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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.
`PAUL D. TRIPODI II (SBN 162380)
`ptripodi@wsgr.com
`WENDY L. DEVINE (SBN 246337)
`wdevine@wsgr.com
`NATALIE J. MORGAN (SBN 211143)
`nmorgan@wsgr.com
`633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1550
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: 323-210-2900
`Fax: 866-974-7329
`Hilgers Graben PLLC
`MICHAEL T. HILGERS (Pro Hac Vice)
`mhilgers@hilgersgraben.com
`575 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 202
`Lincoln, NE 68521
`Telephone: 402-218-2106
`Fax: 402-413-1880
`Attorneys for Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN DIEGO DIVISION
`NUVASIVE INC., a Delaware
`Case No. 18-cv-00347-CAB-MDD
`corporation,
`DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA
`DASHE IN SUPPORT OF
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`NUVASIVE, INC.’S MOTION TO
`STRIKE ALPHATEC’S
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`INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`PER CHAMBERS RULES, NO
`ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS
`SEPARATELY ORDERED BY THE
`COURT
`Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
`Magistrate Judge: Mitchell D. Dembin
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`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
`Delaware corporation, and ALPHATEC
`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
` Defendants.
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`DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA DASHE
`ISO NUVASIVE’S MOTION TO STRIKE
`INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI P.C.
`PAUL D. TRIPODI II (SBN 162380)
`ptripodi@wsgr.com
`WENDY L. DEVINE (SBN 246337)
`wdevine@wsgr.com
`NATALIE J. MORGAN (SBN 211143)
`nmorgan@wsgr.com
`633 West Fifth Street, Suite 1550
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: 323-210-2900
`Fax: 866-974-7329
`Hilgers Graben PLLC
`MICHAEL T. HILGERS (Pro Hac Vice)
`mhilgers@hilgersgraben.com
`575 Fallbrook Blvd, Suite 202
`Lincoln, NE 68521
`Telephone: 402-218-2106
`Fax: 402-413-1880
`Attorneys for Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc.
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SAN DIEGO DIVISION
`NUVASIVE INC., a Delaware
`Case No. 18-cv-00347-CAB-MDD
`corporation,
`DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA
`DASHE IN SUPPORT OF
` Plaintiff,
`NUVASIVE, INC.’S MOTION TO
`STRIKE ALPHATEC’S
`v.
`INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`PER CHAMBERS RULES, NO
`ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS
`SEPARATELY ORDERED BY THE
`COURT
`Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
`Magistrate Judge: Mitchell D. Dembin
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`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
`Delaware corporation, and ALPHATEC
`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
` Defendants.
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`DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA DASHE
`ISO NUVASIVE’S MOTION TO STRIKE
`INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`18-cv-00347-CAB-MDD
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`I, Christina Dashe, declare as follows,
`1.
`I am an associate with Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, and
`counsel for Plaintiff NuVasive, Inc. (“NuVasive”) in the above captioned matter. I
`submit this Declaration in Support of NuVasive’s Motion to Strike Defendants
`Alphatec Holdings, Inc. and Alphatec Spine, Inc.’s (“Alphatec”) Invalidity
`Contentions. I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein based on
`information made available to me and, if called as a witness, I would be competent
`to testify thereto.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of the U.S.
`2.
`Provisional Patent Application No. 60/557,536, filed March 29, 2004, Bates
`numbered NUVA_ATEC0020805 – NUVA_ATEC0020853.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a true and correct copy of a webpage
`3.
`with url https://web.archive.org/web20040208334016/http:/nuvasive.com/ from the
`Wayback Machine, Bates numbered NUVA_ATEC0342156. Exhibit B displays a
`screengrab of NuVasive’s website from February 8, 2004 regarding the “CoRoent
`Family of Radiolucent Systems.”
`I initially accessed Exhibit B on October 18, 2020. I accessed Exhibit
`4.
`B through the following steps:
`i. Navigated to “archive.org/web.”
`ii.
`Typed “nuvasive.com” into the “browse history” search bar.
`iii. Navigated to the saved “nuvasive.com” web pages from the year
`2004.
`Selected the saved “nuvasive.com” web page from February 8,
`2004.
`Enabled “Adobe Flash player” in the browser to load the graphics
`on the saved “nuvasive.com” web page.
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`iv.
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`v.
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`DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA
`DASHE ISO NUVASIVE’S MOTION TO
`STRIKE INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`Selected the “Maximum Access Surgery” text on the leftmost side
`of the top toolbar.
`Selected “CoRoent” from the drop-down menu.
`vii.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of
`5.
`Defendants’ Updated Preliminary Invalidity Contentions for U.S. Patent Nos.
`8,361,156 and 8,187,334, dated October 15, 2020.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of
`6.
`Defendants’ Final Invalidity Contentions for U.S. Patent Nos. 8,361,156 and
`8,187,334, dated November 12, 2020.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit E is a true and correct copy of
`7.
`Defendant’s Supplemental Final Invalidity Contentions for U.S. Patent Nos.
`8,361,156 and 8,187,334 with supporting excerpted Appendices A & B, dated
`November 17, 2020.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit F is a true and correct copy of an excerpt
`8.
`from Defendants’ Amended Invalidity Contentions for U.S. Patent No. 8,361,156,
`dated December 7, 2018.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit G is a true and correct copy of an excerpt
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`from Defendants’ Amended Invalidity Contentions for U.S. Patent No. 8,187,334,
`dated January 16, 2019.
`10. Attached hereto as Exhibit H is a true and correct copy of
`correspondence between counsel for NuVasive and counsel for Alphatec, dated
`October 26 – November 11, 2020.
`11. On November 11, 2020, the parties in this case met and conferred
`pursuant to Local Civil Rule 26.1(a) regarding NuVasive’s proposed motion to
`strike.
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`DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA
`DASHE ISO NUVASIVE’S MOTION TO
`STRIKE INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`12. Attached hereto as Exhibit I is a true and correct copy of
`correspondence between counsel for NuVasive and counsel for Alphatec, dated
`November 16 – November 17, 2020.
`13.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States
`of America that the foregoing is true. Executed this 25th day of November in 2020
`in San Diego, California.
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`By:
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`/s/ Christina Dashe
`Christina Dashe
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`DECLARATION OF CHRISTINA
`DASHE ISO NUVASIVE’S MOTION TO
`STRIKE INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies that a true and correct copy of the foregoing
`document has been served on this date to all current and/or opposing counsel of
`record, if any to date, who are deemed to have consented to electronic service via
`the Court’s CM/ECF system per Civ.L.R. 5.4(d). Any other counsel of record will
`be served by electronic mail, facsimile and/or overnight delivery.
`I declare under penalty of perjury under the Laws of the United States of
`America that the above is true and correct. Executed this 25th day of November
`2020, at Los Angeles, California.
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`By: /s/ Hilda Vecino
`Hilda Vecino
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