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22-04-20 Thales Acb
22-04-20 Thales Acb
No. 20-11032
representations are made in order that the judges of this court may
Defendants-Appellants Defendants-Appellants’
Counsel
Eric S. Tautfest
GRAY REED
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Craig M. Reiser
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Thales DIS AIS Deutschland GmbH and Thales DIS AIS USA
(“Continental”). 1
To obtain the Court’s leave the motion must state “(A) the movant’s
interest; and (B) the reason why an amicus brief is desirable and why
the matters asserted are relevant to the disposition of the case.” Fed. R.
App. P. 29(a)(3).
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Plaintiff-Appellant Continental Automotive Systems, Inc. and Defendant-Appellee
Avanci, L.L.C. consent to this motion. Defendants-Appellees Optis Up Holdings,
L.L.C., Optis Cellular Technology, L.L.C., Optis Wireless Technology, L.L.C., and
Sharp Corporation do not oppose this motion. The remaining Defendant-Appellees
were contacted by counsel for Thales, but did not indicate their consent or
opposition.
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The Fifth Circuit panel decision will reach far beyond the parties
from the inclusion of their patents in a standard. This will hurt mid-
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technological development.
between SSOs and SEP-holders, let alone how the SSOs sought to
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See Certain UMTS and LTE Cellular Communications Modules & Products
Containing the Same, No. 337-TA-1240 (ITC Apr. 1, 2022) (Initial Determination).
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agreements. See Op. 10-11. The panel thus erroneously concluded that
See id. Thales’ amicus brief demonstrates why the Fifth Circuit panel’s
CONCLUSION
Court grant this motion for leave to file the attached amicus curiae brief
En Banc.
Craig M. Reiser
Counsel of Record
Denise Plunkett
Christopher Erickson
AXINN, VELTROP &
HARKRIDER LLP
114 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036
(212) 728-2218
[email protected]
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Michael L. Keeley
Paul Zeineddin
Michael O’Mara
AXINN, VELTROP &
HARKRIDER LLP
1901 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
larger.
Craig M. Reiser
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
foregoing with the Clerk of the Court for the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by using the appellate CM/ECF system.
Craig M. Reiser
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No. 20-11032
the amicus brief. These representations are made to permit the judges
Thales DIS AIS Deutschland GmbH and Thales DIS AIS USA LLC,
amicus curiae. Thales DIS AIS USA, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary
of Thales DIS AIS Deutschland GmbH. Thales DIS AIS Deutschland
GmbH is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gemalto B.V. Gemalto B.V. is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Thales SA, a publicly traded company.
Craig M. Reiser
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
ARGUMENT ............................................................................................... 4
CONCLUSION ......................................................................................... 12
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TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
Page(s)
Cases
Statutes
Other Authorities
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Singh, R. P., Javaid, M., Haleem, A., & Suman, R., Internet
of things (IoT) applications to fight against COVID-19
pandemic, Diabetes & metabolic syndrome, 14(4), 521–
524 (2020) ............................................................................................... 7
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only the Internet, but to other devices, giving rise to the rapidly-
and wearable fitness devices, and even airplane engines and oil rig
drills.
designed that will be compatible with each other, but have enabled the
energy efficiently. They facilitate the technologies that can link your
calendar, your car, traffic monitoring services, and your phone—so you
know what time to leave for a meeting and the best route to take. They
1 Pursuant to Fed. R. App. P. 29(a)(4)(E), amicus affirms that no counsel for a party
authored this brief in whole or in part and that no person other than amicus has
made any monetary contributions intended to fund the preparation or submission of
this brief. Amicus has requested leave of this Court to file this brief.
