Apple Inc. et al v. Motorola Mobility, Inc.
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COMPLAINT with Jury Demand against Motorola Mobility, Inc. (Filing fee $350 receipt number 0974-4433696.) Filed by Apple Inc., Apple Sales International.The new case number is 3:12-cv-355-JLS-BLM. Judge Janis L. Sammartino and Magistrate Judge Barbara Lynn Major are assigned to the case. (Haslam, Robert)(jmd) (av1).
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ROBERT T. HASLAM (Bar No. 71134)
(rhaslam@cov.com)
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 700
Redwood Shores, California 94065
Telephone: (650) 632-4700
Facsimile: (650) 632-4800
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Attorneys for Plaintiffs
Apple Inc. and Apple Sales International
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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APPLE INC. and APPLE SALES
INTERNATIONAL,
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Plaintiffs,
'12CV0355 JLS
Civil Case No.: _______________BLM
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COMPLAINT FOR DECLARATORY
AND INJUNCTIVE RELIEF
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MOTOROLA MOBILITY, INC.
Defendant.
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COMPLAINT
Plaintiffs Apple Inc. and Apple Sales International (collectively, “Apple”), for its
complaint against Motorola Mobility, Inc. (“Motorola”), allege and state as follows:
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PARTIES
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Plaintiff Apple Inc. is a California corporation having its principal place of
business at 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California, 95014.
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Plaintiff Apple Sales International is an unlimited company organized under the
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laws of the Republic of Ireland having its principal place of business at Hollyhill Industrial
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Estate, Hollyhill, Cork, Republic of Ireland.
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On information and belief, Motorola Mobility, Inc. is a wholly-owned subsidiary
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of Motorola, Inc. organized under the laws of Delaware with its principal place of business at 600
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North U.S. Highway 45, Libertyville, Illinois 60048.
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JURISDICTION AND VENUE
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This action for declaratory and injunctive relief arises under Title 35 of the United
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States Code. The Court has subject matter jurisdiction over these claims pursuant to 28 U.S.C.
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§§ 1331, 1338(a), 2201, and 2202.
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This Court has personal jurisdiction over Motorola under California Code of Civil
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Procedure § 410.10.
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Venue is proper in this district under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(b) and (c) and pursuant to
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a license between Qualcomm, Inc. and Motorola at issue in this action.
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I.
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NATURE OF THE ACTION
This is a lawsuit asserting claims for breach of contract, declaratory, and injunctive
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relief related to Motorola’s European Patent No 1 010 336 (“the ‘336 patent”) and the equivalent
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U.S. Patent No. 6,359,898 (“the ‘898 patent”). Motorola has sued Apple in Germany, claiming
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infringement of the ‘336 patent based on Apple’s use of Qualcomm components in Apple’s
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iPhone 4S product. Motorola’s German lawsuit is in direct breach of a Patent Licensing
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Agreement between Motorola and Qualcomm. As a Qualcomm customer, Apple is a third-party
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MEMO ISO APPLE’S MOTION FOR PRELIM. INJUNCTION;
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beneficiary of that contract. Moreover, under this same contract, Motorola’s rights under the ‘336
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and the ‘898 patents are exhausted. Accordingly, Apple brings this suit for breach of contract,
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declaratory, and injunctive relief, and asks this Court to enjoin Motorola from prosecuting and
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enforcing its claims against Apple in Germany.
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II.
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MOTOROLA’S LICENSE WITH QUALCOMM
The provisions of the Patent Licensing Agreement upon which this dispute is
based are set forth in the confidential Complaint filed under seal concurrently in this Court.
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THE QUALCOMM COMPONENTS SUPPLIED FOR INCORPORATION INTO
APPLE PRODUCTS ARE LICENSED BY MOTOROLA
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Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Asia-Pacific Pte. Ld. (“QCTAP”), which is a
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wholly-owned subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, now sells the MDM6610 baseband
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processors to Apple’s contract manufacturers and those components are incorporated into Apple’s
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CDMA2000-compliant iPhone 4S.
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The MDM6610 supplied by Qualcomm enables such devices to communicate via
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cellular networks using various standards, including the UMTS and GPRS standards at issue here.
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Qualcomm has informed Apple that Qualcomm has already paid Motorola for the
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licenses and covenants for Qualcomm and its customers, including Apple.
