Touchtunes Music Corp. v. Rowe International Corp. et al, No. 1:2007cv11450 - Document 173 (S.D.N.Y. 2010)

Court Description: OPINION: For the reasons set forth in this Opinion, the disputed claim terms are given the definitions set forth in this opinion. (Signed by Judge Robert W. Sweet on 7/21/2010) (tro)

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Touchtunes Music Corp. v. Rowe International Corp. et al Doc. 173 UNITED STATES D I S T R I C T COURT SOUTHERN D I S T R I C T OF NEW YORK TOUCHTUNES MUSIC C O R P . , Plaintiff, -against- 07 Civ. 11450 OPINION ROWE INTERNATIONAL CORP., ARACHNID, I N C . , AM1 ENTERTAINMENT, I N C . and MERIT I N D U S T R I E S , I N C . , Defendants. A P P E A R A N C E S : A t t o r n e y s for P l a i n t i f f T o u c h T u n e s Music C o r p . KAYE SCHOLER L L P 425 Park Avenue New Y o r k , NY 1 0 0 2 2 - 3 5 8 9 James S . B l a n k , E s q . By: NTXON & VANDERHYE, P . C . 9 0 1 N o r t h G e l b e Road, Suite 1 1 0 0 A r t l i n g t o n , VA 2 2 2 0 3 Joseph S . P r e s t a , E s q . By: Jonathan T . R e a v i l l , E s q . A t t o r n e y s for Defendant A r a c h n i d , Inc. MCANDREWS, HELD & MALLOY, LTD. 5 0 0 West Madison, 3 4 t h F l o o r Chicago, I L 60661 By: J a m e s P. Murphy, E s q . P a u l W. McAndrews, E s q . Dockets.Justia.com S w e e t , D.J. Plaintiff Touchtunes Music Corporation ("Touchtunes") brings this patent infringement action seeking a declaratory judgment of noninfringement and invalidity of six patents owned by Defendant and Counterclaimant Arachnid, Inc. ("Arachnid") . In its Answer and Counterclaims, filed on February 15, 2008, Arachnid counterclaimed that Touchtunes infringed four of these six patents, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,848,398 (the "398 Patent"), 6,381,575 (the "'575 Patent"), 6,397,189 (the "'189 Patent"), and 6,790,834 (the "'834 Patent"). Arachnid added a fifth patent, U.S. Patent No. 6,191,780 (the "'780 Patent"), to its infringement counterclaims in its Amended Answer and Counterclaims, filed on May 14, 2010, but no claims from the '780 patent have been presented for construction. Currently at issue are claims 1, 2, 8, and 9 of the '398 Patent; claims 1-6, 9-11, 15, and 21-25 of the '575 Patent; claims 1-8, 10, and 11 of the '189 Patent; and claims 1-7, 9-15, and 17 of the '834 Patent (collectively, the "claims-in-suit"). Pursuant to Markman v. Westview Instruments, Inc., - 517 U.S. 370 (1996), the parties submitted briefing

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