Timebase Pty Ltd v. Thomson Corporation, The

Filing 47

LETTER TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE by Timebase Pty Ltd. (Hosteny, Joseph)

Timebase Pty Ltd v. Thomson Corporation, The

Doc. 47

NIRO, SCAVONE,
RAYMOND P. NIRO TIMOTHY J. HALLER WILLIAM L. NIRO JOSEPH N. HOSTENY, ill ROBERT A. VITALE, JR. JOHN C. JANKA PAUL K. VICKREY DEAN D. NIRO RAYMOND P. NIRO, JR. PATRICK F. SOWN ARTHUR A. GASEY CHRISTOPHER J. LEE DAVID J. SHEIKH VASILIOS D. DOSSAS SALLY WIGGINS RICHARD B. MEGLEY, JR. MATrHEW G. McANDREWS

HALLER
STREET-SUITE 60602-4635

& NIRO
4600
PAUL C. GmBONS BRADY J. FULTON GREGORY P. CASIMER DOUGLAS M. HALL DINA M. HAYES FREDERICK C. LANEY DAVID J. MAHALEK KARA L. SZPONDOWSKI ROBERT A. CONLEY ERIC J. MERSMANN NICHOLAS M. DUDZIAK KAREN L. BWUIN TAHITI ARSUWWICZ
OF COUNSEL:

181 WEST MADISON CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS

TELEPHONE

[phone]

FACSIMILE [phone]

December 21, 2007

THOMAS

G. SCAVONE

Via Facsimile 651-848-1897 Honorable Jeanne J. Graham U.S. Magistrate Judge U.S. District for the District of Minnesota Interim U.S. Courthouse, Suite 750 180 East Fifth Street St. Paul, Minnesota 55101 Re: Timebase v. Thomson (07CV1687 and 08CV4551 (D.MN.)

Dear Judge Graham: This concerns Thomson's letter of December 20, 2007 regarding the status of the reexamination of the '592 patent asserted in this case. There is no evidence of any kind that an examiner is doing anything. There has been no action since the request for reexamination was granted in April 2007. Thomson's statement that an examiner is in the process of considering "highly material" references is unsupported. Thomson's letter does not provide the source of its quotation, that is, that the references are "highly material." In any event, that is not the standard of a reexamination.

JNHlbz cc: Calvin L. Litsey, David J.F. Gross Chad Drown (via facsimile: 612-766-1600)

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