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MOTOROLA’S LITIGATION AGAINST APPLE ON DECLARED STANDARD
ESSENTIAL PATENTS
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Motorola’s Breach of its FRAND Promise
Motorola has declared to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s
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(“ETSI”) that the ‘898 patent is essential to practicing ETSI’s GPRS standard. Motorola also
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committed to license its patent on fair, reasonable, and non-discriminatory (“FRAND”) terms.
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A promise to license under fair, reasonable and nondiscriminatory terms is the
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quid pro quo that standards setting participants extend to the industry in return for the right to
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collaborate with competitors in creating a standard that has the power to block market access.
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Apple believes that parties who commit to license their standards essential patents on FRAND
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terms have obligations they cannot ignore, evade, or apply only prospectively after an abuse has
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occurred.
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Apple's position on FRAND licensing is long standing. When Apple makes a
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promise to license its standards essential patents under FRAND terms, Apple will not waiver.
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Apple will keep its commitment and, should it transfer any such patents to a third party, will take
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best efforts to ensure that the third party adheres to Apple's FRAND obligations. If parties are
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interested in licensing these patents, Apple will offer to make the patents available on FRAND
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terms, as long as those terms are reciprocal, and will do so without requiring others to license
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back to Apple anything more than their similarly held standards essential patents. Apple also
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commits not to seek an injunction or exclusion order on the basis of its standards essential patents
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that are subject to a FRAND licensing commitment. Despite owning scores of standards essential
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patents, Apple has never asserted a standard essential patent in litigation and, therefore—unlike
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some in the technology industry—has never used a patent subject to a FRAND commitment to
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deny market access to a rival.
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Apple went a step further in November 2011 when it clarified its FRAND
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commitment to ETSI on cellular standards essential patents. In its letter, Apple emphasized that
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seeking injunctive relief is inconsistent with a FRAND licensing obligation and went on to
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propose a reciprocal framework for calculating FRAND that emphasizes an appropriate royalty
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rate and a common base as a way to bring meaning to a concept that has been too long abused.
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Motorola, on the other hand, has pursued an aggressive international campaign of
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litigation that flies in the face of its promise to license its cellular standards essential patents on
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FRAND terms.
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The Apple Sales International Mannheim Action: District Court Proceedings
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On April 1, 2011, Motorola Mobility, Inc. sued Apple Sales International in case
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number 7 O 122/11 in the District Court of Mannheim in the Federal Republic of Germany (“the
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ASI Mannheim Action”) alleging, among other things, that Apple Sales International infringes
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the ‘336 patent.
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Motorola alleges in the ASI Mannheim Action that it is not possible to practice the
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European Telecommunications Standards Institute’s (“ETSI’s”) GPRS standard, a cellular
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standard, without infringing the ‘336 patent—in other words, that the ‘336 patent is essential to
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that standard. Motorola contends that certain Apple mobile communications devices infringe the
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‘336 patent because they are compliant with the GPRS standard.
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Motorola did not name the Apple iPhone 4S as an accused product in its complaint
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in the ASI Mannheim Action. The iPhone 4S was not on sale in Germany at the time that
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Motorola filed its complaint.
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On December 9, 2011, the District Court of Mannheim ordered Apple Sales
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International to cease and desist selling products that it found infringe the ‘336 patent. The
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District Court also ordered Apple Sales International to perform an accounting and pay the costs
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of the lawsuit.
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As a condition of enforcement of its order, the District Court imposed on Motorola
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a security requirement in the amount of EUR 100,000,000 in connection with enforcement of the
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cease and desist order, EUR 50,000 in connection with the enforcement of the accounting
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requirement, and 120% of the costs of the lawsuit in connection with the enforcement of the
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reimbursement of Motorola’s costs of the lawsuit.
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The Apple Sales International Mannheim Action: Suspension Proceedings
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Apple Sales International immediately appealed the order of the Mannheim
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District Court to the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe. Apple Sales International also
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immediately filed a Request for Suspension of the Mannheim District Court’s Order.
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In response, Motorola for the first time in a brief submitted to the Higher Regional
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Court of Karlsruhe on January 12, 2012, made the assertion that Apple’s iPhone 4S was subject to
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the Mannheim District Court’s cease and desist order. The Apple iPhone 4S had not been named
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in the complaint.
