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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
`SOUTHERN DIVISION
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`IN RE NEO WIRELESS, LLC
`PATENT LITIG.
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`Case No. 2:22-md-03034-TGB
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`Hon. Terrence G. Berg
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`DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL
`PRODUCTION OF NEO’S LICENSING
`NEGOTIATIONS WITH AVANCI
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`CONCISE STATEMENT OF ISSUES PRESENTED
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`Should plaintiff Neo Wireless LLC (“Neo”) be compelled to produce
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`its patent licensing negotiations with third-party Avanci, LLC (“Avanci”) where:
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`• Avanci is the world’s largest automotive OEM patent licensing entity for
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`4G/LTE cellular patents, and Neo is asserting its patents against the
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`Defendant automotive OEM’s 4G/LTE cellular technology;
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`• Each Defendant is a licensee of Avanci;
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`• Neo admitted in an interrogatory response that it was negotiating with
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`Avanci to secure a patent license that would cover each of the asserted
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`patents, each of the Defendants, and the alleged infringement asserted in
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`this case;
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`• Avanci permitted at least one Defendant (Ford) to produce in discovery its
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`patent license negotiations with Avanci; and
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`• Neo seeks damages in the form of a “reasonable royalty” under 35 U.S.C.
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`§284 and the Federal Circuit has held that a patentee’s negotiations to
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`license its asserted patents are squarely relevant to the reasonable royalty
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`determination.
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`Defendants’ answer: Yes.
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`CONCURRENCE PURSUANT TO L.R. 7.1(a)
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`Pursuant to L.R. 7.1(a), the parties met-and-conferred on numerous occasions
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`regarding the relief sought in this Motion. The Court held a Status Conference on
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`September 13, 2023 to discuss the parties’ discovery dispute, and authorized the
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`CONCISE STATEMENT OF ISSUES PRESENTED ............................................ i
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`CONCURRENCE PURSUANT TO L.R. 7.1(a) ..................................................... i
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES ................................................................................ iii
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`INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................... 1
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`BACKGROUND ......................................................................................... 1
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`Summary of Neo’s Patent Infringement Claims ................................. 1
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`The Avanci 4G/LTE Patent Pool........................................................ 2
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`Defendants’ Requests for Neo’s Licensing Negotiations .................... 3
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`The Present Discovery Dispute Regarding Avanci ............................. 4
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`III. ARGUMENT .............................................................................................. 5
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`The “claim charts/analyses” exchanged between Neo and
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`Neo’s communications with Avanci about a “group resolution
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`IV. CONCLUSION ..........................................................................................10
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Cases
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`Ericsson, Inc. v. D-Link Systems, Inc.,
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`773 F. 3d 1201 (Fed. Cir. 2014) ................................................................... 7
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`Georgia-Pacific Corp. v. U.S. Plywood Corp.,
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`318 F. Supp. 1116 (S.D.N.Y.1970) ........................................................... 2, 7
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`High Point Sarl v. Sprint Nextel Corp.,
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`No. 09-2269-CM-DJW, 2012 WL 1533213 (D. Kan. Apr. 30, 2012) ........... 8
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`Iafrate v. Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP,
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`335 F.R.D. 378 (E.D. Mich. 2020) ............................................................... 9
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`In re Smirman,
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`267 F.R.D. 221 (E.D. Mich. 2010) (Zatkoff, J.) ........................................... 9
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`Phoenix Sols. Inc. v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
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`254 F.R.D. 568 (N.D. Cal. 2008) ............................................................ 7, 10
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`Rembrandt Pat. Innovations, LLC v. Apple Inc,
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`No. C 14-05093, 2016 WL 427363 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 4, 2016) ....................... 9
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`Thought, Inc. v. Oracle Corp.,
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`No. 12-CV-05601, 2014 WL 3940294 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2014) ............... 9
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`Rules
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`F.R.E. 408 .............................................................................................................10
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`The Avanci patent license is highly relevant to this case and reflects a
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`“reasonable royalty.” (See ECF No. 175, PageID.11061.) Defendants seek relevant
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`evidence Neo is withholding regarding (i) Avanci’s determination as to whether
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`Neo’s asserted patents cover the 4G/LTE cellular “standards” Neo relies on to allege
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`infringement in this case, and (ii) Avanci’s determination of Neo’s share of the
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`Avanci license fee that is attributable to the asserted patents. Neo admits its
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`negotiation with Avanci was directed to the asserted patents and the Defendants, all
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`of whom are Avanci licensees. Neo’s “privilege” objection to disclosing this highly
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`relevant factual information is factually unsupported, contrary to the law, and should
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`be overruled. For the reasons detailed below, the Court should compel Neo to
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`produce the materials exchanged with Avanci in licensing negotiations.
