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`PAUL J. ANDRE (State Bar No. 196585)
`pandre@kramerlevin.com
`LISA KOBIALKA (State Bar No. 191404)
`lkobialka@kramerlevin.com
`JAMES HANNAH (State Bar No. 237978)
`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS
` & FRANKEL LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Telephone: (650) 752-1700
`Facsimile: (650) 752-1800
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`AARON FRANKEL (pro hac vice)
`afrankel@kramerlevin.com
`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS
` & FRANKEL LLP
`1177 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: (212) 715-7793
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`BOT M8 LLC
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`Brandon Brown (SBN 266347)
`brandon.brown@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`555 California Street
`San Francisco, California 94104
`Telephone: (415) 439-1400
`Facsimile: (415) 439-1500
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`Gregory S. Arovas (pro hac vice)
`Partricia A. Carson (pro hac vice)
`greg.arovas@kirkland.com
`patricia.carson@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS
`601 Lexington Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`Telephone: (212) 446-4800
`Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
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`David Rokach (pro hac vice)
`david.rokach@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS
`300 N. LaSalle
`Chicago, IL 60654
`Telephone: (312) 862-2000
`Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`Sony Corporation of America, Sony
`Corporation and Sony Interactive
`Entertainment LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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`Case No. 3:19-cv-07027-WHA
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION AND
`PRE-HEARING STATEMENT
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`BOT M8 LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability
`Company,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`SONY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a New
`York Corporation, SONY CORPORATION, a
`Japanese Corporation; and SONY
`INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT, LLC, a
`California Limited Liability Company,
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`Defendants.
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`Pursuant to Patent L.R. 4-3, Plaintiff Bot M8 LLC (“Bot M8”) and Defendants Sony
`Corporation of America, Sony Corporation and Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (“Sony”) hereby
`submit this Joint Claim Construction and Pre-Hearing Statement regarding U.S. Patent Nos. 7,338,363
`and 7,497,777.
`I.
`PATENT L.R. 4-3(a): PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF EACH AGREED TERM
`The parties reached agreement on the following terms:
`U.S. Patent No. 7,338,363
`Claim Term
`Asserted
`Claims
`1, 8, 11
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`Agreed Construction
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`The preambles are limiting
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`preambles of
`claims 1, 8, 11
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`Agreed Construction
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,497,777
`Claim Term
`Asserted
`Claims
`1, 12
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`The preambles are limiting
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`preambles of
`claims 1, 12
`II.
`PATENT L.R. 4-3(b): PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION OF EACH DISPUTED TERM
`The parties’ proposed additional claim constructions are provided below. The supporting
`evidence for the parties’ claim constructions is provided in Exhibit A.
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,338,363
`Claim Term
`Asserted
`Claim
`1, 8, 11
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`total result /
`total game result
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`game result
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`1, 8, 11
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`gaming machine
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`1, 8, 11
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`Bot M8’s Proposed
`Construction
`No construction necessary
`– Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
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`No construction necessary
`– Plain and ordinary
`meaning.
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`No construction necessary
`– Plain and ordinary
`meaning. Not limited to
`gambling machines.
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`Sony’s Proposed Construction
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`“a result obtained by adding the
`game results of plural gaming
`machines”
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`“a result after a game is
`completed”
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`“machine for gambling”
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,338,363
`Claim Term
`Asserted
`Claim
`specification value 1, 8, 11
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`Bot M8’s Proposed
`Construction
`No construction necessary
`– Plain and ordinary
`meaning
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`Sony’s Proposed Construction
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`“a big-hit shift probability, a
`payout, a payout rate, or a
`combination thereof”
`Alternatively: Indefinite
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,497,777
`Claim Term
`Asserted
`Claims
`Claims 1,
`4, 12
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`execution order
`calculated by the
`execution order
`calculation section /
`execution order
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`Bot M8’s Proposed
`Construction
`No construction necessary –
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Claims 1,
`4
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`Not governed by § 112, 6
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`No constructions necessary –
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`Sony’s Proposed
`Construction
`“order in which character
`actions are calculated to be
`executed in the future”
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`Governed by 112(f)
`Claimed Function: “calculates /
`calculating an execution order
`of actions of a plurality of
`characters in the battle / at the
`time of battle”
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`execution order
`calculation section
`that calculates an
`execution order of
`actions of a plurality
`of characters in the
`battle / gaming
`program for causing
`a computer to
`execute the steps of .
