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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 2:20-cv-00295-JRG
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`v.
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`ACQIS LLC,
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` Plaintiff,
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., ET
`AL.
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` Defendants.
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`DEFENDANTS’ SUPPLEMENTAL STIPULATION OF INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`Defendants Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
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`(collectively referred to herein as “Samsung” or “Defendants”), submit this stipulation of
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`invalidity contentions.
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`On March 17, 2021, Samsung is filing petition numbers IPR2021-00666, IPR2021-
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`00667, IPR2021-00668, IPR2021-00669, and IPR2021-00670 with the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board requesting inter partes review of U.S. Patent Nos. 9,529,768 (“’768 patent”), 8,977,797
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`(“’797 patent”), 9,703,750 (“’750 patent”), RE44,654 (“’654 patent”), and RE45,140 (“’140
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`patent”). The Petitions assert the following grounds of invalidity:
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`Patent No.
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`IPR Petition
`No.
`IPR2021-00666 U.S. Patent No.
`9,529,768
`(“’768 patent”)
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`IPR Ground
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`Claims
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`1
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`2
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`3
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`1-9, 13-25, 27-
`33, 35, 39
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`34, 36-38, 40
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`10-12
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`1
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`Grounds of
`Unpatentability
`US 6,690,676
`(“Gulick”) and US
`5,822,571
`(“Goodrum”)
`Gulick, Goodrum,
`and US 6,389,029
`(“McAlear”)
`US 6,041,372
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`SAMSUNG
`EX 1020, PAGE 1
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`Case 2:20-cv-00295-JRG Document 41 Filed 03/17/21 Page 2 of 6 PageID #: 612
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`IPR Petition
`No.
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`Patent No.
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`IPR Ground
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`Claims
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`Grounds of
`Unpatentability
`(“Hart”),
`Goodrum, and
`McAlear
`Gulick, Goodrum,
`and US 6,600,747
`(“Sauber”)
`Gulick and
`Goodrum
`Gulick, Goodrum,
`McAlear
`Heart and
`Goodrum
`Hart, Gulick,
`Goodrum,
`McAlear
`Gulick, Goodrum,
`McAlear, and
`Sauber
`Gulick and
`Goodrum
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`IPR2021-00667 U.S. Patent No.
`8,977,797
`(“’797 patent”)
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`IPR2021-00668 U.S. Patent No.
`9,703,750
`(“’750 patent”)
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`IPR2021-00669 U.S. Reissued
`Patent No.
`RE44,654
`(“’654 patent”)
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`IPR2021-00670 U.S. Reissued
`Patent No.
`RE45,140
`(“’140 patent”)
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`4
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`1
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`2
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`3
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`4
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`5
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`1
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`2
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`3
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`4
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`5
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`1
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`2
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`3
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`4
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`1
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`2
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`3
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`26
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`4-6, 14-17, 21-
`23, 36-38
`27-31, 33, 34
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`7-9, 18-20
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`1-3, 10-13
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`32, 35
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`1-3, 5, 6, 10, 11,
`14-23, 25-28,
`31-34, 44, 45
`12, 13, 35-43
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`51
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`29-30
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`17-20
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`20-22
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`14-16, 26-27,
`35-36
`23-25, 28-34
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`Gulick, Goodrum,
`and Sauber
`4, 7-9, 24, 46-50 Gulick, Goodrum,
`and McAlear
`Gulick, Goodrum,
`McAlear, and
`Sauber
`Hart, Goodrum,
`and McAlear
`Gulick and
`Goodrum
`Gulick, Goodrum,
`and McAlear
`Hart and Goodrum
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`Hart, Goodrum,
`and McAlear
`Gulick and
`Goodrum
`Gulick, Goodrum,
`and Sauber
`Gulick, Goodrum,
`and McAlear
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`30-33, 35
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`14, 16, 17, 38
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`18-20, 22-26,
`28, 29, 34, 36,
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`Case 2:20-cv-00295-JRG Document 41 Filed 03/17/21 Page 3 of 6 PageID #: 613
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`IPR Petition
`No.
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`Patent No.