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`II. BACKGROUND
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`A.
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`Summary of Neo’s Patent Infringement Claims
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`Neo asserts that Defendants infringe six U.S. patents through the inclusion of
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`“4G/LTE” cellular modem devices in Defendants’ vehicles. The asserted patents
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`make no reference to vehicles or automotive technology. Rather, they are directed
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`exclusively to low-level features operating, if at all, inside of a cellular “modem”
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`chipset supplied to the Defendants for incorporation in their vehicles. The term
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`“4G/LTE” refers to published “standards” that manufacturers of cellular modem
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`chipsets (and stationary cell towers) use to ensure their products can communicate
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`with one another. Neo alleges “[t]he inventions in the Patents-in-Suit relate to
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`various improvements in OFDMA networks and corresponding user equipment, and
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`those improvements have since been incorporated into the 3GPP standards for
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`4G/LTE and 5G/NR networks” and “the Asserted Patents read onto portions of the
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`4G/LTE or NR/5G standards.” (See ECF No. 28, PageID.60, 64.)1
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`Neo seeks damages for Defendants’ alleged infringement in the form of a
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`“reasonable royalty.” (ECF No. 98-3, PageID.8148.) Neo asserts the reasonable
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`royalty should be determined using, among other things, the time-honored “Georgia-
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`Pacific analysis,” including “Neo’s licensing … history.” (Id.)2
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`The Avanci 4G/LTE Patent Pool
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`Avanci is the world’s largest 4G/LTE cellular “patent pool.” Its portfolio
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`includes thousands of patents, held by more than 50 patent owners, that are alleged
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`to be “essential” to the implementation of the 4G/LTE standard. More than 40
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`automotive OEMs—including all of the Defendants in this case—have procured
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`licenses to those patents through Avanci. The licenses allow the OEMs to include
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`cellular features in their vehicles without fear of infringement claims by the Avanci
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`licensors (regardless of the merit of such infringement claims, which is often
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`1 Neo recently dropped its infringement claims against the “NR/5G” standard.
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`disputed). Defendants pay Avanci a per-vehicle license fee, and Avanci distributes
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`portions of that fee to the 4G/LTE patent owners.
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`The size of Avanci’s patent pool is central to the royalty determination for
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`Neo’s patents in this case. In October 2017, Avanci represented
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`.4 Avanci states that it “simplifies patent licensing by reducing
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`complexity, increasing efficiency and ensuring fairness for licensors and licensees.”5
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`These facts confirm the Court’s stated view as to the relevance of the Avanci license
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`to the determination of a reasonable royalty. (ECF No. 175, PageID.11061.)
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`C. Defendants’ Requests for Neo’s Licensing Negotiations
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`Early in discovery, Defendants served interrogatories and document requests
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`on Neo seeking basic information relevant to the reasonable royalty determination.
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`Common Interrogatory No. 2 and Document Request No. 49 are representative.
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`(Exs. B and C.) Among other things, these requests seek a description of “the
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`substance and outcome of all license discussions and/or negotiations … relating to
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`3 The term “SEP” refers to a Standard Essential Patent.”
