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Ronald A. Katz Tech. Licensing, L.P. v. Fifth Third Corp. (In re Katz Interactive Call Processing Patent Litig.)

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Decision Date14 May 2010
Docket NumberCase Nos. MDL 2:07–ML–1816–C–RGK (FFMx), CV–07–4960–RGK (FFMx).
PartiesIn re KATZ INTERACTIVE CALL PROCESSING PATENT LITIGATION. This document relates to: Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P., Plaintiff, v. Fifth Third Corporation, et al, Defendants.
CourtU.S. District Court — Central District of California

882 F.Supp.2d 1123

In re KATZ INTERACTIVE CALL PROCESSING PATENT LITIGATION.This document relates to:Ronald A. Katz Technology Licensing, L.P., Plaintiff,

v.Fifth Third Corporation, et al, Defendants.

Case Nos. MDL 2:07–ML–1816–C–RGK (FFMx), CV–07–4960–RGK (FFMx).

United States District Court, C.D. California.

May 14, 2010.

OPINION TEXT STARTS HERE

Donald John Rafferty, Cohen Todd Kite & Stanford, Cincinnati, OH, Eamonn Joseph Gardner, Sarah J. Guske, Wayne Odis Stacy, Cooley Godward Kronish, Broomfield, CO, Lori R. Mason, Lowell D. Mead, Cooley LLP, Palo Alto, CA, Scott A. Cole, Cooley LLP, Reston, VA, for Plaintiff.

Ana C. Jaquez, Bruce Tittel, Gregory F. Ahrens, John Paul Davis, Thomas W. Humphrey, Wood Herron and Evans LLP, Eric Wade Richardson, Glenn Virgil Whitaker, Adam Corey Sherman, Vorys Sater Seymour and Pease, Cincinnati, OH, for Defendants.

ORDER RULING ON THE PARTIES' INDIVIDUAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT MOTIONS

R. GARY KLAUSNER, District Judge.

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                ¦TABLE OF CONTENTS¦
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                ¦I.  ¦INTRODUCTION                                                    ¦1128   ¦
                +----+----------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦
                ¦    ¦                                                                ¦       ¦
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                ¦II. ¦JUDICIAL STANDARD                                               ¦1128   ¦
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                ¦    ¦                                                                ¦       ¦
                +----+----------------------------------------------------------------+-------¦
                ¦III.¦FIFTH THIRD'S DEFENSES                                          ¦1129   ¦
                +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                
+-----------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦A.¦Non–Infringement                    ¦1129¦
                +-----------------------------------------------+
                
+------------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦  ¦1.¦Legal Standard—Non–Infringement        ¦1129 ¦
                +--+--+--+---------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦  ¦  ¦2.¦Receiving DNIS                         ¦1130 ¦
                +--+--+--+---------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦  ¦  ¦3.¦Using DNIS                             ¦1130 ¦
                +--+--+--+---------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦  ¦  ¦4.¦Using DNIS to Select a Format          ¦1131 ¦
                +--+--+--+---------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦  ¦  ¦5.¦Multiple Formats                       ¦1131 ¦
                +--+--+--+---------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦  ¦  ¦6.¦Limit a Caller's Use or Restrict Access¦1132 ¦
                +------------------------------------------------------+
                
+-----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦   ¦  ¦a.¦Claims 69 and 86 of the '707 Patent¦1132¦
                +-----------------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦i.  ¦Stop Payment                                   ¦1133   ¦
                +---+---+---+---+----+-----------------------------------------------+-------¦
                ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦ii. ¦Transfer Funds                                 ¦1133   ¦
                +---+---+---+---+----+-----------------------------------------------+-------¦
                ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦iii.¦Jeanie                                         ¦1134   ¦
                +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                ¦   ¦    ¦   ¦b. ¦Claims 46 and 59 of the '309 Patent and Claim 24 of ¦1134  ¦
                ¦   ¦    ¦   ¦   ¦the '707 Patent                                     ¦      ¦
                +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦i.  ¦Stop Payment                                   ¦1135   ¦
                +---+---+---+---+----+-----------------------------------------------+-------¦
                ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦ii. ¦Card Activation                                ¦1135   ¦
                +---+---+---+---+----+-----------------------------------------------+-------¦
                ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦iii.¦Limiting Stored Data                           ¦1135   ¦
                +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                
+------------------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦   ¦7.¦Customer Number and Personal Identification ¦1136 ¦
                +------------------------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
                ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦a. ¦Last Four Digits of Social Security Number¦1136 ¦
                +---+---+---+---+------------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦   ¦   ¦   ¦b. ¦PIN Number                                ¦1136 ¦
                +----------------------------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦   ¦8.¦Imposed Condition                    ¦1137¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+
                
+---------------------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦B. ¦Induced Infringement or Contributory Infringement¦1138  ¦
                +---------------------------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦   ¦1.¦Inducement                           ¦1138¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦2.¦Contributory Infringement            ¦1139¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+
                
+-----------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦C.¦Obviousness                         ¦1139¦
                +-----------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦   ¦1.¦Legal Standard—Obviousness           ¦1139¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦2.¦Priority                             ¦1140¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦3.¦Prior Art                            ¦1140¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦4.¦Motivation to Combine                ¦1141¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦5.¦Means Plus Function Limitations      ¦1142¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+
                
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                ¦  ¦D.¦Katz Failed to Comply with 35 U.S.C. § 287¦1142 ¦
                +--+--+------------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦  ¦E.¦Laches                                    ¦1143 ¦
                +--+--+------------------------------------------+-----¦
                ¦  ¦F.¦No Willful Infringement                   ¦1143 ¦
                +------------------------------------------------------+
                
+-------+
                ¦¦¦¦¦¦ ¦¦
                +-------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                ¦IV.¦KATZ'S CROSS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT                        ¦1144   ¦
                +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
                
+-----------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦A.¦Infringement                        ¦1144¦
                +--+--+------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦B.¦Laches                              ¦1145¦
                +-----------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦   ¦1.¦Legal Standard—Laches                ¦1145¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦2.¦Unreasonable Delay                   ¦1145¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦3.¦Prejudice                            ¦1146¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+
                
+-----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦   ¦  ¦a.¦Evidentiary Prejudice              ¦1146¦
                +--+---+--+--+-----------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦  ¦b.¦Economic Prejudice                 ¦1147¦
                +-----------------------------------------------------+
                
+-----------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦C.¦Equitable Estoppel                  ¦1148¦
                +--+--+------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦D.¦Prosecution Laches                  ¦1148¦
                +-----------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦   ¦1.¦Legal Standard—Prosecution Laches    ¦1149¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦2.¦Unreasonable Delay                   ¦1149¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦3.¦Intervening Adverse Rights           ¦1150¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+
                
+---------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦                                           ¦    ¦
                +--+-------------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦V.¦SUMMARY                                    ¦1150¦
                +---------------------------------------------------+
                
+-----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦A.¦Fifth Third's Motion for Summary Judgment¦1150 ¦
                +-----------------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦   ¦1.¦Non–Infringement                     ¦1150¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦2.¦Induced and Contributory Infringement¦1151¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦3.¦Obviousness                          ¦1151¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦4.¦35 U.S.C. § 287                      ¦1151¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦5.¦Laches                               ¦1152¦
                +--+---+--+-------------------------------------+----¦
                ¦  ¦   ¦6.¦Willfulness                          ¦1152¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+
                
+----------------------------------------------------+
                ¦  ¦B. ¦Katz's Cross Motion for Summary Judgment¦1152¦
                +----------------------------------------------------+
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