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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
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`Case No. 18-cv-00347-CAB-MDD
`corporation,
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`DECLARATION OF TRENT D.
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`TANNER IN SUPPORT OF
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`NUVASIVE, INC.’S OPPOSITION
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`LIMINE NOS. 1-10
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`ALPHATEC HOLDINGS, INC., a
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`PER CHAMBERS RULES, NO
`Delaware corporation, and ALPHATEC
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`ORAL ARGUMENT UNLESS
`SPINE, INC., a California corporation,
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`SEPARATELY ORDERED BY THE
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`Judge: Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo
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`Courtroom: 15A
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`Hearing: November 12, 2021
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`Trial: December 8, 2021
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`I, Trent D. Tanner, declare the following:
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`I am a partner with Hilgers Graben PLLC, and counsel for Plaintiff,
`NuVasive, Inc. (“NuVasive”). I submit this Declaration in support NuVasive’s
`Opposition to Defendants’ Motions in Limine Nos. 1-10. 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 competently testify to those facts.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`a Draft Proposed Pretrial Order with Alphatec’s positions.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`Apple v. Samsung, No. 12-cv-00630-LHK, Dkt. 1622 Trial Tr. (N.D. Cal. Apr. 7,
`2014).
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`Univ. of Pittsburgh v. Varian Med. Sys., Inc., 2:08-cv-1307-AJS, Dkt. 569, Trial
`Tr. (W.D. Pa. Feb. 6, 2012).
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of excerpts to
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`the Deposition Transcript of Scott Robinson’s 30(b)(6) Deposition, dated October
`29, 2019.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`the Supplemental Expert Report of Blake Inglish, dated November 20, 2020 with
`Supplemental Schedules 4, 5, and 15.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`the Supplemental Expert Report of Blake Inglish – Update, dated January 11, 2021
`with Updated Supplemental Schedules 1F, 2F, 4 and 5.
`Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of a Minute
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`Entry in Trading Technologies International, Inc. v. BCG Partners, Inc., Dkt.
`2004, dated July 29, 2021.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
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`the Expert Report of Blake Inglish with Schedule 4, dated November 18, 2019.
`10. Attached hereto as Exhibit 9 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`the Corrected Opening Expert Report of Jim Youssef, M.D., re U.S. Patent Nos.
`8,361,156 and 8,187,334, dated November 20, 2020.
`11. Attached hereto as Exhibit 10 is a true and correct copy of a
`November 21, 2016 e-mail bearing bates number NUVA_ATEC0331859.
`12. Attached hereto as Exhibit 11 is a true and correct copy of a January
`9, 2012 email and attachment bearing bates number NUVA_ATEC0299006-008
`and NUVA_ATEC0299381-400.
`13. Attached hereto as Exhibit 12 is a true and correct copy of Appendix
`A re Alphatec’s Rule 26 Disclosures.
`14. Attached hereto as Exhibit 13 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`Mr. Paul McClintock’s arbitration testimony transcript in NuVasive, Inc. v. Rival
`Medical, LLC, in 01-190001, dated September 28, 2020.
`15. Attached hereto as Exhibit 14 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`the NuVasive, Inc.’s 2019 Section 14(a) Proxy Statement.
`16. Attached hereto as Exhibit 15 is a true and correct copy of a printout
`of Eric Finley’s LinkedIn Profile Page, last visited on November 5, 2021.
`17. Attached hereto as Exhibit 16 is a true and correct copy of a printout
`of Matthew Link’s LinkedIn Profile Page, last visited on November 1, 2021.
`18. Attached hereto as Exhibit 17 is a true and correct copy of an email
`exchange between Billy Wardlaw and Trent Tanner (among others), dated October
`22-28, 2021.
`19. Attached hereto as Exhibit 18 is a true and correct copy of a printout
`of NuVasive, Inc.’s “Leadership Team” webpage,
`http://www.nuvasive.com/about/leadership/, last visited on November 3, 2021.
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`20. Attached hereto as Exhibit 19 is a true and correct copy of excerpts
`the Deposition Transcript of Kyle Malone, dated November 8, 2019.
`21. Attached hereto as Exhibit 20 is a true and correct copy of a June 29,
`2012 email and attachment bearing bates numbers NUVA_ATEC0313306-08 and
`NUVA_ATEC0313708-16.
`22. Attached hereto as Exhibit 21 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`Warsaw’s Patent Owner Response, in NuVasive, Inc. v. Warsaw Orthopedic, Inc.,
`IPR2013-00206, bearing bates numbers ATEC_LLIF000062136-2209.
`23. Attached hereto as Exhibit 22 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`the Deposition Transcript of Barton Sachs, M.D., in IPR2013-00206 and IPR2013-
`00208, bearing bates numbers NUVA_ATEC0108864-9048, dated February 25,
`2014.
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`24. Attached hereto as Exhibit 23 is a true and correct copy of the
`Supplement to Expert Reports of Jim Youssef, dated January 8, 2020.
`25. Attached hereto as Exhibit 24 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`the Rebuttal Report of Barton L. Sachs, M.D., M.B.A., F.A.C.P.E., F.A.C.H.E.,
`dated November 22, 2019.
`26. Attached hereto as Exhibit 25 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`the Supplemental Rebuttal Expert Report of Keith R. Ugone, Ph.D., dated
`December 18, 2020.
`27. Attached hereto as Exhibit 26 is a true and correct copy of excerpts of
`the 30(b)(6) Deposition Transcript of Robert Judd, dated November 5, 2019.
`I declare under penalty of perjury of the laws of the United States of
`America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 5th day of November
`2021, in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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` By: /s/ Trent D. Tanner
` Trent D. Tanner
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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 5th day of November
`2021 at San Diego, California.
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`By: /s/ Arlene Apodaca
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