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IN RE PAPST LICENSING, GMBH PATENT LITIGATION

No. Civ.A. 00-3760. No. MDL 1298.

174 F.Supp.2d 446 (2001)

In re PAPST LICENSING, GMBH PATENT LITIGATION

United States District Court, E.D. Louisiana.

April 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry Simms Hardin, III, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, Gene W. Lafitte, Sr., Liskow & Lewis, New Orleans, LA, Steven W. Usdin, Stone, Pigman, Walther, Wittman & Hutchinson, LLP, New Orleans, LA, James Richard Swanson, Correro Fishman Haygood Phelps Walmsley & Casteix, LLP, New Orleans, LA, R. Mark Halligan, Welsh & Katz, Ltd., Chicago, IL, for Papst Licensing, GmbH, Patent Litigation.

Michael J. Beck, Clerk, MDL Panel, Washington, DC, pro se.

Neel I. Chatterjee, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, Menlo Park, CA, for Neel I. Chatterjee.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SEAR, District Judge.

Background

Minebea, a hard drive disc ("HDD") motor manufacturer, entered into a license agreement with Papst, allowing Minebea to use Papst patents to manufacture HDD motors. IBM sells products that contain HDD motors purchased from Minebea. Papst's complaint alleges that IBM's use of Minebea HDD motors infringes Papst patents.

In its answer to the Papst complaint, IBM's tenth affirmative...

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