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`Sarah G. Hartman (Cal. Bar No. 281751)
`shartman@brownrudnick.com
`Peter Lambrianakos (pro hac vice)
`plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
`Vincent J. Rubino, III (pro hac vice)
`vrubino@brownrudnick.com
`Brown Rudnick LLP
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`Arjun Sivakumar (Cal. Bar No. 297787)
`asivakumar@brownrudnick.com
`Brown Rudnick LLP
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`OAKLAND DIVISION
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` Case No. 18-cv-06185
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`ZTE (USA) INC.,
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`v.
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`Plaintiff,
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`DECLARATION OF MALCOLM K. BEYER,
`JR. IN SUPPORT OF MOTION TO DISMISS
`SECOND AMENDED COMPLAINT
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC, et
`al.,
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`Second Amended Complaint Filed: 05-FEB-2019
`Deadline to Respond: 19-FEB-2019
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`Defendants.
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`Hearing Date:
`Time:
`Trial Date:
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`May 2, 2019
`2:00 p.m. PST
`None Set
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`DECLARATION OF MALCOLM K. BEYER, JR., CASE NO. 18-cv-06185
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`DECLARATION OF MALCOLM K. BEYER, JR.
`I, Malcolm K. Beyer, Jr., do hereby declare as follows:
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`I submit this declaration based on my personal knowledge and in support of
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`Defendant AGIS Software Development LLC’s (“AGIS Software” or “Defendant”) Motion to
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`Dismiss the Second Amended Complaint filed by ZTE (USA) Inc. (“ZTE”).
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`I am the Chief Executive Officer of Defendant AGIS Software.
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`I am also the first-named inventor on U.S. Patent Nos. 8,213,970 (the “’970 Patent”);
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`9,408,055 (the “’055 Patent”); 9,445,251 (the “’251 Patent”); 9,467,838 (the “’838 Patent”); and
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`9,749,829 (the “’829 Patent”) (collectively, the “Patents-in-Suit”) issued by the U.S. Patent and
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`Trademark Office.
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`I live in Jupiter, Florida with my wife Margaret Beyer. We have lived in Jupiter,
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`Florida for over three decades.
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`In 2004, I founded Advanced Ground Information Systems, Inc. (“AGIS, Inc.”).
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`In 2013, AGIS, Inc. began a corporate restructuring plan for business growth
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`purposes. By 2017, AGIS, Inc.’s board of directors approved the restructuring plan which resulted
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`in the formation of a parent corporation, AGIS Holdings, Inc. (“AGIS Holdings”). AGIS Holdings
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`consists of two subsidiaries, AGIS, Inc. and AGIS Software Development LLC (“AGIS Software”).
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`AGIS Software is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title and interest in and to
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`each of the Patents-in-Suit.
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`AGIS Software is a limited liability company organized under Texas law.
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`AGIS Software maintains an office and its principal place of business at 100 W.
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`Houston Street, Marshall, Texas 75670.
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`AGIS Software is not registered to do business in California.
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`AGIS Software does not have a registered agent for service of process in California.
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`AGIS Software does not have offices, employees, equipment, bank accounts or other
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`assets in California.
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`AGIS Software is not subject to and has never paid taxes in California.
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`AGIS Software does not manufacture products in California.
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`AGIS Software has never made any sales in California.
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`AGIS Software does not solicit or engage in business in California.
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`AGIS Software has not signed any contracts in California.
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`AGIS Software does not recruit employees in California.
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`AGIS Software does not own. lease or rent any property in California.
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`AGIS Software did not retain counsel located in California in connection with
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`enforcement actions involving the Patents-in-Suit.
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`AGIS Software has never filed a lawsuit in California. With the exception of the
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`instant action, AGIS Software has never been sued in California.
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`AGIS Software‘s efforts to enforce its rights in the Patents-in-Suit consist only of
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`of February_, 2019.
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`litigating patent infringement lawsuits filed1n the Eastern District of Texas.
`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoingIS true and correct. Executed thisflfday
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`@z/mé
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`Malcolm K. Beyer.
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`DECLARATION OF MALCOLM K. BEYER, JR., CASE NO. l8-cv-06l85
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