Free Answering Brief in Opposition - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN TI-IE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
GTECH CORPORATION, E
Plaintifi
v. CLA. No. 04-138-HF
SCIENTIFIC GAMES INTERNATIONAL,
INC., SCIENTIFIC GAMES HOLDINGS
CORPORATifON, SCIENTIFIC GAMES E
FINANCE CORPORATION, and
SCIENTIFIC GAMES CORPORATION, Q
Defendants.
SCIENTIFIC GAlV[ES’ RESPONSE TO G'I`ECH’S MOTION IN LIIVIINE NO. 5 TO
EXCLUDE REFERENCE TO G'I`ECH’S NOT SERVING THE COMPLAINT OR NOT
NOTIFYIN G SCIENTIFIC GAMES THAT GTECH HAD FILED THE LAWSUIT
Scientific Games International, Inc., Scientific Gaines Holdings Corporation,
Scientific Garnes Finance Corporation, and Scientific Games Corporation (collectively,
“Scientific Garnes") oppose GTECI-I’s motion in liniine to exclude reference to OTECH’s failure
to serve the Complaint or to notity Scientitic Gaines that it had filed the lawsuit.
GTECH intends to present evidence at trial to prove that Scientific Gaines has
willfully infringed the patents in suit. See D.I. 175, Ex. 8. Willfulness is determined, however,
based on the totality ofthe circumstances:
Determination of willfulness is made on consideration of
the totality ofthe circumstances . . . and may include contributions
of several factors .... These contributions are evaluated and
weighed by the trier of fact, for . . . "‘[w]illfulness’ in
infringement, as in life, is not an all-or-nothing trait, but one of
degree. It recognizes that infringement may range from
unknowing, or accidental, to deliberate, or reckless, disregard of a
patentee’s legal tights?

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2.
Knorr-Bremse Systerrze Fuer Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH v. Dana Corp., 383 F.3d 1337, 1342-43 (Fed.
Cir. 2004) (en bane) (quoting Rite-Hite Corp. v. Kelley Co., 819 F.2d ll20, 1l25-26 (Fed. Cir.
1987)).
GTECH’s failure to notify Scientific Games of its patents or that it had filed the
lawsuit or to sewe the Complaint is part of the totality of the circumstances and is relevant to
GTECH’s allegation of willful infringement of the patents in suit. GTECH’s motion in limine
should be denied.
MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
/.9/ Rodger D. Smith H
Jack B. Blumenfeld (#1014)
Rodger D. Smith H (#3778)
1201 N. Market Street
P.O. Box l347
Wilmington, DE l9899~l347
(302) 658-9200
[email protected]
Attorneys for Defendants
February 2, 2006
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
l, Rodger D. Smith ll, hereby certify that on February 2, 2006, I caused to be
electronically tiled Scientific Games’ Response To GTECH’s Motion in Limine No. 5 To
Exclude Reference To GTECH’s Not Serving The Complaint Or Not Notifying Scientific Games
That GTECH Had Filed The Lawsuit with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECP, which will
send notification of such iiling(s) to the following:
Josy W. Ingersoll
Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
The Brandywine Building
1000 West Street, 17* Floor
P.O. Box 391
Wilmington, DE 19899
and that 1 caused copies to be served upon the following in the manner indicated:
BY HAND
Josy W. lngersoil
Young, Conaway, Stargatt & Taylor, LLP
The Brandywine Building
1000 West Street, 17th Floor
P.O. Box 391
Wilmington, DE 19899
BY FEDERAL EXPRESS
Thomas J. Meloro
Kenyon & Kenyon
One Broadway
New York, NY 10004
/s/ Rodger D. Smith II
Rodger D. Smith il (#3778)
l\/Iorris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnel} LLP
1201 N. Market Street
P.O. Box IB4'7
Wilmington, DE 19899
(302) 658-9200
fSm11h@mH3€.COm
Attorneys for Defendants

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