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`JOHN ALLCOCK (Bar No. 98895)
`john.allcock@dlapiper.com
`SEAN C. CUNNINGHAM (Bar No. 174931)
`sean.cunningham@dlapiper.com
`ERIN GIBSON (Bar No. 229305)
`erin.gibson@dlapiper.com
`ROBERT WILLIAMS (Bar No. 246990)
`robert.williams@dlapiper.com
`TIFFANY MILLER (Bar No. 246987)
`tiffany.miller@dlapiper.com
`JACOB ANDERSON (Bar No. 265768)
`jacob.anderson@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`401 B Street, Suite 1700
`San Diego, California 92101-4297
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`ROBERT BUERGI (Bar No. 242910)
`robert.buergi@dlapiper.com
`AMY WALTERS (Bar No. 286022)
`amy.walters@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
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`Attorneys for
`APPLE INC.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`WI-LAN, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`CASE NO. 3:14-cv-1507-DMS-BLM
`(consolidated);
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`CASE NO. 3:14-cv-02235-DMS-BLM
`(lead case)
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`APPLE INC.’S OBJECTIONS TO
`CERTAIN EXHIBITS TO BE USED
`WITH JIM SKIPPEN AND RELATED
`TESTIMONY
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`Dept.: 13A
`Judge: Hon. Dana M. Sabraw
`Magistrate Judge: Hon. Barbara L. Major
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`AND RELATED
`COUNTERCLAIMS
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`In order to avoid disrupting the presentation of evidence at trial with multiple
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`preservation objections, Apple Inc. (“Apple”) respectfully submits for the record
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`the following written objections to certain exhibits Wi-LAN plans to use with its
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`witness James Skippen (PX-108, PX-118, PX-119 and PX-120) and expected
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`testimony by Mr. Skippen. The exhibits at issue are unadjusted license agreements
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`and unadjusted royalty rate sheets. Apple expects Wi-LAN to use these exhibits
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`and testimony to support Wi-LAN’s unapportioned and unadjusted damages claim,
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`which is legally flawed. Therefore, these exhibits and expected testimony should
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`not be admitted for the reasons stated in Apple’s Daubert motion briefing and trial
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`brief, and as more prejudicial than probative under Federal Rule of Evidence 403.
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`Dkt. Nos. 333, 373, 433.
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`As stated in Apple’s Daubert motion, Wi-LAN’s unapportioned and
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`unadjusted damages theories are contrary to Federal Circuit law. The exhibits and
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`testimony at issue are expected to form the basis for Wi-LAN’s damages claim, yet
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`do not “allow the jury to weigh the economic value of the patented feature against
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`the economic value of the features and services covered by the license agreement.”
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`DataQuill Ltd. v. High Tech Comput. Corp., 887 F. Supp. 2d 999, 1021-25 (S.D.
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`Cal. 2011); Uniloc USA Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., 632 F.3d 1292, 1318 (Fed. Cir.
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`2011) (evidence for damages “must be tied to the relevant facts and circumstances
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`of the particular case”); Whitserve, LLC v. Comput. Packages, Inc., 694 F.3d 10, 30
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`(Fed. Cir. 2012); AVM Techs., LLC v. Intel Corp., No. 10-610-RGA, 2013 WL
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`126233, at *3 (D. Del. Jan. 4, 2013) (“a patentee may not argue that prior licenses
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`granting rights to entire portfolios of patents are comparable to a license that the
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`parties would have negotiated for a single asserted patent.”).
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`Wi-LAN cannot uses these exhibits and testimony to prop up royalty
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`opinions without “tak[ing] into account the very types of apportionment principles
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`contemplated in Garretson.” Ericsson, Inc. v. D-Link Sys., Inc., 773 F.3d 1201,
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`1228 (Fed. Cir. 2014). Without the required adjustments, these exhibits “serve[] no
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`purpose other than to increase the reasonable royalty rate above rates more clearly
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`linked to the economic demand for the claimed technology.” LaserDynamics, Inc.
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`v. Quanta Comput., Inc., 694 F.3d 51, 80-81 (Fed. Cir. 2012).
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`Wi-LAN has failed to do what the Federal Circuit requires. Therefore, for
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`the reasons stated above and as set forth in Apple’s Daubert briefing (Dkt. Nos.
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`333, 373) and in Apple’s trial brief (Dkt. No 433), Apple respectfully requests that
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`the Court sustain Apple’s objection to Wi-LAN’s use of such unapportioned and
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`unadjusted exhibits and testimony as violating the Federal Circuit’s apportionment
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`requirements and Federal Rule of Evidence 403.
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`Dated: July 25, 2018
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`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
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`By /s/ Sean C. Cunningham
`JOHN ALLCOCK
`SEAN C. CUNNINGHAM
`ERIN GIBSON
`ROBERT BUERGI
`ROBERT WILLIAMS
`TIFFANY MILLER
`JACOB ANDERSON
`AMY WALTERS
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