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SUPERGUIDE CORP. v. DIRECTV ENTERPRISES, INC.

No. CIV. 100CV144.

169 F.Supp.2d 492 (2001)

SUPERGUIDE CORPORATION, a North Carolina Corporation, Plaintiff, v. DIRECTV ENTERPRISES, INC., a Delaware Corporation; DirecTV, Inc., a California Corporation; DirecTV Operations, Inc., a California Corporation; Hughes Electronics Corporation, a Delaware Corporation; Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; Echostar Communications Corporation, a Nevada Corporation; Echostar Satellite Corporation; a Colorado Corporation; and Echostar Technologies Corporation, a Texas Corporation, Defendants/Third Party Plaintiffs, v. Gemstar Development Corporation, Third-Party Defendant.

United States District Court, W.D. North Carolina. Asheville Division.

October 25, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Ward McKeithen, Everett J. Bowman, Robinson, Bradshaw & Hinson, P.A., Charlotte, NC, John J. Barnhardt, III, Richard M. McDermott, Alston & Bird, LLP, Charlotte, NC, Lawrence M. Hadley, Sean M. Kneafsey, Hennigan, Bennett & Dorman, Los Angeles, CA, for North Carolina Corp.

Michael E. Ray, Charles A Burke, Womble, Carlyle, Sandridge & Rice, Winston-Salem, NC, Darryl E. Towell, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Irvine, CA, Michael J. Newton, Jone Day Reavis & Pogue, Dallas, TX, Victor G. Savikas, Jones Day Reavis & Pogue, Los Angeles, CA, Michael J. Newton, Kevin G. McBride, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, Los Angeles, CA, for DirecTV Enterpises, Inc., DirecTV, Inc., DirecTV Operations, Inc., Hughes Electronics Corp.

Wyatt S. Stevens, Roberts & Stevens, P.A., Asheville, NC, Harold J. McElhinny, Paul J. Riley, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, John P. Corrado, Charles C. Carson, Morrison & Foerster LLP, McLean, VA, Mark Danis, Anders T. Aannestad, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, San Diego, CA, for Thomson Consumer Electronics, Inc.

Larry McDevitt, Van Winkle, Buck, Wall, Starnes & Davis, P.A., Asheville, NC, Lawrence K. Nodine, Nagendra Setty, Mitchell G. Weatherly, William F. Long, Needle & Rosenberg, P.C., Atlanta, GA, J. Donald Cowan, Jr., Greensboro, NC, Echostar Communications Corp., Echostar Satellite Corp, Echostar Technologies Corp.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

THORNBURG, District Judge.

THIS MATTER is before the Court on the parties' motions for the construction of certain claim language used in U.S. Patent No. 4,751,578 to Reiter, et al. (Reiter '578), U.S. Patent No. 5,038,211 to Hallenbeck (Hallenbeck '211) and U.S. Patent No. 5,293,357 to Hallenbeck (Hallenbeck '357).1

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