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`4 In October 2017, Avanci
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`5 See https://www.avanci.com/about.
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`any Asserted Patent,” and production of related documents and communications.
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`Neo’s original response to this discovery provided only objections and no
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`substantive response. (Ex. B, pp. 10-12; Ex. C.) Neo’s first supplemental response
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`admitted
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`But Neo refused to provide the details of its negotiation, claiming an unsubstantiated
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`“common legal interest.” Id. Defendants explained to Neo that its objections were
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`improper. (Ex. D, 7/28/23 Letter from LeRoy to Stewart.)
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`On September 1, 2023, Neo supplemented its response to provide additional
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`information concerning its negotiation with Avanci. (Ex. B, pp. 18-20.) For
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`example, Neo disclosed
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`19.) However, Neo continued to withhold crucial documents, communications, and
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`information regarding the Avanci negotiations—including
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`D. The Present Discovery Dispute Regarding Avanci
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`While Neo has selectively agreed to provide some information, a dispute
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`remains over relevant information Neo admits it is withholding—Neo’s emails and
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`other correspondence with Avanci, as well as the documents exchanged between the
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`parties during their negotiations, such as memoranda, reports, draft agreements,
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`offers to license, and patent valuations (“The Avanci Materials”). In addition,
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`shortly before the September 13, 2023 Status Conference, Neo enumerated two
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`highly significant categories of documents it is withholding that fall within the scope
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`of Defendants’ requests: (1) “[Neo’s] infringement claim charts/analyses that were
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`shared with Avanci by email”; and (2) Neo’s “discussions” with Avanci “about a
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`possible group resolution of this litigation.” (Ex. E.)
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`At the conclusion of the Status Conference, the Court granted Defendants
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`permission to submit this Motion to Compel the information Avanci is withholding
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`responsive to Defendants’ discovery requests. (ECF No. 175, PageID.11082-83.)
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`III. ARGUMENT
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`Through fact discovery, Defendants learned that Neo considered joining the
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`Avanci 4G/LTE patent pool as a licensor of the same patents asserted in this case.
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`Neo and Avanci exchanged documents and communications regarding the value of
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`Neo’s asserted patents relative to the Avanci portfolio as a whole, and documents
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`comparing the patents to the 4G/LTE standard at issue in this case. While all
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`information exchanged between Neo and Avanci is relevant and should be produced,
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`defendants focus below on the two categories Neo confirmed it is withholding.
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`A. The “claim charts/analyses” exchanged between Neo and Avanci
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`Neo’s pleading that “the Asserted Patents read onto portions of the 4G/LTE
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`… standard” (ECF No. 28, PageID.60, 64) is at the core of Neo’s infringement
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`claims in this case. Thus, the “claim charts/analyses” exchanged between Neo and
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`Avanci – which Neo admits
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`Avanci documents describe
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`Avanci defines
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`Thus, the exchanges Neo admits it is withholding concerning Neo’s patents
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`are relevant to both Neo’s infringement theories against Defendants and the value of
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`Neo’s patent portfolio (as determined by Avanci). As Neo’s counsel explained
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`during the status conference, “when you do a comparable license damages model,
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`what you have to do is look at the ways that the comparable license evaluated the
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`value of the technology.” (ECF No. 175, PageID.11061.) The Neo-Avanci
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`licensing discussions are part of Neo’s “licensing history” identified in its Rule
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`26(a)(1) initial disclosures. (ECF No. 98-3, PageID.8148.) Importantly, Neo does
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`not deny the withheld materials are relevant.
