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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`VOCALIFE LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`AMAZON.COM, INC. and
`AMAZON.COM LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`§
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`Case No. 2:19-cv-00123-JRG
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS
`AND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS
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`Plaintiff Vocalife LLC (“Vocalife”) hereby makes the following amended infringement
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`disclosures under the Patent Local Rules with respect to United States Patent No. RE47,049 (the
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`“’049 Patent”). Vocalife’s investigation is ongoing and discovery is in its preliminary stages.
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`Accordingly, these disclosures are based on information available to Vocalife at this time.
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`Vocalife reserves the right to supplement this disclosure after further discovery from Defendants
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`Amazon.com, Inc. and Amazon.com LLC (collectively, “Defendants” or “Amazon”) and non-
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`parties, particularly documents and other discovery regarding Defendants’ accused devices.
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`Vocalife also reserves the right to assert additional claims of the Vocalife Patents, accuse
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`different products, or find alternative literal and/or equivalent infringing elements in Defendants’
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`products.
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`I.
`
`DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS AND INFRINGEMENT
`CONTENTIONS PURSUANT TO PATENT LOCAL RULE 3-1
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`A.
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`ASSERTED CLAIMS
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`Amazon has infringed and continues to infringe at least the claims 1-8 and 19-20 of the
`Amazon Ex. 1024
`IPR Petition - US RE47,049
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`’049 Patent in connection with the Accused Products set forth below.
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`Vocalife reserves the right to seek leave of court to add, delete, substitute, or otherwise
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`amend this list of asserted claims should further discovery, the Court’s claim construction, or
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`other circumstances so merit.
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`B.
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`ACCUSED INSTRUMENTALITIES
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`Vocalife is currently aware that at least the following Accused Products infringe the ’049
`
`Patent:
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` Amazon Echo (1st Generation);
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` Amazon Echo (2nd Generation);
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` Amazon Echo Dot (1st Generation);
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` Amazon Echo Dot (2nd Generation);
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` Amazon Echo Dot (3rd Generation);
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` Amazon Echo Dot Kids (1st Generation);
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` Amazon Echo Dot Kids (2nd Generation);
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` Amazon Echo Look;
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` Amazon Echo Show (1st Generation);
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` Amazon Echo Show (2nd Generation);
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` Amazon Echo Show 5;
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` Amazon Echo Spot;
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` Amazon Echo Plus (1st Generation);
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` Amazon Echo Plus (2nd Generation); and
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` Amazon Echo Studio.
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`Vocalife reserves the right to amend this list of accused instrumentalities, as well as other
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`information contained in this document and the exhibits hereto, to incorporate new information
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`learned during the course of discovery, including, but not limited to, the inclusion of newly-
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`released products or any other equivalent devices ascertained through discovery.
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`C.
`
`CLAIM CHARTS
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`A claim chart identifying a location of every element of every asserted claim of the ’049
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`Patent within the Accused Products is attached hereto as Exhibit A. Vocalife submits that the
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`Accused Amazon Echo (1st Generation) Product cited in the claim chart is representative of the
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`Accused Products. Vocalife reserves the right to amend this claim chart as well as other
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`information contained in this document and the Exhibits attached hereto, to incorporate new
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`information learned during the course of discovery, including, but not limited to, information that
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`is not publically available or readily discernible without discovery. Vocalife further reserves the
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`right to amend this claim chart, as well as other information contained in this document and the
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`exhibits attached hereto, pursuant to Patent Local Rules 3- 1(g) and 3-6.
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`D.
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`LITERAL INFRINGEMENT AND DOCTRINE OF EQUIVALENTS
`
`Vocalife asserts that, under the proper construction of the asserted claims and their claim
`
`terms, the limitations of the asserted claims of the ’049 Patent are literally present in the Accused
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`Products as set forth in the claim chart attached hereto as Exhibit A. Vocalife contends that any
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`and all elements found not to be literally infringed are infringed under the doctrine of equivalents
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`because the differences between the claimed inventions and the accused instrumentalities, if any,
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`are insubstantial.