2 See Jacob Morgan, A Simple Explanation of ‘The Internet of Things,’ Forbes (May
Thales that seek to implement one or more of these standards may need
patents with the relevant SEP-holders, but has been rebuffed at times
with licensing offers that are not fair, reasonable, and non-
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panel’s decision, if left to stand, would remove this option for many
SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
en banc. The panel decision thus departed from the prior decisions of
this Court and other courts, and did so based on a flawed analysis of the
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The panel decision, if left to stand, would disrupt the carefully crafted
ARGUMENT
476 , 481 (5th Cir. 2021) (emphasis added). The Fifth Circuit panel
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The panel decision cites no court decision that requires the panel’s
F.3d 1360, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2019), cert. denied, 141 S. Ct. 239 (2020)
Motorola, Inc., 795 F.3d 1024, 1033 (9th Cir. 2015) (“Microsoft—as a
711 (Pat) (UK), ¶¶ 98-146 (holding, under French law, that the ETSI
3The interpretation of the ETSI IPR Policy is governed by French law. See ETSI,
Rules of Procedure: Annex 6: ETSI Intellectual Property Rights Policy (hereinafter
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why, based on the actual terms of ETSI’s IPR policy (or other SSOs’
also FAC ¶¶ 77-85. The Fifth Circuit panel did not address, much less
the ETSI IPR policy at issue—which does not provide different rights to
even the industries in this case. To the contrary, the panel decision, if
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many SSO policies, including ETSI’s. 4 This will harm consumers and
innovation.
and more. 6 M2M communications also have been heralded in the fight
4 See, e.g., ETSI IPR Policy § 3.1 (“[T]he ETSI IPR POLICY seeks a balance between
the needs of standardization for public use in the field of telecommunications and
the rights of the owners of IPRs.”).
5 Knud Lasse Lueth, State of the IoT 2020: 12 billion IoT connections, surpassing
non-IoT for the first time, IoT Analytics (Nov. 19, 2020), https://iot-
analytics.com/state-of-the-iot-2020-12-billion-iot-connections-surpassing-non-iot-for-
the-first-time.
6 See generally Thales Markets,
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Link Sys., Inc., 773 F.3d 1201, 1209 (Fed. Cir. 2014)); Broadcom Corp.
v. Qualcomm Inc., 501 F.3d 297, 310-314 (3d Cir. 2007). Patent hold-up
can result in higher prices for end consumers and reduce innovation. 8
FRAND obligations. See Huawei Techs. Co. v. T-Mobile US, Inc., No.
8See Jorge Contreras, Much Ado About Holdup, 2019 U. Ill. L. Rev. 875, 883 (2019);
Third Party United States Federal Trade Commission’s Statement on the Public
Interest, Certain Gaming and Entertainment Consoles, Related Software, and
Components Thereof, Inv. No. 337-TA-752, 2012 WL 7681645, at *1-2 (June 6,
2012).
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(E.D. Tex. Sept. 6, 2017) (crediting expert testimony that “there would
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for component manufactures like Thales that are in the middle of the
9 Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. Thales DIS AIS USA, LLC, No. 20-01713 (D. Del. filed
Dec. 17, 2020); Certain UMTS and LTE Cellular Communications Modules &
Products Containing the Same, No. 337-TA-1240 (ITC Apr. 1, 2022) (Initial
Determination).
10 See Analysis of Proposed Consent to Aid Public Comment, at 3, Motorola Mobility
LLC and Google Inc., FTC File No. 121-0120 (Jan 3, 2013) (“[F]iling for an exclusion
order before the ITC on a FRAND-encumbered SEP significantly raises the risk of
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(1) potentially ruinous lawsuits from SEP-holders, (2) the likely loss of
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CONCLUSION
appropriate.
Craig M. Reiser
Counsel of Record
Denise Plunkett
Christopher Erickson
AXINN, VELTROP &
HARKRIDER LLP
114 West 47th Street
New York, NY 10036
(212) 728-2218
[email protected]
Michael L. Keeley
Paul Zeineddin
Michael O’Mara
AXINN, VELTROP &
HARKRIDER LLP
1901 L Street NW
Washington, DC 20036
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CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE
larger.
Craig M. Reiser
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
foregoing with the Clerk of the Court for the United States Court of
Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by using the appellate CM/ECF system on
Craig M. Reiser