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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

e.Digital Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

Futurewei Technologies, Inc. dba

Huawei Technologies (USA); Huawei

Device USA, Inc.,

Defendants.

Case No. 3:13-cv-00783-DMS-WVG

JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF

FINAL JUDGMENT

Assigned to the

Honorable Judge Dana M. Sabraw

Ctrm: 13A (Annex

futurewei Technologies, Inc. dba

Huawei Technologies (USA); Huawei

Device USA, Inc.,

Counterclaimants,

v.

e.Digital Corporation,

Counter Defendant.

Plaintiff and Counter-Defendant e.Digital Corporation (“e.Digital”);

Defendants Futurewei Technologies, Inc. and Huawei Device USA, Inc.

(collectively referred to as “Huawei”) by their undersigned counsel, hereby

stipulate and agree, subject to the approval of the Court, to the entry of the attached

Stipulated Judgment of Non-Infringement and jointly move for entry of same.

Good cause exists for the relief requested as set forth below. There is no reason for

delay for entry of the proposed stipulated judgment.

WHEREAS, e.Digital filed a Complaint asserting claims against Huawei for

patent infringement on or about April 1, 2013 (Dkt #1);

WHEREAS, the Complaint alleged that certain Huawei products (the

“Accused Products”) infringed e.Digital’s U.S. Patent Nos. 5,491,774 (“the ’774

patent”), 5,742,737 (“the ’737 patent”), 5,839,108 (“the ’108 patent”), and

5,842,170 (“the ’170 patent”), as set forth more fully in the Complaint and

e.Digital’s June 26, 2013 preliminary infringement contentions.

WHEREAS, Huawei filed an answer to the Complaint and counterclaims for

declaratory and other relief on or about June 12, 2013 (Dkt# 25, 27).

WHEREAS, e.Digital filed an answer to Huawei’s counterclaims on or

about May 23, 2013 (Dkt #49-50).

WHEREAS, on or about June 19, 2013, Huawei filed a motion to apply

collateral estoppel in this matter with respect to the above-referenced terms as now

contained in the re-examined and amended claims 33 and 34 claims of the ’774

patent and the same claim term contained in the asserted claims 2 and 5 of the ’108

patent. (Dkt#56).

WHEREAS, e.Digital opposed the motion (Dkt #58) and oral argument was

heard on July 26, 2013.

WHEREAS, on August 22, 2013, the Court entered an Order granting

Huawei’s motion to apply collateral estoppel (Dkt #64) (“Collateral Estoppel

Order”).

WHEREAS, the Parties have reached a settlement as to their claims and/or

counterclaims as to the ‘170 and ‘737 patents only.

In view of the foregoing, the Parties, by and through their counsel, agree and

stipulate as follows:

1. In light of the Collateral Estoppel Order, the Parties agree that the

Stipulated Partial Judgment attached hereto as Exhibit “A” may be entered by the

Court and/or incorporated into any final judgment of the Court in this matter.

2. Each party shall bear their own costs and attorneys’ fees.

Entry of the attached Partial Judgment will streamline the case and the issues

to be decided and will avoid unnecessary expenditure of fees and costs by the

parties.

Respectfully submitted.

Dated: October 7, 2013

HANDAL & ASSOCIATES

BY: /s/Pamela C. Chalk _________

Anton N. Handal

Pamela C. Chalk

Gabriel G. Hedrick

Attorneys for Plaintiff

And Counter-Defendant

JOINT MOTION FOR ENTRY OF

Case No.: 3:13-CV-00783-DMS-WVG

FINAL JUDGMENT

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BY: /s/ Jose L. Patiño _________________

Jose L. Patiño

Attorneys for Defendants

and Counter-Plaintiffs

Futurewei Technologies,

Inc. and Huawei Device USA, Inc.

ATTESTATION OF E-FILED SIGNATURE

Pursuant to Section 2(f)(4) of the Electronic Case Filing Administrative Policies

and Procedures Manual, I, Pamela C. Chalk, attest that signatory, Jose L. Patiño

, has read and approved the foregoing and consents to its filing in this action.

By /s/Pamela C. Chalk

Pamela C. Chalk

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