Free Motion to Dismiss/Lack of Personal Jurisdiction - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:07-cv-00357-JJF Document 89 Filed 07/05/2007 Page 1 of 4
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION, )
Plaintiff} ;
V` ‘ ) Civil Action No. 07~357 (JJF)
LGPHILIPS LCD CO., LTD. and )
LGPHILIPS LCD AMERICA, INC., g JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
Defendants. )
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LG.PI—IILIPS LCD CO., LTD. and )
LGPHILIPS LCD AMERICA, INC., g
Counterclaim-Plaintiffs, )
v. g
I AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION; )
AU OPTRONICS CORPORATION OF )
AMERICA; CI-II MEI OPTOELECTRONICS )
CORPORATION; AND CHI MEI )
OPTOELECTRONICS USA, INC., )
Counterclaim—Defenda.11ts. 3
CHI MEI OPTOEIJECTRONICS CORPORA’l`ION’S
MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF PERSONAL 3`URISDICTION AND
INSUFFICIENCY OF SERVICE OF PROCESS
Counterclaim-Defendant Chi Mei Optoelectronics Corporation (“Ci\/IO") moves this
Court, in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. I2(b)(2) and 12(b)(5), to dismiss Counterciairm
Plaintiffs Counterciaims for Patent Infringement for the same reasons set forth in CMO’s
Motion to Dismiss (DI. 19), Opening Brief in Support of Chi Mei Optoe1ectronics’ Motion to

Case 1:07-cv-00357-JJF Document 89 Filed 07/05/2007 Page 2 of 4
Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction and Insufficiency of Service of Process (D.I. 20), the
Declaration of Li-Yi Chen (D.I. 2i) and the Declaration of Arthur P. Licygiewicz (D.I. 22), all of
which are incorporated herein by reference as if fully rewritten herein, submitted in Civil Action
No. 06-726.
After this case was transferred from the United States District Court for the Western
District of Wisconsin, LG.Philips LCD Co., Ltd. (“LPL") answered the complaint of AU
Optronics Corporation and raised patent infringement counterclainis against CMO and others.
(Di. 73). On June 13, 2007, a summons was issued to CMO. LPL attempted to effect service
upon CMO by serving the Delaware Secretary of State and then sending a copy ofthe Summons
and Counterclaim to CMO in Taiwan in the same way that it attempted to do so in Civil Action
No. 06-726. (Dj. 76) (See Ex. l to DJ. 22, Civii Action No. 06-726). As CMO first noted in its
Motion to Dismiss in Civil Action No. 06-726, such service by counsel is insufficient and fails to
comply with the requirements of Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(2)(C)(ii).
On June 26, 2007 AU Optronics Corporation, AU Optronics Corporation of America,
LG.Phiiips LCD Co., Ltd. and LG.Philips LCD America, ine. jointly moved the court in Civil
Action No. 06-726 to consolidate this action with it. (D.I. 92, Civil Action No. 06-726). CMO
and Chi Mei Optoelectronics USA, Inc. did not oppose this motion.
As shown by CMO in Civil Action No. 06-726, this Court lacks personal jurisdiction
lover CMO and service of process upon CMO was insufficient. Accordingly, CMO’s Motion to
Dismiss should be granted in this case.
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POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
OF COUNSEL: _ . - · l A P ``0`"‘7 ; 3.
Kenneth R. Adamo By: * A ·· · 1 /‘‘‘ » ·» ·—·—- "“"’“&······“°”’“"
Robert C. Kahrl Philip A. Rovner (#3215)
Azjthux P. Licygiewicz Hercules Plaza
Jones Day P. O. Box 951
North Point Wilmington, DE 19899
901 Lakeside Avenue (302) 984-6000
Clevelzmd, OH 441144190 QfOVHBI@QOK8f&Hd€fSOH.COm
(216) 586-3939
Attorneys for Countercloim~De]‘2andont
Dated: July 5, 2007 Chi Mei Optoeleclrorzics Corporation
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, Philip A. Rovner, hereby certify that on July 5, 2007, the within document was
filed with the Clerk ofthe Court using CM/ECP which will send notification of such iiling(s) to
the following; that the document was served on the following counsel as indicated; and that the
document is available for viewing and downloading from CM/ECP. .
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