Free Motion for Attorney Fees - District Court of Arizona - Arizona

1 PELINO & LENTZ, P.C.
John W. Pelino - PA Bar No. 03631

2 Howard W. Rosenthal - PA Bar No. 25632
Edward L. Ciemniecki - PA Bar No. 31539

3 One Liberty Place
Thirty-Second Floor

4 1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

5 (215) 665-1540 6 POLESE, PIETZSCH, WILLIAMS & NOLAN, P.A.
James F. Polese - Arizona Bar No. 003451

7 2702 North Third Street, Suite 3000
Phoenix, Arizona 85004-4607

8 (602) 280-1500 9 Attorneys for Defendant,
Keystone Foods LLC

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LEMELSON MEDICAL, EDUCATION IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA : : No. CV 00-661 PHX PGR LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, : : Plaintiff, : : v. : : ALCON LABORATORIES, INC., : MOTION OF KEYSTONE FOODS LLC et. al. : FOR AN AWARD OF ATTORNEYS' FEES : Defendant. : ______________________________: Pursuant to 35 U.S.C.A. § 285 and Rule 54.2 of this

15 & RESEARCH FOUNDATION, 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 Court's Local Rules of Civil Procedure, Keystone Foods LLC 24 ("Keystone") files this Motion seeking an award of attorneys' 25 fees and related non-taxable expenses and, in support thereof, 26 avers as follows: 27
1. On or about April 4, 2000, plaintiff, Lemelson

28 Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership
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1 ("Lemelson"), initiated this proceeding by filing a Complaint 2 alleging that defendants infringed various patents issued to 3 Jerome H. Lemelson by utilizing bar code scanners or similar 4 systems in their various operations. 5
2. On or about November 3, 2000, Keystone filed its

6 Answer, Affirmative Defenses and Counterclaim denying liability 7 to Lemelson. 8
3. As part of its Counterclaim, Keystone sought

9 entry of a declaratory judgment that Lemelson's patents were 10 invalid, unenforceable and not infringed by Keystone; this case 11 is exceptional; and Keystone is entitled to attorneys' fees, 12 costs and expenses in this action. 13
4. On or about December 22, 2005, Lemelson filed a

14 Motion to Dismiss this case in its entirety, with prejudice, as 15 a result of the Federal Circuit's determination in Symbol 16 Technologies, Inc. v. Lemelson Medical, Education & Research 17 Foundation, Limited Partnership, United States Court of Appeals 18 for the Federal Circuit, No. 04-1451, that the patents at issue 19 in this proceeding are unenforceable. 20
5. On February 1, 2006, this Court entered an Order

21 of Dismissal dismissing Lemelson's action in its entirety, with 22 prejudice. 23
6. On February 2, 2006, this Court entered a final

24 judgment dismissing this action in its entirety, including all 25 claims and Counterclaims. 26
7. Section 285 of Title 35 of United States Code

27 Annotated, 35 U.S.C.A. § 285, authorizes the Court to award 28 reasonable attorneys' fees to the prevailing party.
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8.

As a result of the Court's dismissal of

2 Lemelson's action, with prejudice, Keystone is a prevailing 3 party in this proceeding. 4
9. In pursuing its infringement claims against

5 Keystone and the other defendants, Lemelson engaged in conduct 6 that was unfair, in bad faith, inequitable, unconscionable, 7 vexatious and reckless, making this an exceptional proceeding 8 within the meaning of 35 U.S.C.A. § 285. 9
10. As a result of Lemelson's improper conduct,

10 Keystone has incurred legal fees of $93,683.00 and related non11 taxable expenses of $6,593.19. 12
11. Keystone reserves the right to seek recovery of

13 additional attorneys' fees and non-taxable expenses it may 14 reasonably incur in preparing the supporting memoranda and 15 documentation required by Local Civil Rules 54.2(b)(2)-(3) and 16 (c)-(d), and in otherwise prosecuting its fee request to a final 17 determination by the Court. 18
WHEREFORE, Keystone Foods, LLC respectfully requests

19 the issuance of an Order in its favor and against Lemelson 20 Medical, Education & Research Foundation, Limited Partnership 21 awarding Keystone attorneys' fees of $93,683.00 and expenses of 22 $6,593.19. 23 24 25 Of Counsel:
Pelino & Lentz, PC /s/ Edward L. Ciemniecki John W. Pelino Howard A. Rosenthal Edward L. Ciemniecki Attorneys for Defendant, Keystone Foods LLC