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Motorola alleges that Apple infringes the ‘336 patent based on Apple’s use of a
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MDM 6610 baseband chip in the iPhone 4S, which is provided to Apple’s contract manufacturers
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by Qualcomm Inc. (“Qualcomm”). Motorola alleges that because the MDM 6610 baseband chip
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is compliant with GPRS standards issued by ETSI, and because Motorola has declared to ETSI
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that the ‘336 patent is essential to GPRS standards, the Apple iPhone 4S infringes the ‘336 patent
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by virtue of incorporating the Qualcomm MDM 6610 chip.
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On January 19, 2012, Apple filed a responsive brief in the Higher Regional Court
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of Karlsruhe asserting that the Apple iPhone 4S was not properly subject to the Mannheim
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District Court’s cease and desist order and explaining that Apple had a complete legal defense to
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any allegation that Motorola infringed the ‘336 patent under the doctrine of patent exhaustion and
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because Apple was the third party beneficiary to contracts between Qualcomm and Motorola, Inc.
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under which Motorola made a covenant not to sue Qualcomm customers for infringement of,
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inter alia, the ‘336 patent. On information and belief, these contracts have been assigned to
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Motorola Mobility, Inc. by Motorola, Inc.
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In its papers before the Higher Regional Court, Motorola has made arguments in
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breach of its agreement with Qualcomm that would require the German court construe the
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Motorola/Qualcomm agreements. For example, Motorola has argued against Apple’s claim that
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it is a third-party beneficiary under the Motorola/Qualcomm agreement and Motorola has argued
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that its termination of the Qualcomm agreement with respect to Apple sales was effective under
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the Motorola/Qualcomm agreement.
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Apple Sales International’s Appeal of the District Court’s Order is pending, and is
not expected to be resolved until the end of 2012.
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On January 23, 2012, the Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe initially declined to
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stay the Mannheim District Court’s cease and desist order in response to Apple Sales
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International’s Request for Suspension, based in part on the fact that the Court did not have
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access to the confidential license agreements between Motorola and Qualcomm.
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On February 2, 2012 the Higher Regional Court provisionally suspended
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enforcement of the injunction pending further briefing. Motorola is to submit a brief on February
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17, 2011.
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The Apple Sales International Mannheim Action: Enforcement Proceedings
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On January 30, 2012, Motorola initiated enforcement of the cease and desist order
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by sending a letter to Apple’s German counsel indicating that it had deposited an amount of EUR
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100,000,000 with the local court in Mannheim in order to obtain enforceability of the District
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Court’s cease and desist order, and EUR 50,000 to obtain enforceability of the District Court’s
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Order for an accounting. The letter further demanded that “Apple Sales International fully
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comply with the ruling of the Mannheim court of 9 December 2011. Otherwise our client will be
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forced to enforce the judgment by virtue of holding your client in contempt of court.”
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Motorola’s letter threatens an action for contempt of court against Apple Sales
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International. Such an action would normally involve a claim for a fine in an amount up to EUR
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250,000 for each violation, or imprisonment of up to 6 months of the legal representative of
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Apple Sales International for contempt of court.
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If Apple’s request to the Higher Regional Court for a suspension is denied,
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Motorola may bring one or more action for contempt to the German District Court, attempting to
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show that Apple is in violation of the cease and desist order. Motorola may bring a separate
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action for each violation of the order for which it seeks sanctions from Apple.
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The Apple Inc. Mannheim Proceeding
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On April 26, 2011, Motorola Mobility, Inc. sued Apple Inc. for patent
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infringement in case number 7 O 169/11 in the District Court of Mannheim alleging that Apple
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Inc. infringes the ‘336 patent.
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Motorola is attempting to accuse the iPhone 4S in the Apple Inc. Mannheim
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proceeding as well, in breach of its contract with Qualcomm and covenant not to sue Apple.
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Accordingly, a construction of the Motorola/Qualcomm license agreement will also be necessary
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in this proceeding.
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The Mannheim District Court held a hearing merits on February 3, 2012. A
judgment will be entered on April 13, 2012.
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Motorola’s Claims Against Apple Pending in the Northern District of Illinois
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In Apple Inc. v. Motorola, Inc., et al. case number 1:11-cv-08540 pending before
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the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Motorola accuses Apple of
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infringing the ‘898 patent. This case was filed on October 29, 2010 in the Western District of
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Wisconsin, case no. 3:10-cv-662, and was transferred to the Northern District of Illinois from that
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court on December 1, 2011.
