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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`The Honorable Rodney Gilstrap
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`Civil Action No. 2:19-cv-00310-JRG-RSP
`2:19-cv-00311-JRG-RSP
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`§ § § § § § § § § §
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`GREE, INC.,
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`v.
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`SUPERCELL OY,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`DEFENDANT SUPERCELL OY’S NOTICE OF
`RULE 30(B)(6) DEPOSITION OF PLAINTIFF GREE, INC.
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`PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that, pursuant to Rule 30(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil
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`Procedure, Defendant Supercell Oy (“Supercell”), by and through its attorneys, will take the
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`deposition of Plaintiff GREE, Inc. by oral examination. The deposition will be taken on
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`September 4, 2020, or at such other time as otherwise agreed to by counsel for the parties, and at a
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`place as agreed to by counsel for the parties or by virtual deposition.
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`Supercell reserves the right to record the deposition either via stenographic means by a
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`court reporter certified to record depositions, or a digital reporter utilizing state-of-the-art digital
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`recording equipment. Both the court reporter and digital reporter are authorized to administer
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`the oath and serve as the deposition officer. Supercell further reserves the right to record the
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`deposition utilizing audio or video technology. Supercell also reserves the right to utilize Exhibit
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`Capture (picture-in picture) technology in which any exhibit reviewed by the deponent during
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`the deposition can be captured visually.
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`Should the deposition be recorded in either video format, Supercell reserves the right to
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`utilize at trial any portion of the audio or video recording of the proceeding. In the event
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1031
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`Supercell utilizes the stenographic reporting method, Supercell reserves the right to utilize
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`instant visual display such that the reporter’s writing of the proceeding will be available to all
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`who are a part to this proceeding to request and receive in RealTime.
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`NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Supercell reserves the right to conduct this
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`deposition utilizing a paperless exhibit display process called “Exhibit Share,” provided and
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`supported by Veritext Legal Solutions. The parties are advised that one paper set of exhibits will
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`be utilized at the deposition for the court reporter’s purposes of compiling, exhibit stamping, and
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`ultimate production of the final certified transcript. However, no other paper copies will be
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`provided as they will be available for visual display using Exhibit Share.
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`Please contact the noticing attorney prior to the deposition to advise that it is your desire
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`to be set up for Exhibit Share access so that the necessary credentials, testing, and information, if
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`necessary, can be provided to you prior to the proceedings. For information and available
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`tutorial videos demonstrative Exhibit Share, please utilize this link to access additional
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`information: http://www.veritext.com/services/exhibitshare/.
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`NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that Supercell reserves the right to conduct this
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`deposition utilizing the secure web-based deposition option afforded by Veritext or, in the
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`alternative, video teleconferencing (VTC) services or telephonically only to provide
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`remote/virtual access for those parties wishing to participate in the deposition via the internet
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`and/or telephone. Also take notice that the court reporter may be remote via one of the options
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`above for the purposes of reporting the proceeding and may or may not be in the presence of the
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`deponent. Please contact the noticing attorney prior to the deposition to advise that it is your
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`desire to appear via this remote participating means so that the necessary credentials, call-in
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`numbers, testing, and information, if necessary, can be provided to you prior to the proceedings.
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`Supercell reserves the right to utilize instant visual display technology such that the court
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`report’s writing of the proceeding will be displayed simultaneous to their writing of same on
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`one’s laptop, iPad, tablet, or other type of display devise connected to the court reporter.
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`In accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6), GREE is advised of its duty to designate one
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`or more of its officers, directors or other persons to testify on its behalf with respect to the matters
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`identified in the Schedule of Topics. So that Supercell may comply with the U.S. Embassy Tokyo
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`rules for taking depositions, at least three weeks before the deposition, GREE is requested to
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`identify to undersigned counsel the witnesses for each topic and to produce any documents, which
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`have not previously been produced and which are in GREE’s (or the designated person’s or
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`persons’) possession, custody, or control referring or relating to the topics.
