Free Answer to Counterclaim - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE FLASHPOINT TECHNOLOGY, INC., Plaintiff, v. AT&T MOBILITY, LLC, D/B/A CINGULAR WIRELESS, HTC AMERICA, INC., HTC CORP., KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP., KYOCERA CORP., LG ELECTRONICS USA, INC., LG ELECTRONICS, INC., MOTOROLA, INC., NOKIA, INC., NOKIA CORP., PALM, INC., RESEARCH IN MOTION CORP., RESEARCH IN MOTION LTD., SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P., D/B/A SPRINT PCS, T-MOBILE USA, INC., and CELLCO PARTNERSHIP, D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS, Defendants § § § § § C.A. No. 08-140-GMS § § JURY TRIAL DEMANDED § § § § § § § § § § §

PLAINTIFF'S REPLY TO KYOCERA WIRELESS CORP.'S COUNTERCLAIMS Plaintiff FlashPoint Technology, Inc. ("FlashPoint") hereby responds to each paragraph of Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s ("KWC") Counterclaims as follows: 1. forth herein. 2. Admitted that KWC has infringed one or more claims of the patents-in-suit, that FlashPoint incorporates Paragraphs 1-57 of its Original Complaint as if fully set

FlashPoint is the legal owner of the patents-in-suit, that FlashPoint is entitled to relief for KWC's infringement of one or more claims of the patent-in-suit, that a justiciable controversy exists between FlashPoint and KWC with respect to KWC's infringement of one or more claims of the patents-in-suit, and that this Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a) and 28 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq., but otherwise denied.

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Admitted that KWC seeks a declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

2201(a) that it does not infringe the patents-in-suit or any valid claim thereof, but otherwise denied. 4. 5. Admitted. FlashPoint incorporates Paragraphs 1-57 of its Original Complaint and its replies

to the Counterclaims set forth in Paragraphs 1-4 above as if fully set forth herein. 6. Admitted that the patents-in-suit are valid and enforceable, that a justiciable

controversy exists between FlashPoint and KWC with respect to KWC's infringement of one or more claims of the patents-in-suit, and that this Court has subject matter jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a) and 28 U.S.C. § 2201 et seq., but otherwise denied. 7. Admitted that KWC seeks a declaratory judgment pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

2201(a) that the patents-in-suit are void, unenforceable, and invalid under 35 U.S.C. §§ 101, 102, 103, and/or 112, but otherwise denied. 8. 9. Admitted. No response is required to Paragraph 9.

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Patrick J. Coughlin Michael J. Dowd Ray Arun Mandlekar COUGHLIN STOIA GELLER RUDMAN & ROBBINS LLP 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900 San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 231-1058 John F. Ward John W. Olivo, Jr. David M. Hill Michael J. Zinna WARD & OLIVO 380 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10017 (212) 697-6262 Dated: April 21, 2008

/s/ Evan O. Williford David J. Margules (I.D. No. 2254) Evan O. Williford (I.D. No. 4162) BOUCHARD MARGULES & FRIEDLANDER, P.A. 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1400 Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 573-3500 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff Flashpoint Technology, Inc.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, Evan O. Williford, hereby certify that on April 21, 2008, I caused to be electronically filed a true and correct copy of the foregoing document ­ Plaintiff's Reply to Kyocera Wireless Corp.'s Counterclaims ­ with the Clerk of Court using CM/ECF which will send notification of such filing to the following local counsel for defendants: Jeffrey L. Moyer, Esquire Steven J. Fineman, Esquire Richards Layton & Finger One Rodney Square Wilmington, DE 19801 Attorneys for Defendants Nokia, Inc. and Nokia Corp. Josy W. Ingersoll, Esquire John W. Shaw, Esquire Karen E. Keller, Esquire Young Conaway Stargatt & Taylor The Brandywine Building 1000 West Street, 17th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 Attorneys for Defendant Kyocera Wireless Corp. Arthur G. Connolly, III, Esquire Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz 1007 North Orange Street Wilmington, DE 19899 Attorneys for Defendant T-Mobile USA Inc. Richard L. Horwitz, Esquire David E. Moore, Esquire Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP Hercules Plaza 1313 North Market Street Wilmington, DE 19801 Attorneys for Defendants HTC America, Inc. and HTC Corp.

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Frederick L. Cottrell, III, Esquire Anne Shea Gaza, Esquire Richards Layton & Finger One Rodney Square Wilmington, DE 19801 Attorneys for Defendant Sprint Spectrum L.P., d/b/a Sprint PCS I further certify that on April 21, 2008, I caused a copy of the foregoing document to be served on the following defendants by First Class Mail: AT&T Mobility, LLC d/b/a Cingular Wireless 5565 Glenridge Connector Atlanta, GA 30342 Research in Motion Corporation 122 West John Carpenter Parkway Irving, TX 75039

Cellco Partnership, d/b/a Verizon Wireless 1 Verizon Way Basking Ridge, NJ 07920

Motorola, Inc. 1303 East Algonquin Road Schaumburg, IL 60196

LG Electronics USA, Inc. 1000 Sylvan Avenue Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632

Palm, Inc. 950 West Maude Avenue Sunnyvale, CA 94085

/s/ Evan O. Williford David J. Margules (I.D. No. 2254) Evan O. Williford (I.D. No. 4162) BOUCHARD MARGULES & FRIEDLANDER, P.A. 222 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1400 Wilmington, DE 19801 Telephone: (302) 573-3500 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff Flashpoint Technology, Inc.

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