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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ) ) Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) AUDIOVOX COMMUNICATIONS CORP., et al., ) ) Defendants. ) HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., et al.,

C.A. No. 04-1337-KAJ

HONEYWELL'S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' JOINDER IN TOSHIBA'S FED. R. CIV. P. 42(b) MOTION FOR BIFURCATION OF LIABILITY AND DAMAGES (D.I. 97) On April 15, 2005, Toshiba Corporation, one of the defendants in C.A. No. 041338-KAJ, filed Toshiba's Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(c) Motion for Bifurcation of Liability and Damages in that action ("Toshiba's Motion," D.I. 164 in C.A. No. 04-1338-KAJ). On May 3, 2005, the defendants in C.A. No. 04-1338-KAJ and the defendants in this action filed a doublecaptioned document entitled Defendants' Joinder in Toshiba's Motion ("Defendants' Joinder," D.I. 172 in C.A. No. 04-1338-KAJ and D.I. 97 in this action). As a technical matter, the defendants in this action cannot join Toshiba's Motion because that motion was filed only in C.A. No. 04-1338-KAJ and has not been filed in this case. Nevertheless, in an abundance of caution, Honeywell hereby responds to Defendants' Joinder in this action by incorporating by reference its Answering Brief in Opposition to Toshiba's Motion (D.I. 170 in C.A. No. 04-1338-KAJ), and respectfully requests that this Court deny Toshiba's Motion and the defendants' request to join it.

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ASHBY & GEDDES /s/ John G. Day Steven J. Balick (I.D. # 2114) John G. Day (I.D. # 2403) 222 Delaware Avenue, 17th Floor P.O. Box 1150 Wilmington, DE 19899 302-654-1888 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiffs Of Counsel: Martin R. Lueck Matthew L. Woods Stacie E. Oberts Denise S. Rahne ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P. 2800 LaSalle Plaza 800 LaSalle Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55402-2015 (612) 349-8500 Anthony A. Froio Marc N. Henschke ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P. 800 Boylston Street, 25th Floor Boston, MA 02199-7610 (617) 267-2300 Dated: May 10, 2005
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on the 10th day of May, 2005, the attached HONEYWELL'S RESPONSE TO DEFENDANTS' JOINDER IN TOSHIBA'S FED. R. CIV. P. 42(b) MOTION FOR BIFURCATION OF LIABILITY AND DAMAGES (D.I. 97) was served upon the below-named counsel of record at the address and in the manner indicated: Paul A. Bradley, Esquire McCarter & English 919 North Market Street, Suite 1800 P.O. Box 111 Wilmington, DE 19899 Richard L. Horwitz, Esquire Potter Anderson & Corroon, LLP. 1313 North Market Street Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor P.O. Box 951 Wilmington, DE 19899-0951 Timothy J. Vezeau, Esquire Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman 525 West Monroe Street Chicago, IL 60661 Barry W. Graham, Esquire Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, L.L.P. 901 New York Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20001-4413 William J. Marsden, Jr., Esquire Fish & Richardson, P.C. 919 North Market Street, Suite 1100 P.O. Box 1114 Wilmington, DE 19899-1114 Andrew R. Kopsidas, Esquire Fish & Richardson, P.C. 1425 K Street NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 HAND DELIVERY

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John L. Reed, Esquire Duane Morris LLP 1100 North Market Street, 12th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 D. Joseph English, Esquire Duane Morris LLP 1667 K Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006

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/s/ John G. Day ___________________________________ John G. Day