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`JEAN-PAUL CIARDULLO, CA Bar No. 284170
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`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
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`LUCAS I. SILVA (pro hac vice)
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`JOHN W. CUSTER (pro hac vice)
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`Philips North America LLC
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`WESTERN DIVISION
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` Case No. 2:19-cv-06301-AB-KS
`PHILIPS NORTH AMERICA LLC’S
`NOTICE OF MOTION AND
`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE
`TO FILE SECOND AMENDED
`COMPLAINT TO WITHDRAW
`COUNTS IV AND V
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`Date: February 26, 2021
`Time: 10:00AM PT
`Crtrm: 7B (350 West First Street)
`Judge: Hon. Andre Biorette Jr.
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`Philips North America LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Garmin International, Inc.
`Garmin USA, Inc. and Garmin Ltd.,
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`Case 2:19-cv-06301-AB-KS Document 121 Filed 01/27/21 Page 2 of 4 Page ID #:3943
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`TO ALL PARTIES AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD:
`PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on February 26, 2021 at 10:00AM PT, or as soon
`thereafter as the matter may be heard before Honorable André Birotte Jr., in Courtroom 7B of
`the United States District Court, Central District of California, located at 350 West First Street,
`Los Angeles, CA 90012, Plaintiff Philips North America LLC (“Philips”) will, and hereby does,
`respectfully move unopposed under Fed. R. Civ. P 15(a)(2) and 16(b)(4) for leave to amend its
`First Amended Complaint to withdraw all allegations of infringement of U.S. Patent Nos.
`6,976,958 (“the ’958 patent”) and 9,314,192 (“the ’192 Patent”). Attached as Exhibit A is a
`copy of Philips’s Proposed Second Amended Complaint.
`This Motion is based on this Notice of Motion, the accompanying Memorandum of
`Points and Authorities, the pleadings and papers on file in this action, and on such other and
`further evidence as may properly be before this Court at the hearing on the Motion.
`This Motion is made following several conferences with defense counsel, and the Motion
`is unopposed by Defendants.
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` DATED: January 27, 2021
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`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
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`/s/ Jean-Paul Ciardullo
`Jean-Paul Ciardullo
`Eley O. Thompson
`Ruben J. Rodrigues
`Lucas I. Silva
`John W. Custer
`Attorneys for Philips North America, LLC
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`MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED
`COMPLAINT TO WITHDRAW COUNTS IV AND V
`CASE NO. 2:19-cv-06301-AB-KS
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`Case 2:19-cv-06301-AB-KS Document 121 Filed 01/27/21 Page 3 of 4 Page ID #:3944
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`MEMORANDUM
`Plaintiff Philips North American LLC (“Philips”) respectfully moves the Court under
`Fed. R. Civ. P 15(a)(2) and 16(b)(4) for leave to amend its First Amended Complaint to
`withdraw all allegations of infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 6,976,958 (“the ’958 patent”) and
`9,314,192 (“the ’192 Patent”). Attached as Exhibit A is a copy of Philips’s Proposed Second
`Amended Complaint. The only change between Philips’s Second Amended Complaint and
`Philips’s Proposed Second Amended Complaint is that all references to the ’958 Patent and ’192
`Patent have been removed.
`With regards to the ’958 Patent, on August 10, 2020 Philips filed a disclaimer of all the
`asserted claims of the ’958 patent with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (See Exhibit B.)
`As a result of this disclaimer, those claims can therefore no longer be asserted against Fitbit or
`any other parties. Accordingly, good cause exists to allow the requested amendment.
`With regards to the ’192 Patent, the parties have reached an agreement to narrow the
`scope of this dispute and remove claims related to the ’192 Patent from dispute. As part of that
`agreement, Philips, on behalf of itself and any successors-in-interest, agrees to hereby
`unconditionally and irrevocably covenant not to sue, or otherwise assert claims, of the ’192
`Patent against any Garmin products for past, present, and future infringement as those
`products existed on December 1, 2020.
`Counsel for Philips has conferred with counsel for Garmin with respect to the relief
`requested in this Motion and counsel for Garmin has confirmed that they do not oppose the relief
`requested in this Motion.
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` DATED: January 27, 2021
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`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
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`/s/ Jean-Paul Ciardullo
`Jean-Paul Ciardullo
`Eley O. Thompson
`Ruben J. Rodrigues
`Lucas I. Silva
`John W. Custer
`Attorneys for Philips North America, LLC
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`MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE SECOND AMENDED
`COMPLAINT TO WITHDRAW COUNTS IV AND V
`CASE NO. 2:19-cv-06301-AB-KS
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