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` UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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` CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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` SOUTHERN DIVISION
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`- - -
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` THE HONORABLE JAMES V. SELNA, JUDGE PRESIDING
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` vs.
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` SPEX TECHNOLOGIES, INC., )
` Plaintiff, )
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` ) SACV-16-01790-JVS
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` KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY
` ) WITH RELATED MATTERS:
` CORPORATION, et al.,
` Defendant. )
` ----------------------------) SACV-16-01799-JVS
` SACV-16-01800-JVS
` SACV-16-01805-JVS
` SACV-16-07349-JVS
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` REPORTER'S TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
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` Santa Ana, California
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` September 18, 2017
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` SHARON A. SEFFENS, RPR
` United States Courthouse
` 411 West 4th Street, Suite 1-1053
` Santa Ana, CA 92701
`(714) 543-0870
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`SHARON A. SEFFENS, U.S. DISTRICT COURT REPORTER
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`APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL:
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`For the Plaintiff:
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`BENJAMIN T. WANG
`MARC A. FENSTER
`RUSS, AUGUST & KABAT
`12424 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90025
`(310) 826-7474
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`For Defendants WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION; WESTERN
` DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES, INC.; HGST, INC.:
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`FRANKLIN P. COTE
`WILLIAM C. ROOKLIDGE
`RUSTIN KENT MANGUM
`GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER, LLP
`3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 800
`Irvine, CA 92612-4408
`(949) 451-3800
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`For Defendants TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONICS COMPONENTS, INC.,
` et al.:
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`DOUGLAS F. STEWART
`JARED DYLAN SCHUETTENHELM
`BRACEWELL, LLP
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6200
`Seattle, WA 98104
`(206) 204-6200
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`For Defendant APRICORN:
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`CHRISTOPHER D. BRIGHT
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY, LLP
`4 Park Plaza, Suite 1700
`Irvine, CA 92614-2559
`(949) 851-0633
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`For Defendants KINGSTON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION, et al.:
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`DAVID M. HOFFMAN
`DAVID S. MORRIS
`FISH & RICHARDSON, P.C.
`111 Congress Avenue, Suite 810
`Austin, TX 78701
`(512) 472-5070
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`SHARON A. SEFFENS, U.S. DISTRICT COURT REPORTER
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`VICTORIA D. HOA
`LAW OFFICE OF VICTORIA HAO
`5480 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 222
`Chevy Chase, MD 20815
`(888) 240-5840
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`For Defendant IMATION CORPORATION:
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`STEPHEN J. AKERLEY
`MINTZ LEVIN COHN FERRIS GLOVSKY & POPEO, P.C.
`44 Montgomery Street, 36th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`(415) 432-6001
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`For Defendant DATALOCKER, INC., et al.:
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`DOUGLAS WAYNE ROBINSON
`SHOOK HARDY & BACON, LLP
`Jamboree Center
`5 Park Plaza, Suite 1600
`Irvine, CA 92614-2546
`(949) 475-1500
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`SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA; MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2017; 3:03 P.M.
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`THE CLERK: Item No. 16, SACV-16-01790-JVS, SPEX
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`Technologies, Inc., versus Kingston Technology Corporation,
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`et al.; with related matters SACV-16-01799-JVS;
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`SACV-16-01800-JVS; SACV-01805-JVS; and SACV-16-07349-JVS.
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`Counsel, please state your appearance for the
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`record.
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`MR. FENSTER: Good afternoon, Your Honor. Marc
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`Fenster for the plaintiff SPEX.
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`MR. WANG: Good afternoon, Your Honor. Ben Wang
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`for plaintiff SPEX.
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`MR. COTE: Good afternoon, Your Honor. Frank Cote
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`for defendants Western Digital Corporation, Western Digital
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`Technologies, and HGST.
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`MR. STEWART: Good afternoon, Your Honor. Doug
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`Stewart on behalf of the Toshiba entities; and my associate,
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`Jared Schuettenhelm, is here as well.
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`MR. BRIGHT: Good afternoon, Your Honor. Chris
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`Bright on behalf of defendant Apricorn.
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`MR. ROOKLIDGE: Good afternoon, Your Honor. Bill
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`Rooklidge for the Western Digital defendants.
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`MR. HOFFMAN: Good afternoon, Your Honor. David
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`Hoffman for Kingston with my colleague David Morris.
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`MR. ROBINSON: Good afternoon, Your Honor.
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`Douglas Robinson for defendant DataLocker.
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`MR. AKERLEY: Good afternoon, Your Honor. Stephen
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`Akerley for the Imation defendant.
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`MR. MANGUM: Good afternoon, Your Honor. Rustin
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`Mangum for the Western Digital defendants.