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`Dated: August 7, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Jessica M. Kaempf
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`Jessica M. Kaempf (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`1191 Second Avenue, 10th Floor
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Telephone:
`206.389.4510
`Facsimile:
`206.389.4511
`Email:
`jkaempf @fenwick.com
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`Michael J. Sacksteder (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`Bryan A. Kohm (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`Christopher L. Larson (Admitted E.D. Texas)
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`555 California Street, 12th Floor
`San Francisco, California 94104
`Telephone:
`415.875.2300
`Facsimile:
`415.281.1350
`Email:
`msacksteder@fenwick.com
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`bkohm@fenwick.com
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`clarson@fenwick.com
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`Geoffrey R. Miller
`(Texas State Bar No. 24094847)
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`902 Broadway, Suite 14
`New York, NY 10010
`Telephone:
`650.988.8500
`Facsimile:
`650.938.5200
`Email:
`gmiller@fenwick.com
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`Deron R. Dacus
`Texas State Bar 00790553
`Shannon M. Dacus
`Texas State Bar 00791004
`The Dacus Firm, P.C.
`821 EST Loop 323, Suite 430
`Tyler, TX 75701
`Telephone:
`903.705.1117
`Facsimile:
`903.581.2543
`Email:
`ddacus@dacusfirm.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Supercell Oy
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`ATTACHMENT A
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`DEFINITIONS
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`1.
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`“Plaintiff,” “you,” “your,” or “GREE” means Plaintiff GREE, Inc., and shall
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`include all divisions, parents, subsidiaries identified as part of GREE Group in GREE’s annual
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`reports, including but not limited to GREE International, Inc., GREE International
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`Entertainment, Inc., Wright Flyer Studios, Inc. (“WFS”), Wright Flyer Live Entertainment, Inc.,
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`Pokelabo, OpenFeint Inc., Funzio, Inc., Epic Voyage, Inc., and funplex, Inc., and further
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`including but not limited to affiliates, predecessor or successor entities and their respective
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`divisions, parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, predecessor or successor entities, if any, and present
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`and former officers, directors, trustees, employees, staff members, agents or other
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`representatives, other persons acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of the same, including
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`counsel and patent agents, in any country, and any other entity from which they have obtained or
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`are able to obtain any part of the discovery sought herein.
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`2.
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`3.
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`“Defendant” or “Supercell” shall refer to Defendant Supercell Oy.
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`“This Action” or “These Actions” shall refer to GREE, Inc. v. Supercell Oy, filed
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`in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Texas, case Nos. 2:19-cv-00310-JRG-RSP
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`and 2:19-cv-00311-JRG-RSP.
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`4.
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`5.
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`6.
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`7.
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`8.
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`“’708 Patent” means U.S. Patent No. 10,076,708.
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`“’832 Patent” means U.S. Patent No. 10,413,832.
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`“’107 Patent” means U.S. Patent No. 9,079,107.
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`“’439 Patent” means U.S. Patent No. 9,561,439.
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`“Patents-In-Suit” means U.S. Patent Nos. 10,076,708; 10,413,832; 9,079,107;
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`and 9,561,439, collectively.
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`9.
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`The term “Named Inventors” shall mean the inventors named on the Patents-In-
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`Suit.
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`10.
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`The term “related patents/applications” as used herein in connection with the
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`Patents-In-Suit means any and all patents, patent applications and/or patent publications
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`concerning subject matter similar to the claimed subject matter of each of the Patents-In-Suit; by
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`way of example only, related patents/applications include any patent document that (i) claims
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`priority from any of the Patents-In-Suit, (ii) is identified as priority for any of the Patents-In-Suit,
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`or (iii) claims priority to any application to which any of the Patents-In-Suit claims priority.
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`11.
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`The term “Prior Art” means, as of the filing date of the Patents-In-Suit, any and
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`all things that contains, discloses, teaches, uses, or embodies, in whole or part, any subject matter
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`described in the Patents-In-Suit, including without limitation any article, poster, abstract, chapter,
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`display, slides, or other printed publication that discloses, or a use, sale, or offer for sale of a
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`system or device disclosed or claimed in any of the Patents-In-Suit or that practices or could be
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`used to practice, the alleged invention or any portion of the alleged invention disclosed or
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`claimed in the any of the Patents-In-Suit or any other thing or activity which could be or could
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`have been relied on by the United States Patent Office or a Court for an anticipation or
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`obviousness determination of the Patents-In-Suit, including any and all patents, patent
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`applications and/or publications prepared before the filing date of each of the Patents-In-Suit.
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`12.
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`“Named Inventor” means any inventor or combination of inventors listed on the
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`face of any of the Patents-in-Suit and any other individuals who invented or discovered the
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`subject matter of the invention.
