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`Alfred R. Fabricant (pro hac vice)
`afabricant@fabricantllp.com
`Peter Lambrianakos (pro hac vice)
`plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com
`Vincent J. Rubino, III (pro hac vice)
`vrubino@fabricantllp.com
`Enrique Iturralde (pro hac vice)
`eiturralde@fabricantllp.com
`FABRICANT LLP
`411 Theodore Fremd Road, Suite 206 South
`Rye, New York 10580
`Telephone: (212) 257-5797
`Facsimile: (212) 257-5796
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`Benjamin T. Wang (CA SBN 228712)
`bwang@raklaw.com
`Minna Y. Chan (CA SBN 305941)
`mchan@raklaw.com
`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`12424 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th Floor
`Los Angeles, California 90025
`Telephone: (310) 826-7474
`Facsimile: (310) 826-9226
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`AGIS Software Development LLC
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`SAN JOSE DIVISION
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`WHATSAPP, LLC
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
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`Defendants.
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` Case No. 5:21-cv-03076-BLF
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`Hon. Judge Beth Labson Freeman
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`DECLARATION OF MALCOLM K.
`BEYER, JR. IN SUPPORT OF MOTION
`TO DISMISS COMPLAINT FOR
`DECLARATORY JUDGMENT
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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
`Defendant AGIS Software Development LLC’s (“AGIS Software” or “Defendant”) Motion to
`Dismiss the Complaint for Declaratory Judgment filed by WhatsApp, LLC (“WhatsApp” or
`“Plaintiff”).
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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. 9,408,055 (the “’055 Patent”);
`9,445,251 (the “’251 Patent”); 9,467,838 (the “’838 Patent”); 9,749,829 (the “’829 Patent”);
`7,630,724 (the “724 Patent”); and 7,031,728 (the “’728 Patent”) (collectively, the “Patents-in-Suit”)
`issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
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`I live in Jupiter, Florida with my wife Margaret Beyer, who is the corporate secretary
`for AGIS Software. We have lived in Jupiter, 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
`purposes. By 2017, AGIS, Inc.’s board of directors approved the restructuring plan which resulted
`in the formation of a parent corporation, AGIS Holdings, Inc. (“AGIS Holdings”). AGIS Holdings
`consists of two subsididaries: AGIS, Inc. and AGIS Software Development LLC.
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`AGIS Software is the sole and exclusive owner of all right, title, and interest in and
`to 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.
`Houston Street, Marshall, Texas 75670. AGIS Software maintains all documentary evidence at this
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`AGIS Software is not registered to do business in California.
`AGIS Software does not have a registered agent for service of process in California.
`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
`enforcement actions involving the Patents-in-Suit.
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`AGIS Software has never filed a lawsuit in California.
`I declare under the penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this
`20th day of August, 2021.
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`Malcolm K. Beyer, Jr.
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