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`Case 2:19-cv-06301-AB-KS Document 49 Filed 12/30/19 Page 1 of 25 Page ID #:813
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`LAMKIN IP DEFENSE
`Rachael D. Lamkin (246066)
`One Harbor Drive, Suite 304
`Sausalito, CA 94965
`916.747.6091
`RDL@LamkinIPDefense.com
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`Attorney for Defendant
`Garmin International
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`DEFENDANT GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC’S ANSWER TO PHILIPS’
`FAC, AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE, AND COUNTERCLAIMS
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`Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (“Rule”) 8(b), Defendant Garmin
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`International, Inc. (“Garmin International”) answers Plaintiff’s (“Philips’”) First
`Amended Complaint (“FAC”), Dkt. No. 45.
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`Garmin International objects that the great bulk of Philips’ FAC violates Rules
`8(a) and 10(b). Garmin International has made a good faith attempt to answer the
`factual allegations in Philips’ FAC but herein objects that a great number of
`paragraphs are not “limited as far as practicable to a single set of circumstances”.
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`Garmin International’s Answer to FAC
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`Philips North America, LLC,
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`Fed.R.Civ.P 10(b).
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`NATURE OF THE ACTION
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`Garmin International admits that Plaintiff Philips North America, LLC
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`(“Philips”) brings this action. Garmin International denies the remainder of the
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`allegations in this paragraph.
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`Garmin International admits that Philips is a subsidiary of Koninklijke
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`Philips N.V. Gamin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
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`a belief about the truth of the remaining allegations in this paragraph and therefore
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`denies same.
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`Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
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`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
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`same.
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`Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
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`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
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`same.
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`Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
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`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
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`same.
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`Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
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`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
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`same.
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`Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
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`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
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`same.
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`8.  
`Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`9.  
`Garmin International admits that a predecessor Garmin entity was
`founded in 1989 as ProNav, Inc. and that it offered devices for navigation, including
`GPS-based products. Garmin International denies the remaining allegations in this
`paragraph.
`10.   Admit that Philips has tried to persuade Garmin International to take a
`license to some of its patents since 2016. Denied as to the remaining allegations in
`this paragraph.
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`PARTIES
`11.   Garmin International admits that the Patents-in-Suit relate, in the most
`general sense, to GPS/audio athletic training, security mechanisms for transmission
`of personal data, connected wearable/online products, and [the] handling of
`interrupted connections, and that Philips is a Delaware LLC. Garmin International
`denies that the Patents-in-Suit contain “innovations”. As to the remaining
`allegations in this paragraph, Garmin International lacks knowledge or information
`sufficient to form a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and
`therefore denies same.
`12.   Admitted.
`13.   Admitted.
`14.   Admitted except as to “infringements,” which is denied.
`15.   Admitted.
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`16.   Garmin International admits that it sells connected devices for athletic
`training that employs GPS. Garmin International admits that it has not taken a
`license to the Patents-in-Suit. As to the remainder of the allegations in this
`paragraph, denied.
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`JURISDICTION AND VENUE
`17.   Garmin International admits that this is an action under the patent laws.
`Garmin International admits that subject matter jurisdiction is proper in this District.
`Garmin International denies the remaining allegations in this paragraph.
`18.   Garmin International admits that jurisdiction is proper. As to the
`remaining allegations, denied.1
`19.   Admit that Garmin International maintains an engineering facility at
`said address. Remaining facts are denied.
`20.   Admit that Garmin International maintains an engineering facility at
`said address. Remaining facts are denied.
`21.   Denied.
`22.   Denied.
`23.   Admit that jurisdiction over Garmin International is proper. The
`remaining allegations are denied.
`24.   Denied.
`25.   Admit that Garmin International ships products into California. As to
`the remainder of the allegations, denied.
`26.   Admitted.
`27.   Denied.
`28.   Denied.
`29.   Denied.
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`1 Philips uses “Garmin” without designating the entity addressed. Throughout, Garmin
`International will answer only as to itself, and as if “Garmin” means Garmin International.
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`30.   Admitted.
`31.   Denied.
`32.   Denied.
`33.   Admit that Garmin International has a engineering facilities in this
`District.
`34.   Admitted.
`35.   Denied.
`36.   Denied.
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`FACTUAL BACKGROUND
`Philips Background and Innovation Leadership
`37.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`38.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`39.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`40.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`Garmin [International] Background and Infringement
`41.   Admit that Garmin International develops and sells devices that
`measure personal fitness data such as steps walked, heart rate, and duration of sleep.
`As to the remainder of the allegations, denied.