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To date Motorola has not attempted to accuse the Apple iPhone 4S product of
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infringing the ‘898 patent and has not accused Apple of patent infringement based on Apple’s use
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of Qualcomm’s MDM 6610 baseband chip in the iPhone 4S.
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However, on January 23, 2012, Motorola filed a brief in the Higher District Court
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of Karlsruhe in the Federal Republic of Germany indicating that it may seek to accuse the Apple
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iPhone 4S of infringement of the ‘898 patent in the United States. Motorola stated as follows:
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“Also the further assertions with regard to the iPhone 4S are
inaccurate. There is no strategy in place not to challenge these
products. The fact that the Plaintiff has not yet challenged the 4S in
Wisconsin has tactical reasons of a procedural nature, which the
Plaintiff naturally will not expose to the Defendant.”
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MOTOROLA’S INEFFECTIVE ATTEMPT TO TERMINATE APPLE’S RIGHT
TO USE THE QUALCOMM COMPONENTS
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On January 11, 2011, Mr. Kirk Dailey, Motorola’s Corporate Vice President,
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Intellectual Property, sent a letter to Qualcomm, copying Apple, purporting “to terminate any and
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all license and covenant rights with respect to Apple, effective February 10, 2011 (30 days from
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the date of this letter).”
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Apple has not asserted any of its Customer Essential Patents against Motorola and
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did not first assert any of its patents against Motorola. It was Motorola who first sued Apple for
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patent infringement on October 6, 2010 in the United States District Courts for the Northern
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District of Illinois, the Southern District of Florida, and in the International Trade Commission.
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Accordingly, Motorola is not entitled to terminate license and covenant rights that flow to Apple
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under the Qualcomm/Motorola agreements.
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On April 25, 2011, Mr. Derek Aberle, Executive Vice President of Qualcomm and
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President of Qualcomm Technology Licensing responded to Motorola’s letter of January 11,
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2011. Mr. Aberle disagreed with Motorola’s contention that it could invoke the Defensive
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Suspension Provision with respect to Apple. He noted that the Defensive Suspension provision
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did not entitle Motorola to terminate rights based on suits brought by Apple.
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MOTOROLA’S ATTEMPTS TO BAR APPLE FROM PRESENTING THE
QUALCOMM/MOTOROLA LICENSE AGREEMENTS TO THE GERMAN
COURTS
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As noted above, on January 12, 2012, Motorola for the first time alleged in the
Higher Regional Court of Karlsruhe, Germany, that the iPhone 4S is subject to the Mannheim
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District Court’s cease and desist order as to the ’336 patent. On January 19, 2012, Apple filed a
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responsive brief asserting that under contracts between Qualcomm and Motorola, in which
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Motorola licensed Qualcomm and granted a covenant not to sue Qualcomm customers for
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infringement of inter alia, the ’336 patent, the iPhone 4S cannot possibly be found to infringe the
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’336 patent.
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In order to present its defenses based on the Qualcomm/Motorola licenses to the
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German court, Apple filed on January 17, 2012 an ex parte Application in this Court requiring
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Qualcomm to produce, inter alia, the relevant license agreements between Qualcomm and
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Motorola. These agreements, while produced by Motorola to Apple in other U.S. litigation, are
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subject to protective orders that prevent disclosure to the German court.
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This Court granted Apple’s application on January 25, 2012, and on January 26,
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2012, Qualcomm communicated to Apple its willingness to provide Apple’s U.S. and German
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outside counsel with copies of the license agreements between Qualcomm and Motorola, so that
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Apple could submit those agreements to the German court.
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Intent on blocking Apple’s ability to submit the license agreements to the Court,
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on January 27, 2012, Motorola filed a motion to quash the subpoena to Qualcomm. The Court
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denied Motorola’s motion on February 2, 2012.
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COUNT ONE
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(BREACH OF CONTRACT TO WHICH APPLE IS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY)
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Apple incorporates paragraphs 1-45 as if fully set forth herein.
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As a Qualcomm customer, Apple is an intended third party beneficiary to the
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Qualcomm/Motorola agreement.
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Motorola has breached its obligations under the licenses to Qualcomm and the
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covenant to Apple by alleging in Germany that Apple infringes the ‘336 patent by virtue of
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incorporating the Qualcomm MDM6610 baseband processor into Apple’s iPhone 4S.
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As an intended third-party beneficiary of the agreement, Apple may bring suit for
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Apple has incurred or will incur harm as the result of Motorola’s breach of
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contract. Apple is threatened in particular by loss of profits, loss of customers, loss of goodwill
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and product image, and uncertainty among customers and potential customers.
