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Case No. C 06 7754 SBA
DEFENDANT PALM, INC.'S ANSWER TO PLAINTIFF HELIO LLC'S COMPLAINT
quinn emanuelQUINN EMANUEL URQUHART OLIVER & HEDGES, LLP
Claude M. Stern (Bar No. 96737)
Brian Cannon (Bar No. 193071)
Doug Colt (Bar No. 210915)
Andrea Pallios Roberts (Bar No. 228128)
claudestern@quinnemanuel.com
briancannon@quinnemanuel.com
dougcolt@quinnemanuel.com
andrearoberts@quinnemanuel.com
555 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 560
Redwood Shores, California 94065-2139
Telephone:
(650) 801-5000
Facsimile:
(650) 801-5100
Attorneys for Defendant Palm, Inc.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
OAKLAND DIVISION
HELIO LLC
Plaintiff,
vs.
PALM, INC.
Defendant.
CASE NO. C 06 7754 SBA
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DEFENDANT PALM, INC.’S ANSWER
TO PLAINTIFF HELIO LLC’S
COMPLAINT
Defendant Palm, Inc. (“Palm”), answering the complaint of plaintiff Helio LLC (“Helio”)
dated December 19, 2006 (the “Complaint”), pleads and avers as follows.
In response to the unnumbered introduction to Helio’s Complaint, Palm denies its material
allegations, including the allegations that in reaction to Helio’s alleged success, Palm launched an
advertising campaign similar to Helio’s, deliberately trying to trade on Helio’s purported
goodwill, and the allegation that there is consumer confusion between Helio’s “Don’t call it a
phone,” “Don’t call us a phone company” marks and Palm’s “Not Just a Cell Phone. A Treo.”
advertising campaign. Palm avers that it first developed its “Not Just a Cell Phone. A Treo.”
Case 4:06-cv-07754-SBA Document 21 Filed 01/08/2007 Page 1 of 9
Helio LLC v. Palm, Inc.
Doc. 21
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Case No. C 06 7754 SBA
DEFENDANT PALM, INC.'S ANSWER TO PLAINTIFF HELIO LLC'S COMPLAINT
quinn emanueladvertising campaign in early 2005 and publicly launched it on October 12, 2006 at the Digital
Life expo,