ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION v. ALCOR ENGINE COMPANY, INC. et al

Filing 455

JUDGMENT on Consent - It is, therefore, ORDERED, AJUDGED AND DECREED that the foregoing Stipulated Consent Judgment is hereby approved and made a final judgment of the Court enforceable through the Courts contempt authority (S.O.). Signed by Judge Sarah Evans Barker on 10/5/2009.(MAC)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA INDIANAPOLIS DIVISION ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION, Plaintiff, vs. TIMKEN ALCOR AEROSPACE TECHNOLOGIES, ET AL. Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) Cause No. 1:04-cv-0968-SEB-JMS ) ) ) ) ) STIPULATED CONSENT JUDGMENT Rolls-Royce Corporation ("Rolls-Royce"), by counsel, and Timken Aerospace Technologies, Inc. and MPB Corporation (collectively "Timken Alcor"), by counsel, stipulate: 1) Immediately upon execution of this Consent Judgment, Timken Alcor shall not commence any additional production of Subject PMA Parts. It may complete the production of parts already commenced. On or before January 1, 2010, Timken shall cease sales and delivery of Subject PMA Parts. 2) Subject PMA Parts means parts manufactured and sold under the authority of those PMAs now owned by Timken Alcor having an "AL" suffix other than those listed on Schedule I(a) to the Parties Settlement Agreement dated September 30, 2009 and the Grandfathered Parts. 1 3) Subject DER Repairs means any repair scheme or process of Timken Alcor that in its approval packet cited or copied in whole or in part any Rolls-Royce Protected IP. 4) Rolls-Royce Protected IP means Rolls-Royce's proprietary information, (including copies in whole or in part), i.e. information that RollsRoyce is entitled to protect pursuant to law, regarding its Model 250 and RR 300 engines. Rolls Royce Protected IP does not include any Publicly Available Information. a) Publicly Available Information or "PAI" means all of the following: i) The part drawings and process specifications identified on Schedule (I)(j)(1). ii) A document lawfully released under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) may be PAI as determined by the remainder of I(j)(ii). A document released under FOIA is presumed lawful unless challenged by Rolls-Royce. To the extent Timken wishes to use any FOIA documentation not on Schedule (I)(j)(1) in any future applications for PMA design approval or DER Repairs it shall send a notice to RollsRoyce. A challenge shall take the form of a written notice to Timken that a document released under FOIA was unlawfully released and should not be used. Timken has 30 days to respond to this challenge. If the parties disagree as to the lawfulness of the release after 30 days, the parties agree to submit to binding arbitration at JAMS on the 2 issue. If a party's position in that arbitration is found to be in bad faith, attorneys' fees shall be awarded to the prevailing party. iii) The documents identified on Schedule (I)(j)(2). Additional documents that must be provided as "Instructions For Continued Airworthiness" under 14 C.F.R. 33.4, as amended may be added to this schedule as determined in I(j)(v) or (vi) below. To the extent Timken wishes to add documentation not on Schedule (I)(j)(2), it shall send a notice to RollsRoyce. Rolls-Royce has 30 days to respond to the Timken notice. If the parties disagree whether the material is an Instruction for Continued Airworthiness the parties agree to submit to binding arbitration at JAMS on the issue. iv) Each DOIL/AMC OIL or DIL/AMC IL identified on Schedule (I)(j)(3) as well as each DOIL/AMC OIL or DIL/AMC IL having a revision date before July, 1 1994. appellate rights are If Rolls-Royce receives judicial ruling (after exhausted) or subsequently acknowledges formally and in writing any position that would expand this July 1, 1994 date to a later one, it will so notify Timken. and the date in this section shall be conformed to such judicial ruling. v) Any information Rolls-Royce subsequently acknowledges formally and in writing to be in the public domain; and vi) Any other information that has been or is held by a court or agency of competent jurisdiction to be in the public domain after exhaustion of all appellate remedies. 3 5) Timken represents and warrants that Schedule I(l) to the September 30 2009 Settlement Agreement contains a complete and accurate list of all Subject DER repairs, and (ii) Timken has delivered or will, on or before October 31, 2009, deliver to Rolls-Royce all copies of Rolls-Royce Protected IP of which it is aware after reasonable review, regardless of from what source Timken obtained them, except such copies as may be retained in the data packs as provided in Section (II)(c). 6) Timken shall cease performing or selling the Subject DER Repairs on or before December 31, 2009. Timken shall deliver all completed repairs by January 15, 2010. The preceding sentence does not prohibit Timken from applying for new DER approvals for repairs, including repairs that are the same as or similar to the Subject DER Repairs, provided the applications do not reference any Rolls-Royce Protected IP. 7) Timken shall and hereby is enjoined from using the data packs for the Subject PMA Parts and the Subject DER Repairs for any purpose other than to comply with FAA regulations pertaining to those Subject PMA Parts or Subject DER Repairs delivered on or before December 31, 2009. Timken shall not exploit or use those data packs for any commercial purpose and shall not convey or transfer the same. Respectfully submitted, KRIEG DEVAULT LLP By: /s/ Alastair J. Warr Alastair J. Warr, Atty. No. 15873-49 One Indiana Square, Suite 2800 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2079 4 Counsel for Rolls-Royce Corporation and MICAHEL BEST & FRIEDRICH By: /s/ Jonathan H. Margolies Jonathan H. Margolies, Esq. MICAHEL BEST & FRIEDRICH 100 East Wisconsin Avenue Suite 3300 Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202 It is, therefore, ORDERED, AJUDGED AND DECREED that the foregoing Stipulated Consent Judgment is hereby approved and made a final judgment of the Court enforceable through the Court's contempt authority. 10/05/2009 DATED:_____________ _________________________________ Honorable, Sarah E. Barker _______________________________ United States District Court Judge SARAH EVANS BARKER, JUDGE United United States District Court States District Court Southern District of Indiana Southern Districtof Indiana Indianapolis Division KD_1996487_2.DOC 5

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