`42.   Admit that Garmin International develops and sells applications that
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`connect to Garmin devices. As to the remainder of the allegations, denied.
`43.   Admit that Garmin International has refused to take a license to the
`Patents-in-Suit. As to any remaining allegations, denied.
`Accused Products
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`44.   Denied.
`45.   Denied.
`46.   Garmin International admits that it ships some or all of the Accused
`Products to this District.
`47.   Garmin International admits that is applications are available for
`download. Philips’ characterization of the April 10, 2019 press release is inaccurate
`and on that basis denies the remainder of the allegations.
`Patents-in-Suit
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`48.   Denied.
`49.   Denied.
`50.   Denied.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,013,007
`51.   Garmin International denies that the ’007 Patent was duly and legally
`issued. As to the remaining allegations, admitted.
`52.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,088,233
`53.   Garmin International denies that the ’233 Patent was duly and legally
`issued. As to the remaining allegations, admitted.
`54.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,277,377
`55.   Garmin International denies that the ’377 Patent was duly and legally
`issued. As to the remaining allegations, admitted.
`56.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,976,958
`57.   Garmin International denies that the ’958 Patent was duly and legally
`issued. As to the remaining allegations, admitted.
`58.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,314,192
`59.   Garmin International denies that the ’192 Patent was duly and legally
`issued. As to the remaining allegations, admitted.
`60.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,801,542
`61.   Garmin International denies that the ’542 Patent was duly and legally
`issued. As to the remaining allegations, admitted.
`62.   Garmin International lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form
`a belief about the truth of the allegations in this paragraph and therefore denies
`same.
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`Garmin International’s Knowledge of Infringement
`63.   Denied.
`64.   Admit as to the ’007 and ’233; denied as to the ’377 and ’958. Garmin
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`International denies that Mr. Pemble is a founder of Garmin International
`COUNT 1
`INFRINGEMENT OF US PATENT NO. 6,013,007
`65.   Admitted.
`66.   Denied.
`67.   Denied.
`68.   Denied.
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`71.   Denied.
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`73.   Denied.
`74.   Denied.
`75.   Denied.
`76.   Denied.
`77.   Denied.
`78.   Denied.
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`80.   Admitted.
`81.   Denied.
`82.   Denied.
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`COUNT II
`INFRINGEMENT OF PATENT NO. 7,088,233
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`2 Again, as exemplified in these paragraphs, the great bulk of Philips’ Complaint
`violates Rules 8(a) and 10(b). Garmin International has made a good faith attempt
`to answer the factual allegations in Philips’ Complaint but herein objects that nearly
`each paragraph is not “limited as far as practicable to a single set of circumstances”.
`Fed.R.Civ.P 10(b).
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`84.   Denied.
`85.   Denied.
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`COUNT III
`INFRINGEMENT OF US PATENT NO. 8,277,377
`101.   Admitted.
`102.   Denied.
`103.   Denied.
`104.   Denied.
`105.   Denied.
`106.   Denied.
`107.   Denied.
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`COUNT IV
`INFRINGEMENT OF US PATENT NO. 6,976,958
`119.   Admitted.
`120.   Denied.
`121.   Denied.
`122.   Denied.
`123.   Denied.
`124.   Denied.
`125.   Admit that the ’377 and ’958 are related. As to remaining allegations,
`denied.
`126.   Denied.
`127.   Denied.
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`133.   Denied.
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`COUNT V
`INFRINGEMENT OF US PATENT NO. 9,314,192
`134.   Admitted.
`135.   Denied.
`136.   Denied.
`137.   Denied.
`138.   Admit that the Vivoki can be worn anywhere, including the four
`locations shown. However, the Vivoki does not detect or determine where it is
`located on the user’s body. As to remaining allegations, they do not apply to the
`Vivoki and are thus denied.
`139.   Denied.
`140.   Denied.
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`144.   Denied.
`145.   Admitted.
`146.   Denied.
`147.   Denied.
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`COUNT VI
`INFRINGEMENT OF US PATENT NO. 9,801,542
`148.   Admitted.
`149.   Denied.
`150.   Denied.
`151.   Denied.
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`152.   Admit that the Forerunner 645 has Bluetooth and wifi capabilities, and
`that it is able to monitor heartrate and employs accelerometers. As to the remainder
`of the allegations, the link provided in Philips’ complaint results in a 404 error
`message, see below. As such, Garmin International has insufficient information to
`affirm or deny the information in said link, and therefore denies same.
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`153.   The links cited by Philips do not identify specific devices. That said,
`admit that some Garmin devices monitor training status and employ EPOC, VO2
`Max, and training load. However, the Accused Products do not employ warnings or
`analyze vital parameters as those terms are employed in the ’542 Patent, to name just
`a couple of the distinctions between the Asserted Claim and the Accused Products.
