James C. Otteson [email protected]
149 Commonwealth Drive, ♦ Menlo Park, CA 94025 ♦ 650-227-4800 ♦ www.AgilityIPLaw.com December 12, 2012
VIA OVERNIGHT COURIER
The Honorable E. James Gildea Administrative Law Judge
U.S. International Trade Commission 500 E Street, S.W., Room 317
Washington, DC 20436
Re: Certain Wireless Consumer Electronics Devices and Components Thereof Inv. No. 337-TA-853
Dear Judge Gildea:
Enclosed please find two double-sided copies of the JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE THE INVESTIGATION WITH RESPECT TO RESPONDENTS SIERRA WIRELESS,INC. AND SIERRA WIRELESS AMERICA,INC.(PUBLIC VERSION) which is being submitted in the above-referenced
investigation.
Respectfully submitted,
James C. Otteson Enclosures
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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C.
Before the Honorable E. James Gildea Administrative Law Judge
In the Matter of
CERTAIN WIRELESS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DEVICES AND COMPONENTS THEREOF
Investigation No. 337-TA-853
PUBLIC VERSION
JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE THE INVESTIGATION WITH RESPECT TO RESPONDENTS SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. AND
SIERRA WIRELESS AMERICA, INC.
Pursuant to Commission Rule 210.21(b), Complainants Technology Properties Limited LLC (“TPL”), Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC (“PDS”) and Patriot Scientific Corporation (“PTSC”) (collectively, “Complainants”), and Respondents Sierra Wireless, Inc. and Sierra Wireless America, Inc. (collectively, “Sierra Wireless”), move to terminate this Investigation with respect to Sierra Wireless, on the basis of the attached redacted confidential MMP Portfolio License Agreement and attachments.
For the reasons set forth in the Memorandum of Points and Authorities submitted herewith, Complainants and Sierra Wireless respectfully request that the motion be granted and that the Investigation be terminated as to Sierra only.
Pursuant to Ground Rule 2.2, counsel for Complainants and Sierra Wireless conferred with the Staff and all other parties regarding the substance of this motion two days prior to its filing. Staff and all other parties indicated that they would take a position on the motion after reviewing the papers.
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Dated: December 12, 2012 Respectfully submitted,
/s/James C. Otteson James C. Otteson Irvin E. Tyan
AGILITY IP LAW, LLP 149 Commonwealth Drive Menlo Park, California 94025 Telephone: (650) 227-4800 [email protected] Michelle G. Breit
James R. Farmer OTTESON LAW GROUP AGILITY IP LAW, LLP
14350 North 87th Street, Suite 190 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
Telephone: (480) 646-3434 [email protected]
Counsel for Complainants
Technology Properties Limited LLC and Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC
Charles T. Hoge
KIRBY NOONAN LANCE & HOGE LLP 350 Tenth Avenue, Suite 1300 San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: (619) 231-8666
Counsel for Complainant Patriot Scientific Corporation
/s/Tom M. Schaumberg Tom M. Schaumberg, Esq. David H. Hollander, Jr., Esq. Katherine R. Lahnstein, Esq.
ADDUCI, MASTRIANI & SCHAUMBERG, LLP
1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW Twelfth Floor
Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: 202.467.6300 R. Mark Halligan, Esq. NIXON PEABODY
300 S. Riverside Plaza, 16th Floor Chicago, IL 60606
Telephone: 312.425.3900 Facsimile: 312.425.3909 Christopher Mooney, Esq. NIXON PEABODY 2 Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real, Suite 500 Palo Alto, CA 94306-2106 Telephone: 650.320.7700 Facsimile: 650.320.7701
Counsel for Respondents
Sierra Wireless, Inc. and Sierra Wireless America, Inc.
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UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION WASHINGTON, D.C.
Before the Honorable E. James Gildea Administrative Law Judge
In the Matter of
CERTAIN WIRELESS CONSUMER ELECTRONICS DEVICES AND COMPONENTS THEREOF
Investigation No. 337-TA-853
PUBLIC VERSION
MEMORANDUM OF POINTS AND AUTHORITIES IN SUPPORT OF JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE THE INVESTIGATION WITH RESPECT TO RESPONDENTS
SIERRA WIRELESS, INC. AND SIERRA WIRELESS AMERICA, INC.
Pursuant to Commission Rule 210.21(b), Complainants Technology Properties Limited LLC (“TPL”), Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC (“PDS”) and Patriot Scientific Corporation (“PTSC”) (collectively, “Complainants”), and Respondents Sierra Wireless, Inc. and Sierra Wireless America, Inc. (collectively “Sierra Wireless”), move to terminate this Investigation with respect to Sierra Wireless on the basis of the attached redacted confidential MMP Portfolio License Agreement. The parties request that this Joint Motion be granted.
Commission Rule 210.21(b) provides, in relevant part:
An investigation before the Commission may be terminated as to one or more respondents pursuant to section 337(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930 on the basis of a licensing or other settlement agreement.
The attached redacted MMP Portfolio License Agreement (with attachments) has been executed by the parties. There are no other agreements, written or oral, express or implied between the parties concerning the subject matter of this investigation.
Settlement agreements are generally within the public interest. See, e.g., Certain
Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory Devices, Microprocessors, and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-431, Order No. 11 at 2 (July 12, 2000). The parties
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respectfully submit that the attached redacted confidential MMP Portfolio License Agreement will not have any adverse effect on the public health and welfare or competitive conditions in the United States.
For the reasons set forth above, Complainants and Sierra Wireless respectfully request that the joint motion to terminate with respect to Sierra Wireless be granted pursuant to 19 C.F.R. § 210.21(b).
Dated: December 12, 2012 Respectfully submitted,
/s/James C. Otteson James C. Otteson Irvin E. Tyan
AGILITY IP LAW, LLP 149 Commonwealth Drive Menlo Park, California 94025 Telephone: (650) 227-4800 [email protected] Michelle G. Breit
James R. Farmer OTTESON LAW GROUP AGILITY IP LAW, LLP
14350 North 87th Street, Suite 190 Scottsdale, Arizona 85260
Telephone: (480) 646-3434 [email protected]
Counsel for Complainants
Technology Properties Limited LLC and Phoenix Digital Solutions LLC
Charles T. Hoge
KIRBY NOONAN LANCE & HOGE LLP 350 Tenth Avenue, Suite 1300 San Diego, CA 92101
Telephone: (619) 231-8666
Counsel for Complainant Patriot Scientific Corporation
/s/Tom M. Schaumberg Tom M. Schaumberg, Esq. David H. Hollander, Jr., Esq. Katherine R. Lahnstein, Esq.
ADDUCI, MASTRIANI & SCHAUMBERG, LLP
1133 Connecticut Avenue, NW Twelfth Floor
Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: 202.467.6300 R. Mark Halligan, Esq. NIXON PEABODY
300 S. Riverside Plaza, 16th Floor Chicago, IL 60606
Telephone: 312.425.3900 Facsimile: 312.425.3909 Christopher Mooney, Esq. NIXON PEABODY 2 Palo Alto Square
3000 El Camino Real, Suite 500 Palo Alto, CA 94306-2106 Telephone: 650.320.7700 Facsimile: 650.320.7701
Counsel for Respondents
Sierra Wireless, Inc. and Sierra Wireless America, Inc.
