Free Motion to Dismiss Case - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

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Louis J. Hoffman (Ariz. State Bar #009722) 14614 N. Kierland Blvd., Ste. 300 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 Tel.: (480) 948-3295 Fax: (480) 948-3387 Victoria Gruver Curtin (Ariz. State Bar #010897) 14614 N. Kierland Blvd., Ste. 300 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 Tel.: (480) 998-3547 Fax: (480) 948-3387 Attorneys for Plaintiff IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership, Plaintiff, vs. Butler Manufacturing Co., et al., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) No. CIV 00-0662 PHX (HRH) MOTION TO DISMISS

The Federal Circuit has determined that all claims of the patents-in-suit are unenforceable in Symbol Technologies, Inc. v. Lemelson Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership, United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, No. 04-1451. Plaintiff therefore moves to dismiss this case in its entirety, with prejudice, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). Lemelson notes that certain defendants have filed counterclaims; however, most, if not all, of these counterclaims appear moot based on the decisions in the Symbol case. Absent any indication in response to this motion that any defendant intends to pursue any

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counterclaim believed to survive these decisions, the Court should dismiss this case in its entirety. RESPECTFULLY SUBMITTED this 22nd day of December, 2005. VICTORIA GRUVER CURTIN, P.L.C. By: Victoria Curtin Victoria Curtin 14614 North Kierland Blvd., Suite 300 Scottsdale, Arizona 85254 Telephone: (480) 948-3295 Facsimile: (480) 948-3387 Attorneys for Plaintiff

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P.5(b), I certify that on December 22, 2005, I personally caused to be served electronically and a true copy of the attached document to: Alan H. Blankenheimer Jay T. Stewart BROWN & BAIN, P.A. 2901 North Central Avenue Post Office Box 400 Phoenix, Arizona 85001-0400 Attorneys for Mine Safety and Airbus Robert E. B. Allen Barry R. Sanders ALLEN, PRICE & PADDEN, P.C. 3131 East Camelback Road, Suite 110 Phoenix, Arizona 85016-4597 Attorneys for Parker-Hannifin and Wynn's Don Bivens MEYER HENDRICKS & BIVENS, PA 3003 North Central, Suite 1200 Phoenix, Arizona 85012 Attorneys for Danzas AEI N. Warner Lee Robert J. Pohlman RYLEY, CARLOCK & APPLEWHITE 101 North First Avenue, Suite 2700 Phoenix, Arizona 85003-1973 Attorneys for Ethan Allen James F. Polese POLESE, PIETZSCH, WILLIAMS & NOLAN, PA 2702 North Third Street, Suite 3000 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4607 Attorneys for Crown Cork

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Jennifer A. Van Kirk LEWIS & ROCA 40 North Central Avenue Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4429 Attorneys for State Industries and Lifestyle Furnishings Charles W. Wirken GUST ROSENFELD, PLC 201 E. Washington, Suite 800 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2327 Attorneys for Microsoft Corporation J. Joseph Muller POLSTER, LIEDER, WOODRUFF & LUCCHESI, L.C. 12412 Powerscourt Drive, Suite 200 St. Louis, MO 63131-3615 Attorneys for Kohler, Applied Power, Brunswick and U.S. Can Mark A. Nadeau Donald A. Wall J. Christopher Gooch SQUIRE, SANDERS & DEMPSEY LLP 40 North Central Avenue, Suite 2700 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4498 Attorneys for Airborne Freight, Ball-Foster, Butler, CertainTeed, Delco Remy, Gates Rubber, Hon Industries, Intermet, Klaussner, Spalding, Furniture Brands, Exide, Trek, Pacific Dunlop, A O Smith, Checkpoint Systems, Bassett Furniture and State Industries Christopher C. Winslade MCANDREWS, HELD & MALLOY 500 West Madison Street, 34th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60661 Attorneys for American Standard

