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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`AUSTIN DIVISION
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`Intellectual Ventures I LLC and
`Intellectual Ventures II LLC,
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`Plaintiffs/Counter-
`Defendants,
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`v.
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`VMware, Inc.,
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`Civil Action No. 1:19-CV-1075-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Defendant/Counter-Plaintiff.
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`In accordance with the Court’s December 9, 2019 Order Governing Proceedings – Patent
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`Case (Dkt. No. 44), the parties hereby submit this Joint Claim Construction Statement.
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`A.
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`Consolidated Briefing
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`The consolidated briefing by Plaintiffs Intellectual Ventures I LLC and Intellectual
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`Ventures II LLC (“IV” or “Plaintiffs”) is attached herein as Exhibit A. The consolidated briefing
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`by Defendant VMware, Inc. (“VMware” or “Defendant”) is attached herein as Exhibit B.
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`B.
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`Agreed-Upon Constructions
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`The parties met and conferred and have been able to reach agreement regarding the
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`construction of the certain terms in the asserted patents.
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`The chart below provides the construction of those claim terms upon which the parties
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`agree.
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`“resource”
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`Term
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`(’686 patent, claims 5-7)
`(’726 patent, claims 1, 4-5, 8)
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`Agreed-Upon Construction
`“set of functions and features of a physical
`host, such as disk space, memory, network
`capacity
`and processing
`cycles
`(CPU
`resources), used in implementing tasks for
`each virtual server”
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`1
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`EX2001
`VMware v. IV
`IPR2020-00470
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`Case 1:19-cv-01075-ADA Document 67 Filed 04/17/20 Page 2 of 5
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`“indication that a first physical host is
`overloaded”
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`(’686 patent, claim 5-7)
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`“the first physical host is overloaded”
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`(’686 patent, claims 7)
`(’726 patent, claims 1, 4-5)
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`“agent”
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`(’752 patent, claims 1, 3-4, 9 and 24)
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`Preamble
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`(’051 patent, claims 1, 3)
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`“indication that a first physical host would not
`support additional resource allocations at that
`time”
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`“the first physical host will not support
`additional resource allocations at that time”
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`“a process that occupies a place and that is
`mobile i.e. can move from a first place to a
`second place”
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`The preamble is limiting.
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`C.
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`Disputed Claim Constructions
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`Exhibit C attached hereto identifies the disputed claim terms including each party’s
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`proposed construction of each disputed claim term.
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`Dated: April 17, 2020
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`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
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`/s/ Katherine Vidal
`Katherine Vidal
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`KVidal@winston.com
`Michael R. Rueckheim
`Texas State Bar No. 24081129
`MRuekheim@winston.com
`Winston & Strawn LLP
`275 Middlefield Road, Suite 205
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Telephone: (650) 858-6500
`Facsimile: (650) 858-6559
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`Thomas M. Melsheimer
`Texas State Bar No. 13922550
`M. Brett Johnson
`2
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`Case 1:19-cv-01075-ADA Document 67 Filed 04/17/20 Page 3 of 5
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`Texas State Bar No. 00790975
`MBJohnson@winston.com
`Michael A. Bittner
`MBittner@winston.com
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`Winston & Strawn LLP
`2121 N. Pearl St., 9th Floor
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: (214) 453-6500
`Facsimile: (214) 453-6400
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`Vivek V. Krishnan
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`VKrishnan@winston.com
`DaWanna McCray
`Pro Hac Vice pending
`DMcCray@winston.com
`Winston & Strawn LLP
`35 W. Wacker Drive
`Chicago, IL 60601
`Telephone: (312) 558-5600
`Facsimile: (312) 558-5700
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`William M. Logan
`Texas State Bar No. 24106214
`WLogan@winston.com
`Winston & Strawn LLP
`1111 Louisiana Street
`Houston, TX 77002
`Telephone: (713) 651-2766
`Facsimile: (713) 651-2700
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`VMware, Inc.
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`/s/ Robert R. Gilman
`DEREK GILLILAND
`State Bar No. 24007239
`SOREY, GILLILAND & HULL, LLP
`109 W. Tyler Street
`Longview, Texas 75601
`903.212.2822 (telephone)
`903.212.2864 (facsimile)
`derek@soreylaw.com
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`Case 1:19-cv-01075-ADA Document 67 Filed 04/17/20 Page 4 of 5
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`KARL RUPP
`State Bar No. 24035243
`NIX PATTERSON L.L.P.
`1845 Woodall Rodgers Fwy. Suite 1050
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`972.831.1188 (telephone)
`972.444.0716 (facsimile)
`krupp@nixlaw.com
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`Paul J. Hayes
`phayes@princelobel.com
`Matthew Vella
`mvella@princelobel.com
`Robert R. Gilman
`rgilman@princelobel.com
`Jonathan DeBlois
`jdeblois@princelobel.com
`Alex Breger
`abreger@princelobel.com
`PRINCE LOBEL TYE LLP
`One International Place, Suite 3700
`Boston, MA 02110
`Tel: (617) 456-8000
`Fax: (617) 456-8100
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`COUNSEL for PLAINTIFFS
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that, on April 17, 2020, the foregoing document was electronically filed
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`with the Clerk of Court using the Court’s CM/ECF system which will send notification of such
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`filing to all counsel of record, including counsel of record for Plaintiffs Intellectual Ventures I
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`LLC and Intellectual Ventures II LLC.
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`/s/Katherine Vidal
`Katherine Vidal
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