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COUNT TWO
(DECLARATORY JUDGMENT THAT APPLE IS AUTHORIZED TO USE
QUALCOMM COMPONENTS UNDER A COVENANT NOT TO SUE)
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Apple incorporates paragraphs 1-50 as if fully set forth herein.
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An actual and justiciable controversy exists between Apple and Motorola with
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respect to whether Apple is authorized to use Qualcomm components, including but not limited to
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the MDM6610 Qualcomm chip, in its products, including but not limited to the iPhone 4S. This
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is based, inter alia, on (1) Motorola’s allegations in German proceedings that Apple infringes its
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‘336 patent by virtue of incorporating the Qualcomm chips; (2) Motorola’s ineffective attempt to
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terminate Apple’s right to use Qualcomm components; and (3) Motorola’s statements in German
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proceedings that “[t]here is no strategy in place not to challenge [the iPhone 4S]. The fact that the
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Plaintiff has not yet challenged the 4S in Wisconsin has tactical reasons of a procedural nature,
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which the Plaintiff naturally will not expose to the Defendant.”
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Absent a declaration that Apple is authorized to use Qualcomm components
licensed under Motorola patents, Motorola will continue to wrongfully assert its ‘336 patent
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against Apple’s iPhone 4S and other Apple products, and thereby cause Apple irreparable harm
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and injury.
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Apple is authorized to use Qualcomm’s MDM6610 baseband processor and other
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Qualcomm components licensed under Motorola’s patents and is entitled to a declaration to that
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effect.
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This is an exceptional case entitling Apple to an award of its attorney’s fees
incurred in connection with this action pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285.
COUNT THREE
(DECLARATORY JUDGMENT THAT MOTOROLA’S PATENT RIGHTS ARE
EXHAUSTED)
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Apple incorporates paragraphs 1-55 as if fully set forth herein.
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An actual and justiciable controversy exists between Apple and Motorola with
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respect to whether Motorola’s patent rights in the MDM6610 Qualcomm chip and other
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Qualcomm components licensed under Motorola patents are exhausted. This is based, inter alia,
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on (1) Motorola’s allegations in German proceedings that Apple infringes its ‘336 patent by
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virtue of incorporating the Qualcomm chips; (2) Motorola’s ineffective attempt to terminate
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Apple’s right to use Qualcomm components; and (3) Motorola’s statements in German
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proceedings “[t]here is no strategy in place not to challenge [the iPhone 4S]. The fact that the
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Plaintiff has not yet challenged the 4S in Wisconsin has tactical reasons of a procedural nature,
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which the Plaintiff naturally will not expose to the Defendant.”
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Absent a declaration that Motorola’s patent rights in the MDM6610 Qualcomm
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chip and other Qualcomm components licensed under Motorola patents are exhausted, Motorola
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will continue to wrongfully assert its ‘336 patent against Apple’s iPhone 4S and thereby cause
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Apple irreparable harm and injury.
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Motorola’s patent rights in the MDM6610 Qualcomm chip and other Qualcomm
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components licensed under Motorola patents are exhausted, and Apple is entitled to a declaration
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to that effect.
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This is an exceptional case entitling Apple to an award of its attorney’s fees
incurred in connection with this action pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 285.
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(PERMANENT EQUITABLE INJUNCTION)
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Apple incorporates paragraphs 1-60 as if fully set forth herein.
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Apple will incur irreparable harm if Motorola is not enjoined from initiating
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litigation outside of this Court alleging that Apple infringes its patents by virtue of incorporating
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Qualcomm chips. This harm will include the loss of a volume of sales that cannot be quantified
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with specificity, as well as a loss of consumer goodwill, negative publicity, damage to
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relationships with distributors and resellers, and with current owners of the iPhone 4S.
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Apple is likely to succeed on the merits of its breach of contract and declaratory
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judgment claims. First, Apple is likely to show that Motorola’s pursuit of litigation alleging
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infringement by Apple by virtue of incorporating Qualcomm components breaches Motorola’s
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contract with Qualcomm to which Apple is a third-party beneficiary. Second, Apple is likely to
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show that it is a third party beneficiary to the licenses between Qualcomm and Motorola and is
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therefore authorized to use Qualcomm components licensed under Motorola patents. Third,
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Apple is also likely to establish that Motorola’s patent rights in the Qualcomm MDM6610 chip
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and other Qualcomm components licensed under Motorola patents are exhausted. Apple is
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therefore likely to succeed on the merits of its claims that the iPhone 4S does not infringe the
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‘336 patent.