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Douglas W.Seitz Timothy J. Casey SNELL & WILMER LLP One Arizona Center 400 East Van Buren Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2202 Attorneys for Arctic Cat, Wyman-Gordon, Precision Castparts, and Metatec Aaron A. Myers ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI LLP 2800 LaSalle Plaza 800 LaSalle Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55402 Attorneys for Artic Cat Inc. Bennett E. Cooper Francis J. Burke STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP Two Renaissance Square 40 North Central Avenue, 24th Floor Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4453 Attorneys for York and Dassault Lorna Esch Mitchell FREDRIKSON & BYRON PA 4000 Pillsbury Center 200 South Sixth Street Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-1425 Attorneys for Zomax Ivan S. Kavrukov, Esq. COOPER & DUNHAM LLP 1185 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Attorneys for Capitol Records, Claymont & Cinram

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Kenneth L. Bressler, Esq. Attorney at Law 488 Madison Avenue New York, New York 10022 Attorney for U.S. Industries Gregory J. Nelson NELSON & ROEDIGER 3333 East Camelback Road, Suite 212 Phoenix, Arizona 85018 Attorneys for Duchossois Industries Ray K. Harris FENNEMORE CRAIG 3003 North Central Avenue, Suite 2600 Phoenix, Arizona 85012-2913 Attorneys for Sauder Woodworking, Aerospatiale Matra Harold K. Kyle APPLAUSE ENTERPRISES 6101 Variel Avenue Woodland Hills, California 91365 W. Andrew Jack, Esq. COVINGTON & BURLING 1201 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Post Office Box 7566 Washington, D.C. 20004 Attorney for JLG Robert J. Itri Paul E. Burns GALLAGHER & KENNEDY 2575 East Camelback Road Phoenix, Arizona 85016 Attorneys for Outboard Marine and Acterna

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William B. Mallin, Esq. ECKERT, SEAMANS, CHERIN & MELLOT, LLC USX Tower 600 Grant Street, 44th Floor Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219 Attorneys for Consumer's Packaging Stephen T. Sullivan SULLIVAN LAW GROUP 1850 North Central, Suite 1140 Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4586 Attorneys for Reebok Richard O. Bartz BURD, BARTZ & GUTENKAUF 6750 France Avenue South, Suite 350 Edina, Minnesota 55435 Attorneys for Winnebago Lawrence Salibra Senior Council ALCAN ALUMINIUM CORPORATION f/n/a ALUSUISSE LONZA GROUP LTD. 6060 Parkland Boulevard Mayfield Heights, Ohio 44124-4185 Emily S Lau FENWICK & WEST 2 Palo Alto Square Palo Alto, California 94043 Attorneys for Emery James W. Armstrong, Esq. SACKS TIERNEY PA 4250 North Drinkwater Boulevard Fourth Floor Scottsdale, Arizona 85251-3647 Attorney for Minebea

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Joel H. Levitin, Esq. Henry P Baer, Esq. DECHERT 30 Rockefeller Plaza New York, New York 10112 Attorneys for Allied Digital Robert A. Royal Steven G. Ford TIFFANY & BOSCO 1850 North Central Avenue, 5th Floor Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4546 Attorneys for Astec Stanley Spooner, Esq. NIXON & VANDERHYE, PC 1100 North Glebe Road, 8th Floor Arlington, Virginia 22201-4714 Attorneys for BAE J. Michael Huget, Esq. BUTZEL LONG PC 350 South Main Street, Suite 300 Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104-2131 Attorneys for McKechnie and PSM Paul F. Strain, Esq. VENABLE, BAETJER & HOWARD Two Hopkins Plaza, Suite 1800 Baltimore, Maryland 21201 Attorneys for Graham Packaging And by priority mail to: The Honorable Judge Russel Holland United States District Court 222 West 7th Avenue ­ No. 54 Anchorage, Alaska 99513

/s/ Laura Keller Laura Keller
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