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the  patet, ad U.S. Patet No. ,, the  patet. O Jaua , , Gai filed its
Ase assetig the  patet, the  patet, ad the  patet ae ialid ad ot ifiged. A heaig
was held from September 13-21, 2010. The parties completed their post-hearing briefing on October 14, 2010. On
December 16, 2010, the Administrative Law Judge issued an Initial Determination concluding there is no violation
of Setio  ad fidig that the , , ad  patents are not infringed. On January 5, 2011 Pioneer filed
a petition for review of the claim construction and non-infringement holdings of the Initial Determination. Garmin
awaits final confirmation of the Initial Determination by the Commission. 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.
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.
On December 31, 2009, Vehicle IP, LLC filed suit in the United States District Court for the District of
Delaware against Garmin International, Inc. and Garmin USA, Inc. along with several codefendants alleging
ifigeet of U.S. Patet No. ,, the  patet. O Mah , , Gai filed its Ase ad
Coutelais assetig the  patet is ialid ad ot ifiged. Although thee a e o assuae that a
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.
Nazomi Communications, Inc. v. Nokia Corporation, Nokia Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Amazon.com, Inc., Western
Digital Corporation, Western Digital Technologies, Inc., Garmin Ltd., Garmin Corporation, Garmin International,
Inc., Garmin USA, Inc., Sling Media, Inc., VIZIO, Inc., and Iomega Corporation.
On February 8, 2010, Nazomi Communications, Inc. filed suit in the United States District Court for the
Central District of California against Garmin Ltd., Garmin Corporation, Garmin International, Inc., and Garmin USA,
Inc. along with several codefendants alleging infringement of U.S. Patent No. 7,080,36 the  patet ad
U.S. Patet No. ,, the  patet. Gai eliees the  patet ad the  patet ae ot
infringed. On April 27, 2010, ARM Ltd., the designer of the accused hardware, filed a Motion to Intervene and a
Motion to Transfer the case to the Northern District of California. O Jue , , the out gated ARM Ltd.s
motion to intervene. O Otoe , , the out gated ARM Ltd.s eeed otio to tasfe. 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.
Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. and Visteon Technologies LLC v. Garmin International, Inc.
On February 10, 2010, Visteon Global Technologies, Inc. and Visteon Technologies LLC filed suit in the
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, Southern Division, against Garmin International,
I. allegig ifigeet of U.S. Patet No. ,, the  patet, U.S. Patet No. ,, the 
patet, U.S. Patet No. ,,  the  patet, U.S. Patet No ,, the  patet ad U.S.
Patet No ,, the  patet. O Ma , , Gai filed its Ase assetig that eah lai of the
 patet, the  patet, the  patet ad the  patet is not infringed and/or invalid. 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 in this lawsuit are without merit
and intends to vigorously defend this action.
Bandspeed, Inc. v. Acer, Inc., Acer American Corporation, Belkin International, Inc., Belkin,Inc., Casio Computer Co.,
Ltd., Xasio Hitachi Mobile CommunicationsCo. Ltd., Xasio America, Inc., Dell Inc., Garmin International, Inc., Garmin
USA, Inc., GN Netcom A/S, GN U.S. Inc. a/k/a GN Netcom Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Hewlett-Packard
Development Company, L.P., HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc., Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Kyocera
Corporation, Kyocera International, Inc., Kyocera Communications, Inc., Kyocera Wireless Corporation, Lenovo