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`13.
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`The term “Accused Product(s),” are those products you contend infringes any
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`claim of the Patents-In-Suit.
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`14.
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`The term “Accused Feature(s),” are those features identified by you in your
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`infringement contentions as allegedly infringing the Patent-In-Suit.
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`15.
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`The term “Asserted Claims” means any claims of your Patents-in-Suit you
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`allege are infringed by Supercell.
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`16.
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`The term “Alleged Invention(s)” means any invention you allege is claimed by
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`or protected under the Asserted Claims.
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`17.
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`The term “Patented Product” refers to any apparatus, product, device, system,
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`process, method, act, or other instrumentality made, used, offered for sale, sold, imported or
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`exported by you or any other person that has ever practiced any invention described or claimed
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`in the Patents-in-Suit.
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`18.
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`“Secondary Considerations” or “Objective Indicia” refers to secondary
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`considerations of non-obviousness as the phrase is used in Graham v. John Deere Co., 383 U.S. 1,
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`18 (1966), and subsequently developed cases.
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`19.
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`“Third party” means any individual, firm, association, organization, joint
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`venture, partnership, or corporation other than the parties to the lawsuit.
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`20.
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`21.
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`“Individual” means a natural person.
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`The term “document” has the broadest meaning accorded that term by Fed. R.
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`Civ. P. 34(a) and includes, but is not limited to, all of the items defined in Fed. R. Evid. 1001,
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`and all preliminary and final drafts of any such item, including without limitation electronic
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`documents and information in any form in which it may exist.
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`22.
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`“All documents” means any and all documents and things that you can locate
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`through a diligent search of all locations likely to contain documents requested herein and
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`through reasonable inquiry of all persons likely to know of the existence of documents requested
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`herein.
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`23.
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`“Communication(s)” refers to any form of interpersonal communication,
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`including but not limited to any transmission, conveyance, or exchange of word, statement, fact,
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`thing, idea, document, instrument, data, or information by any medium, whether written, verbal,
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`non-verbal, or any other means, including but not limited to electronic communications and
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`electronic mail.
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`24.
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`“Person” means, unless otherwise specified, any natural person, firm, entity,
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`company, corporation, partnership, trust, proprietorship, association, joint venture, and
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`government or government agency and any other form of business organization or arrangement
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`of every nature and type, and its agents and employees.
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`25.
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`“Referring to,” “relating to,” “refer to,” or “related to” means, without
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`limitation, concerning, referring to, summarizing, reflecting, constituting, containing,
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`embodying, pertaining to, involved with, mentioning, discussing, consistent of, comprising,
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`showing, commenting on, evidencing or otherwise describing the particular subject matter
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`identified.
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`26.
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`The term “date” means the exact day, month, and year, if ascertainable, or if not,
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`the responding party’s best approximation thereof.
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`27.
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`28.
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`Use of the singular also includes the plural and vice-versa.
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`The terms “and” and “or” should be understood either disjunctively or
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`conjunctively as necessary to bring within the scope of any request all information that might
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`otherwise be construed to be outside of its scope.
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`29.
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`30.
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`“Any” and “each” should be understood to include “all, any, each and every.”
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`As used herein, “include” and “including” shall be construed to mean “without
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`limitations,” so as to give the broadest possible meaning to topics and definitions containing
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`those words.
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`31.
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`The singular form of a noun or pronoun shall be considered to include within its
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`meaning the plural form of a noun or pronoun so used, and vice versa.
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`32.
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`A verb in one tense shall be considered to include within its meaning all other
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`tenses.
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`SCHEDULE OF TOPICS
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`1.
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`The conception of any and all Alleged Inventions disclosed in the Patents-in-Suit,
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`including but not limited to the facts and circumstances surrounding such conception, the timing
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`of such conception, all individuals who participated in or have knowledge of such conception,
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`and the existence, identity, location and contents of any documents or things relating to such
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`conception.
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`2.
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`The reduction to practice of any and all Alleged Inventions disclosed in the
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`Patents-in-Suit, including but not limited to the facts and circumstances surrounding such
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`reduction to practice, the timing of such reduction to practice, any alleged diligence in reduction
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`to practice, any cessation of attempted reduction to practice, all individuals who participated in
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`or have knowledge of such reduction to practice, and the existence, identity, location and
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`contents of any documents or things relating to such reduction to practice.
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`3.
