. 04-1337) D. Joseph English [email protected] Matt Neiderman [email protected] William F. Taylor, Jr. [email protected]

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REPRESENTING NIKON CORPORATION AND NIKON INC. (C.A. 04-1337)

Richard L. Horwitz [email protected] David E. Moore [email protected] Barry W. Graham [email protected] Darren M. Jiron [email protected]

REPRESENTING NOKIA CORPORATION AND NOKIA INC. (C.A. 04-1337)

Thomas L. Halkowski [email protected] William J. Marsden, Jr. [email protected] Lauren A. Degnan [email protected] Andrew R. Kopsidas [email protected]

REPRESENTING SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. (THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT) (C.A. 04-1337)

Richard L. Horwitz [email protected] David E. Moore [email protected] Alana A. Prills [email protected] Carolyn E. Morris [email protected] Elizabeth L. Brann [email protected] Hamilton Loeb [email protected] Stephen S. Korniczky [email protected]

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REPRESENTING SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD. AND SANYO NORTH AMERICA (C.A. 04-1337)

Richard L. Horwitz [email protected] David E. Moore [email protected] Michael A. Dorfman [email protected] Timothy J. Vezeau [email protected] Richard P. Bauer [email protected]

REPRESENTING SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION (C.A. 04-1337)

Robert J. Katzenstein [email protected] Robert J. Benson [email protected]

REPRESENTING APPLE

Thomas L. Halkowski [email protected] Kelly C. Hunsaker [email protected] Frank E. Scherkenbach [email protected]

(C.A.04-1338)

REPRESENTING ARGUS/HARTFORD (C.A.04-1338)

Richard H. Cross, Jr. [email protected] Amy Evans [email protected] Brian D. Roche [email protected] Michael P. Bregenzer [email protected]

REPRESENTING CASIO (C.A.04-1338)

Thomas L. Halkowski [email protected] John T. Johnson [email protected]

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REPRESENTING CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD. AND CITIZEN DISPLAYS CO., LTD. (C.A.04-1338)

David J. Margules [email protected] Stuart Lubitz [email protected] David H. Ben-Meir [email protected] Rose Hickman [email protected]

REPRESENTING CONCORD CAMERA (C.A.04-1338)

Richard L. Horwitz [email protected] David E. Moore [email protected] Scott L. Lampert by facsimile only: (954) 989-4103

REPRESENTING DELL (C.A.04-1338)

Richard L. Horwitz [email protected] David E. Moore [email protected] Avelyn M. Ross [email protected] Willem G. Schuurman [email protected] Roderick B. Williams [email protected]

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REPRESENTING EASTMAN KODAK (C.A.04-1338)

Frederick L. Cottrell, III [email protected] Chad M. Shandler [email protected] Neal Slifkin [email protected] Paul J. Yesawich, III [email protected] Laura W. Smalley [email protected]

REPRESENTING FUJIFILM CORPORATION AND FUJIFILM U.S.A., INC. (C.A.04-1338)

Philip A. Rovner [email protected] Angie M. Hankins [email protected] Matthew W. Siegal [email protected] Lawrence Rosenthal [email protected]

REPRESENTING FUJITSU (C.A.04-1338)

Richard L. Horwitz [email protected] David E. Moore [email protected] Christopher E. Chalsen [email protected] Christopher J. Gaspar [email protected]

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REPRESENTING HOYA (FORMERLY PENTAX) (C.A.04-1338)

Adam W. Poff [email protected] Michael J. Fink [email protected] Neil F. Greenblum [email protected] P. Branko Pejic [email protected]

REPRESENTING INNOLUX DISPLAY CORPORATION (C.A.04-1338)

Matt Neiderman [email protected] Donald R. McPhail [email protected]

REPRESENTING KYOCERA (C.A.04-1338)

Robert J. Katzenstein [email protected] Robert K. Beste, III [email protected] Stuart Lubitz [email protected] David H. Ben-Meir [email protected] Rose Hickman [email protected]

REPRESENTING MEI/MEC (MATSUSHITA) (C.A.04-1338)

William J. Wade [email protected] Steven A. Reiss [email protected] David J. Lender [email protected]

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REPRESENTING NAVMAN (C.A.04-1338)

Arthur G. Connolly, III [email protected] Brian M. Gottesman [email protected] Bradford P. Lyerla [email protected]

REPRESENTING OLYMPUS (C.A.04-1338)

John W. Shaw [email protected] Andrew A. Lundgren [email protected] Richard M. Rosati [email protected] George E. Badenoch [email protected]

REPRESENTING OPTREX (THIRD-PARTY PLAINTIFF) (C.A.04-1338 AND 04-1536)

Karen L. Pascale [email protected] Thomas J. Fisher [email protected] Alexander E. Gasser [email protected] Richard D. Kelly [email protected] Andrew M. Ollis [email protected] John F. Presper [email protected]

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REPRESENTING SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD. AND SAMSUNG SDI AMERICA, INC. (C.A.04-1338)

Richard L. Horwitz [email protected] David E. Moore [email protected] Alana A. Prills [email protected] Carolyn E. Morris [email protected] Elizabeth L. Brann [email protected] Hamilton Loeb [email protected] Stephen S. Korniczky [email protected]

REPRESENTING SONY CORPORATION (C.A.04-1338)

John W. Shaw [email protected] Andrew A. Lundgren [email protected] John Flock [email protected] Robert L. Hails, Jr. [email protected] Michael M. Shen [email protected]

REPRESENTING SONY ERICSSON (C.A.04-1338)

Francis DiGiovanni [email protected]

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REPRESENTING TOSHIBA (C.A.04-1338)

Richard L. Horwitz [email protected] David E. Moore [email protected] Arthur I. Neustadt [email protected] Carl E. Schlier [email protected]

and by facsimile upon the following: REPRESENTING CONCORD CAMERA CORP. (C.A.04-1338) The undersigned also hereby certifies that on September 15, true and correct copies of the foregoing were caused to be served by hand, in triplicate, upon the Special Master: The Honorable Vincent J. Poppiti BLANK ROME LLP 201 North Market Street Suite 800 Wilmington, DE 19801-4226 Scott L. Lampert (954) 989-4103

/s/ Thomas C. Grimm
__________________________________________ Thomas C. Grimm (#1098)

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