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`Vocalife also contends that Defendants directly infringe the asserted claims by making,
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`PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS
`AND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS
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`using, offering for sale, selling, and importing in to the United States the accused
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`instrumentalities as well as indirectly infringes by contributing to and/or inducing others (e.g.,
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`Defendants suppliers, Defendants customers or its customers’ customers) to directly infringe
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`those claims by making, using, offering for sale or selling the Accused Products.
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`Vocalife further contends that Defendants induce infringement of the ’049 Patent by
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`others (e.g., Defendants suppliers, Defendants customers or its customers’ customers) to directly
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`infringe those claims by making, using, offering for sale or selling the Accused Products, or, in
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`the alternative, with the belief that there was a high probability that others, infringe the asserted
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`claims, but while remaining willfully blind to the infringement.
`
`Pursuant to Patent Local Rule 3-6(a)(1), Vocalife reserves the right to amend its
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`Infringement Contentions as to literal infringement or infringement under the doctrine of
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`equivalents in light of the Court’s claim construction.
`
`E.
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`PRIORITY DATES
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`Under P.R. 3-1(e), the asserted claims of the ’049 Patent are entitled to a priority date of
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`at least as early as September 24, 2010, the filing date of U.S. Provisional Application
`
`61/403962.
`
`Vocalife reserves the right to establish an earlier date of invention of at least February 26,
`
`2008 based upon actions related to conception, reduction to practice, and diligence of reducing to
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`practice of the claimed inventions.
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`F.
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`VOCALIFE’S OWN PRODUCTS
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`Pursuant to P.R. 3-1(f), Vocalife contends that its CrispMicII product is covered by at
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`least one of claims 1-21, 29, and 35 ’049 Patent. Vocalife’s investigation is ongoing, and
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`PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS
`AND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS
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`Vocalife reserves the right to supplement, amend, or modify these contentions in view of facts
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`learned during discovery, the release of new products or the modification of current products,
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`and/or the Court’s claim construction.
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`II.
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`PRODUCTION OF DOCUMETNS PURSUANT TO PATENT LOCAL RULE 3-2
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`
`
`Vocalife has produced or made available for inspection documents that are in Vocalife’s
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`possession, custody, or control as set forth in Patent Local Rule 3-2. A 3-2 Production Index
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`identifying these documents is attached hereto.
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`
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`This preliminary identification of documents is for convenience and is not an admission
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`that each document fails within any exemplary categories in the Patent Local Rules, or that any
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`document qualifies as prior art. Vocalife’s investigation is continuing, particularly with respect to
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`ESI. Thus, Vocalife reserves its right to add to, delete from, or otherwise modify its disclosures
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`in this section as its investigation proceeds.
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`
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`Production of these documents is governed by Patent Local Rule 2-2, and, with the
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`exceptions of documents produced pursuant to P.R. 3-2(c) and public documents listed in the
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`infringement charts, are considered “Confidential—Outside Attorneys Eyes Only” and disclosure
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`of the confidential document or information shall be limited to each party’s outside attorney(s) of
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`record and the employees of such outside attorney(s).
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`Dated: January 30, 2020
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`
`
`
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`Respectfully submitted,
`
`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
`
` /s/ Vincent J. Rubino, III
`Alfred R. Fabricant
`NY Bar No. 2219392
`Email: afabricant@brownrudnick.com
`Lawrence C. Drucker
`NY Bar No. 2303089
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`5
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`AND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS
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`ldrucker@brownrudnick.com
`Vincent J Rubino, III
`NY Bar No. 4557435
`vrubino@brownrudnick.com
`Justine Minseon Park
`NY Bar No. 5604483
`apark@brownrudnick.com
`BROWN RUDNICK, LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: (212) 209-4800
`Facsimile: (212) 209-4801
`
`Samuel F. Baxter
`Texas State Bar No. 01938000
`sbaxter@mckoolsmith.com
`Jennifer L. Truelove
`Texas State Bar No. 24012906
`jtruelove@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`104 E. Houston Street, Suite 300
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: (903) 923-9000
`Facsimile: (903) 923-9099
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
`VOCALIFE LLC
`
`
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that on January 30, 2020, all counsel of record who are
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`deemed to have consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document.
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`
`
`
`
`/s/ Vincent J. Rubino III
`Vincent J. Rubino III
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`
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`PLAINTIFF’S FIRST AMENDED DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS
`AND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS
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`P.R. 3-2(a):
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