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`Any technical challenges encountered and overcome during the conception and
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`reduction to practice of the Alleged Inventions of the Patents-in-Suit and the functionality and
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`improvements used to overcome those technological challenges.
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`4.
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`Any unpredictable results of the Alleged Inventions of the Patents-in-Suit
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`observed or experienced during the development, conception, and/or reduction to practice of the
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`Alleged Inventions of the Patents-in-Suit.
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`5.
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`For each Patent-in-Suit, the alleged contribution of each Named Inventor to each
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`Asserted Claim.
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`6.
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`The design, development, and operation of any Patented Product, including any
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`product, system, or method, whether or not commercially released, that practiced or practices
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`any invention claimed in the Patents-in-Suit, the identity of all individuals who participated in or
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`have knowledge of any such design, development or operation, and the existence, identity,
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`location and contents of any documents or things relating to such design, development or
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`operation.
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`7.
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`The identity, operation, and functionality of each Patented Product or licensed
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`product that practices or otherwise falls within the scope of any claim of any Patent-in-Suit,
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`including the earliest date when each product was first publicly described, used, demonstrated,
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`offered for sale, or sold.
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`8.
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`Any public use, disclosure or exhibition to a third party, sale or offer for sale of
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`any embodiment of the Asserted Claims of the Patents-in-Suit.
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`9.
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`The prosecution of the Patents-in-Suit.
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`10.
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`All Prior Art of which you are aware, including the facts and circumstances
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`relating to your first awareness of each item of Prior Art.
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`11.
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`All Prior Art of which each Named Inventor is aware, including the facts and
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`circumstances relating to each Named Inventor's first awareness of each item of Prior Art.
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`12.
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`Any completed, attempted, solicited or requested assignments, licenses or other
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`transfers of any interest in any Alleged Inventions disclosed in the Patents-in-Suit or related
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`patents and applications and any communications regarding the same.
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`13.
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`GREE’s policies and procedures for licensing intellectual property, including how
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`GREE determines what it will charge for intellectual property rights and how it determines
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`whether or not to license intellectual property.
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`14.
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`All valuations performed by anyone of GREE, any entity related to GREE, on the
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`Patents-in-Suit and/or any related patents and applications.
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`15.
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`All incentive payments GREE has made to any individual, person, or business
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`entity relating to the license, sale, or assignment of any U.S. or Japanese patent or patent
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`application, including the terms under which such incentive payment were made, any calculation
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`that determined the amount of the incentive payment made, all documents or things that relate to
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`such incentive payments, and all persons currently employed by GREE with knowledge
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`concerning such facts regarding such incentive payments.
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`16.
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`All incentive payments GREE intends to or is obligated to make based on the
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`outcome of this litigation to any person, individual, or business entity, including current and
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`former employees, contractors, executives, or board members of GREE to whom GREE is
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`obligated to make, including an identification of the terms under which such incentive payment
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`may be made.
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`17.
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`All written and oral opinions, analyses, memoranda, and reports regarding the
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`Patents-in-Suit, including without limitation, all pre-suit diligence analysis, opinions,
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`memoranda and reports, and any other documents or communications concerning the scope,
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`infringement or noninfringement, enforceability or unenforceability, validity or invalidity, or
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`claim construction of any of the claims of the Patents-in-Suit.
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`18.
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`All facts and circumstances relating to GREE’s first awareness of the Accused
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`Products or the Accused Features.
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`19.
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`All interactions between GREE or representatives thereof on one hand and
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`Supercell or its representatives on the other hand concerning the Patents-in-Suit or related
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`patents and applications.
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`20.
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`All facts and circumstances relating to the decision to bring this action against
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`Supercell.
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`21.
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`22.
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`The factual bases for your claims in the Complaint.
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`All facts and circumstances relating to other litigation with Supercell relating to
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`the Patents-in-Suit or related patents and applications.
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`23.
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`GREE’s corporate, organizational, and management structure, its divisions, its
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`subsidiaries, its officers, and its employees associated with mobile games.
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`24.
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`The duties and responsibilities of each of the officers, directors and managing
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`agents of GREE associated with mobile games from January 1, 2016 to present.
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`25.
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`GREE’s operations, gross revenue, net revenue, gross profit, and net profit since
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`its inception and the calculation thereof.
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`26.