`. . calculating an
`execution order of
`actions of the
`plurality of
`characters at a time
`of the battle
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`gaming machine1
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`Claims 1,
`4
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`No construction necessary –
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
`Not limited to gambling
`machines.
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`No construction necessary (in
`the context of the ’777 patent)
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`1 Sony proposed that this term should not be included in the joint statement because both parties
`contend that “no construction necessary.” Plaintiff maintained that it should be included.
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`III.
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`PATENT L.R. 4-3(c): IDENTIFICATION OF MOST SIGNIFICANT TERMS
`Bot M8’s Statement: Bot M8 does not consider any of the terms to be case dispositive.
`Sony’s Statement: The parties have identified six terms or groups of terms that are subject to
`substantive disputes. Sony believes that case-dispositive defenses are available without regard to the
`parties’ claim construction disputes. The following terms raise further dispositive issues for the
`patents in which they appear: “specification value” (’363 patent), “gaming machine” (’363 patent) and
`“execution order calculation section . . . / gaming program for causing the computer to execute the
`steps of . . .” (’777 patent).
`IV.
`PATENT L.R. 4-3(d): TIME FOR CLAIM CONSTRUCTION HEARING.
`The parties proposes two-hours for any claim construction hearing that the Court may hold for
`the terms addressed above.
`V.
`PATENT L.R. 4-3(e): WITNESSES AT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION HEARING.
`The parties do not expect to present live witness testimony at any claim construction hearing
`that the Court may hold, unless requested by the court.
`VI.
`PATENT L.R. 4-3(f): FACTUAL FINDINGS.
`The parties expect that factual findings will not be needed.
`Sony further states that, to the extent that factual issues arise in connection with the parties’
`claim construction positions (including disputes regarding indefiniteness of the “specification value”
`term or means-in-plus function construction of the “execution order calculation section” term), it
`requests that factual findings be made regarding such issues.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Paul Andre
`Paul Andre (SBN 196585)
`Lisa Kobialka (SBN 191404)
`James Hannah (SBN 237978)
`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS
`& FRANKEL LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Telephone: (650) 752-1700
`Facsimile: (650) 752-1800
`pandre@kramerlevin.com
`lkobialka@kramerlevin.com
`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
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`Aaron Frankel (pro hac vice)
`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS
`& FRANKEL LLP
`1177 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: (212) 715-7793
`afrankel@kramerlevin.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`BOT M8 LLC
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`Patent Owner, Bot M8 LLC - Ex. 2002, p. 5
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`Dated: April 6, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ David Rokach
`Gregory S. Arovas (pro hac vice)
`Patricia A. Carson (pro hac vice)
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS
`601 Lexington Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`Telephone: (212) 446-4800
`Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
`greg.arovas@kirkland.com
`patricia.carson@kirkland.com
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`David Rokach (pro hac vice)
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS
`300 N. LaSalle
`Chicago, IL 60654
`Telephone: (312) 862-2000
`Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
`david.rokach@kirkland.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`Sonly Corporation of America, Sony
`Corporation and Sonly Interactive
`Entertainment LLC
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`ATTESTATION PURSUANT TO L.R. 5-1(I)
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`In accordance with Civil Local Rule 5-1(i)(3), I attest that concurrence in the filing of this
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`document has been obtained from any other signatory to this document.
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`/s/ Paul Andre
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