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`PAUL 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
`KRISTOPHER KASTENS (State Bar No. 254797)
`kkastens@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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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`FINJAN, INC.
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION
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`FINJAN, INC., a Delaware Corporation,
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`Plaintiff,
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`JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC., a Delaware
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`Defendant.
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`Case No.: 3:17-cv-05659-WHA
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`PLAINTIFF FINJAN, INC.’S REPLY IN
`SUPPORT OF ITS RENEWED MOTION FOR
`JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW
`PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 50(B);
`MOTION FOR NEW TRIAL UNDER FED. R.
`CIV. P. 59; AND MOTION FOR
`CERTIFICATION FOR IMMEDIATE
`APPEAL IN THE ALTERNATIVE
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`Courtroom:
`Before:
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`February 14, 2019
`8:00 am
`12, 19th Floor
`Hon. William Alsup
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`ARGUMENT ............................................................................................................................... 1
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`Judgment As A Matter of Law (“JMOL”) of Infringement is Appropriate. ........................ 1
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`Juniper Did Not Refute its Documents Showing it Infringes. .................................... 1
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`Juniper’s Arguments are Factually and Legally Unsupported .................................... 2
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`It is Undisputed that the ResultsDB is a Database under the Court’s
`Construction. ......................................................................................................3
`It is Undisputed that the ResultsDB has as Database Schema. ..........................3
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`Finjan Objected To Juniper’s Improper “Database Schema” Construction. .............. 5
`a. Dr. Cole’s Opinion Was Credible Given Juniper’s Confidential and
`Technical Documents and Testimony. ...............................................................6
`In the Alternative to JMOL, a New Trial is Appropriate. .................................................... 6
`1. Dr. Rubin Improperly Argued Claim Construction. ................................................... 6
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`Juniper Improperly Presented Evidence of Claim 1 to the Jury. ................................ 7
`Juniper Improperly Suppressed its Revenues Information .................................................. 8
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`Juniper Misled the Court Regarding the Relevant Revenues ..................................... 8
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`Juniper Also Misled the Court to Conceal its Discovery Violations. ....................... 11
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`Juniper’s Expert Artificially Suppressed its Revenues. ............................................ 13
`Interlocutory Appeal .......................................................................................................... 14
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`E. Request for Stay ................................................................................................................. 15
`CONCLUSION ........................................................................................................................... 15
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`Federal Cases
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Page(s)
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`ADC Telecomm’ns, Inc. v. Switchcraft, Inc.,
`281 F. App’x 989 (Fed. Cir. 2008) ................................................................................................... 10
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`Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.,
`509 U.S. 209 (1993) ............................................................................................................................ 4
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`Core Wireless Licensing S.A.R.L. v. Apple Inc.,
`No. 15-cv-05008 NC, 2016 WL 6427850 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 31, 2016) ................................................. 1
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`Ericsson, Inc. v. D-Link Sys., Inc.,
`773 F.3d 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2014)......................................................................................................... 14
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`Finjan, Inc. v. Secure Computing,
`626 F.3d 1197 (Fed. Cir. 2010)................................................................................................... 13, 14
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`Galen v. Cnty. of L.A.,
`477 F.3d 652 (9th Cir. 2007) .............................................................................................................. 1
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`Golight, Inc. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.,
`355 F.3d 1327 (Fed. Cir. 2004)......................................................................................................... 14
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`Hern v. Intermedics, Inc.,
`210 F.3d 383 (9th Cir. 2000) .............................................................................................................. 8
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`Molski v. M.J. Cable, Inc.,
`481 F.3d 724 (9th Cir. 2007) ............................................................................................................ 10
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`Nazomi Commc’ns, Inc. v. Nokia Corp.,
`739 F.3d 1339 (Fed. Cir. 2014)......................................................................................................... 14
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`Promega Corp. v. Life Techs. Corp.,
`875 F.3d 651 (Fed. Cir. 2017)........................................................................................................... 15
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`Reese v. BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.,
