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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE __________________________________________ ) INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC, ) a Pennsylvania limited liability company and ) INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORP., ) a Delaware corporation, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) Civil Action No.: 07-489 SLR v. ) ) NOKIA CORPORATION, ) a Finnish corporation and ) NOKIA INC., ) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED a Delaware corporation, ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________________) FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT This is an action for patent infringement. Plaintiffs, InterDigital

Communications, LLC and InterDigital Technology Corporation (collectively "InterDigital"), through their undersigned counsel, bring this action against Defendants, Nokia Corporation and Nokia Inc. (collectively "the Nokia Defendants"). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15(a), Plaintiffs amend the Complaint as a matter of course, no responsive pleading having been yet served. In support of this First Amended Complaint, InterDigital alleges as follows:

THE PARTIES 1. Plaintiff, InterDigital Communications, LLC ("InterDigital Communications"), is

a Pennsylvania limited liability company, having its principal place of business at 781 Third Avenue, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406-1409.

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Plaintiff, InterDigital Technology Corporation ("InterDigital Technology"), is a

Delaware corporation, having its principal place of business at Hagley Building, Suite 105, 3411 Silverside Road, Concord Plaza, Wilmington, Delaware 19810-4812. 3. Defendant, Nokia Corporation, is a Finnish corporation, having its principal place

of business at Keilalahdentie 2-4, P.O. Box 226, FIN-00045 Espoo, Finland. 4. Defendant, Nokia Inc., is a Delaware corporation, having its principal place of

business at 6000 Connection Drive, Irving, Texas 75039, USA. Upon information and belief, Nokia Inc. (d/b/a Nokia Mobile Phones) distributes Nokia-branded handsets in the United States. JURISDICTION AND VENUE 5. This is an action for patent infringement arising under the patent laws of the

United States. This Court has jurisdiction over this action under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331 and 1338(a). 6. 1400(b). FACTUAL BACKGROUND 7. United States Patent No. 7,117,004 ("the '004 patent"), titled "Method and Venue is proper in this judicial district under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(c)-(d) and

Subscriber Unit for Performing an Access Procedure," issued on October 3, 2006, to inventors Fatih Ozluturk and Gary Lomp. InterDigital Technology owns by assignment the entire right, title, and interest in and to the '004 patent. A true and correct copy of the '004 patent is attached to this Complaint as Exhibit A. 8. United States Patent No. 7,190,966 ("the '966 patent"), titled "Method and

Apparatus for Performing an Access Procedure," issued on March 13, 2007, to inventors Fatih Ozluturk and Gary Lomp. InterDigital Technology owns by assignment the entire right, title, and interest in and to the '966 patent. A true and correct copy of the '966 patent is attached to

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this Complaint as Exhibit B. 9. United States Patent No. 6,973,579 ("the '579 patent"), titled "Generation of User

Equipment Identification Specific Scrambling Code for the High Speed Shared Control Channel," issued on December 6, 2005, to inventors Stephen G. Dick, Nader Bolourchi and Sung-Hyuk Shin. InterDigital Technology owns by assignment the entire right, title, and interest in and to the '579 patent. A true and correct copy of the '579 patent is attached to this Complaint as Exhibit C. FIRST CAUSE OF ACTION INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,117,004 10. enforceable. 11. On information and belief, the Nokia Defendants manufacture, use, import, offer The '004 patent is presumed valid under 28 U.S.C. § 282 and remains

for sale, and/or sell products in the United States that infringe the '004 patent and will continue to do so unless enjoined by this Court. 12. On information and belief, the Nokia Defendants manufacture, use, import, offer

to sell, and/or sell in the United States the following Third Generation ("3G") Wideband Code Division Multiple Access ("WCDMA") handset and components thereof that infringe the '004 patent: N75 and N95. The identification of this specific model is not intended to limit the scope of the Complaint, and any remedy should extend to all infringing models. 13. The Nokia Defendants know or should have known of InterDigital's rights in the

'004 patent, and their infringement of the '004 patent has been willful and deliberate. 14. The Nokia Defendants' past and continuing infringements of the '004 patent have

caused irreparable damage to InterDigital and will continue to do so unless enjoined by this Court.