`As to the remainder of the allegations, denied.
`154.   Denied.
`155.   Denied.
`156.   Denied.
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`160.   Admitted.
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`DAMAGES
`163.   Admit that Garmin International has refused to license the Patents-in-
`Suit. Denied as to remaining allegations.
`164.   Denied.
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`PRAYER FOR RELIEF
`Garmin International denies that Philips is entitled to any relief so requested.
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`GARMIN INTERNATIONAL’S AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
`AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE 1: NON-INFRINGEMENT
`35 U.S. Code §  282(b)(1)
`Garmin International does not infringe any of the Patents-in-Suit.
`By way of example, as to asserted Claim 23 of the ’007 Patent:
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`Claim 23 is a system claim.
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`An entity must make, use, or sell each limitation in a system
`claim to directly infringe.
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`Garmin International does not put each element of the claim into
`service.
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`Garmin International does not, for example, put into service
`modems.
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`Garmin International does not, for example, put into service
`headsets.
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`Garmin International does not control or benefit from each element of
`Claim 23.
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`Garmin International does not, for example, demand that its
`customers use headsets.
`h.  
`Indeed, it is likely that few if any of Garmin International’s
`customers use headsets.
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`Garmin International does not, cannot, infringe asserted Claim 23
`3.  
`By way of a second example, the asserted claim of the ’958 Patent
`requires monitoring of a patient’s disease state or condition.
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`None of the Accused Devices are used to monitor patients.
`5.  
`By way of third example, asserted Claim 9 of the ’233 requires the
`ability to select from an electroencephalogram.
`6.  
`Garmin sells no products with the ability to select from an
`electroencephalogram.
`7.  
`Based on the strength of Garmin International’s non-infringement
`positions, largely communicated to Philips previously, Philips should be liable for
`Garmin International’s costs and attorney’s fees under 35 U.S.C. § 285 and 28
`U.S.C. § 1927.
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`GARMIN INTERNATIONAL’S COUNTERCLAIMS
`PARTIES, JURISDICTION, VENUE
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`Counterclaim Plaintiff Garmin International has two engineering
`facilities in this District.
`2.  
`Counterclaim Defendant Philips North America, LLC is a Delaware
`limited liability company.
`3.  
`This Court has subject matter jurisdiction over Garmin International’s
`counterclaims pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 271 et seq., and 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331, 1338, and
`2201-02.
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`Neither party challenges venue for this action alone.
`MATERIAL FACTS
`Philips Misrepresents The Interactions Between The Parties and Omits Material
`Facts Relating to the Invalidity of the Patents-in-Suit
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`Philips alleges, “For years, Philips has repeatedly offered to license rights
`in the Patents-in-Suit to Garmin, but Garmin has repeatedly refused to accept Philips’
`offers to license.” (FAC, Dkt. No. 45, ¶10.)
`6.  
`Philips’ Complaint and First Amended Complaint both allege that Philips
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`provided pre-suit notice to Garmin of each of the Patents-in-Suit.
`7.  
`But, prior to suit, Philips never mentioned four of the six Patents-in-Suit
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`Philips never mentioned the ’377 or ’958 Patents to Garmin prior to filing
`the instant Complaint, Dkt. No. 1.
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`Philips never provided copies of the ’377 or ’958 Patents to Garmin prior
`to filing the instant Complaint.
`10.   Philips never mentioned the ’192 or ’542 Patents to Garmin prior to filing
`the instant Complaint.
`11.   Philips never provided copies of the ’192 or ’542 Patents to Garmin prior
`to filing the instant Complaint.
`12.   Garmin (Europe) Limited was engaged in litigation in Europe with
`KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., the parent of Philips, over European Patent No.
`1,076,806B1 (the “UK Litigation”).
`13.   Philips’ First Amended Complaint fails to mention the UK Litigation.
`14.   EP1,076,806B1 is the PCT patent in the same family as the ’007,
`claiming priority to the ’007 Patent.
`15.   The claims of the EP1,076,806B1 are indistinguishable from those of the
`’007 Patent.