`643 F.3d 681 (9th Cir. 2011) ............................................................................................................ 14
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`Rite-Hite Corp. v. Kelley Co.,
`56 F.3d 1538 (Fed. Cir. 1995)........................................................................................................... 14
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`Rollins v. Dignity Health,
`No. 13-cv-01450-TEH, 2014 WL 6693891 (N.D. Cal. Nov. 26, 2014) ........................................... 15
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`Steering Comm. v. U.S.,
`6 F.3d 572 (9th Cir. 1993) ................................................................................................................ 15
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`Telemac Cellular Corp. v. Topp Telecom, Inc.,
`247 F.3d 1316 (Fed. Cir. 2001)......................................................................................................... 14
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`Transocean Offshore Deepwater Drilling, Inc. v. Maersk Drilling USA, Inc.,
`699 F.3d 1340 (Fed. Cir. 2012)......................................................................................................... 10
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`Two-Way Media Ltd. v. Comcast Cable Commc’ns, LLC,
`874 F.3d 1329 (Fed. Cir. 2017), cert. denied, 139 S. Ct. 378 (2018) ................................................. 7
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`Union Carbide Chems. & Plastics Tech. Corp. v. Shell Oil Co.,
`308 F.3d 1167 (Fed. Cir. 2002)......................................................................................................... 10
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`Union Carbide Corp. v. Am. Can Co.,
`724 F.2d 1567 (Fed. Cir. 1984)........................................................................................................... 1
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`Versata Software, Inc. v. SAP Am., Inc.,
`717 F.3d 1255 (Fed. Cir. 2013)......................................................................................................... 14
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`Volterra Semiconductor Corp. v. Primarion, Inc.,
`799 F. Supp. 2d 1092 (N.D. Cal. 2011) .............................................................................................. 4
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`Statutes
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`35 U.S.C. § 103 ......................................................................................................................................... 7
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`35 U.S.C. §§ 271 and 284 ....................................................................................................................... 13
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`Other Authorities
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`Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(1)........................................................................................................................... 12
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`Judgment As A Matter of Law (“JMOL”) of Infringement is Appropriate.
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`Juniper Did Not Refute its Documents Showing it Infringes.
`Finjan presented unrefuted evidence that Juniper’s accused products (“Juniper’s Products”)
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`include a “database” under the agreed construction of the Court, and, as such, no reasonable jury could
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`have found that those products do not infringe. See Dkt. 353 (“Mtn.”) at 5-7. Juniper’s documents
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`explicitly say that the ResultsDB is a database and that it has a schema. See id. at 6-7. That Dr. Rubin,
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`Juniper’s non-infringement expert, makes bald assertions without relevant evidentiary support that the
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`ResultsDB does not contain a schema, does not create a material dispute of fact. Core Wireless
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`Licensing S.A.R.L. v. Apple Inc., No. 15-cv-05008 NC, 2016 WL 6427850, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Oct. 31,
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`2016)(citing Galen v. Cnty. of L.A., 477 F.3d 652, 658 (9th Cir. 2007))(“Bald assertions that genuine
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`issues of material fact exist are insufficient.”); see also Union Carbide Corp. v. Am. Can Co., 724 F.2d
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`1567, 1572 (Fed. Cir. 1984)(no issue of material fact where expert’s affidavit “expressed no more than
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`an unsupported conclusory opinion which ignored, rather than conflicted with, the evidence of
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`record.”).
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`Juniper cites the few documents Dr. Rubin used for his opinion. But these third party
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`documents are tangential to Juniper’s internal documents which actually describe how Juniper’s
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`Products work. First, Juniper claims that Amazon’s “Frequently Asked Questions” for the DynamoDB
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`was evidence that the ResultsDB database was “schema-less.” Dkt. 360 (“Opp.”) at 5. However, this
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`third party document does not describe the ResultsDB that Juniper implemented that was presented at
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`trial as having a schema. It only describes the DynamoDB, a single isolated component of ResultsDB,
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`which Amazon permits users like Juniper to modify. In fact, Juniper did modify it for its own purposes
`to have a schema, as stated in Juniper’s documents. Motion, Ex. 3,1 Trial Ex. 94 at JNPR-
`FNJN_29018_00963213 (“It is difficult to find one database that could satisfy many different storage
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`needs in one shot, especially if needs are very different … So we built a hybrid solution on top of
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`1 All citations herein to “Motion, Ex. __” are to exhibits to the Declaration of Kristopher Kastens in
`Support of Finjan’s Motion, Docket No. 353-1. All citations herein to “Reply, Ex. __” are to exhibits
`to the Declaration of Kristopher Kastens in Support of Finjan’s Reply filed herewith.
