Free Motion to Bifurcate - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

Case 1:04-cv-00858-SLR

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE LML PATENT CORP., Plaintiff, v. TELECHECK SERVICES, INC., ELECTRONIC CLEARING HOUSE, INC., XPRESSCHEX, INC. and NOVA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants. DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO BIFURCATE WILLFULNESS AND DAMAGES FROM LIABILITY Defendants hereby move to bifurcate the issues of willfulness and damages from the issue of liability for purposes of trial. For the reasons set forth in the opening brief filed contemporaneously herewith. C.A. 04-858 (SLR)

/s/ Francis DiGiovanni Francis DiGiovanni (I.D. No. 3189) CONNOLLY BOVE LODGE & HUTZ LLP The Nemours Building 1007 N. Orange Street Wilmington, Delaware 19801 302.658.9141 [email protected] Counsel for Defendants Electronic Clearing House, Inc. and Xpresschex, Inc.

/s/ Stamatios Stamoulis William J. Marsden, Jr. (I.D. No. 2247) Timothy Devlin (I.D. No. 4241) Stamatios Stamoulis (I.D. No. 4606) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 919 North Market Street, Suite 1000 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 302.652.5070 [email protected] Counsel for Defendant TeleCheck Services, Inc. /s/ Richard D. Kirk Richard D. Kirk (I.D. No. 922) THE BAYARD FIRM 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900 Wilmington, DE 19801 302.429.4208 [email protected]

Dated: February 7, 2006

Counsel for Defendant NOVA Information Systems, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on February 7, 2006, I electronically filed DEFENDANTS' MOTION TO BIFURCATE WILLFULNESS AND DAMAGES FROM LIABILITY with the Clerk of Court using CM/ECF which will send notification of such filing(s) to the following: BY HAND Richard K. Herrmann Esq. Mary B. Matterer, Esq. Morris James Hitchens & Williams PNC Bank Center 222 Delaware Avenue, 10th Floor Wilmington, DE 19899-2306 BY HAND Francis DiGiovanni Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19801 BY HAND Richard D. Kirk, Esq. The Bayard Firm 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900 Wilmington, DE 19801 Attorneys for Plaintiff LML Patent Corp.

Attorneys for Defendants Electronic Clearing House, Inc. and Xpress Check, Inc.

Attorney for Defendants Nova Information Systems, Inc.

I hereby certify that on February 7, 2006, I have mailed by United States Postal Service, the document(s) to the following non-registered participants: Russell Levine, Esq. Christian C. Taylor Kirkland & Ellis 200 East Randolph Drive Chicago, IL 60601 Mark C. Scarsi O'Melveny & Myers LLP 400 S Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 /s/ Stamatios Stamoulis Stamatios Stamoulis ([email protected])
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Robert Jacobs, Esq. Belasco Jacobs & Townsley, LLP Howard Hughes Center 6100 Center Drive, Suite 630 Los Angeles, CA 90045

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE LML PATENT CORP., Plaintiff, v. TELECHECK SERVICES, INC., ELECTRONIC CLEARING HOUSE, INC., XPRESSCHEX, INC. and NOVA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., Defendants. C.A. 04-858 (SLR)

PROPOSED ORDER IT IS HEREBY ORDERED this ___ day of _______, 2006, that Defendants' having filed a Motion To Bifurcate Willfulness And Damages From Liability, and the Court having considered the briefing on this motion, the motion is GRANTED.

Honorable Sue L. Robinson