EIT Holdings, LLC v. Linkedin Corporation

Filing 13

ANSWER TO COUNTERCLAIM 11 Answer to Complaint, Counterclaim of Defendant LinkedIn Corporation byEIT Holdings, LLC. (Goldstein, Edward) (Filed on 7/11/2011)

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Mark W. Good (State Bar No. 218809)
Benedict O'Mahoney (State Bar No. 152447)
TERRA LAW LLP
177 Park Avenue, Third Floor
San Jose, California 95113
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Edward W. Goldstein (TX Bar No. 08099500)
1177 West Loop South, Suite 400
Houston, Texas 77027
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff
EIT Holdings LLC

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

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EIT HOLDINGS LLC, a Delaware company,

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Case No. 5:11-CV-2465-PSG

Plaintiffs,
PLAINTIFF EIT HOLDINGS LLC’S
REPLY TO LINKEDIN
CORPORATION’S COUNTERCLAIMS

vs.
LINKEDIN CORPORATION, a Delaware
Corporation,
Defendants.

Plaintiff, EIT Holdings LLC (“EIT Holdings”), files this Answer to LinkedIn

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Corporation’s (“LinkedIn”) Counterclaims and responds as follows:
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JURISDICTION AND VENUE

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1. Admitted.

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2. Admitted.

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3. Admitted.

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4. Admitted.
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5:11-CV-02465 PSG
PLAINTIFF EIT HOLDINGS LLC’S REPLY TO LINKEDIN CORPORATION’S COUNTERCLAIMS

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FIRST COUNTERCLAIM FOR RELIEF

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(Declaratory Judgment of Non-Infringement of ‘837 patent)

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5. Admitted.
6. Admitted.

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7. Denied.
8. Denied.

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SECOND COUNTERCLAIM FOR RELIEF

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(Declaratory Judgment of Invalidity of the ‘837 patent)

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9. Admitted.
10. Admitted.

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11. Denied.
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REQUEST FOR RELIEF

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12. Plaintiff denies that Defendant is entitled to the following relief:

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(a) A judgment that EIT recover nothing by its Complaint;

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(b) A judgment that EIT’s Complaint be dismissed with prejudice and that each

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request for relief therein be denied.
(c) A declaratory judgment that Defendant has not willfully, recklessly or

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otherwise infringed the ‘837 patent and is not infringing the ‘837 patent;
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(d) A declaratory judgment that Defendant has not willfully, recklessly or

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otherwise contributed to or induced others to infringe the ‘837 patent, and is

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not contributing to or inducing others to infringe the ‘837 patent;

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(e) A declaratory judgment that the ‘837 patent, and all claims thereof, are
invalid;
(f) A judgment declaring this case exceptional under 35 U.S.C. Section 285, and

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5:11-CV-02465 PSG
PLAINTIFF EIT HOLDINGS LLC’S REPLY TO LINKEDIN CORPORATION’S COUNTERCLAIMS

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for an award of attorney’s fees, costs and expenses; and

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(g) Such other and further relief as the Court deems proper.

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Dated: July 11, 2011

Respectfully submitted,

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By: /s/ Edward W. Goldstein
Edward W. Goldstein (Pro Hac Vice)
GOLDSTEIN & VOWELL, L.L.P.
1177 West Loop South, Suite 400
Houston, TX 77027
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

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Benedict O’Mahoney (SBN 152447)
Mark W. Good (SBN 218809)
TERRA Law LLP
177 Park Avenue, Third Floor
San Jose, California 95113
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]

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ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

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5:11-CV-02465 PSG
PLAINTIFF EIT HOLDINGS LLC’S REPLY TO LINKEDIN CORPORATION’S COUNTERCLAIMS

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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I hereby certify that on July 11, 2011, I electronically filed the foregoing

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document with the Clerk of the Court using this court’s CM/ECF system, which will

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automatically send e-mail notification of such filing to all counsel who have entered in an

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appearance in this action.

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constitutes service to those counsel of record.

Pursuant to General Order 45(IX)(A), the e-mail notification

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/s/ Edward W. Goldstein
Edward W. Goldstein

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5:11-CV-02465 PSG
PLAINTIFF EIT HOLDINGS LLC’S REPLY TO LINKEDIN CORPORATION’S COUNTERCLAIMS