`16.   The text in this table represents Claims 1, 5, 26 and 27 of EP1,076,806B1
`and asserted claims 1, 21 and 23 of the ’007 Patent:
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`EP1,076,806B1
`1. A portable personal performance
`monitor for monitoring athletic
`performance when carried by an athlete,
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`6,013,007
`1. A portable feedback System
`providing regular updates on an
`athlete’s performance, comprising:
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`a global positioning System GPS
`receiver that obtains a series of time-
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`means for computing athletic
`performance feedback data from the
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`means for presenting the athletic
`performance feedback data to an
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`[21] a modem for transmitting the
`athletic performance feedback data to a
`remote computer for comparison with
`athletic performance data of other
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`23. A system as recited in claim 21,
`further comprising a headset and an
`audio module for presenting the
`athletic performance feedback data
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`receiver (604) for acquiring time-stamped
`geographical position data of the athlete,
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`Computing means (802) for conversion of
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`Presentation means (202, 605, 606) for
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`27. Use as recited in any of claims 24 to
`26, characterized in that said feedback
`system comprises an Internet website
`adapted to receive athletic performance
`feedback data from two or more athletes
`and display comparison data representing
`relative performance of said athletes.
`5. A portable personal performance
`monitor as recited in any of claims 1 to 4,
`characterized by further comprising an
`audio headset (202) connected to receive
`said feedback data as audio input from
`said presentation means (606).
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`17.   Claims of the EP1,076,806B1 were invalidated in the UK Litigation.
`18.  
`In the UK Litigation, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V admitted that some
`of the claims of EP1,076,806B1 were anticipated.
`19.  
`In the UK Litigation, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V accepted that Claim
`1 of the EP1,076,806B1 Patent was not only anticipated by, but also obvious, in the
`light of one of the prior art citations (Schutz Y and Chambaz A, “Could a satellite-
`based navigation system (GPS) be used to assess the physical activity of individuals
`on earth?”, European Journal of Clinical Medicine (1997) 61, 338-339) (“Schutz”).
`20.   The fitness trackers used in the 1997 Schutz study were Garmin trackers.
`21.   Garmin International’s GPS-based fitness trackers were widely used
`before the priority date of the earliest asserted patent (1998).
`22.  
`In the UK Litigation, KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V’s expert, Mr.
`Farringdon, was cross-examined about the CycleOps eTrainer system.
`23.  
`In the UK Litigation, Mr. Farrington accepted that the Cyclops eTrainer
`system provided customized individual training plans, was adapted to receive athletic
`performance data from two or more athletes, display comparison data relating to those
`athletes, and facilitated virtual competitions via the Internet.
`24.   Garmin International has provided detailed non-infringement and
`invalidity arguments to Philips over the past three years.
`25.   All told, in the discussions between Philips and at least one Garmin entity
`over the last three (3) years, Philips alleged that Garmin infringed seven (7) patents.
`26.   Garmin Ltd. supplied non-infringement and invalidity arguments as to
`each patent.
`27.   Garmin Ltd. invalidated the European counterpart of one of those patents
`(EP1,076,806B1) in January of this year.
`28.  
`In its original Complaint, Dkt. No. 1 (“Complaint”), Philips asserts but
`two (2) of the seven (7) patents discussed with Garmin Ltd., implicitly acknowledging
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`29.   Philips’ characterization, “For years, Philips has repeatedly offered to
`license rights in the Patents-in-Suit to Garmin, but Garmin has repeatedly refused to
`accept Philips’ offers to license,” is inconsistent with the facts.
`COUNTERCLAIM 1: INVALIDITY
`(Invalidity of the claims of each of the Patents-in-Suit pursuant to §102, 103)
`30.   Paragraphs 1-29 are incorporated by reference herein.
`The ’007 Patent
`31.   The claims of each of the Patents-in-Suit are invalid pursuant to 35
`U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103, alone or in combination.
`32.   Specifically, examples of prior art for the ’007 patent is detailed in
`paragraphs 14-23, supra.
`33.   Further, Hingam (June 1997 issue of Adventure Cyclist) and GPS II+
`alone or in combination anticipate and/or render obvious the claims of the ’007 patent.
`34.  
`In the UK Litigation, Koninklijke Philips N.V. accepted that GPS II+,
`Hingham, and Schultz all disclosed a product falling within the scope of claim 1 of
`EP1,076,806B1.
`35.   The claims of EP1,076,806B1 and the asserted ’007 patent are
`indistinguishable.
`36.   GPS II+, Hingham, and Schultz are each invalidating prior art for the
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`’007.
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`37.   Philips was aware of GPS II+, Hingham, and Schultz prior to filings its
`Complaint in this matter.
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`Shultz is described in Exhibit A, Dkt. No. 23-1, ¶¶190-198,
`which is incorporated by reference herein.
`Hingham is described in Exhibit A, Dkt. No. 23-1, ¶¶199-
`204, which is incorporated by reference herein.
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`207, which is incorporated by reference herein.
`38.   Garmin 45 anticipates and/or renders obvious the claims of the ’007
`patent.