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`IPR Ground
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`Claims
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`4
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`37
`15, 21, 27
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`Grounds of
`Unpatentability
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`Gulick, Goodrum,
`Sauber, and
`McAlear
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`Defendants hereby stipulate that:
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`if the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) institutes IPR on IPR2021-00666,
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`then Defendants will not pursue in this case the specific grounds identified above
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`in connection with the ’768 patent and claims as originally issued on the instituted
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`inter partes review petition, or on any other ground for which the PTAB
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`institutes, that was raised or could have reasonably been raised in the IPR (i.e.,
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`any ground that could have reasonably been raised under §§ 102 or 103 on the
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`basis of prior art patents or printed publications);
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`•
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`if the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) institutes IPR on IPR2021-00667,
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`then Defendants will not pursue in this case the specific grounds identified above
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`in connection with the ’797 patent and claims as originally issued on the instituted
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`inter partes review petition, or on any other ground for which the PTAB
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`institutes, that was raised or could have reasonably been raised in the IPR (i.e.,
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`any ground that could have been reasonably raised under §§ 102 or 103 on the
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`basis of prior art patents or printed publications);
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`•
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`if the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) institutes IPR on IPR2021-00668,
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`then Defendants will not pursue in this case the specific grounds identified above
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`in connection with the ’750 patent and claims as originally issued on the instituted
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`inter partes review petition, or on any other ground for which the PTAB
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`SAMSUNG
`EX 1020, PAGE 3
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`Case 2:20-cv-00295-JRG Document 41 Filed 03/17/21 Page 4 of 6 PageID #: 614
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`institutes, that was raised or could have reasonably been raised in the IPR (i.e.,
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`any ground that could have been reasonably raised under §§ 102 or 103 on the
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`basis of prior art patents or printed publications);
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`if the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) institutes IPR on IPR2021-00669,
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`then Defendants will not pursue in this case the specific grounds identified above
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`in connection with the ’654 patent and claims as originally issued on the instituted
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`inter partes review petition, or on any other ground for which the PTAB
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`institutes, that was raised or could have reasonably been raised in the IPR (i.e.,
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`any ground that could have reasonably been raised under §§ 102 or 103 on the
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`basis of prior art patents or printed publications); and
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`if the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) institutes IPR on IPR2021-00670,
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`then Defendants will not pursue in this case the specific grounds identified above
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`in connection with the ’140 patent and claims as originally issued on the instituted
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`inter partes review petition, or on any other ground for which the PTAB
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`institutes, that was raised or could have reasonably been raised in the IPR (i.e.,
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`any ground that could have reasonably been raised under §§ 102 or 103 on the
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`basis of prior art patents or printed publications).
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`This supplemental stipulation is not intended, and should not be construed, to limit
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`Defendants’ ability to assert invalidity of the asserted claims of the’768 patent, ’797 patent, ’750
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`patent,’654 patent, and ’140 patent in this case on any other ground, regardless of whether inter
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`partes review is instituted.
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`Case 2:20-cv-00295-JRG Document 41 Filed 03/17/21 Page 5 of 6 PageID #: 615
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`Dated: March 17, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Melissa R. Smith
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`Mark D. Fowler (pro hac vice)
`Alan Limbach (pro hac vice)
`Aaron Wainscoat (pro hac vice)
`Erik R. Fuehrer (Admitted 5/24/12)
`Monica DeLazzari (pro hac vice)
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`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`2000 University Avenue
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303
`Tel: 650.833.2000
`Fax: 650.833.2001
`mark.fowler@us.dlapiper.com
`alan.limbach@us.dlapiper.com
`aaron.wainscoat@usdlapiper.com
`erik.fuehrer@us.dlapiper.com
`monica.delazzari@us.dlapiper.com
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`Aaron Fountain
`Texas Bar No. 24050619
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2500
`Austin, TX 78701-3799
`Tel: 512.457.7190
`Fax: 512.457.7001
`aaron.fountain@us.dlapiper.com
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`Melissa R. Smith
`Texas Bar No. 24001351
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 S. Washington Avenue
`Marshall, TX 75670
`Tel: 903.934.8450
`Fax: 903.934.9257
`melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
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`Case 2:20-cv-00295-JRG Document 41 Filed 03/17/21 Page 6 of 6 PageID #: 616
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic
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`service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court’s CM/ECF system per Local
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`Rule CV-5(a)(3) on this 17th day of March, 2021.
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`/s/ Melissa R. Smith
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