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`AWS existing storage services.”). Juniper’s documents, which Dr. Rubin did not explain and Juniper
`ignores entirely, proves that Juniper engineered the ResultsDB to include enforcing a schema on the
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`data. Motion, Ex. 7, Trial Ex. 65 at JNPR-FNJN_29030_00553974 (describing how (i) the ResultsDB
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`includes a “Schema Validation in ResultsDB,” and (ii)“[t]he format of the JSON data for records
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`stored in the ResultsDB adhere to a strict schema.”). Juniper had no actual evidence that these
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`databases it implemented were “schema-less.” This point was undisputed, even with the cross
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`examination of Dr. Rubin, who was unable to identify a single Juniper document that describes the
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`ResultsDB (or any of its sub-components) as “schema-less.” Motion, Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 785:22-786:7.
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`Juniper never addresses in its Opposition the fact that Amazon’s “DynamoDB” requires a database
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`schema in the form of a “key schema” that allows it to access stored data. Id., Trial Tr. at 786:10-15
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`(Dr. Rubin agreeing that DynamoDB has a “key schema”).
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`Juniper’s other third party document from the internet Engineering Task Force generally
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`described JSON as a “text format,” and not a database schema. Like the Amazon document, however,
`this document does not describe how Juniper actually used JSON for a schema to implement the
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`database at issue in its Products. Reply, Ex. 1, Trial Ex. 1248. Moreover, it is undisputed based on
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`Juniper’s internal confidential documents that JSON can define a schema setting forth the structure of
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`data being stored in a database. Mtn. at 6; Motion, Ex. 7, Trial Ex. 65 at JNPR-
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`FNJN_29030_00553974 (describing how “[t]he format of the JSON data for records stored in the
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`ResultsDB adhere to a strict schema.”); Motion, Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 765:24-766:13, 783:7-784:15 (Dr.
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`Rubin admitting that ResultsDB include data formatted using a JSON Schema). In fact, Juniper has no
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`supporting rationale for why data stored as “text,” such as possible with a JSON schema, cannot be a
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`database. Thus, Juniper has not identified any evidence that refutes Juniper’s confidential technical
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`descriptions of how its Products operate.
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`Juniper’s Arguments are Factually and Legally Unsupported
`Juniper, through Dr. Rubin, presented only two non-infringement arguments: (1) that the
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`ResultsDB was actually three separate storage components and (2) the ResultsDB does not have a
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`database schema. See generally, Opp. at 4-11. Neither argument is legally or factually supported.
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`It is Undisputed that the ResultsDB is a Database under the Court’s
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`Dr. Cole explained each of Juniper’s components, supporting his analysis and opinion with
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`Juniper’s confidential and technical documents. Motion, Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 449:5-25; Motion, Ex. 3,
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`Trial Ex. 94 at JNPR-FNJN_29018_00963213 (“we built a hybrid solution on top of AWS existing
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`storage services.”). He explained Juniper’s ResultsDB in the manner as Juniper did in its confidential
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`technical documents. Id. In fact, Dr. Cole used Juniper’s documents that explained how Juniper built
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`a database out of generic components. Motion, Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 449:5-25; Motion, Ex. 3, Trial Ex.
