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(“the’606patent”).OnAugust28,2009,GarminInternational,Inc.fileditsAnswerandCounterclaimsasserting
the’606patentisinvalidandnotinfringed.Althoughtherecanbenoassurancethatanunfavorableoutcomeof
thislitigationwouldnothaveamaterialadverseeffectonouroperatingresults,liquidityorfinancialposition,
GarminInternational,Inc.believesthattheclaimsarewithoutmeritandintendstovigorouslydefendthisaction.
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AmbatoMedia,LLCv.ClarionCo.,Ltd.,ClarionCorporationofAmerica,DelphiCorporation,FujitsuLimited,Fujitsu
TenCorporationofAmerica,GarminLtd.,GarminInternational,Inc.,VictorCompanyofJapanLtd.,JVCAmericas
Corporation,JVCKenwoodHoldings,Inc.,J&KCarElectronicsCorporation,LGElectronics,Inc.,LGElectronicsUSA,
Inc.,MiTACInternationalCorporation,MiTACDigitalCorporation,MioTechnologyUSALtd.,Navigon,Inc.Nextar
Inc.,PanasonicCorporation,PanasonicCorporationofNorthAmerica,PioneerCorporation,PioneerElectronics
(USA)Inc.,SanyoElectricCo.,Ltd.,SanyoNorthAmericaCorporation,SanyoElectronicDevice(U.S.A.)Corporation,
TomTomN.V.,TomTomInternationalB.V.,andTomTom,Inc.
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OnAugust14,2009,AmbatoMedia,LLCfiledsuitintheUnitedStatesDistrictCourtfortheEastern
DistrictofTexasagainstGarminLtd.andGarminInternational,Inc.alongwithseveralcodefendantsalleging
infringementofU.S.PatentNo.5,432,542(“the’542patent”).OnSeptember28,2009,GarminfileditsAnswer
andCounterclaimsassertingthe’542patentisinvalidandnotinfringed.Althoughtherecanbenoassurancethat
anunfavorableoutcomeofthislitigationwouldnothaveamaterialadverseeffectonouroperatingresults,
liquidityorfinancialposition,Garminbelievesthattheclaimsarewithoutmeritandintendstovigorouslydefend
thisaction.
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PioneerCorporationv.GarminDeutschlandGmbH,GarminLtd.,GarminInternational,Inc.,Garmin(EuropeLtd.
andGarminCorporation
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OnOctober9,2009,PioneerCorporationfiledsuitintheDistrictCourtinDüsseldorf,Germanyagainst
GarminDeutschlandGmbH,GarminLtd.,GarminInternational,Inc.,GarminCorporationandGarmin(Europe)Ltd.
alleginginfringementofEuropeanPatentNo.775892(“the‘892Patent”)andEuropeanPatentNo.508681(“the
‘681Patent”).GarminbelievesthatnoneofGarmin’sproductsinfringeeitherofthesepatents.Garminhasfiled
separatelawsuitsintheGermanFederalPatentCourtinMunichseekingdeclaratoryjudgmentsofinvalidityofthe
‘892Patentandthe‘681Patent.Althoughtherecanbenoassurancethatanunfavorableoutcomeofthis
litigationwouldnothaveamaterialadverseeffectonouroperatingresults,liquidityorfinancialposition,Garmin
believesthattheclaimsarewithoutmeritandintendstovigorouslydefendthisaction.
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IntheMatterofCertainMultimediaDisplayandNavigationDevicesandSystems,ComponentsThereof,and
ProductsContainingtheSame.
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OnNovember13,2009,PioneerCorporationfiledacomplaintwiththeUnitedStatesInternationalTrade
CommissionagainstGarminInternational,Inc.,GarminCorporation,andHoneywellInternationalInc.alleging
infringementofU.S.PatentNo.5,365,448(“the’448patent”),U.S.PatentNo.6,122,592(“the’592patent”),and
U.S.PatentNo.5,424,951(“the’951patent”).OnJanuary12,2010,GarminfileditsAnswerassertingthe’448
patent,the’592patent,andthe’951patentareinvalidandnotinfringed.Althoughtherecanbenoassurance
thatanunfavorableoutcomeofthislitigationwouldnothaveamaterialadverseeffectonouroperatingresults,
liquidityorfinancialposition,Garminbelievestheseclaimsarewithoutmeritandintendstovigorouslydefendthis
action.
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VehicleIP,LLCv.AT&TMobilityLLC,CellcoPartnership,GarminInternational,Inc.,GarminUSA,Inc.,Networksin
Motion,Inc.,TelecommunicationSystems,Inc.,TelenavInc.,UnitedParcelService,Inc.,andUPSLogistics
Technologies,Inc.
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