Datatreasury Corporation v. Wells Fargo & Company et al

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RESPONSE to Motion re #263 MOTION to Sever (Motion of Defendants The Bank of New York Company Incorporated, The Bank of New York, UnionBanCal Corporation, and Union Bank of California, National Association to Sever and Stay the Claims Relating to the Ballard Patents Pending filed by Datatreasury Corporation. (King, Richard)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION DATATREASURY CORPORATION PLAINTIFF § § § v s. § § WELLS FARGO & COMPANY; WELLS § FARGO BANK, NATIONAL § A SSOCIATION; BANK OF AMERICA § CORPORATION; BANK OF AMERICA, § NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; U.S. § BANCORP; U.S. BANK, NATIONAL § ASSOCIATION; WACHOVIA § CORPORATION; WACHOVIA BANK, § NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; SUNTRUST § BANKS, INC.; SUNTRUST BANK; BB&T § CORPORATION; BRANCH BANKING § AND TRUST COMPANY; § BANCORPSOUTH, INC.; § BANCORPSOUTH BANK; COMPASS § BANCSHARES, INC.; COMPASS BANK; § CULLEN/FROST BANKERS, INC.; THE § FROST NATIONAL BANK; FIRST § HORIZON NATIONAL CORPORATION; § FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, NATIONAL § ASSOC IATION; HSBC NORTH § AMERICA HOLDINGS INC.; HSBC § BANK USA, N.A.; HARRIS BANKCORP, § INC.; HARRIS N.A.; NATIONAL CITY § CORPORATION; NATIONAL CITY § BANK; ZIONS BANCORPORATION; § ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK; § BANK OF NEW YORK CO., INC.; § THE BANK OF NEW YORK; § UNIONBANCAL CORPORATION; § UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, § NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; BANK OF § TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD.; § CITIZENS FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. § CITY NATIONAL CORPORATION; § CITY NATIONAL BANK; COMERICA § INCORPORATED; COMERICA BANK § & TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; §

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY § AMERICAS; FIRST CITIZENS § BANCSHARES, INC.; FIRST CITIZENS § BANK & TRUST COMPANY; KEYCORP;§ KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION; § LASALLE BANK CORPORATION; § LASA LLE BANK NA; M&T BANK § CORPORATION; M&T BANK; THE PNC § FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP, INC.; § PNC BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCIATION § UBS AMERICAS, INC.; SMALL VALUE § PAYMENTS COMPANY, LLC; THE § CLEARING HOUSE PAYMENTS § COMPANY, LLC; MAGTEK, INC; FIRST § DATA CORPORATION; TELECHECK § SERVICES, INC., REMITCO, LLC and § ELECTRONIC DATA SYSTEMS CORP. § § D EFENDANTS §

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DATATREASURY CORPORATION'S RESPONSE TO MOTION TO SEVER AND STAY THE CLAIMS RELATING TO THE BALL ARD PATENTS PENDING REEXAMINATION OF THE BALLARD PATENTS

Comes now Plaintiff DataTreasury Corporation ("DataTreasury") and files its Response to Defendants The Bank of New York, The Bank of New York Co., Inc., UnionBanCal Corp., and Union Bank of California, National As sociation's Motion to Stay and Sever the Claims Relating to the Ballard Patents Pending Reexamination of the Ballard Patents (Dkt. No. 26 3). DataTreasury respectfully requests that this Court deny Defendants' Motion in its entirety. In support thereof, DataTreasury incorporates, in its entirety, its Response to Defendants Harris Bankcorp, Inc., Harris N.A., KeyBank National Association, KeyCorp, PNC Bank, The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc., SunTrust Bank, SunTrust Banks, Inc., and Electronic Data Syst ems Corp. Motion to

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Sever and Stay the Claims Relating to the Ballard Patents Pending Reexamination of the Ballard Patents and the arguments and authorities cited therein . Respectfully submitted, /s/ R. Benjamin King EDWARD L. VON HOHN , Attorney in Charge State Bar No. 09813240 N IX PATTERSON & ROACH, L.L.P. 205 Linda Drive Daingerfield, Texas 75638 903.645.7333 (telephone) 903.645.4415 (facsimile) [e-mail] C. CARY PATTERSON State Bar No. 15587000 BRADY PADDOCK State Bar No. 00791394 A NTHONY BRUSTER State Bar No. 24036280 R. BENJAMIN KING State Bar No. 24048592 N IX PATTERSON & ROACH L.L.P. 2900 St. Michael Drive, Suite 500 Texarkana, Texas 75503 903.223.3999 (telephone) 903.223.8520 (facsimile) [e-mail] [e-mail] [e-mail] JOE KENDALL State Bar No. 112 60700 KARL R UPP State Bar No. 24035243 PROVOST * U MPHREY, L.L.P. 3232 McKinney Avenue, Ste. 700 Dallas, Texas 75204 214.744.3000 (telephone) 214.744.3015 (facsimile) [e-mail]

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[e-mail] R OD COOPER State Bar No. 90001628 EDWARD C HIN S TATE BAR NO. 50511688 N IX PATTERSON & R OACH LLP 5215 N. O'Connor Blvd. Ste. 1900 Irving, Texas 75039 972.831.1188 (telephone) 972.692.5445 (facsimile) [e-mail] [e-mail] ERIC M. A LBRITTON State Bar ;No. 00790215 A LBRITTON LAW FIRM P.O. Box 2649 Longview, Texas 75606 903. 757.8449 (telephone) 903.758.7397 (facsimile) [e-mail] T. JOHN WARD, JR. State Bar No. 00794818 LAW OFFICE OF T. JOHN WARD, JR. P.O. Box 1231 Longview, Texas 75601 903.757.6400 (telephone) 903.757.2323 (fac simile) [e-mail] ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF DATATREASURY CORPORATION CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was filed electronically in compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a) and served via the Court's electronic filing system on all counsel who have consented to electronic service on this the 11th day of October, 2006. /s/ R. Benjamin King Nix, Patterson & Roach LLP