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`94 at JNPR-FNJN_29018_00963213. These documents established that Juniper’s ResultsDB at issue
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`is more than just an “API.” Opp. at 6-7. As Juniper described in its documents, there is a “ResultsDB
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`API,” which is separate from Juniper’s ResultsDB database at issue and serves as the software
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`interface for interacting with the ResultsDB data. Motion, Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 440:14-17; Reply, Ex. 2,
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`Trial Ex. 1179 at 10. Juniper does not deny that its documents identified the ResultsDB database—
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`which is the collection of stored data—as separate from the “ResultsDB API” which acts as the
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`interface to this data. Reply, Ex. 2, Trial Ex. 1179 at 10.
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`Juniper’s claim that the ResultsDB is not a “database” because its components access this same
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`data for separate purposes is improper because it ignores the Court’s construction. Opp. at 7; Motion,
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`Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 759:2-19. The Court’s construction of database does not require “components,” so
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`Juniper’s arguments about what components store the data or how these components access data is
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`irrelevant. The undisputed evidence is that the data in the ResultsDB is interrelated because it stores
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`the results of the malware analysis of the samples. See Mtn. at 8:11-24. Thus, ResultsDB is a
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`“database.”
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`It is Undisputed that the ResultsDB has as Database Schema.
`Juniper’s arguments regarding a schema-less database are contrary to the Court’s construction
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`and all of the evidence describing how Juniper’s Products are structured and operate. Opp. at 3. For
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`example, Dr. Rubin’s opinion that there was no “database schema” was legally improper because to
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`support such a position, he had to insert limitations that are not present in the claim or the Court’s
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`construction of “database.” For example, Dr. Rubin testified that“[s]o a database schema is a very
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`fields are in advance… That’s a very strict structure for that database… In a database with a schema
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`you can create a query exactly like the one I just described and immediately it will spit out all the
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`students that meet that. That's very powerful. Okay? And that is why you have a schema in a
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`database.” Motion, Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 742:3-743:4. Juniper alleges that the jury could have accepted
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`this testimony because Dr. Rubin asserted that spent a significant amount of time reviewing the source
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`code for Juniper’s Products. Opp. at 2. That claim, however, rings hollow because Juniper was still
`required to provide a rationale for Dr. Rubin’s conclusion based on the evidence and the Court’s
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`construction. See Volterra Semiconductor Corp. v. Primarion, Inc., 799 F. Supp. 2d 1092, 1098 (N.D.
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`Cal. 2011) (“When an expert opinion is not supported by sufficient facts to validate it in the eyes of the
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`As explained above, Juniper did not refute its confidential technical documents proving that
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`Juniper’s ResultsDB database has a schema. Dr. Rubin’s bald testimony that a “schema-less” database
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`does not have “strict fields” is legally improper because it is contrary to Juniper’s confidential
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`technical documents, which established that Juniper’s engineers modified Juniper’s ResultsDB to
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`enforce strict fields through a JSON format. Motion, Ex. 7, Trial Ex. 65 at JNPR-
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`FNJN_29030_00553974 (“The format of the JSON data for records stored in the ResultsDB adhere to
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`a strict schema.”). Thus, Dr. Rubin’s opinion was unsupported and Juniper continues to ignore that
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`Juniper’s ResultsDB has strict fields by enforcing that all data was stored according to a key schema.
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`Motion, Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 747:11-749:17, 786:10-787:24; id., Ex. 4, Trial Ex. 99 at 8 (describing how
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`Juniper’s ResultsDB database stores data in defined locations. Opp. at 4; Motion, Ex. 7, Trial Ex. 65 at
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`unsupported expert testimony, a reasonable jury could only have found for Finjan.
`Juniper’s claim that there is not a database schema because Dr. Cole testified generally that not
`all “schemas” are “database schemas” is a red herring because all of the specific schemas at issue at
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`trial are used in a database. Dr. Rubin had no explanation for why Juniper’s JSON schema at issue at
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`trial described in Juniper’s documents, was not a “database schema,” because even the JSON schema
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`met his own requirement that it set forth where information was located. Motion, Ex. 7, Trial Ex. 65 at
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`JNPR-FNJN_29030_00553974; id., Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 764:20-765:3. Finally, Juniper admits that the
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`MySQL database that is used in the ResultsDB has a schema, but argues that this does not prove
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`infringement because this component does not store the list of suspicious computer operations. Opp. at
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`10. As discussed above, Juniper ignores that the construction of “database” is that of “a collection of
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`interrelated data,” and not separate components. At trial, the undisputed evidence was that Juniper’s
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`MySQL, DynamoDB, and S3 all store “a collection of interrelated data.” Juniper did not dispute that
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`the data stored in these components is a collection of interrelated data. See Mtn. at 8.
