Case 1:17-cv-00585-JFB-SRF Document 65 Filed 04/26/18 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 1202
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`UNIVERSAL SECURE REGISTRY, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`C.A. No. 17-585-JFB-SRF
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`APPLE INC., VISA INC., and VISA U.S.A., INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUBSEQUENT AUTHORITY
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`David E. Moore (#3983)
`Bindu A. Palapura (#5370)
`Stephanie E. O’Byrne (#4446)
`POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
`Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor
`1313 North Market Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 984-6000
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`OF COUNSEL FOR VISA:
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`James Yoon
`Jamie Yoo Otto
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`650 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto CA 94304
`(650) 320-4726
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`Fredrick L. Cottrell, III (#2555)
`Jason J. Rawnsley (#5379)
`RICHARDS LAYTON, & FINGER, P.A.
`920 North King Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 651-7700
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`OF COUNSEL FOR APPLE:
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`Mark D. Selwyn
`Liv L. Herriot
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`950 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`(650) 858-6000
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`Monica Grewal
`Kate Saxton
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`60 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`(202) 663-6000
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`Derek A. Gosma
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2100
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`(213) 443-5300
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`Case 1:17-cv-00585-JFB-SRF Document 65 Filed 04/26/18 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 1203
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`Pursuant to D. Del. LR 7.1.2(b), Defendants Apple Inc., Visa Inc., and Visa U.S.A., Inc.
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`submit the attached recent opinion in Voter Verified, Inc. v. Election Systems & Software LLC, No.
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`2017-1930, slip op. at 1 (Fed. Cir. Apr. 20, 2018), as supplemental authority in support of their
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`Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint (D.I. 16). The opinion affirms the decision of the District
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`Court for the Northern District of Florida dismissing a complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) because the
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`remaining asserted claims1 were invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 101. Id. at 16. The Voter Verified
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`decision is relevant to Defendants’ arguments in their pending Motion to Dismiss because the
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`opinion holds that claims directed to an abstract idea carried out using general purpose computer
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`equipment cannot pass muster at Alice step 2. Id. at 10-16. Specifically, the Court found that
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`claims drawn to the abstract concept of “voting, verifying the vote, and submitting the vote for
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`tabulation” did not contain any inventive concept because the claims recited only the use of general
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`purpose computers to carry out the claimed operation. Id. at 14. The Court, citing many of the
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`same authorities cited by Apple in its motion to dismiss, found that “the case law has consistently
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`held that these standard components are not sufficient to transform abstract claims into patent-
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`eligible subject matter.” Id. at 15 (citing Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank Int’l, 134 S. Ct. 2347, 2359-60
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`(2014); Intellectual Ventures I LLC v. Capital One Fin. Corp., 850 F.3d 1332, 1341-42 (Fed. Cir.
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`2017); In re TLI Commc’ns LLC Patent Litig., 823 F.3d 607, 613-14 (Fed. Cir. 2016); Mortg.
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`Grader, Inc. v. First Choice Loan Servs. Inc., 811 F.3d 1314, 1324-25 (Fed. Cir. 2016); Content
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`Extraction & Transmission LLC v. Wells Fargo Bank, Nat’l Ass’n, 776 F.3d 1343, 1347-48 (Fed.
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`Cir. 2014)).
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`1 Claims 49 and 94 of the asserted ’449 patent had already been invalidated in a prior case under
`35 U.S.C. §§ 112 and 103 respectively.
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`Case 1:17-cv-00585-JFB-SRF Document 65 Filed 04/26/18 Page 3 of 3 PageID #: 1204
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`/s/ David E. Moore
`David E. Moore (#3983)
`Bindu A. Palapura (#5370)
`Stephanie E. O’Byrne (#4446)
`POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
`Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor
`1313 North Market Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 984-6000
`dmoore@potteranderson.com
`bpalapura@potteranderson.com
`sobyrne@potteranderson.com
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`Attorneys for Visa Inc., and Visa U.S.A., Inc.
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`OF COUNSEL FOR VISA:
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`James Yoon
`Jamie Yoo Otto
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`650 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto CA 94304
`(650) 320-4726
`jyoon@wsgr.com
`jotto@wsgr.com
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`/s/ Jason J. Rawnsley
`Fredrick L. Cottrell, III (#2555)
`Jason J. Rawnsley (#5379)
`RICHARDS LAYTON, & FINGER, P.A.
`920 North King Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 651-7700
`cottrell@rlf.com
`rawnsley@rlf.com
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`Attorneys for Apple Inc.
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`OF COUNSEL FOR APPLE:
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`Mark D. Selwyn
`Liv L. Herriot
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`950 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`(650) 858-6000
`mark.selwyn@wilmerhale.com
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`Monica Grewal
`Kate Saxton
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`60 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`(202) 663-6000
`monica.grewal@wilmerhale.com
`kate.saxton@wilmerhale.com
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`Derek A. Gosma
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
` HALE AND DORR LLP
`350 South Grand Avenue, Suite 2100
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`(213) 443-5300
`derek.gosma@wilmerhale.com
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`Dated: April 26, 2018
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