Free Answering Brief in Opposition - 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. C.A. No. 04-858 (SLR)

DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO LML PATENT CORP.'S MOTION TO STRIKE Defendants hereby respond to Plaintiff's Motion to Strike (D.I. 545) Defendants' January 10, 2006 letter to the Court (D.I. 541). Because Defendants' letter was sent in response to a request by the Court, the motion is frivolous and should be denied. During the Markman hearing, the Court expressed concern that jurors in this case might not know what a "negotiable instrument" is and asked the Defendants to propose alternative language that expressed the same concept: "I would appreciate your thoughts on whether there' any other way of s explaining it of without making it basically a legal argument." (D.I. 536 at 57.) Defendants' letter merely memorialized and made clear in writing the proposal Mr. Marsden offered orally at the hearing in response to the Court's request (id. at 96) and confirmed that the language proposed by Mr. Marsden is acceptable to all defendants. Accordingly, the Motion to Strike should be denied.

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Dated: January 30, 2006

/s/ William J. Marsden, Jr. William J. Marsden, Jr. (I.D. No. 2247) Timothy Devlin (I.D. No. 4241) Tara D. Elliott (I.D. No. 4483) FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 919 North Market Street, Suite 1000 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 302.652.5070 [email protected] [email protected] Counsel for Defendant TeleCheck Services, Inc. /s/ Francis DiGiovanni Francis DiGiovanni (#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/ 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] Counsel for Defendant NOVA Information Systems, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on January 30, 2006, I electronically filed with the Clerk of Court DEFENDANTS' RESPONSE TO LML PATENT CORP.'S MOTION TO STRIKE using CM/ECF which will send electronic notification of such filing(s) to the following Delaware counsel. In addition the filing will also be sent via hand delivery: BY HAND DELIVERY Richard K. Herrmann, Esq. Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams LLP 222 Delaware Avenue, 10th Floor Wilmington, DE 19899 BY HAND DELIVERY Richard D. Kirk, Esq. The Bayard Firm 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 900 Wilmington, DE 19801 BY HAND DELIVERY Collins J. Seitz, Jr., Esq. Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP The Nemours Building 1007 North Orange Street P.O. Box 2207 Wilmington, DE 19801

I hereby certify that on January 30, 2006, I have served via electronic mail and by United States Postal Service, the document(s) to the following non-registered participants: BY EMAIL AND FIRST CLASS MAIL Robert Jacobs, Esq. Belasco Jacobs & Townsley, LLP Howard Hughes Center 6100 Center Drive, Suite 630 Los Angeles, CA 90045 BY EMAIL AND FIRST CLASS MAIL Mark C. Scarsi, Esq. O'Melveny & Myers LLP 400 S Hope Street Los Angeles, CA 90071 /s/ William J. Marsden, Jr. William J. Marsden, Jr.
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BY EMAIL AND FIRST CLASS MAIL Russell E. Levine, Esq. Kirkland & Ellis LLP 200 E. Randolph Dr. Chicago, IL 60601