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`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
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`Kevin P.B. Johnson (Bar No.
`177129)
`kevinjohnson@quinnemanuel.com
`Todd M. Briggs (Bar No. 209282)
`toddbriggs@quinnemanuel.com
`555 Twin Dolphin Drive, 5th Floor
`Redwood Shores, California 94065
`Telephone: (650) 801-5000
`Facsimile: (650) 801-5100
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`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
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`Eric Huang (pro hac vice)
`erichuang@quinnemanuel.com
`51 Madison Avenue, 22nd Floor
`New York, New York 10010
`Telephone: (212) 849-7000
`Facsimile: (212) 849-7100
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs
`NANTWORKS, LLC and NANT
`HOLDINGS IP, LLC
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`George C. Lombardi (pro hac vice)
`glombardi@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`35 West Wacker Drive
`Chicago, IL 60601-9703
`Telephone: (312) 558-5600
`Facsimile: (312) 558-5700
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`E. Danielle T. Williams (pro hac vice)
`dwilliams@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`300 South Tryon Street, 16th Floor
`Charlotte, NC 28202
`Telephone: (704) 350-7700
`Facsimile: (704) 350-7800
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`Diana Hughes Leiden (SBN: 267606)
`dhleiden@winston.com
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`333 S. Grand Avenue, 38th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90071-1543
`Telephone: (213) 615-1700
`Facsimile: (213) 615-1750
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION
`and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`NANTWORKS, LLC, a Delaware
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`Plaintiffs,
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`BANK OF AMERICA
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` CASE NO. 2:20-cv-7872-GW-PVC
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`STIPULATED MOTION TO
`DISMISS COUNTS VI, X & XI OF
`THE FIRST AMENDED
`COMPLAINT WITH PREJUDICE
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`DEFENDANTS’
`COUNTERCLAIMS WITHOUT
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`Hon. George H. Wu
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`Case 2:20-cv-07872-GW-PVC Document 292 Filed 01/25/24 Page 2 of 6 Page ID #:4832
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` Plaintiffs Nantworks, LLC, and Nant Holdings IP, LLC (collectively,
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`“Plaintiffs” or “NantWorks”) and Defendants Bank of America Corporation and Bank
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`of America, N.A. (collectively, “Defendants” or “Bank of America”) (together, “the
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`“Parties”) submit this Stipulated Motion to Dismiss as follows:
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`On November 11, 2020, NantWorks filed its First Amended Complaint,
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`asserting counts for infringement of eight patents in suit (Counts I through VIII),
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`copyright infringement (Count IX), violation of the Defend Trade Secrets Act (Count
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`X), misappropriation of trade secrets under California law (Count XI), and breach of
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`contract under New York and California law (Count XII). Dkt. 40.
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`In the First Amended Complaint (“FAC”), NantWorks specifically
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`accused Bank of America of infringing U.S. Patent No. 8,520,897 (the “’897 patent”),
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`among other claims. Dkt. 40, (FAC) Count VI. Bank of America counterclaimed
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`for declaratory judgments of non-infringement and invalidity of the ’897 Patent. Dkt.
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`99 (Bank of America’s Answer to First Amended Complaint, Affirmative Defenses,
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`and Counterclaims), Counts XI and XII.
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`Count IX was dismissed without prejudice on March 11, 2021. Dkt.
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`98. Counts III and IV of the Amended Complaint for patent infringement (and the
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`corresponding counterclaims) were dismissed with prejudice by stipulation on
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`February 3 & 9, 2022. Dkt. 166, 171.
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`To streamline the issues for litigation, avoid uncertainty, and halt the
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`substantial and continuing expense and burden in this ongoing litigation, dismissal is
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`appropriate for the Parties’ claims related to the ’897 Patent and for NantWorks’
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`claims in Counts X and XI of the First Amended Complaint.
