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Case 1:04-cv-01436-JJF

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE ST. CLAIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSULTANTS, INC. Plaintiff, v. SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, L.P., MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD., MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA, VICTOR COMPANY OF JAPAN, LTD., JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA, NOKIA CORPORATION, NOKIA, INC., HEWLETTPACKARD COMPANY, EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Civil Action No. 04-1436 JJF

JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

PLAINTIFF ST. CLAIR'S STATUS REPORT On February 14, 2006, the Court stayed this Action pending resolution of the patent ownership dispute between Plaintiff St. Clair Intellectual Property Consultants, Inc. ("St. Clair") and Defendant Eastman Kodak Company ("Kodak") in Eastman Kodak Company v. Speasl et al., Civil Action No. 05-039164 (Cal. Sup. Ct. April 12, 2005). Pursuant to the Court's July 17, 2006 Order requiring a Status Report every ninety (90) days, St. Clair submits this report. St. Clair and Kodak signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MOU") settling all claims between them regarding the Roberts patents in January 2008. Kodak further stipulated on February 14, 2008, that the MOU is binding and provides for the resolution of all claims between the parties regarding the Roberts patents. (See Ex. A.) St. Clair does not agree with Kodak's recent characterization that the settlement is in principle only. St. Clair is not including a copy of

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the MOU with its Status Report because Kodak has taken the position that St. Clair will be in breach of the agreement if it voluntarily discloses the MOU to the District of Delaware, even if for this Court's in camera review. (See Ex. B.) St. Clair has executed and delivered full settlement and licensing documents to Kodak in compliance with this binding MOU. Kodak has rejected this tender, demanding new terms entirely outside the scope of the MOU and rejecting express terms agreed to in the MOU. SEITZ, VAN OGTROP & GREEN Dated: April 14, 2008 /s/ Patricia P. McGonigle _______________________________ George H. Seitz, III (No. 667) Patricia P. McGonigle, Esquire (No. 3126) 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500 P.O. Box 68 Wilmington, DE 19899 (302) 888-0600

OF COUNSEL: Ronald J. Schutz Becky R. Thorson Annie Huang David B. Zucco ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P. 2800 La Salle Plaza 800 LaSalle Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55402 (612) 349-8500 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF ST. CLAIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CONSULTANTS, INC.

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