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`MS. HOA: Good afternoon, Your Honor. Victoria
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`Hoa on behalf of the Kingston defendants.
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`THE COURT: Good afternoon.
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`Okay, what are we going to talk about this
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`afternoon?
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`MR. FENSTER: Your Honor, we have seen your
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`tentative. Thank you very much for your tentative. We
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`would propose to just go through in the order of the
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`tentative. We will be submitting on many of those, but I
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`thought we would address them one by one in that order.
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`THE COURT: That's fine.
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`I guess the first term is "defined interaction."
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`MR. FENSTER: The first term is "defined
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`interaction." The plaintiff submits on the Court's
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`tentative, so I will let the defendants address that one.
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`THE COURT: Okay.
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`MR. BRIGHT: Your Honor, may I approach? We have
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`THE COURT: Sure.
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`MR. BRIGHT: I'm Chris Bright on behalf of
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`defendant Apricorn.
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`Your Honor, I will be brief on this term. I just
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`want to highlight a few issues on the "defined interaction"
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`term, which we have also termed Nos. 1 and 1A in the Joint
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`Claim Construction Statement.
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`Let's go to Slide 3 if we could.
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`Your Honor, obviously this is an excerpt from your
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`tentative order on claim construction. Of course we see in
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`the first part of your tentative construction that there is
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`computing device. The second part of that is it can provide
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`We of course agree that SPEX's proposal which was
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`trying to read out the requirement of an interaction was
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`construction recognizes that.
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`What we would like to point out is the issue we
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`are having with the tentative is that we don't see an
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`expression -- we don't know to express it, and this is how
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`we briefed the issue -- of what is a defined interaction as
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`distinct from an interaction? Of course as we briefed the
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`term, the term "defined" must have meaning. So we just want
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`the term remains indefinite, particularly because the term
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`modifies "interaction" with the word "defined."
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`If we could go to Slide 5, please.
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`What we have done here is we just summarized even
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`phrase, "defined interaction," was something that was used
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`We have listed here that -- and summarized that we
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`We don't have any of that. We don't have any guidance.
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`Finally, as we summarize on this slide, we don't
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`interactions because of course not all interactions are
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`defined.
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`That's the summary of our argument on that issue
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`of course recognizing that you have reached your tentative.
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`I do want to raise a few other issues. If we
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`could go to the next slide, please.
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`Here what I want to bring to the Court's attention
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`is of course the Court recognizes that it has construed the
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`term "defined interaction." This term is found in recited
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`functionality for means-plus-function claim terms, for a
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`target means and for a target module. That's in the
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`asserted patents. So what has not been presented really to
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`Your Honor is what is the effect of Your Honor's
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`construction for the term "defined interaction" in this
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`functionality on whether there is corresponding structure
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`for those terms? Now, that's because neither party briefed
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`the construction that Your Honor reached.
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`With that in view, we think there is a very real
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`means-plus-function terms, and we just don't think the
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`corresponding structure is there. I just want to leave it
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`at that for the moment, particularly because you don't have
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`briefing in front of you, but we would like to and will be
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`seeking leave to file briefing on that issue.
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`THE COURT: Okay.
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`MR. BRIGHT: Then if we could go to Slide 23,
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`please.
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`THE COURT: We are just going to go term by term.
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`MR. BRIGHT: Yes. I have one more issue quickly
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`on "defined interaction." What I have done here is I have
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`shown on Slide 23 a portion of SPEX's tutorial for the
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`petitions that have been rejected. Two of those petitions
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`were rejected on August 17. So this is after the briefing
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`on claim construction before Your Honor.
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`We think it's important for the Court's
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`those petitions were rejected. I just mention here -- just
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`further briefing that SPEX distinguished a transfer of data
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`from a defined interaction. The PTAB bought that argument
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`Thank you, Your Honor.
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`THE COURT: Thank you.
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`Mr. Fenster.
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`MR. FENSTER: Your Honor, very briefly, with
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`art used in the technology. Defined interaction are common
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`ordinary words used in their common ordinary way consistent
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`as well.
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`Defined interaction is just -- as described in the
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`specification, it can be any of a variety of defined
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`interactions. We do not object to having what we put in our
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`proposed construction, which is that it be a predefined
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`interaction or a specified interaction. That's what makes
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`it a defined interaction versus a non.
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`The only other issue that I wanted to address -- I
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`apologize. I meant to do this at the outset. I did just
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`want to clarify that the Court's proposed construction,
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`which is, "an interaction with a host computing device that
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`can provide a variety of functionalities" -- I do not
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`understand that language, but I want to clarify that that
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`language does not require a variety, meaning a plurality, of
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`functionalities. The defined interaction can be a singular
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`interaction. So what I would propose is maybe to insert
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`"one or more of a variety of functionalities." That would
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`be our only proposed modification of that.
