Free Answer to Counterclaim - District Court of Delaware - Delaware

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE :
MULLER MARTINI CORP. and MULLER : MARTINI MAILROOM SYSTEMS, INC., : Plaintiffs/ Counterclaim Defendants, v. GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC. and GOSS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION, Defendants/ Counterclaim Plaintiffs/ Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. MÜLLER MARTINI HOLDING AG, MÜLLER MARTINI MARKETING AG, and GRAPHA HOLDING AG, Third-Party Defendants.

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C. A. No. 07-667-***-LPS JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC. AND GOSS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION'S ANSWER TO COUNTERCLAIM Goss International Americas, Inc. and Goss International Corporation (collectively "Goss International"), by their attorneys, respond to third-party defendant Muller Martini Marketing AG's ("MM Marketing") counterclaim as follows: 1. Goss International admits that MM Marketing's counterclaim purports to seek a

declaratory judgment of invalidity and non-infringement. Goss International further admits that this Court has jurisdiction over MM Marketing's counterclaim. Goss International denies any remaining allegations in paragraph 1.

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2. 3.

Admitted. Goss International admits that MM Marketing denies that the claims of the `803

patent are valid or have been infringed. Goss International denies that MM Marketing may, consistent Fed R. Civ. P. 10(b), reallege and incorporate allegations from a set of affirmative defenses and a counterclaim in a single paragraph. To the extent MM Marketing is allowed to make such an allegation, Goss International realleges and incorporates the allegations in its Answer, Affirmative Defenses and Counterclaim, as though stated herein in response thereto. Goss International also specifically denies each and every one of MM Marketing's affirmative defenses, and generally denies MM Marketing's purportedly realleged and reincorporated allegations to the extent inconsistent with the allegations of Goss International's Answer, Affirmative Defenses and Counterclaim. 4. Admitted.

WHEREFORE, Goss International asks that the Court: A. B. Enter judgment dismissing MM Marketing's counterclaim with prejudice; Declare that this case is an exceptional case within the meaning of 35 U.S.C. § 285, and award Goss International its attorneys' fees, costs and expenses incurred in defense of MM Marketing's counterclaim; and Award such other and further relief as justice may require. JURY DEMAND Goss International demands a trial by jury on all issues so triable.

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DATED: May 14, 2008

EDWARDS ANGELL PALMER & DODGE LLP

/s/ John L. Reed John L. Reed (I.D. No. 3023) Denise Seastone Kraft (I.D. No. 2778) Joseph B. Cicero (I.D. No. 4388) 919 North Market Street, 15th Floor Wilmington, Delaware 19801 302.777.7770 - and William G. Schopf Bradley P. Nelson Todd H. Flaming Marcus D. Fruchter Lindsay Wilson Gowin SCHOPF & WEISS LLP One South Wacker Drive, 28th Floor Chicago, Illinois 60606 Phone: 312.701.9300 Attorneys for Defendants, Counterclaim Plaintiffs, and Third-Party Plaintiffs Goss International Americas, Inc. and Goss International Corporation

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I, John L. Reed, hereby certify that on May 14, 2008, the attached GOSS INTERNATIONAL AMERICAS, INC. AND GOSS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION'S ANSWER TO COUNTERCLAIM was electronically filed with the Clerk of the Court using CM/ECF which will send notification of such filing(s) to the following and the document is available or viewing and downloading from CM/ECF: Jack B. Blumenfeld, Esq. Julia Heaney Morris Nichols Arsht & Tunnell LLP 1201 North Market Street, P.O. Box 1342 Wilmington, DE 19899-1342 DATED: May 14, 2008
EDWARDS ANGELL PALMER & DODGE LLP

/s/ John L. Reed John L. Reed (I.D. No. 3023) Denise Seastone Kraft (I.D. No. 2778) 919 N. Market Street, 15th Floor Wilmington, DE 19801 302.777.7770 302.777.7263