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Case 1:04-cv-01199-SLR Document 462 Filed O9/27/2006 Page 1 of 1
FISH ar RICHARDSON 1>.e. S_
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september 27, 2006 f;‘jSg;l;6O7
Chief Judge Sue L. Robinson Wcb Sits
United States District Court WW‘Fr‘°°m
844 King Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Re: SRI Intemational Inc. v. Internet Security Systems, Inc., et al.
USDC—D. Del. — C. A. No. 04-1199 (SLR)
® Dear ChiefJudge Robinson:
MMNT" I write in response to Symantec’s letter to you dated September 26, 2006. To
“”“"N streamline its case, SRI advised the Court on September 8, 2006 that it was
¤<>$’¤>N withdrawing its allegations that Symantec’s currently accused products infringe U. S.
1),11.1.AS Patent No, 6,321,338. Since then, Symantec has requested various overly broad
,,,,M.,,\,,,, licenses from SRI. SRI has responded to these requests by directing Symantec to
NEW YORK Federal Circuit authority that limits the required scope of such licenses, and that
I indicates that withdrawing asserted patents divests the trial court of jurisdiction to
Mh mm) hear a defendant’s affirmative defenses and counterclaims as to those patents. See,
“"“’N V"Lm e.g., Super Sack Mfg. v. Chase Packaging Corp., 57 F.3d 1054 (Fed. Cir. 1995);
"`““'*‘ *"""“ InteZZectuaZProp. Dev. Inc. v. TCI Cablevision 0fCaZ., 248 F.3d, 1333, 1341 (Fed.
~ws1¤1~<:1·<>~. uc Cir. 2001); Amana Refrigeration, [nc. v. Qaadlux, Inc., 172 F.3d 852, 855 (Fed. Cir.
1999); BP Chemicals Ltd. v. Union Carbide Corp., 4 F.3d 975, 981 (Fed. Cir. 1993).
Nonetheless, Symantec continues to demand licenses for itself and its customers for
unspecified and unaccused "activities." This is all the more surprising given that
Symantec has consistently argued that only certain specifically accused products are
at issue in this case. SRI intends to address the dismissal of Symantec’s defenses and
counterclaims regarding the ‘338 patent at the pretrial conference on October 12.
Very trugly yours,
.»l t f l j " '‘”iii`
J ohnel?. Horvath
cc: Paul S. Grewal, Day Casebeer Madrid & Batchelder, LLP
Theresa A. Moehlman, King & Spalding LLP
Richard L. Horwitz, Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP
Richard K. Herrmann Esq., Morris James Hitchens & Williams
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