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`THE COURT: Okay. What about consideration of the
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`PTAB decision?
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`MR. FENSTER: This is the first I have heard of
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`it. I have reviewed those decisions. I do not see those as
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`corresponding structures in the prior art. I am happy to
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`take a look at it, but I don't really have much to add on
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`that at this point.
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`THE COURT: Okay.
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`Mr. Bright.
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`MR. BRIGHT: Very quickly, Your Honor, just on
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`this issue of a variety of functionalities in Your Honor's
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`construction, of course our position remains as defendants
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`have termed "defined interaction" is indefinite. But
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`looking at the Court's reasoning, it seems to be using a
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`So we would take issue with departing from the
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`specificity there because, again, the term has no ordinary
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`meaning in the art. Given that, with no anchor to any
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`ordinary meaning in the art, if Your Honor is going to use
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`the specification, we would counsel using it very closely.
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`THE COURT: If you want to submit a supplement
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`based on the recent PTAB ruling, can you do that within
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`seven days?
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`MR. BRIGHT: Yes.
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`THE COURT: Seven days to reply?
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`MR. FENSTER: That's fine.
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`THE COURT: Okay. I'm not going to go any further
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`with this particular construction to other constructions.
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`The plate is full. I mean, construing any one of these
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`things could lead to a lot of places, but for today's
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`purposes, I'm sticking to what we are construing.
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`MR. FENSTER: The plaintiff is fine with the
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`Court's tentative construction of peripheral device and
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`similarly for modular device. The Court construed modular
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`device consistent with peripheral device. As long as it's
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`the same construction -- I will just note that the chart on
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`page 12 in the Court's tentative -- the construction of
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`"modular device" did not include the "including" phrase.
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`THE COURT: Well, it should.
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`MR. FENSTER: It should. It is included in a
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`THE COURT: Yes.
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`MR. FENSTER: Other than that, the plaintiff is
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`fine with the Court's tentative on "peripheral" and "modular
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`device."
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`MR. STEWART: Doug Stewart on behalf of the
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`defendants on this term.
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`Your Honor, I apologize. It appears that the
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`didn't make it into the handout that you have in front of
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`you. We have them on the screen, and I hope that we can use
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`those.
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`Your Honor, with regard to the tentative ruling,
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`we certainly agree that the first portion of the
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`construction is correct. There is no question about that.
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`It comes straight from the specification. But we are a
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`simply because we don't believe it's necessary, and it could
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`inject some ambiguity.
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`THE COURT: Why does it inject ambiguity?
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`MR. STEWART: I believe it's possible that the
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`briefing by the parties may have confused the issue and not
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`been very clear for the Court.
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`Basically the issue here relates to the definition
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`in the specification, which is laid out here on the screen.
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`That's the first part of your construction, Your Honor. We
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`certainly agree with the requirement that that be the
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`construction. But it seems that in the context of the
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`between the peripheral and the host computing device.
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`Certainly the word "outside" implies some sort of spacial
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`about, and that's certainly not the position that the
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`defendants have taken in any of the briefing, so that wasn't
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`an issue that we raised.
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`Could we go to the next slide, please.
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`I think what happened was we had a little bit of a
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`mixup on the briefing in the sense that we filed our opening
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`brief. About two hours later the plaintiff filed their
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`opening briefing was not responsive to what was in the
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`chart. In the reply, we were certainly able to address some
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`In essence, the issue that relates to the outside
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`of the host computing device is something that's kind of at
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`the core of this patent. It relates to not a physical
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`location, not a spacial location, but a functional
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`That's what the inventor was attempting to secure with the
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`Patent Office. That's actually why the patentee used their
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`ability to be their own lexicographer in this patent.
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`The defendants don't dispute that there was an
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`ordinary meaning for "peripheral." It's in the dictionary.
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`The expert testified about it. I suspect Your Honor from
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`past experience knew of it.
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`THE COURT: Even lay persons know what a
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`MR. STEWART: But in this case, the patentee went
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`understood the term. The reason is -- the basis, the
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`objective, of this invention was to specifically change the
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`functional relationship between the claimed peripheral and
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`the host computing device.
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`Your Honor, this is a slide that was taken from
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`SPEX's technical tutorial where they are describing Fig. 1
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`of the patent, which is also laid out in the specification.
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`This represents the prior art where the security operations
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`were occurring in the host computing device. According to
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`this description and to the prior art, at this point in
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`time, in the late mid '90s, this was considered to be a
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`deficient process. It was considered to be inherently
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`the inventor was looking to overcome to improve upon, and
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`that is where we get to the invention as laid out in Fig. 6
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`where the claimed peripheral was taken outside of the host
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`computing device.