26 One Liberty Place
Thirty-Second Floor

27 1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

28 (215) 665-1540
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1 James F. Polese 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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David M Airan

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on February 16, 2006, I electronically transmitted the attached document to the Clerk's Office using the CM/ECF System for filing and transmittal of a Notice of Electronic Filing to the following CMECF registrants:

5 [email protected] [email protected] 6 James W Armstrong
[email protected]

7 [email protected] 8 David P Berten
[email protected]

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Donald Wayne Bivens

10 [email protected] [email protected] 11 Charles W Bradley
[email protected] [email protected]

12
Timothy J Burke

13 [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] 14 Timothy James Casey
[email protected] [email protected],[email protected]

15
Edward T Colbert

16 [email protected] [email protected] 17 Bennett Evan Cooper
[email protected] [email protected],[email protected]

18
Victoria Gruver Curtin

19 [email protected] [email protected] 20 John E DeWulf
[email protected] [email protected]

21
Brett L Dunkelman

22 [email protected] [email protected];[email protected] 23 Paul Fields
[email protected] [email protected]

24
Ralph C Francis

25 [email protected] 26 Sean David Garrison
[email protected] [email protected];[email protected]

27
Sanford Jeffrey Germaine

28 [email protected]
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1 James R Higgins, Jr
[email protected] [email protected]

2
Louis J Hoffman

3 [email protected] [email protected],[email protected] 4 Isabel Mary Humphrey
[email protected] [email protected]

5
Jonathan M James

6 [email protected]
[email protected];[email protected]

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Cheryl Lee Johnson

8 [email protected] 9 John W Kozak
[email protected]

10
Steven G Lisa

11 [email protected] [email protected] 12 Aaron A Myers
[email protected] [email protected]

13
Mark A Nadeau

14 [email protected] [email protected] 15 Michael J O'Connor
[email protected] [email protected],[email protected]

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Garrett James Olexa

17 [email protected] [email protected] 18 Dean A Pelletier
[email protected]

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Bradley W Petersen

20 [email protected] [email protected],[email protected] 21 James F Polese
[email protected] [email protected]

22
Michael Rudolph Ross

23 [email protected] [email protected] 24 Barry Rockwell Sanders
[email protected]

25
Robert A Schroeder

26 [email protected]
[email protected],[email protected]

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Douglas W Seitz

28 [email protected] [email protected],[email protected]
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1 Stephen Thomas Sullivan
[email protected],[email protected]

2
Jennifer A Van Kirk

3 [email protected] [email protected],[email protected] 4 Kent M Walker
[email protected]

5
T Cy Walker

6 [email protected] [email protected] 7 Donald A Wall
[email protected] [email protected]

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Peter C Warner

9 [email protected] 10 Randall H Warner
[email protected] [email protected]

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Darlene Marie Wauro

12 [email protected] [email protected] 13 Steven M Weinberg
[email protected] [email protected]

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Charles William Wirken

15 [email protected] [email protected] 16 17
/s/ Edward L. Ciemniecki

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Burns Doane Swecker & Mathis LLP I further certify that on February 16, 2006, I served the attached document by U.S. mail, postage prepaid, on the following, who are not registered participants of the CM/ECF System:

22 PO Box 1404
Alexandria, VA 22313-1404

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Kevin S Sprecher

24 Frost Brown Todd LLC
2200 PNC Ctr

25 201 E 5th St
Cincinnati, OH 45202

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Jay Todd Stewart

27 Perkins Coie Brown & Bain PA
PO Box 400

28 Phoenix, AZ 85001-0400
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1 Paul A Stewart
Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

2 2040 Main St
14th Floor

3 Irvine, CA 92614 4 Stephen P Swinton
Cooley Godward LLP

5 4401 Eastgate Mall
San Diego, CA 92121-1909

6
William M Wesley

7 McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd
500 W Madison St

8 Ste 3400
Chicago, IL 60661

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Christopher C Winslade

10 McAndrews Held & Malloy Ltd
500 W Madison St

11 Ste 3400
Chicago, IL 60661

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Eric C Woglom

13 Fish & Neave
1251 Ave of the Americas

14 New York, NY 10020 15 16 17 Of Counsel:
Pelino & Lentz, PC /s/ Edward L. Ciemniecki John W. Pelino Howard A. Rosenthal Edward L. Ciemniecki Attorneys for Defendant, Keystone Foods LLC

18 One Liberty Place
Thirty-Second Floor

19 1650 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

20 (215) 665-1540 21 James F. Polese 22 23 24 25 26 27 28
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