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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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`DRONE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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` Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`DEFENDANTS PARROT S.A. AND PARROT, INC.’S
`NOTICE OF APPEAL UNDER 28 U.S.C. § 1295
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`Civil Action No. 2:14-cv-00111
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`Judge Arthur J. Schwab
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`ELECTRONICALLY FILED
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`PARROT S.A. and PARROT, INC.,
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` Defendants.
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`Notice is hereby given that Defendants Parrot S.A. and Parrot, Inc., (collectively,
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`“Defendants”) in the above-named case, appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Federal Circuit from the judgment denying Parrot’s post-trial motions, entered on July 16, 2015
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`(Doc. No. 436), the final judgment and order entered in this action on June 12, 2015 (Doc. No.
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`405), and from all orders and rulings merged therein, and all other underlying or related orders,
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`rulings, and findings, including but not limited to:
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`4.
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`Memorandum Order dated May 19, 2014 (Doc. No. 29), denying Defendants’
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`Motion to Stay Pending Inter Partes Review or Transfer Venue (Doc. No. 17);
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`Text Order dated May 30, 2014, denying Defendants’ Motion to Clarify the
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`Protective Order to Include a Limited Patent Prosecution Bar;
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`Order dated July 1, 2014 (Doc. No. 48), granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel
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`Initial Disclosure Documents (Doc. No. 41);
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`Text Order dated July 8, 2014, denying Defendants’ Emergency Motion for
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`Reconsideration of the Court’s July 1, 2014 Order;
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`5.
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`6.
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`Text Order dated July 9, 2014, denying Defendants’ Motion to Bifurcate
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`Discovery and Trial;
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`Text Order dated July 11, 2014, denying Defendants’ Motion to Compel the
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`Deposition of Mr. Bruce Ding;
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`Order dated July 25, 2014 (Doc. No. 63), granting Plaintiff’s Motion to Compel
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`Defendants to Obey the Court’s July 1, 2014 Order (Doc. No. 61);
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`Order dated August 7, 2014 (Doc. No. 70), denying Defendants’ Emergency
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`Motion to Modify the Protective Order (Doc. No. 64);
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`Memorandum Order dated August 14, 2014 (Doc. No. 77), denying Defendants’
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`Emergency Motion for Relief from the Court’s Order dated July 25, 2014, or, in
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`the Alternative, for a Stay Pending a Petition for Writ of Mandamus (Doc. No.
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`74);
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`10.
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`Order dated August 19, 2014 (Doc. No. 81), Re: granting in part and denying in
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`part Defendants’ Motion
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`to Compel
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`the 30(b)(6) Deposition of Drone
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`Technologies, Inc. and the Depositions of Mr. Bruce Ding and Ms. Diane Lee
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`(Doc. No. 72);
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`11.
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`Order and Memorandum Opinion dated November 3, 2014, striking Defendants’
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`Answer and Counterclaims, entering default judgment against Defendants as to
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`liability, and denying Defendants’ Motion for Leave to File First Amended
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`Answer and Counterclaims (Doc. Nos. 106, 107);
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`12. Memorandum Order dated November 19, 2014 (Doc. No. 125), denying
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`Defendants’ Motion to Stay Pending Appeal or, in the Alternative, to Stay
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`Pending Inter Partes Review (Doc. No. 112);
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`13.
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`Order dated December 4, 2014 (Doc. No. 137), denying Defendants’ Motion
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`Challenging the Confidentiality Designations of the Depositions of Drone
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`Technologies, Inc., Bruce Ding, and Yu-Tuan “Diane” Lee under Paragraph 5 of
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`the Protective Order (Doc. No. 128);
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`14.
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`15.
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`16.
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`Order dated December 16, 2014 (Doc. No. 145), granting Plaintiff’s Motion to
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`Compel Damages Discovery (Doc. No. 138);
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`Order dated January 15, 2015 (Doc. No. 154), granting Plaintiff’s Second Motion
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`to Compel Damages Discovery (Doc. Nos. 150, 152);
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`Order dated February 2, 2015 (Doc. No. 164), granting in part Plaintiff’s Third
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`Motion to Compel Damages Discovery (Doc. No. 158);
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`Order dated February 5, 2015 (Doc. No. 171), denying Defendants’ Objections to
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`the Court’s February 2, 2015 Order Requiring Defendants to Produce Documents
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`for In Camera Review;
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`18. Memorandum Order dated March 2, 2015 (Doc. No. 209), denying Defendants’
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`Motion for Leave to File Affirmative Defense to Plaintiff’s Damages Claims and
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`Request for Equitable Relief Based upon Unclean Hands (Doc. No. 188);
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`19. Memorandum Order dated March 24, 2015 (Doc. No. 228), denying Defendants’
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`Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Doc. No. 210);
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`20. Memorandum Order dated March 24, 2015 (Doc. No. 229), denying Defendants’
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`Motion to Dismiss for Lack of Standing (Doc. No. 172);
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`21. Memorandum Order dated April 9, 2015 (Doc. No. 287), granting or granting in
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`part certain of Plaintiff’s Motions in Limine and denying certain of Defendants’
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`Motions in Limine (Doc. Nos. 236, 237, 238, 246, 248, 250, 252, and 256);
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`22.