`39.   Philips was aware of the Garmin 45 prior to filing its Complaint in this
`matter.
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`The ’233 Patent
`40.   Garmin International’s own products anticipates and/or render obvious
`the claims of the ’233 Patent.
`41.   For example, Garmin International’s Dynastream products anticipate
`and/or renders obvious the claims of the ’233 patent.
`42.   Philips was aware of one or more of the Dynastream products before it
`filed its Complaint in this matter.
`43.   A May 1998 paper from Ericsson that details the original Bluetooth
`pairing process anticipates and/or renders obvious the claims of the ’233 patent.
`44.   The Ericsson paper was provided to Philips by Garmin Ltd. prior to
`Philips’ filing its Complaint in this matter.
`The Quy Patents
`45.   As for the asserted Quy patents, Philips knows the claims of those patents
`are invalid.
`46.   For example, Garmin Ltd. explained the following to Philips in 2016:
`“Philips reads this patent on fitness devices that can collect a health parameter from a
`generic I/O port and transmit that parameter to a server. This functionality was well
`known before the filing of the Quy patent in December 1999. Garmin’s U.S. Patent
`Nos. 6,002,982 (Fry, 1996) and 5,955,667 (Fyfe, 1996) are two examples. Delman
`(WO2000078413) and Mault (WO2001039089) are two non-Garmin examples.”
`47.   Each of the four patents in paragraph 46 alone or in combination
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`48.   EP 1 247 229 B1 is the European patent arising from the US provisional
`to which the asserted Quy patents claim priority.
`49.   Philips had in its possession Quy (US App No. 13/632,771) prior to filing
`its Complaint.
`50.   Philips had in its possession US Patent No. 5,955,667 prior to filing its
`Complaint.
`51.   Philips had in its possession U.S. Patent Nos. 6,002,982 prior to filing its
`Complaint.
`52.   Philips had in its possession Mault (WO2001039089) prior to filing its
`Complaint.
`53.   Philips had in its possession Lindberg (US Patent No. 7,069,552) prior
`to filing its Complaint.
`54.   Philips had in its possession Dean (WO 99/41682) prior to filing its
`Complaint.
`55.   Alone or in combination, the prior art cited in paragraphs 46-54 render
`the asserted Quy claims anticipated and/or obvious.
`56.   Philips should pay Garmin International’s costs and attorney’s fees for
`asserting the Quy ’377 and ’958 Patent claims.
`The ’192 Patent
`57.   The ideas in Asserted Claim 20 were well known long before the priority
`date of the ’192 Patent.
`58.   For example, the Dynastream products from the UK Litigation predate
`the ’192 Patent.
`59.   Philips knew of the Dynastream products before asserting the ’192 in this
`litigation.
`60.   By way of second example, Montoye HJ, Washburn R, Servais S, Ertl A,
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`Webster JG, and Nagle FJ published “estimation of energy expenditure by a portable
`accelerometer” in 1983 (Med Sci Sports Exerc. 1983;15(5):403-7) anticipates and/or
`renders obvious the claims of the ’192 Patent.
`61.   That published study taught, inter alia:
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`A small portable accelerometer was developed to estimate the
`energy expenditure of daily activities.
`The accelerometer is reported to be an improvement over
`movement counters currently on the market.
`The oxygen requirement of 14 different activities was measured in
`21 subjects while each wore the accelerometer on the waist. A
`movement counter
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`is available
`commercially, was also worn on the waist and another was worn
`on the left wrist.
`The reproducibility of the accelerometer readings was high (4
`subjects, 14 activities; r = 0.94) and was superior to either the waist
`movement counter (r = 0.63) or the wrist movement counter (r =
`0.74).
`In estimating oxygen requirement (VO2) the standard error of
`estimate, based on 21 subjects and 14 activities, was 6.6 ml X min-
`1 X kg-1 for the accelerometer.
`This was also better (smaller) than for the waist movement counter
`(9.2 ml X min-1 X kg-1) or for the wrist movement counter (7.9
`ml X min-1 X kg-1).
`62.   Claim 20 is also anticipated by “The Technology of Accelerometry-
`Based Activity Monitors: Current and Future” published in Med. Sci. Sports Exerc.,
`Vol. 37, No. 11(Suppl), pp. S490-S500, 2005.
`The ’542 Patent
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`63.   Asserted Claim 13 covers:
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`A method for maintaining wellness in a user comprising the
`following steps:
`using one or more sensors physically coupled to the user and
`connected to a network, to monitor one or more vital parameters,
`providing data representative of the user's physical condition;
`analyzing the one or

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