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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
ST. CLAIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
CONSULTANTS, INC. _ _ _
Civil Action No. 04-1436 J JF
Plaintiff,
v.
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., SAMSUNG
ELECTRONICS AMERICA, L.P. SAMSUNG
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, L.P.,
MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC INDUSTRIAL CO.,
LTD., MATSUSHITA ELECTRIC CORPORATION
OF AMERICA, VICTOR COIVIPANY OF JAPAN, ·
LTD., JVC COMPANY OF AMERICA, NOKIA
CORPORATION, NOKIA, INC., HEWLETT-
PACKARD COMPANY, EASTMAN KODAK
COl\/[PANY,
Defendants.
JOINT STATUS REPORT
On February 14, 2006, the Court stayed this Action pending resolution of the patent
ownership dispute between Eastman Kodak Company ("Kodal<") and St. Clair Intellectual
Property Consultants, Inc. ("St. Clair") in Eastman Kodak Company v. Speasl etal., Civil Action
i No. 05—039164 (Cal. Sup. Ct. April 12, 2005) (the "California Action"). Pursuant to the Cou1t’s
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A July 17, 2006 Order requiring a Status Report every ninety (90) days about the California Action,
the parties jointly notify the Court that the California Action is still pending. Discovery is
ongoing. A trial date has not yet been set, but there is a trial setting conference scheduled for
A September 18, 2007 and the court has indicated that it will provide the parties a trial date in early
2008.
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The parties also notify the Court of another related action involving St. Clair and Kodak.
On January 19, 2007, St. Clair tiled a Complaint with the United States International Trade
Commission ("ITC") naming Kodak as a Respondent. St. C1air’s Complaint asserts that Kodak
inhinges U.S. Patent Nos. 5,138,459, 6,094,219, 6,233,010, 6,323,899, and 6,496,222, four of i
which are the patents asserted in this action. The ITC voted to institute an investigation into St.
Clair’s allegations on February 14, 2007. On February 22, 2007, Kodak moved to stay this
investigation with its "l\/lotion to Stay Investigation Pending the California State Court’s
Determination of the Ownership of the Patents—at—Issue.” St. Clair opposed Kodak’s motion to
stay on March 5, 2007. This motion is currently pending, and discovery has been stayed until
there is a decision.
SEITZ, 6* OGTRO GREEN
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Geo ge "‘ Seitz, HI, Esqui gw o. 667)
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James S. Green, Esquire (No. 481)
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Patricia P. McGonig1e, Esquire (No. 3126)
I 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500
i P.O. Box 68
l Wilmington, DE 19899
i (302) 888-0600
ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTTFF
ST. CLAIR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
CONSULTANTS, INC.
Dated: April 16, 2007. _
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I, George H. Seitz, III, Esquire, hereby certify that on this 16th day of April 2007, I
electronically filed the foregoing Joint Status Report with the Clerk of Court using CM/ECF
which will send notification of such filing to counsel of record.
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Ge , ge H. Seitz, I (ID No. 67)
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