LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC. v. GATEWAY, INC.

Civil Nos. 02CV2060-B(CAB), 03CV0699-B (CAB), 03CV1108-13 (CAB).

470 F.Supp.2d 1163 (2007)

LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES INC., Plaintiff and Counterclaim-defendant, v. GATEWAY, INC. and Gateway Country Stores LLC, Gateway Companies, Inc., Gateway Manufacturing LLC and Cowabunga Enterprises, Inc., Defendants and Counter-claimants, and Microsoft Corporation, Intervenor and Counter-claimant, Microsoft Corporation, Plaintiff and Counterclaim-defendant, v. Lucent Technologies Inc., Defendant and Counter-claimant. Lucent Technologies Inc., Plaintiff, v. Dell, Inc., Defendant.

United States District Court, S.D. California.

January 11, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alison Priske Adema, Hahn and Adema, San Diego, CA, Elizabeth T. Bernard, New York, NY, Eric D. Hayes, James A. Shimota, Kenneth H. Bridges, Kirkland and Ellis, Chicago, IL, Gerald J. Flattman, Jr., Howard D. Shatz, Jenny N. Lee, John M. Desmarais, Jordan N. Malz, Joseph A. Loy, Michael P. Stadnick, Paul A. Bondor, Richard M. Koehl, Robert A. Appleby, Scott R. Samay, Timothy K. Gilman, Eric W. Dittmann, James E. Marina, Kirkland and Ellis, New York, NY, for Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Alan D. Albright, Fish And Richardson, Austin, TX, Christopher Scott Marchese, Jason W. Wolff, John W. Thornburgh, John E. Giust, Matthew C. Bernstein, Fish and Richardson, San Diego, CA, John M. Skenyon, Fish and Richardson, Boston, MA, Renee Skinner, Thomas M. Melsheimer, Fish and Richardson, Dallas, TX, for Microsoft Corporation.

Cecil E. Key, Dewey Ballantine, Washington," DC, David G. Hetzel, Leboeuf Lamb Greene and Macrae, New York, NY, David Jordan Zubkoff, Seltzer Caplan Mcmahon Vitek, San Diego, CA, Jeffrey B. Plies, Steven Robert Daniels, W. Bryan Farney, Steven Robert Daniels, Dechart LLP, Austin, TX, Jonathan D. Baker, Dechert LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Mark A. Walsh, Leboeuf Lamb Greene and Macrae, Boston MA, Ronald W. Zdrojeski, Leboeuf Lamb Greene and Macrae, Hartford, CT, for Gateway, Inc., Gateway Country Stores LLC.

James S. Blackburn, Ronald L. Johnston, Arnold and Porter, Los Angeles, CA, Matthew Bathon, Sidney A. Rosenzweig, Joseph A. Micallef, Arnold and Porter, Washington, DC, for Dell Incorporated.

Steven Robert Daniels, Austin, TX, for Gateway Companies, Inc.

Alison Priske Adema, Hahn and Adema, San Diego, CA, Robert A. Appleby, Elizabeth T. Bernard, Eric W. Dittmann, Gerald J. Flattman, Jr., Howard D. Shatz, James E. Marina, Jordan N. Malz, Joseph A. Loy, Richard M. Koehl, Scott R. Samay, Timothy K. Gilman, Kirkland and Ellis, New York, NY, for Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Alison Priske Adema, Hahn and Adema, San Diego, CA, Robert A. Appleby, Kirkland and Ellis, New York, NY, for Lucent Technologies Guardian Inc., LLC.

Ronald L. Johnston, Arnold and Porter, Los Angeles, CA, Sidney A. Rosenzweig, Washington, DC, for Dell Computer Corporation.

Jonathan D. Baker, Dechert LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Steven Robert Daniels, Steven Robert Daniels, Dechart, Austin, TX, for Gateway Manufacturing LLC.

David Jordan Zubkoff, Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek, San Diego, CA, Jeffrey B. Plies, Steven Robert Daniels, Steven Robert Daniels, Dechart LLP, Austin, TX, Jonathan D. Baker, Dechert LLP, Palo Alto, CA, for Cowabunga Enterprises Inc.

Alison Priske Adema, Hahn and Adema, San Diego, CA, James E. Marina, Robert A. Appleby, Elizabeth T. Bernard, Eric W. Dittmann, Gerald J. Flattman, Jr., Howard D. Shatz, Jenny N. Lee, Jordan N. Malz, Joseph A. Loy, Michael P. Stadnick, Richard M. Koehl, Scott R. Samay, Timothy K. Gilman, Kirkland and Ellis, New York, NY, Eric D. Hayes, James A. Shimota, Kenneth H. Bridges, Kirkland and Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Lucent Technologies, Inc.

Alison Priske Adema, Hahn and Adema, San Diego, CA, Jenny N. Lee, John M. Desmarais, Jon T. Hohenthaner, Robert A. Appleby, Kirkland and Ellis, New York, NY, for Lucent Technologies Guardian Inc., LLC.


ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT IN GROUP 2

BREWSTER, Senior District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

On November 16, 2006, and November 21, 2006, Lucent and Microsoft, respectively, filed motions for summary adjudication on the Group 2 audio coding patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,341,457 ("the '457 patent") and RE 39,080 ("the '080 patent"). The parties then filed oppositions and replies thereto and a hearing was held on January 4, 2007. Having...

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