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`Other materials Neo shared with Avanci during the negotiation, such as the
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`value of Neo’s pre-existing licenses with third-parties other than Avanci, are also
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`relevant the reasonable royalty analysis. Neo states that Avanci offered Neo a
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`Avanci,
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`license revenue is relevant to at least “Georgia Pacific” factor one. See Ericsson,
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`Inc. v. D-Link Systems, Inc., 773 F. 3d 1201, 1207 (Fed. Cir. 2014), citing Georgia-
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`Pacific Corp. v. U.S. Plywood Corp., 318 F. Supp. 1116, 1120 (S.D.N.Y.1970)
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`(finding that “royalties received by the patentee for the licensing of the patent in
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`suit” is a relevant factor for the jury to consider).
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`Neo’s basis for withholding this relevant information has evolved. In its
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`original interrogatory response, Neo asserted it is not required to turn over details of
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`“unconsummated” licensing negotiations. (Ex. B, p. 10.) To the extent Neo
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`continues to maintain that objection, it is improper. See Phoenix Sols. Inc. v. Wells
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`Fargo Bank, N.A., 254 F.R.D. 568, 582–85 (N.D. Cal. 2008) (adopting defendant’s
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`view that licensing communications “are relevant to show … what [the patentee]
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`would consider a reasonable royalty rate for the patents-in-suit.”); High Point Sarl
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`v. Sprint Nextel Corp., No. 09-2269-CM-DJW, 2012 WL 1533213, at *9 (D. Kan.
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`Apr. 30, 2012) (ordering production of “ongoing and unconsummated patent
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`licensing communications with third parties in the absence of a consummated
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`agreement” because they are “relevant to whether prior licenses are comparable and
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`to the calculation of a reasonable royalty.”).
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`Most recently, Neo asserted that the Avanci Materials were “prepared by Neo
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`with counsel in anticipation of litigation, and were shared with Avanci under NDA
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`or with an expectation of confidentiality” and that “[w]ork product protection is not
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`waived by sharing confidentially with a non-adversary in these circumstances.” (Ex.
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`E.) Neo’s positions are each improper. First, the materials were not “prepared in
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`anticipation of litigation,” they were prepared as
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`share with Avanci for its patent valuation. (Ex. F, NEO-AUTO_0104952.) Avanci
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`does not litigate patent assertions; it is a licensing entity only. And it appears that
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`Neo was already in litigation with Defendants when the communications with
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`Avanci were made. This undermines Avanci’s assertion that the communications
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`were “in anticipation” of litigation.
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`Second, even if Neo’s materials constituted attorney work product at the time
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`they were first made, Neo waived that protection when it shared them with Avanci.
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`And Neo’s alleged privilege would not apply to the materials Neo received from
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`Avanci. The common interest doctrine provides a limited exception to waiver, but
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`it does not apply here. Neo’s assertion of non-waiver is relevant only if Neo and
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`Avanci had agreed – before the exchange – that they share a common legal interest.
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`See In re Smirman, 267 F.R.D. 221, 223 (E.D. Mich. 2010) (Zatkoff, J.) (addressing
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`the common interest privilege “when parties enter into a common-interest
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`agreement”). Neo and Avanci entered into a routine confidentiality agreement, but
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`it makes no reference to any “common legal interest” and includes no agreement to
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`receive privileged information from the other party, and no obligation to maintain
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`that information as privileged. (Ex. G.) See Rembrandt Pat. Innovations, LLC v.
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`Apple Inc, No. C 14-05093, 2016 WL 427363, at *8 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 4, 2016)
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`(compelling production of attorney work product exchanged with third parties,
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`despite existence of a non-disclosure agreement); Thought, Inc. v. Oracle Corp., No.
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`12-CV-05601, 2014 WL 3940294, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 11, 2014) (same).
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`More fundamentally, Neo and Avanci lack a common legal interest because
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`they are at opposite ends of a licensing negotiation. Their legal interests are adverse,
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`whereas the law requires an “identical legal interest” for any common legal interest
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`privilege to apply. Iafrate v. Warner Norcross & Judd, LLP, 335 F.R.D. 378 (E.D.