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`Finjan Objected To Juniper’s Improper “Database Schema” Construction.
`Finjan timely objected several times to Juniper’s improper construction of the term “database
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`schema,” including arguing that, in the event the Court offered a new construction, Juniper could not
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`argue a new construction contrary to the Court’s construction. Finjan dedicated a motion in limine
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`(“MIL”) on the issue, raised it in opposition to a MIL, and in the middle of trial, arguing that: (1)
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`Juniper agreed to Finjan’s construction of “database schema” and thus waived any ability to argue
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`another construction and (2) Juniper should not be permitted to argue claim construction during trial,
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`as this was a legal issue for the Court. Dkt. 256, Finjan’s MIL No. 2 at 3-5 (motion to exclude
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`improper testimony from Juniper’s expert on claim construction); Dkt. 268, Finjan’s Opp. to MIL No.
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`5 at 1 (arguing that Juniper could not argue its improper construction of database schema); Dkt. 301 at
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`briefing). Furthermore, Juniper’s citations to where Finjan “opposed” Juniper’s request for further
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`claim construction does not support its position.
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`Dr. Cole’s Opinion Was Credible Given Juniper’s Confidential and
`Technical Documents and Testimony.
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`Dr. Cole credibly presented his analysis and opinions based on Juniper’s confidential technical
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`documents that established Juniper’s infringement, unlike Dr. Rubin who did not use a comparable
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`Juniper documents for his opinion. Opp. at 6-11. Thus, Juniper’s attempt to concoct a claim that Dr.
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`Cole somehow tried to mislead the jury by claiming there was a schema in the ResultsDB allowing for
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`quick look-up of data is not well taken. Id. at 10. Juniper’s specious argument conflicts with its
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`expert’s testimony, who also agreed that a database schema is used for a quick identification of data in
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`a database. Motion, Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 742:3-743:4. Further, Juniper cites to bits of Dr. Cole’s quotes
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`that do not support its argument and only made the same point that Dr. Rubin later made during his
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`testimony—that a schema helps identify data. See Opp. at 10. Dr. Cole’s opinion was based on
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`Juniper’s documents, unlike Dr. Rubin who cited nothing for his opinion that the ResultsDB was
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`incapable of quickly identifying data. Motion, Ex. 1, Trial Tr. at 462:25-463:19; id., Ex. 7, Trial Ex.
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`65 at JNPR-FNJN_29030_00553974 (“The format of the JSON data for records stored in the
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`operations” is a red herring, as it does not refute Juniper’s document that it has a database schema.
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`Juniper’s claim that Dr. Cole’s knowledge regarding on the paid versus unpaid version of Sky ATP is
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`similarly irrelevant because Dr. Cole’s technical opinion was about the technology, not Juniper’s
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`marketing and sales of its products. His technical opinion was based upon Juniper’s confidential and
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`technical documents, not how Juniper packaged its products for sale.
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`In the Alternative to JMOL, a New Trial is Appropriate.
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`Dr. Rubin Improperly Argued Claim Construction.
`At minimum, Finjan is entitled to a new trial because as discussed above, the jury’s verdict was
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`against the great weight of evidence and given Juniper’s improper and prejudicial arguments at trial.
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`Dr. Rubin’s improper testimony on the construction of “database schema” at trial was not “limited.”
