SONY ELECTRONICS, INC. v. SOUNDVIEW TECHNOLOGIES

No. 3:00CV754 JBA.

157 F.Supp.2d 172 (2001)

SONY ELECTRONICS, INC. Consumer Electronics Assn. Electronic Industries, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. SOUNDVIEW TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Defendant, Soundview Technologies, Inc., Counterclaim Plaintiff, v. Sony Corporation of America, et al Counterclaim Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gale R. Peterson, San Antonio, TX, pro se.

Jacqueline D. Bucar, S. Peter Sachner, Timothy P. Jensen, Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn, New Haven, CT, Richard L. DeLucia, Richard S. Gresalfi, Elizabeth A. Gardner, Kenyon & Kenyon, New York, NY, Richard M. Steuer, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York, NY, Gary M. Hoffman, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, DC, Stephen P. Sachner, Hitt, Sachner & Miele, Cheshire, CT, Jaime A. Siegel, Park Ridge, NJ, for Sony Electronics, Inc., Sony Corp. of America.

Jacqueline D. Bucar, S. Peter Sachner, Timothy P. Jensen, Tyler, Cooper & Alcorn, New Haven, CT, Gary M. Hoffman, Dickstein, Shapiro & Morin, Washington, DC, Stephen P. Sachner, Hitt, Sachner & Miele, Cheshire, CT, for Consumer Electronics Ass'n, Electronic Industries Alliance.

Amy S. Owen, Miles & Stockbridge, McLean, VA, for Soundview Tech, Inc.

Garrard Russ Beeney, Jeffrey Scott, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY, John M. DiMatteo, Michael Stacchini, Neal Feivelson, Patterson, Belknap, Webb & Tyler, New York, NY, James Sicilian, Eric L. Sussman, Day, Berry & Howard, Hartford, CT, for Philips Electronic NA Corp.

Joseph L. Clasen, Robinson & Cole, Stamford, CT, John J. Bogdanski, David S. Monastersky, Howd & Ludorf, Hartford, CT, John-Henry McKim Steele, Kenneth A. Votre, Votre & Associates, New Haven, CT, Amy S. Owen, Miles & Stockbridge, McLean, VA, Raymond P. Niro, Paul C. Gibbons, John C. Janka, Robert P. Greenspoon, Niro, Scavone, Haller & Niro, Chicago, IL, Eugene M. Cummings, David M. Mundt, Cook, Alex, McFarron, Manzo, Cummings & Mehler, Chicago, IL, for Soundview Tech, Inc.

Richard M. Steuer, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York, NY, Michael S. Culver, Oliff & Berridge, Alexandria, VA, for Sony Corp. of America.

John E. Coffey, Reed, Smith, Hazel & Thomas, Falls Church, VA, for Philips Electronics NA Corp.

Joseph L. Clasen, David J. Burke, Brian E. Moran, James M. Ruel, Robinson & Cole, Stamford, CT, Vincent J. Belusko, Robert S. McArthur, Eric Shih, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, CA, Les J. Weinstein, Squire, Sanders, Dempsey, Los Angeles, CA, for Mitsubishi Digital Electronics America, Inc.

William M. Bloss, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow., P.C., New Haven, CT, Joseph L. Clasen, James M. Ruel, Robinson & Cole, Stamford, CT, Vincent J. Belusko, Robert S. McArthur, Eric Shih, Morrison & Foerster, Los Angeles, CA, Les J. Weinstein, Squire, Sanders, Dempsey, Los Angeles, CA, for Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc.

Richard J. Buturla, Robert L. Berchem, Berchem, Moses & Devlin, P.C., Milford, CT, Steven M. Pesner, Robert A. Johnson, Mira Helms Martinez, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, New York, NY, Adam Sheeh, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, Austin, TX, for Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

Glenn M. Cunningham, Patrick M. Fahey, Shipman & Goodwin, Hartford, CT, Thomas J. Nolan, John S. Schuster, Dale J. Giali, Ben M. Davidosn, Keri R. Curtis, Julie S. Gabler, Andrew Eliseev, Howrey, Simon, Arnold & White, Los Angeles, CA, Lewis G. Schwartz, Stamford, CT, for Pioneer Electronics (USA) Inc.

William M. Bloss, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow., P.C., New Haven, CT, Alinor Clemans Sterling, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow, P.C., new Haven, CT, Thomas G. Gallatin, jr., Latham & Watkins, New York, NY, Michael J. Shea, Larry S. Nixon, Jeffry H. Nelson, Nixon & Vanderhye, Arlington, VA, for Toshiba America Consumer Products, Inc.

William M. Bloss, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow., P.C., New Haven, CT, Alinor Clemans Sterling, Robert W. Adams, Mickey Gill, Nixon & Vanderhye, Arlingtin, VA, for Sharp Electronics Corp.

William M. Bloss, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow., P.C., New Haven, CT, Morton Amster, Michael J. Berger, Joseph M. Casino, John S. Economou, Abraham Kasdan, Amster, Rothstein & Ebenstein, New York, NY, for Matsushita Elec. Corp. of America, JVC Americas Corp.

William M. Bloss, Jacobs, Grudberg, Belt & Dow., P.C., New Haven, CT, Alinor Clemans Sterling, Nixon & Vanderhye, Arlingtin, VA, William J. Speranza, Wiggin & Dana, Stamford, CT, Kathleen McGillis Haley, Carl W. Schwarz, Michael D. Switzer, McDermott, Will & Emery, Washington, DC, for Hitachi America Ltd.


MEMORANDUM OF DECISION [DOC. # 148, # 152, # 170, # 172]

ARTERTON, District Judge.

This patent and antitrust case concerns the intellectual property rights of counterclaim plaintiff Soundview Technologies, Inc. (Soundview) to the V-Chip technology utilized by a number of television manufacturers, counterclaim defendants. Familiarity with the procedural and factual background of this litigation is presumed....

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