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`So in this figure, the host computing device is
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`Those two components are referred to as the user interface.
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`then inside that dotted line there is a Box 604, and that's
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`a housing that contains four components comprising the host
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`computing device. Separately from that, you have the
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`claimed peripheral. The claimed peripheral is also
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`comprised of four components, including its own memory.
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`It's a self-contained peripheral unit.
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`This was keep in mind at a time when memory was
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`expensive, so systems were designed to share resources
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`typically. But in this case to overcome that problem in the
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`prior art about the host computing device being inherently
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`insecure, the claimed peripheral that's set forth in these
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`patents was separately provided its own resources. It was
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`taken outside of the host computing device.
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`That's really the key to the patent here. It's
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`not physical proximity. It's the fact that the claimed
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`peripheral, which is defined as being outside of the host
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`device, is a separate component of the system. In fact, the
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`specification at column 6, lines 46 to 48, explain that Fig.
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`6 is designed to illustrate with clarity this aspect of the
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`invention.
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`Then when you go to Fig. 5, Fig. 5 is discussed at
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`column 6. If you look at lines 52 to 54, this is where the
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`patent explains what a user has to do in order to use this
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`peripheral, the claimed peripheral, not any peripheral. The
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`first step is to connect the claimed peripheral to the host
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`computing device via the Input/Output interface, the I/O
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`interface. Each of the two components has an I/O interface,
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`and when those components are connected, then the system is
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`in place. There are three examples given on how they could
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`connect. One is a PCMCIA card. That is a card that goes
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`into the host computing device. There is a cord, and then
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`there is a wireless connection. Those are just three
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`examples.
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`But in each of those situations even though they
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`Honor, a PCMCIA card which is inserted into a slot in the
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`body of a laptop, for example, would be within the housing.
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`That's not really the issue that's at the core of why the
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`functional relationship, that despite the connection the
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`claimed peripheral has to be outside of the host computing
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`device.
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`So one of the reasons I think this may have gotten
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`confused is that in the reply brief there was some
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`discussion by the plaintiff about a dispute between the
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`parties about whether or not an internal hard drive would
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`fall within the scope of the peripheral device. The
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`plaintiff's experts also referred to some sort of position
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`physical location. In fact, that's not our position. Our
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`position is about functional relationship.
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`So if you look at the host computing device as its
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`described in the patent, it includes things such as the --
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`the memory or the drive in the host computing system
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`includes things like the operating system. It includes the
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`drivers for peripherals. In fact, the internal hard drive
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`of a host computing device is a peripheral because it's
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`claimed peripheral.
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`Really what the issue comes down to is whether or
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`device. By in, I mean part of the host computing device
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`when the patent is clearly directed to segregating those two
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`parts of the system. That's what is set forth in the
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`description of the figure.
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`THE COURT: Well, is a better way to capture this
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`then "a device that operates functionally separate from the
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`host computing device"?
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`MR. STEWART: Your Honor, I think that would work
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`outside might be slightly different than is laid out in the
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`Court's analysis. But certainly to the extent that there
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`was going to be a change to the construction to reference a
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`functional relationship -- if there is a way to do that
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`without giving rise to a lot of other issues -- we might
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`need to confer before -- you know, there might be some other
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`language perhaps that might be better.
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`THE COURT: Well, it would certainly capture the
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`patentee's solution for the problem, namely, separating the
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`function of this peripheral from the internal function of
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`the host computing device.
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`MR. STEWART: Correct. I think that would be fine
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`with us. I think our concern was that the construction
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`seemed to be leaning towards a discussion about spacial
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`relationships and physical proximity, and that's not
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`something that we necessarily are concerned about. This is
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`really about whether or not one hard drive in one laptop can
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`act both a host computing device and a peripheral. We think
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`it can because it has to be outside of the host computing
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`device.
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`THE COURT: Or at least function separately.
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`MR. STEWART: Well, Your Honor, there is nothing
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`in the patent I think that would allow for one drive to
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`accomplish both tasks. The patent very clearly says that
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`the peripheral, which is a hardware device -- it's an
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`THE COURT: Well, it functions physically and
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`MR. STEWART: By physically separate, you mean a
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`separate component?
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`THE COURT: Right. I mean, you are positing a
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`drive that services both the host device and accesses a
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`I agree with you that that drive can't do both. Otherwise,
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`you lose the security that the patentees strove for by
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`separating those tasks.
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`MR. STEWART: Yes. Certainly the technology has
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`solution, to separate things out. Now technology is
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`different. This is really the issue that goes to the core
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`outside in the context of the patent as it is used in the
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`specification is not so much a spacial out