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`Opp. at 12. The core of Dr. Rubin’s opinion for non-infringement was based on his construction of
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`“database schema” (which was not part of the Court’s construction), apparent from Juniper’s focus on
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`this element during closing arguments. Reply, Ex. 3, Trial Tr. at 932:2-936:16. Cross-examination of
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`his specific unsanctioned construction at all, as Finjan objected to such attempts both before and during
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`trial, and permitting him to present it prejudiced Finjan and confused the jury. The Jury’s question
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`requesting a dictionary definition of this term during its deliberation underscores the confusion it
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`created. Dkt. 334 (asking for IBM Dictionary definition of “schema.”).
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`Juniper engaged in unfair conduct when it compared Claim 1 of the ‘494 Patent to Claim 10,
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`Juniper Improperly Presented Evidence of Claim 1 to the Jury.
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`and implied that Claim 10 was not valid. Juniper’s claim that Claim 1 showed that the claim was
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`“obvious” under 35 U.S.C. § 103 highlights how prejudicial Juniper’s presentation was, as Section 103
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`determining inventive concept). Further, this prejudicial material did not even need to be before the
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`jury because Section 101 was not an issue for the jury to decide. Opp. at 13. There was nothing for
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`the jury to do with this information except draw negative inferences about Claim 10 whiles deciding
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`infringement.
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`Juniper made no effort to avoid jury confusion or explain what the jury had to decide versus the
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`issues before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”). For example, Juniper did not limit its
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`evidence regarding the inventiveness concept and instead presented the PTAB’s decision on Claim 1.
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`disingenuous. Opp. at 14. Dr. Cole made no mention of Claim 1 when discussing the “highlights” or
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`the “innovative component” on direct examination. Reply, Ex. 3, Trial Tr. at 379:10-380:11. It was
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`testimony, that Juniper’s counsel asked Dr. Cole about Claim 1 compared to Claim 10. Id. at 518:20-
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`Finjan preserved its objections to the presentation of any evidence on invalidity issues, such as
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`the IPR decision invalidating Claim 1, and filed a Motion in Limine to exclude this material. See Dkt.
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`objecting to Juniper’s use of 101-related slides that Juniper bootstrapped to their damages rebuttal); id.
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`at 511:9-24 (Finjan’s counsel objecting to questions to Dr. Cole regarding validity challenges in other
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`Finjan cases in which he testified). Furthermore, Finjan objected to this material as irrelevant at trial.
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`Id. at 519:2-6 (Finjan’s objection to comparison of claim 1 to claim 10 on Dr. Cole’s cross-
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`examination); see also id. at 724:6-7, 726:2-3 (Finjan’s objection to prior art references being used to
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`show lack of inventiveness). These were more than sufficient to preserve this issue. See Hern v.
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`Intermedics, Inc., 210 F.3d 383 (9th Cir. 2000) (constant objections are not required because they
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`could antagonize the jury) (citation omitted).
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`Juniper Improperly Suppressed its Revenues Information
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`Juniper Misled the Court Regarding the Relevant Revenues
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`Juniper misrepresented revenues for Juniper’s Products as only $1.8 million, which is
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`inconsistent with the trial record. Juniper’s corporate witness testified that revenues for Juniper’s
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`Products totaled far more than $1.8 million and were has high as $23.1 million. Reply, Ex. 4, Ms.
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`Gupta’s Trial Testimony at 51:11-53:08, confirming revenues of $7.2 million; id., at 69:04-71:22
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`this new information, which was presented for the first time in Juniper’s rebuttal report, did not matter
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`because it was still higher than Finjan’s reasonable royalty. Reply, Ex. 3, Trial Tr. at 7:9-9:9 (THE
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`astronomical number. So how would the 7.2 even get you close to 70 million?”). This was the Court’s
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`reasonable royalty. See Dkt. 283, Daubert Order at 4 (“Finjan will thus be stuck with the $1.8 million
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`which, as set forth in Finjan’s Opening Brief, are contrary to the law because revenues do not limit the
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`Given this record, Juniper’s assertion that the Court did not limit Finjan to Juniper’s $1.8
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`Juniper’s artificially low $1.8 million revenue figure and the total of over $23.1 million in revenues
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`that Finjan presented at trial with Juniper’s corporate designee on Juniper’s revenues, as Juniper
`presented no