Free Motion for Miscellaneous Relief - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-01373-KAJ

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE AMPEX CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, ALTEK CORPORATION and CHINON INDUSTRIES, INC., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

C.A. No. 04-1373 (KAJ)

PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR A LETTER OF REQUEST PURSUANT TO THE HAGUE CONVENTION ON THE TAKING OF EVIDENCE ABROAD IN CIVIL OR COMMERCIAL MATTERS Plaintiff Ampex Corporation ("Plaintiff"), by counsel, hereby moves for an Order pursuant to the Hague Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil and Commercial Matters for issuance of a Letter of Request to the Appropriate Central Authority requesting that the Authority compel the production of specific documents by Quantel Limited ("Quantel") relating to the circuitry and operation of its products, and related documents. The grounds for this motion, as more fully specified in the Letter of Request submitted herewith, are that Quantel has documents relevant to refuting Defendants' allegations that the patent-in-suit, United States Patent No. 4,821,121 ("the patent-in-suit"), is anticipated or rendered obvious by Quantel's products.

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For the reasons set forth above, Plaintiff respectfully requests that the Court enter the attached Order. MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL

/s/ Julia Heaney (#3052) Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014) Julia Heaney (#3052) 1201 North Market Street P.O. Box 1347 Wilmington, DE 19899-1347 (302) 658-9200 [email protected] Counsel for Plaintiff Ampex Corporation OF COUNSEL: Jesse J. Jenner Sasha G. Rao Ropes & Gray LLP 1251 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10020 (212) 596-9000 Norman H. Beamer Gabrielle E. Higgins Ropes & Gray LLP 525 University Avenue Palo Alto, California 94301 (650) 617-4000 James E. Hopenfeld Ropes & Gray LLP One Metro Center 700 12th Street, NW Washington, DC 20005 December 9, 2005
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Julia Heaney, hereby certify that on December 9, 2005, I caused to be electronically filed the foregoing Plaintiff's Motion For A Letter Of Request Pursuant To The Hague Convention On The Taking Of Evidence Abroad In Civil Or Commercial Matters with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF, which will send notification of such filing(s) to the following: Paul M. Lukoff, Esquire David E. Brand, Esquire Prickett, Jones & Elliott, P.A.

and that I caused copies to be served upon the following in the manner indicated: BY HAND Paul M. Lukoff, Esquire Prickett, Jones, Elliott, 1310 King Street Wilmington, DE 19899

BY FEDERAL EXPRESS Michael J. Summersgill, Esquire Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109

/s/ Julia Heaney Julia Heaney (#3052)