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`NantWorks therefore stipulates that its allegations of infringement
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`relating to the ’897 Patent (including Count VI of its First Amended Complaint), and
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`associated claims for damages, are dismissed with prejudice.
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`NantWorks also stipulates that its causes of action for Violation of the
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`Defend Trade Secrets Act, Count X, and for Misappropriation of Trade Secrets under
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`California Law, Count XI, are dismissed with prejudice.
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`Bank of America stipulates that its counterclaims for declaratory
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`judgment of non-infringement, Count XI, and for declaratory judgment of invalidity
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`of the ’897 patent, Count XII, are dismissed with prejudice.
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`NantWorks further stipulates as follows: NantWorks, LLC and Nant
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`Holdings IP, LLC hereby represent and warrant that they own all right, title, and
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`interest in the ’897 Patent. Nantworks, LLC and Nant Holdings IP, LLC hereby
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`agree and covenant not to sue or otherwise bring any demand, claim, lawsuit, or action
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`against Bank of America Corporation and Bank of America, N.A, and each of their
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`respective past, present, and future parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates,
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`predecessors, successors, and assigns, and present, former, and future officers,
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`directors, managers, members, employees, agents, third-party administrators,
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`attorneys, advisors, consultants, indemnitors, insurers, and heirs, for infringement,
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`now or in the future, of the ’897 Patent. For avoidance of doubt, this covenant not to
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`sue for infringement of the ’897 Patent also applies to (i) Bank of America’s
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`customers for use of its products and services; and (ii) third party vendors within the
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`limited respect to products and services actually provided by the third party vendors
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`to or on behalf of Bank of America for use by Bank of America and/or Bank of
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`America’s customers. This covenant not to sue expressly includes any future
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`assignees, licensees, heirs, or successors-in-interest to NantWorks, LLC, Nant
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`Holdings IP, LLC, and to the ’897 Patent. In granting this covenant not to sue,
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`NantWorks does not concede that the ’897 Patent is invalid, unenforceable, or not
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`infringed.
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`Bank of America stipulates that its counterclaims for declaratory
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`judgment of non-infringement and invalidity of the ’897 Patent (including Counts XI
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`and XII in Bank of America’s Answer to First Amended Complaint, Affirmative
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`Defenses, and Counterclaims) are dismissed with prejudice.
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`10. The Parties agree that each party bears its own fees and costs as to the
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`dismissed claims, but the Parties still have the right to seek attorneys’ fees (e.g., under
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`35 U.S.C. § 285) and costs for the remaining claims in this case upon adjudication of
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`all the remaining claims.
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`11. The Parties agree that, pursuant to Rule 408 of the Federal Rules of
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`Evidence, nothing in this stipulation should be used in this or any future disputes,
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`except for the limited purpose of enforcing the terms of this stipulation.
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`12. The Parties agree that the Court retains jurisdiction over the Parties for
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`the limited purpose of enforcing the terms of this stipulation.
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`For the reasons set forth above, the Parties respectfully request that the Court
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`enter the attached Stipulated Order.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
`SULLIVAN, LLP
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`By /s/ Eric Huang
`James R. Asperger
`Kevin P.B. Johnson
`Todd M. Briggs
`Eric Huang
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`Attorneys for Plaintiffs, NANTWORKS, LLC
`and NANT HOLDINGS IP, LLC
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`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
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`By: /s/ E. Danielle T. Williams
`George C. Lombardi (pro hac vice)
`E. Danielle T. Williams (pro hac vice)
`Dustin J. Edwards (pro hac vice)
`Diana Hughes Leiden
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION and
`BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
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`FILER’S ATTESTATION
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`I, Eric Huang, am the ECF user whose ID and password were used to file
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`STIPULATED MOTION TO DISMISS WITH PREJUDICE. Pursuant to L.R. 5-
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`4.3.4(a)(2), I hereby attest that counsel for Defendants concurred in the filing of this
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`document.
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`By /s/ Eric Huang
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