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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`CANON, INC.
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`vs.
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`ROKU INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:19-cv-00245
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`CANON, INC.’S UNOPPOSED MOTION
`TO DISMISS WITHOUT PREJUDICE
`CANON’S CLAIMS AGAINST ROKU
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`Plaintiff Canon, Inc. (“Canon” or “Plaintiff”) for the limited purpose of this case,
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`in consideration of mutual agreements with Defendant Roku Inc. (“Roku” or
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`“Defendant”) (collectively, “Parties”), agree and move the Court as follows:
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`1.
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`Parties agree that Roku, including its subsidiaries and affiliates, will not
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`file a declaratory judgment action in any court in connection with U.S. Patent Nos.
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`7,746,413 (“the ’413 Patent”), 8,078,767 (“the ’767 Patent”), 8,346,986 (“the ’986 Patent”),
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`8,713,206 (“the ’206 Patent”), and 7,810,130 (“the ’130 Patent”) (collectively, “Asserted
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`Patents”) during the pendency (through settlement or final appeal, whichever occurs later)
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`of the following dispute between Canon and TCL entities: Canon, Inc. v. TCL
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`Electronics Holdings Ltd., et al., Civ. No. 2:18-cv-00546 (E.D. Tex.).
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`2.
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`Parties agree that Canon, in consideration of Roku’s agreement above,
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`will move this Court to dismiss without prejudice Canon’s claims against Roku in this
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`LEGAL_JP # 4245943.2
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`action.
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`3.
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`Parties agree that, if Canon files claims against Roku in any court in
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`connection with the Asserted Patents, the restrictions set forth in paragraph 1 above
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`automatically terminate concurrently with any such filing.
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`THEREFORE, under Parties’ mutual agreements, Canon moves that this Court
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`dismiss without prejudice Canon’s claims against Roku in this action.
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`DATED:
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`July 31, 2019
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` By:
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`/s/John P. Palmer
`John P. Palmer
`State Bar No. 15430600
`palmer@namanhowell.com
`John A. "Andy" Powell
`State Bar No. 24029775
`USPTO Reg. No. 71,533
`powell@namanhowell.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that on July 31, 2019, I served the foregoing instrument on all counsel of record
`via the Court’s ECF system and/or via email.
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`/s/ John P. Palmer
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