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`The identity and location of any and all documents, electronic files, databases,
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`and other tangible things relating to or containing information relating to the topics above
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`including those documents relied on or reviewed by, or persons consulted by, the corporate
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`representative(s) for the purpose of becoming knowledgeable about the topics on which the
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`representative(s) may testify.
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`27.
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`All facts and circumstances relating to the decision to bring this action against
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`Supercell.
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`28.
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`All facts and circumstances relating to GREE’s public comments related to the
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`Confidential Settlement Agreement entered into between Supercell and GREE.
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`29.
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`For each asserted claim of the Patents-in-Suit, the identification on a limitation-
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`by-limitation basis of all portions of the relevant Patent-in-Suit you contend provide support
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 112 paragraph 1.
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`30.
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`For each Patent-in-Suit, the qualifications of a person of ordinary skill in the art in
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`the field of the claimed invention as of its earliest priority date as alleged by GREE in its
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`Infringement Contentions.
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`31.
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`All facts and circumstances relating to each inventor of each of the Patents-in-
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`Suit, including the employment history of each inventor and all facts and circumstances relating
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`to the departure of any inventor who is no longer employed at GREE.
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`32.
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`All facts and circumstances relating to all past and current assignments or projects
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`at GREE related to mobile games of each inventor listed on each of the Patents-in-Suit.
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`33.
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`All facts and circumstances relating to patent strategy for each of the Patents-in-
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`Suit.
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`34.
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`Your efforts to locate, collect, organize, and produce Documents in response to
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`Any discovery requests served or other discovery obligations in this litigation, and the sources
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`from which documentation and discovery was collected for purposes of the litigation.
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`35.
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`GREE’s document retention policies with respect to GREE and each of its
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`subsidiaries since September 12, 2016, including all efforts to retain, preserve, or prevent
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`spoliation of any documents, source code and any other materials relevant to this litigation and
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`related suits.
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`36.
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`All market forces or other circumstances, and/or any economic factors GREE
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`contends lead to, caused, or contributed to the closure of its U.S.-based subsidiaries or for the
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`lack of success of any game GREE made available for download in the United States.
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`37.
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`The identification of the documents and data transferred from each of GREE
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`International Entertainment, Inc., GREE International, Inc., OpenFeint Inc., and/or Funzio, Inc.
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`to GREE prior to or after the respective liquidation or termination of operations of GREE
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`International Entertainment, Inc., GREE International, Inc., OpenFeint Inc., and Funzio, Inc., and
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`the current location of such documents and data, including without limitation the address at
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`which the documents and data are located and/or the identification of the server and/or
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`directories in which the documents and data stored.
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`38.
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`Identification of the persons involved in transferring or storing the data and
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`documents referred to Topic #37 and the role each person served in transferring or storing the
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`data.
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`39.
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`All user data, game data, KPIs, or other metrics tracked by GREE with respect to
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`any game that may have features relevant to the patents-in-suit, including but not limited to
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`Galaxy and Gundam Masters.
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`40.
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`The manner in which GREE utilized the user data, game data, KPIs, or other
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`metrics referred to in Topic #39 to evaluate the success of its games, develop features, and
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`otherwise make business or technical decisions relating to the games.
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`41.
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`Galaxy, Gundam Masters, and any other game that may have features relevant to
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`the asserted patent(s), including but not limited to:
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`a. all relevant features, including source code relating to the relevant features,
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`and the date such features were released or otherwise first publicly used or
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`known, and where;
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`b. the development, design, specification, operation, evaluation, and testing;
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`c. your knowledge of, monitoring of, and or any responses to user comments or
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`reviews, including but not limited to user blog posts, game forums, and app
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`reviews;
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`d. marketing, advertisement, and promotion, including promotion of specific
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`features;
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`e. all revenue and monetization efforts related to the distribution or sale,
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`including but not limited to any revenue generated or received from in-app
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`advertisements, revenue generated or attributable to specific feature usage,
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`revenue related to in-app purchases, and the specific sources of all such
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`revenue;
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`f. your knowledge, collection, and/or analysis of any user data, game data, or
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`KPIs, including usage of game features, usage trends, and number of
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`downloads;
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`g. all time limited, promotional, and special offers, gachas, and events;
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`h. financial and accounting records;
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`i. all market surveys, market analysis, sales projections, or forecasts of customer
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`demand; and
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`j. all pricing strategies, policies, and practices.