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The public interest and balance of equities further favor the issuance of an
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injunction. Motorola’s continued prosecution of its ‘336 patent against Apple’s iPhone 4S in
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German proceedings based on Apple’s use of Qualcomm components frustrates the law and
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policy of the United States with respect to patent license and patent exhaustion. Motorola’s
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continued prosecution of its ‘336 patent against Apple’s iPhone 4S in German proceedings based
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on Apple’s use of Qualcomm components and its procedural attempts to block Apple from
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presenting its defenses based on the Qualcomm/Motorola licenses to the German courts is
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vexatious, oppressive, and inequitable. The public interest as well as the balance of harms favors
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Apple’s request for an injunction.
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65.
Apple is therefore entitled to an order permanently enjoining Motorola from
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initiating or continuing to prosecute litigation outside of this Court alleging that Apple infringes
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its patents by virtue of incorporating Qualcomm chips into its products.
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(PERMANENT ANTI-SUIT INJUNCTION)
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Apple incorporates paragraphs 1-65 as if fully set forth herein.
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Apple is entitled to a permanent anti-suit injunction enjoining Motorola from
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continuing to prosecute litigation in Germany alleging that Apple infringes its patents by virtue of
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incorporating Qualcomm chips into its products.
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Apple and Motorola are parties to the German litigation and are both before this
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Court as well. In addition, both actions involve the question of whether Apple’s iPhone 4S can
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infringe the ‘336 patent. Accordingly, the present dispute is dispositive of the German litigation
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as to this central question.
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Motorola’s continued prosecution of its ‘336 patent against Apple’s iPhone 4S in
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German proceedings based on Apple’s use of Qualcomm components, in derogation of the forum
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selection clause of the Qualcomm licenses, frustrates the law and policy of the United States with
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respect to patent license and patent exhaustion, as well as the strong public policy of this Court
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favoring enforcement of forum selection clauses.
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The dispute at issue involves private parties seeking to determine their rights under
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a contract. Apple asks the Court to enjoin Motorola, and not a foreign tribunal. Therefore, an
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anti-suit injunction issued against Motorola would not have an intolerable impact on comity.
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Accordingly, Apple is entitled to a permanent anti-suit injunction enjoining
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Motorola from continuing to prosecute litigation in Germany alleging that Apple infringes its
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patents by virtue of incorporating Qualcomm chips into its products and initiating such litigation
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outside of this Court.
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PRAYER FOR RELIEF
WHEREFORE, Apple respectfully requests that this Court enter the following relief
against Motorola:
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Judgment in favor of Apple and against Motorola;
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A declaratory judgment that Apple, as a third party beneficiary to the
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Motorola/Qualcomm license agreement, is licensed to use the Qualcomm MDM6610 chip and
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other Qualcomm components licensed under Motorola’s patents in Apple products;
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A declaratory judgment that Motorola’s patent rights in the Qualcomm MDM6610
chip and other Qualcomm components licensed under Motorola patents are exhausted;
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Permanent injunctive relief restraining Motorola and its subsidiaries, affiliates,
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officers, directors, agents, employees, servants, licensors, successors, assigns, and all those acting
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in concert with them, from prosecuting patent infringement proceedings against Apple based on
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Apple’s use of the Qualcomm MDM6610 chip and other Qualcomm components licensed under
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Motorola patents in the Federal Republic of Germany or in any other country;
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Permanent injunctive relief restraining Motorola and its subsidiaries, affiliates,
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in concert with them, from prosecuting patent infringement proceedings against Apple based on
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Apple’s use of the Qualcomm MDM6610 chip and other Qualcomm components licensed under
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Motorola patents in any forum other than this Court.
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A judgment awarding Apple all available damages for its breach of contract;
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An order ordering Motorola to specifically perform its contractual covenant not to
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sue Apple based on Apple’s use of Qualcomm components;
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An order granting Apple its attorneys’ fees and costs;
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Such further relief as this Court may deem proper in law or equity.
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Dated: February 9, 2012
Respectfully submitted,
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/s/ Robert T. Haslam
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Robert T. Haslam
rhaslam@cov.com
COVINGTON & BURLING LLP
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