`Case 1:14-cv-00525-GMS Document 8 Filed 08/28/14 Page 1 of 4 PageiD #: 571
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`JOAO CONTROL & MONITORING
`SYSTEMS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`v.
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`VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC.,
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`STIPULATION AND [PROPOSED] ORDER OF
`DISMISSAL OF VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND
`SUBSTITUTION OF TERREMARK NORTH AMERICA LLC
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`Plaintiff Joao Control & Monitoring Systems, LLC ("JCMS") and Defendant Verizon
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`Communications Inc. submit the following Stipulation of Dismissal ofVerizon Communications
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`Inc. and Substitution of Terremark North America LLC, and in support thereof state:
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`WHEREAS, On April23, 2014, Plaintiff JCMS filed suit against Verizon
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`Communications Inc. alleging infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,542,076; 6,542,077;
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`6,549,130; 6,587,046; 7,277,010 and 7,397,363;
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`WHEREAS, the parties are interested in substituting Terremark North America LLC in
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`place of Defendant Verizon Communications Inc.; and
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`WHEREAS, Verizon Communications Inc. represents and warrants that:
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`1. Verizon Communications Inc. is a holding company that does not make, market,
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`advertise, sell, offer for sale, or otherwise provide any goods or services of any
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`kind to the public, anywhere, including any of the products and services accused
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`of infringement in the Complaint (see 0.1. 1).
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`Patent Owner JCMS’s Exhibit No. 2004
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`2. Verizon Communications Inc. is separate and distinct from other Verizon entities,
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`including Verizon's operating subsidiaries. Verizon Communications Inc.
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`observes all corporate formalities, including having its own board of directors and
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`its own officers.
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`3. Verizon Communications Inc. agrees that for purposes of discovery in this case,
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`any relevant, responsive, non-privileged documents and information in the
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`possession, custody or control of Verizon Communications Inc., if any, are
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`deemed also to be in the possession, custody and control ofTerremark North
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`America LLC. Terremark North America LLC will not object to a request for a
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`deposition on the grounds that the prospective deponent is an employee of
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`Verizon Communications Inc. (though nothing in this stipulation prevents
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`Terremark North America LLC from objecting to a deposition on other grounds).
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`4. To the extent that any judgment is awarded against Terremark North America
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`LLC in this case, Terremark North America LLC will be able to satisfy any such
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`judgment, if any. Verizon Communications Inc. and Terremark North America
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`LLC each warrants and represents that it will not take any action that will cause
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`Terremark North America LLC to be unable to fully satisfy any judgment entered
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`in this case.
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`NOW THEREFORE, in reliance upon the representations and warranties made above, it
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`is hereby stipulated by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that:
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`I. JCMS agrees to dismiss Verizon Communications Inc. without prejudice, as
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`allowed under Rule 4l(a)(2) ofthe Federal Rules of Civil Procedure;
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`Patent Owner JCMS’s Exhibit No. 2004
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`2. The Complaint filed in the above captioned matter at 0.1. 1 is hereby amended to
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`substitute Terremark North America LLC as the defendant in place ofVerizon
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`Communications Inc.;
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`3. The Complaint's allegations concerning Verizon Communications Inc. shall be
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`deemed to be directed to Terremark North America LLC, except that the
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`allegations contained in Paragraph 3 are deemed to be deleted and replaced with a
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`new Paragraph 3, which is as follows:
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`Upon information and belief, Terremark North America LLC is a Florida
`limited liability company with a principal place of business at: 50 NE 9th
`Street, Miami, Florida 33132.
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`4. JCMS has not released, and nothing in this Stipulation should be construed as a
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`release or discharge of, any claim JCMS has or may have in the future against any
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`defendant named in this action or any other asserted infringer ofthe patents-in-
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`suit. All other rights have been expressly reserved;
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`5. The substitution ofTerremark North America LLC as defendant in this litigation
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`does not constitute an admission that any of these entities perform any of the acts
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`of infringement alleged in the Complaint (See D.I. 1). All other rights, defenses,
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`and counterclaims, are expressly reserved; and
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`6. Terremark North America LLC shall respond to the Complaint in this action on
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`the later of three (3) business days following the entry of this stipulation by the
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`Court or August 28, 2014.
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`Patent Owner JCMS’s Exhibit No. 2004
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`STAMOULIS & WEINBLATT, LLC
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`SEITZ ROSS ARONSTAM & MORITZ LLP
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Is/ Stamatios Stamoulis
`Stamatios Stamoulis (#4606)
`Richard C. Weinblatt (#5080)
`Two Fox Point Centre
`6 Denny Road, Suite 307
`Wilmington, DE 19809
`(302) 999-1540
`stamoulis@swdelaw .com
`weinblatt@swdelaw .com
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`Of Counsel:
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`Steven W. Ritcheson (pro hac vice anticipated)
`HENINGER GARRISON DAVIS, LLC
`9800 D Topanga Canyon Blvd. #347
`Chatsworth, CA 91311
`(818) 882-1030
`swritcheson@hgdlawfirm .com
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`Maureen V. Abbey (pro hac vice anticipated)
`HENINGER GARRISON DAVIS, LLC
`220 St. Paul Street
`Westfield, NJ 07090
`(908) 379-8475
`maureen@hgdlawfirm.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiff Joao Control &
`Monitoring Systems, LLC
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`Dated: August 28, 2014
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`Is/ Benjamin J. Schladweiler
`Collins 1. Seitz, Jr. (#2237)
`Benjamin J. Schladweiler (#460 I)
`100 S. West Street, Suite 400
`Wilmington, DE 1980 I
`(302) 576-1600
`cseitz@seitzross.com
`bschladweiler@seitzross.com
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`Of Counsel:
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`Frank C. Cimino, Jr.
`Megan S. Woodworth
`DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
`1825 Eye Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20006-5403
`(202) 420-2200
`ciminof@dicksteinshapiro.com
`woodworthm@dicksteinshapiro.com
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`Robert E. Bugg
`DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
`1633 Broadway
`New York, NY 10019-6708
`(212) 277-6500
`buggr@dicksteinshapiro.com
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`Counsel for Defendant Verizon
`Communications Inc.
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`BL GREGORY
`THEHON
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDO
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`Patent Owner JCMS’s Exhibit No. 2004