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`14
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1031
`Page 14
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`42.
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`The factual basis for any and all reasons you contend that Galaxy, and any other
`
`product that may have features relevant to the asserted patent(s), does not practice the alleged
`
`inventions of the patents-in-suit.
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`43.
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`Your knowledge or awareness of Supercell, including Your first knowledge or
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`awareness of Supercell and the person(s) who became aware and how they became aware.
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`44.
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`Your monitoring, awareness and/or analysis of any Supercell game, including
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`monitoring and awareness related to the development, design, specification, operation,
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`evaluation, and testing of any GREE game and including Your first knowledge or awareness of
`
`each Supercell game and the person(s) who became aware and how they became aware.
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`45.
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`46.
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`Any meeting or Communications between You and Supercell.
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`Documents and Communications Concerning Supercell, the Patents-in-Suit, the
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`applications that led to the Patents-in-Suit, any patents that issued from the applications that the
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`Patents-in-Suit claim priority to, and the above-captioned litigation.
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`47.
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`Any and all reasons You contend any claim of any Patent-in-Suit is valid and/or
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`enforceable.
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`48.
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`Your analysis or evaluation of each Patent-in-Suit as it relates to any Supercell
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`Product.
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`49.
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`Any non-infringing alternative or design-around that exists for each feature in
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`Supercell’s products or any other product that GREE contends practices the patents-in-suit.
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`50.
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`Your business model, including information regarding Your business practices as
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`may be described in any financial documents or annual reports.
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`51.
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`The state of the art at the time of the alleged inventions of the Patents-in-Suit.
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`52.
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`The value, if any, of the alleged inventions of the Patents-in-Suit.
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`15
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1031
`Page 15
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`53.
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`Any agreements relating to mobile games or any products or services in the
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`mobile gaming market.
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`54.
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`Your knowledge and date of first knowledge of each Prior Art reference cited in
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`Supercell’s invalidity contentions.
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`55.
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`The identity and location of each Document, Communication, and Thing and the
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`identity and location of the custodian of each Document, Communication, and Thing Concerning the
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`foregoing topic.
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`56.
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`Any prior license contemplated or entered into by GREE (including any of its
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`subsidiaries), including the scope of the license and value assigned to each licensed patent.
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`57.
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`The financing of this litigation.
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`58.
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`59.
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`Entities with any interest, financial or otherwise, in this litigation.
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`All facts, documents and theories relating to GREE’s contention that it has
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`suffered damages as a result of Supercell’s alleged infringement of the Patents-in-Suit, including
`
`without limitation the nature of damages, injury or loss, the amount of damages, injury or loss,
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`the method by which the damage, injury or loss has been or may be calculated, the measure(s) of
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`the monetary award that would be adequate to compensate for the damage, injury or loss, and the
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`period of time during which you contend the damage, injury or loss occurred.
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`60.
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`61.
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`Your responses to Supercell’s discovery requests.
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`Your investigation concerning each of the foregoing topics, including but not
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`limited to, the investigation you performed to provide the testimony required by this deposition
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`notice.
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`62.
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`The identity and location of the persons most knowledgeable about any of the
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`topics above.
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`16
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1031
`Page 16
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on August 7, 2020, a true and correct copy of the foregoing
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`document was served via email on each party through their counsel of record.
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`Alton L. Absher, III
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Email: aabsher@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Andrew W. Rinehart
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Email: arinehart@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`John C Alemanni
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Email: jalemanni@kilpatricktownsend.com
`
`Kasey E. Koballa
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Email: kkoballa@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Melissa Richards Smith
`Gillam & Smith, LLP
`Email: melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`
`Harry L. Gillman
`Gillam & Smith, LLP
`Email: gil@gillamsmithlaw.com
`
`Michael T. Morlock
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Email: mmorlock@kilpatricktownsend.com
`
`Norris Power Boothe
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Email: nboothe@kilpatricktownsend.com
`
`Rishi Gupta
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Email: rgupta@kilpatricktownsend.com
`
`Taylor Higgins Ludlam
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`Email: taludlam@kilpatricktownsend.com
`
`Taylor Jacqueline Pfingst
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
`Email: tpfingst@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Steven David Moore
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
`Email: smoore@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`
`
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`/s/ Jessica M. Kaempf
`Jessica M. Kaempf
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`
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`17
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`Supercell
`Exhibit 1031
`Page 17
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