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SECOND CAUSE OF ACTION INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 7,190,966 15. enforceable. 16. On information and belief, the Nokia Defendants manufacture, use, import, offer The '966 patent is presumed valid under 28 U.S.C. § 282 and remains

for sale, and/or sell products in the United States that infringe the '966 patent and will continue to do so unless enjoined by this Court. 17. On information and belief, the Nokia Defendants manufacture, use, import, offer

for sale, and/or sell in the United States the following Third Generation ("3G") Wideband Code Division Multiple Access ("WCDMA") handset and components thereof that infringe the '966 patent: N75 and N95. The identification of this specific model is not intended to limit the scope of the Complaint, and any remedy should extend to all infringing models. 18. The Nokia Defendants know or should have known of InterDigital's rights in the

'966 patent, and their infringement of the '966 patent has been willful and deliberate. 19. The Nokia Defendants' past and continuing infringements of the '966 patent have

caused irreparable damage to InterDigital, and will continue to do so unless enjoined by this Court. THIRD CAUSE OF ACTION INFRINGEMENT OF U.S. PATENT NO. 6,973,579 20. enforceable. 21. On information and belief, the Nokia Defendants manufacture, use, import, offer The '579 patent is presumed valid under 28 U.S.C. § 282 and remains

for sale, and/or sell products in the United States that infringe the '579 patent and will continue to do so unless enjoined by this Court.

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On information and belief, the Nokia Defendants manufacture, use, import, offer

for sale, and/or sell in the United States the following Third Generation ("3G") Wideband Code Division Multiple Access ("WCDMA") handset and components thereof that infringe the '579 patent: N95. The identification of this specific model is not intended to limit the scope of the Complaint, and any remedy should extend to all infringing models. 23. The Nokia Defendants know or should have known of InterDigital's rights in the

'579 patent, and their infringement of the '579 patent has been willful and deliberate. 24. The Nokia Defendants' past and continuing infringements of the '579 patent have

caused irreparable damage to InterDigital, and will continue to do so unless enjoined by this Court. PRAYER FOR RELIEF 25. WHEREFORE, InterDigital respectfully requests that this Court: (a) Find that the Nokia Defendants have infringed one or more claims of the

'004 patent, the '966 patent and the `579 patent; (b) (c) Find that this is an exceptional case under 35 U.S.C. § 285; Permanently enjoin the Nokia Defendants from infringing the '004 patent,

the '966 patent and the `579 patent under 35 U.S.C. § 283; (d) Award InterDigital an amount to be determined as compensatory damages

for the infringement of the '004 patent, the '966 patent and the `579 patent and the costs of the action, as fixed by the Court, under 35 U.S.C. § 284; (e) Award InterDigital its costs, including expenses and reasonable attorneys'

fees, incurred in bringing and prosecuting this action under 35 U.S.C. § 285;

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Award InterDigital prejudgment and post-judgment interest on all amounts

awarded; and (g) Award InterDigital any further relief that this Court deems just and proper.

JURY DEMAND 26. action. InterDigital demands a jury trial as to all issues that are triable by a jury in this

Dated: September 28, 2007

/s/ Richard K. Herrmann Richard K. Herrmann #405 Mary B. Matterer #2696 MORRIS JAMES LLP 500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500 Wilmington, Delaware 19801 (302) 888-6800 [email protected]

OF COUNSEL: Patrick J. Coyne Christopher P. Isaac Lionel M. Lavenue Houtan K. Esfahani Rajeev Gupta Qingyu Yin FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P. 901 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20001-4413 Telephone: (202) 408-4000 Facsimile: (202) 408-4400 Attorneys for Plaintiffs, INTERDIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS, LLC and INTERDIGITAL TECHNOLOGY CORP.

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