Sprint Communications Company LP v. Vonage Holdings Corp., et al

Filing 373

MOTION to Strike 354 Prosecution History Estoppel Defense and Arguments Relating to Same in Vonage's Trial Brief by Plaintiff Sprint Communications Company LP. (Seitz, Adam) (Motion title modified on 9/12/2007. (mg))

Sprint Communications Company LP v. Vonage Holdings Corp., et al

Doc. 373

Case 2:05-cv-02433-JWL

Document 373

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF KANSAS SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P. Plaintiff, v. VONAGE HOLDINGS CORP., VONAGE AMERICA, INC., Defendants. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

Case No. 05-2433-JWL

SPRINT COMMUNICATION COMPANY L.P,'S MOTION TO STRIKE VONAGE'S PROSECUTION HISTORY ESTOPPEL DEFENSE AND ARGUMENTS RELATING TO SAME IN VONAGE'S TRIAL BRIEF Pursuant to the inherent powers of this Court, Plaintiff Sprint Communications Company L.P. ("Sprint") hereby moves to strike Vonage Holdings Corp. and Vonage America, Inc.'s ("Vonage") arguments in their Trial Brief (Doc. No. 354) that Sprint should be barred from asserting infringement of various claims and claim limitations under the doctrine of equivalents based on prosecution history estoppel. See Doc. No. 354, sections II.P.1-2. Vonage failed to properly preserve these prosecution history estoppel defenses in the Court's pretrial order, and also failed to disclose any bases for prosecution history estoppel during discovery. For the reasons set forth in the accompanying memorandum, the Court should strike Vonage's Prosecution History Estoppel Defense and sections II.P.1 and II.P.2 of Vonage's Trial Brief.

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Respectfully submitted, Dated: September 11, 2007 _/s/Adam P. Seitz ____________ B. Trent Webb, KS Bar No. 15965 Eric A. Buresh, KS Bar No. 19895 Adam P. Seitz, KS Bar No. 21059 SHOOK, HARDY & BACON L.L.P. 2555 Grand Boulevard Kansas City, Missouri 64108-2613 [phone] Telephone [phone] Facsimile Attorneys for Plaintiff SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 11th day of September 2007, a copy of SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY L.P.'S MOTION TO STRIKE VONAGE'S PROSECUTION HISTORY ESTOPPEL DEFENSE AND ARGUMENTS RELATING TO SAME IN VONAGE'S TRIAL BRIEF was e-filed with the Court, which sent notice to the following: Don R. Lolli Patrick J. Kaine Dysart Taylor Lay Cotter & McMonigle P.C. 4420 Madison Avenue Kansas City, Missouri 64111 Terrence J. Campbell Catherine Theisen Barber Emerson, L.C. 1211 Massachusetts Street P.O. Box 667 Lawrence, KS 66044 Patrick D. McPherson Patrick C. Muldoon Donald R. McPhail Barry Golob Duane Morris LLP 1667 K. Street N.W. Washington, DC 20006-1608 L. Norwood Jameson 1180 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, GA 30309 Attorneys for Defendants Vonage Holdings Corp. and Vonage America, Inc. __/s/Adam P. Seitz___________________________ Attorneys for Sprint Communications Company L.P.

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