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

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
LC: ELECTRONICS U.S..A., INC. and
LG ELECTRONICS, INC.,
Plaintiffs,
v. C. A. No ()8—234 (GMS)
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION, Jury Trial Demanded
Defendant.
WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION,
WHIRLPOOL PATENTS COMPANY,
WHIRLPOOL MANUFACTURING
CORPORATION, and MAYTAG
CORPORATION,
Counterolaim Plaintiffs,
v.
LG ELECTRONICS USA., INC.,
LG ELECTRONICS, INC., and LG
ELECTRONICS MONTERREY MEXICO,
S.A., DE, CV,
Counterolaim Defendants,
WHIRLl’{){)L’S ANSWERING BRIEF BY REFERENCE
IN OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION TO STAY
SELECTED PATENTS PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1659
Defendant and Counterciaim Plaintiff Whirlpool Corporation and Counteiielaim Plaintiffs
Wiiiripool Patents Company, Wliiripool Manufacturing Corporation, and Maytag Corporation
(collectively ‘“Wlii1‘ipool") incorporate by I"€}I`€1'€HC€, as if set forth herein in full, the arguments
made by the Whirlpool Defendants in their Answering Brief In Opposition To Plaintiffs’ Motion
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To Stay tiled in the related action, C.A. No. 08%.32-UNA, as D.I. 28, and attached here as
Exhibit A. Whirlpool does so for the purposes of judicial economy in light of the substantially
similar motions tiled in the related cases by the same Plaintiffs and with respect to the same
patents.
For the reasons set forth in Det`endants’ Answering Brief In Opposition To Plaintift`s’
Motion To Stay, Whirlpool respectfully requests the Court deny Plaintit`t`s’ Motion To Stay all
proceedings pertaining to United States Patent Nos. 6,810,680 ("the ‘680 patent’°) and 6,9l5,6¢l4
("the ‘644 patent") or, in the alternative, should the Court determine that a stay is warranted,
grant the stay also with respect to U.S. Patent No. 6,082.,l30 ("the ‘i30 patent’°),

OF COUNSEL: Frederick L. Cottrell, Ill (#255
Scott F. Partridge Anne Shea Gaza (#4093)
Paul R. Morice RICHARDS, LAYTON & FlNGER, PA.
BAKER BOTTS LiL.P. 920 North King Street
One Shell Plaza One Rodney Square
910 Louisiana Street Wilmington, DE 19801
Houston, Texas 77002 (302) 65i—7'/00
(713) 229-1569 [email protected]
scottpartridge@`oa1 [email protected]
Attorrzeysfor Dejizrzdants cmd Counrerc/aim
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Dated: June 5, 2008 Counterclcnm P/nz'nti)G% Whirlpool Patent.;
Company, l*V?1irlp00lMa12zJact1zi·i12g
Corporation and Mrrymg Corporation
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on June 5, 2008, I electronically filed the foregoing document and
the same with the Clerk of Court using CM/ECF which will send notification of such tiling(s) to
the following who have also been served as noted:
VIA HAND DELIVERY AND VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
ELECTRONIC MAIL
Steven J. Balick Richard L,. Stroup
John G. Day Patrick J. Coyne
Tiffany Geyer Lydon Anand K,. Sharma
Ashby & Geddes Andrew C. Sonu
500 Delaware Avenue, Sm Floor Walter D. Davis, Jr.
P. O. Box 1150 Jeffrey W. Abraham
Wilmington, DE I9899 Ii, Kevin Mun
Hayley S. Weimer
Parmanand K. Sharma
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &
Dunner, L.L.P.
901 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20001 —44l3
Anne Shea Gaza (#4093) E
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