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`25.
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`26.
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`27.
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`28.
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`29.
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`30.
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`Order dated April 10, 2015 (Doc. No. 293), denying Defendants’ Motion for
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`Leave to File Supplemental Damages Expert Report (Doc. No. 282);
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`Order dated April 20, 2015 (Doc. No. 314), sustaining certain of Plaintiff’s
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`Objections to Defendants’ Exhibits, and overruling certain of Defendants’
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`Objections to Plaintiff’s Exhibits (Doc. No. 301);
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`Order dated April 21, 2015 (“Preliminary Jury Instructions,” Doc. No. 320),
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`overruling certain of Defendants’ Objections to Preliminary Jury Instructions
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`(Doc. No. 318);
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`Order dated April 22, 2015 (Doc. No. 333), overruling Defendants’ Objections to
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`Jury Verdict Form (Doc. No. 317);
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`Order dated April 22, 2015 (Doc. No. 334), sustaining certain of Plaintiff’s
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`Objections to Draft Final Jury Instructions (Doc. No. 315), and overruling certain
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`of Defendants’ Objections to Draft Final Jury Instructions (Doc. No. 316), and
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`“Final Jury Instructions Re: Damages” dated April 22, 2015 (Doc. No. 335);
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`Order dated April 22, 2015 (Doc. No. 336), sustaining Plaintiff’s Objections and
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`Overruling Defendants’ Objections to Designation of Deposition Excerpts (Doc.
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`Nos. 326-329);
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`Text Order dated April 28, 2015 (Doc. No. 351), granting in part and denying in
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`part Plaintiff’s Motion for a Curative Instruction;
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`Text Order dated April 30, 2015 (Doc. No. 359), denying Defendants’ Motion for
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`Judgment as a Matter of Law;
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`Order and Memorandum Opinion dated June 12, 2015 (Doc. Nos. 403, 404),
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`granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Fees under Rule 37, granting in part and denying
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`in part Plaintiff’s Motion for Pre-Judgment Interest, granting in part and denying
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`in part Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for an Exceptional Case Finding and an
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`Award of Attorneys’ Fees, and granting Plaintiff’s Motion for Post-Judgment
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ James E. Hopenfeld
`James E. Hopenfeld (pro hac vice)
`Attorney-in-Charge
`CA Bar No. 190268
`E-mail: Hopenfeld@oshaliang.com
`Tammy J. Terry (pro hac vice)
`Texas Bar No. 24045660
`E-mail: Terry@oshaliang.com
`OSHA LIANG LLP
`909 Fannin Street, Suite 3500
`Houston, TX 77010-1034
`Phone: (713) 228-8600
`Fax: (713) 228-8778
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`COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS
`PARROT S.A. AND PARROT, INC.
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`Interest.
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`Dated: July 27, 2015
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`Eric G. Soller, Esquire
`PA I.D. #65560
`EGS@Pietragallo.com
`Firm I.D. #834
`PIETRAGALLO GORDON ALFANO BOSICK &
`RASPANTI, LLP
`The Thirty-Eighth Floor
`One Oxford Centre
`Pittsburgh, PA 15219
`Phone: (412) 263-1836
`Fax: (412) 263-4242
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that on July 27, 2015, the foregoing document, Defendants Parrot S.A. and
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`Parrot, Inc.’s Notice of Appeal Under 28 U.S.C. § 1295, was filed electronically with the Clerk
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`of the Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to all counsel
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`of record via email as follows:
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`Richard T. Ting
`John C. Thomas III
`Charles H. Dougherty, Jr.
`Clay Hughes
`Beck & Thomas, P.C.
`1575 McFarland Road
`Suite 100
`Pittsburgh, PA 15216
`Phone: 412-343-9700
`Fax: 412-343-5787
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`/s/ James E. Hopenfeld
`James E. Hopenfeld