Case 1:22-cv-22706-RNS Document 129 Entered on FLSD Docket 02/01/2023 Page 1 of 2
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:22-cv-22706-RNS
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`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC,
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`Plaintiff
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`v.
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`HMD AMERICA, INC.; HMD GLOBAL OY;
`SHENZHEN CHINO-E COMMUNICATION
`CO., LTD.; HON HAI PRECISION
`INDUSTRY CO., LTD; TINNO MOBILE
`TECHNOLOGY CORP.; SHENZHEN
`TINNO MOBILE CO., LTD.; TINNO USA,
`INC.; UNISOC TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.;
`SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS USA,
`INC.; WINGTECH TECHNOLOGY CO.,
`LTD.; WINGTECH INTERNATIONAL,
`INC.; HUAQIN CO., LTD; BEST BUY CO.,
`INC.; BEST BUY STORES L.P.; TARGET
`CORP.; WALMART INC.
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`Defendants.
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`DEFENDANTS HMD AMERICA, INC. AND HMD GLOBAL OY’S
`INTERIM RESPONSE TO PLAINTIFF’S UNOPPOSED MOTION TO DISMISS
`WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANTS HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO. LTD
`AND SPREADTRUM COMMUNICATIONS USA, INC.
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`Defendants HMD America, Inc. (“HMD America”) and HMD Global Oy (“HMD Global”
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`and, collectively with HMD America, “HMD”) file this interim response to Plaintiff’s Unopposed
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`Motion to Dismiss Without Prejudice Defendants Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd and
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`Spreadtrum Communications USA, Inc. (ECF No. 126) (the “Motion”).
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`The Motion was captioned as “unopposed,” but Plaintiff Bell Northern Research, LLC
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`(“Plaintiff”) did not meet-and-confer, in accordance with Local Rule 7.1(a)(3), with all the parties
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`who may be affected by the dismissal prior to filing the Motion, including at least the parties
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`represented by the undersigned counsel (HMD America, HMD Global, Best Buy Co., Inc., Best
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`Buy Stores L.P., Target Corp., and Walmart, Inc.). Moreover, HMD submits that a dismissal of
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`Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd (“Hon Hai”) and Spreadtrum Communications USA, Inc.
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`(“Spreadtrum”) without prejudice may affect the rights of all the remaining Defendants in the case
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`insofar as Hon Hai and Spreadtrum are implicated in one or more of the accused products.1
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`Because all the parties, including HMD, have not had an opportunity to confer with Plaintiff on
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`the effect of a dismissal without prejudice of Hon Hai and Spreadtrum, HMD requests that the
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`Court reserve ruling on the Motion until all parties are given the opportunity to meet and confer
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`and respond, if necessary, within the fourteen days provided for in the Local Rules.
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`Dated: February 1, 2023
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`Matthew J. Moffa
`Perkins Coie LLP
`1155 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd Floor
`New York, NY 10036
`212-262-6900
`Email: MMoffa@perkinscoie.com
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`Kevin Patariu
`Perkins Coie LLP
`11452 El Camino Real
`Suite 300
`San Diego, CA 92013
`858-720-5700
`Email: kpatariu@perkinscoie.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants HMD America
`Inc. and HMD Global Oy
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`Respectfully submitted,
`s/ Jodi-Ann Tillman
`Joseph William Bain
`Shutts & Bowen LLP
`City Place Tower
`525 Okeechobee Blvd, Suite 1100
`West Palm Beach, FL 33401
`(561) 650-8523
`Email: jbain@shutts.com
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`Jodi-Ann Tillman
`Shutts & Bowen LLP
`200 East Broward Blvd, Suite 2100
`Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
`561-671-5822
`Email: jtillman@shutts.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants HMD America Inc.
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`1 HMD notes that Plaintiff’s Motion, brought under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2),
`appears to be an attempt to avoid an adjudication on the merits as to Hon Hai. If the Motion is
`granted, this would be the second dismissal of this action as against Hon Hai. See ECF Nos. 55
`and 57, Civil Action No. 22-cv-21035-SCOLA.
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