Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et al

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Joint MOTION to Dismiss Stipulation of Dismissal Striking HTC Corporation's Answer by Minerva Industries, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Text of Proposed Order)(Maloney, Collin)

Minerva Industries, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et al

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Case 2:07-cv-00229-TJW

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Filed 12/21/2007

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION MINERVA INDUSTRIES, INC., Plaintiff, v. MOTOROLA, INC., et al. Defendants. AND RELATED COUNTERCLAIMS. JOINT STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER STRIKING HTC CORPORATION'S ANSWER WHEREAS Plaintiff Minerva Industries, Inc. ("Minerva") has properly named defendant HTC Corporation in the above-captioned patent infringement complaint ("Complaint"); WHEREAS Minerva mistakenly served process upon Thomas E. Kelly at 4411 Cardinal Lane, Midland, Texas 79707, as registered agent for an HTC Corporation based in Texas; WHEREAS Minerva meant to serve process upon the correct defendant, HTC Corporation, based in California; WHEREAS HTC Corporation of Texas is not a proper defendant in this action; and WHEREAS HTC Corporation of Texas has already answered Minerva's Complaint. NOW, THEREFORE the Parties do hereby stipulate and agree that, for purposes of this litigation, the answer of HTC Corporation of Texas be STRICKEN; HTC Corporation of Texas need file no further documents in this case, and otherwise has no further obligations to defend against, or respond to, Minerva's Complaint in any way; and HTC Corporation of Texas will be treated, for all intents and purposes, as having been dismissed from this action. The foregoing is hereby stipulated by and between counsel. Civil Action No: 2-07 CV-229 The Honorable T. John Ward United States District Judge

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Dated: December 21, 2007

Respectfully submitted,

By: /s/ David H. Smith (Collin Maloney w/ permission David H. Smith State Bar No. 00794652 Davis, Gerald & Cremer A Professional Corporation 400 Illinois, Suite 1400 (79701) Midland, Texas 79702 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for HTC Corporation

By: /s/ Collin Maloney Otis W. Carroll, Attorney-In-Charge State Bar No. 03895700 Collin Maloney State Bar No. 00794219 Ireland Carroll & Kelley, P.C. 6101 South Broadway, Suite 500 P.O. Box 7879 Tyler, Texas 75711 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Franklin Jones Jr. State Bar No. 00000055 Jones & Jones, Inc., P.C. 201 West Houston Street P.O. Drawer 1249 Marshall, Texas 65671-1249 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] S. Calvin Capshaw State Bar No. 0378390 Brown McCarroll LLP 1127 Judson Road, Suite 220 P.O. Box 3999 Longview, Texas 75601-5157 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Plaintiff Minerva Industries, Inc. Of Counsel: RUSS, AUGUST & KABAT Marc A. Fenster (California Bar No. 181067) E-mail: [e-mail] David R. Gabor (California Bar No. 145729) E-mail: [e-mail] Irene Y. Lee (California Bar No. 213625) E-mail: [e-mail] Eric B. Carlson (California Bar No. 193401) E-mail: [e-mail] Robert E. Satterthwaite (California Bar No. 223767) E-mail: [e-mail] 12424 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Floor Los Angeles, California 90025 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that all counsel of record are being served with a copy of this document via electronic delivery or United States mail this 21st day of December, 2007.

/s/ Collin Maloney

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