Amiga Inc v. Hyperion VOF

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Second DECLARATION of Evert Carton filed by Defendant Hyperion VOF re 3 MOTION for Preliminary Injunction (Kinsel, William)

Case 2:07-cv-00631-RSM
Amiga Inc v. Hyperion VOF

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L I N I T E DSTATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT WASHINGTON SEATTLE OF AT
A M I G A , INC., a Delaware corporation,

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S E C O N DDECLARATIONOF EVERT C A R T O N REGARDINGSTATUSQUO A N T E LITEM
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E v e r t Carton,underpenaltyof perjury, declares and states follows: as

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I am ManagingPartner HyperionVOF. a softw'are of companylocatedin

B e l g i u m .I currentlyresidein Belgium.I am Belgianand a US citizen. I am over the ageof 18. I have personalknowledgeof the mattersstatedherein and I am competentto testify. 2. AmigaOS4.0, according the specifications, to designgoalsand task list put

f o r w a r din Annex I of the originalagreement, finalizedby 27 December was 2004. Please see E x h i b i t I I to my first declarationfor the official notice of that release. 3. Pursuant the self-executing to termsof article3.01 of the November2001

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a g r e e m e n tAmiga Washingtonor its valid, approvedlegal successors, any. had to complete , if

2 5 p a y m e n tof $25,000 June27,2005. If that was not done,"all ownership title in the by and 26
e n h a n c e m e n tof and additionsto the Softwareeffectedby Hyperion and its subcontractors s L a w OrrrcES oF S E C O N D DECLARATION OF EVERT CARTON - I W r r - r - r e uA. KrNser, PLLC
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p u r s u a n tto this Agreement,shall rest with Hyperion." As I testifiedin my first declaration. t h i s paymentwas not made. 4. Anotherself-executing provisionof the 2001Agreement Article 2.08. It is

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s t a t e sin relevantpart that if "Amiga decidesto halt development the ClassicAmiga OS for of t h e TargetHardware,the Amiga One Partners grantedan exclusive,perpetual, are worldwide r i g h t and licenseto develop,use,modify and market the Softwareand OS 4 underthe "Amiga

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O S " trademarkand at their sole expense." Under that provision,Amiga was deemedto have h a l t e ddevelopment it tailed to release if within six monthsof completion OS 4.0 a of s u b s t a n t i a l l new versionof the ClassicAmiga OS for the TargetHardware.This provision y w e n t into eff'ect June27,2005,as Amiga did not release substantially on a new versionof Classic Amiga OS. 5. Puttingasidefor the momentthe question Amiga Washington's of insolvency

a n d the properor impropertransferof its interests underthe contract,the pendingcontroversy h a d its originsin a Septentber 22,2005 request received I from Mr. Bill McEwen for the source c o d e . If I understand legalconcept "statusquo antelitem" properly,Amiga Delaware's the of requested preliminaryinjunctionis improperbecause self-executing the provisions the of Novenrber 3,2001 contract had alreadyvested Hyperionan exclusive. in perpetual, worldwide r i g h t and license the Software in and oS 4 beforethis dispure began. I DECLARE UNDER PENALTY OF PERJURY UNDER THE LAWS O F THE STATE OF WASHINGTON AND BELGIUM THAT THE F O R E G O I N G IS TRUE AND CORRECT.
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