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`Mich. 2020). See also, Rembrandt, 2016 WL 427363, at *7-8 (compelling NPE to
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`produce its communications with inventors of the patents it sought to acquire, even
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`though they contained analysis of the patents and identification of potential litigation
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`targets); Thought, 2014 WL 3940294, at *3 (compelling production of patentee’s
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`failed negotiations with NPEs to assign and jointly monetize the patents-in-suit).
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`Neo’s “common legal interest” argument is also undermined by the fact that Avanci
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`permitted at least one of its licensees (Ford) to produce licensing communications in
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`this case. (Ex. H.) Neo’s assertion is improper, and the Court should overrule it.
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`B. Neo’s communications with Avanci about a “group resolution of this
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`Neo admits it is withholding “distinct discussions about a possible group
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`resolution of this litigation.” (Ex. E.) Neo never identifies the “group” to which it
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`refers (and the Defendants have not received any “group settlement” offer), but such
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`communications are relevant to Avanci’s valuation of the asserted patents and thus
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`the reasonable royalty inquiry. As explained above, Neo’s communications with
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`Avanci are not attorney work product and do not qualify for any “common interest
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`privilege.” Further, to the extent Neo asserts an objection under F.R.E. 408, it is
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`improper. See Phoenix Sols., 254 F.R.D. at 582-583 (rejecting patentee’s Rule 408
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`objection noting “[r]elevancy for discovery is flexible and has a broader meaning
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`than admissibility at trial”).
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`IV. CONCLUSION
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`For the above reasons, the Court should compel Neo to turn over and
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`supplement its discovery responses with respect to all communications and other
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`exchanges with Avanci relating to the asserted patents.
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`Date: September 27, 2023
`/s/ John S. LeRoy
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`John S. LeRoy (P61964)
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Peter J. Brennan
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`Reginald J. Hill (IL Bar #6225173)
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`Christopher C. Smith (P73936)
`Kyle G. Konz (P79452)
`BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C.
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`csmith@brookskushman.com
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`Counsel for Defendant
`Ford Motor Company
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`JENNER & BLOCK LLP
`353 N. Clark St.
`Chicago, IL 60654
`Telephone: (312) 222-9350
`rhill@jenner.com
`pbrennan@jenner.com
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`Counsel for Defendants
`Nissan North America Inc. and Nissan
`Motor Acceptance Corporation A/K/A
`Nissan Motor Acceptance Company LLC
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`/s/ Thomas H. Reger II
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`Sarah E. Waidelich (P80225)
`HONIGMAN LLP
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`Tel: (734) 418-4254
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`Counsel for Defendants General
`Motors Company and General
`Motors LLC
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`Frank C. Cimino, Jr.
`Megan S. Woodworth
`Jonathan L. Falkler
`Robert C. Tapparo
`VENABLE LLP
`600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`(202) 344-4569
`FCCimino@Venable.com
`MSWoodworth@Venable.com
`JLFalkler@Venable.com
`RCTapparo@Venable.com
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`Patrick G. Seyferth (P47575)
`Susan M. McKeever (P73533)
`BUSH SEYFERTH PLLC
`100 W. Big Beaver Road, Suite 400
`Troy, MI 48084
`(248) 822-7800
`seyferth@bsplaw.com
`mckeever@bsplaw.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`FCA US LLC
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`J. Michael Huget (P39150)
`Sarah E. Waidelich (P80225)
`HONIGMAN LLP
`315 East Eisenhower Prkwy., Ste. 100
`Ann Arbor, MI 48108
`Tel: (734) 418-4254
`mhuget@honigman.com
`swaidelich@honigman.com
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`Counsel for Defendant Tesla, Inc.
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`/s/ Deirdre M. Wells
`Susan M. McKeever
`Justin B. Weiner
`Bush Seyferth PLLC
`100 West Big Beaver Rd., Suite 400
`Troy, MI 48084
`(248) 822-7851
`mckeever@bsplaw.com
`weiner@bsplaw.com
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`Daniel E. Yonan
`Deirdre M. Wells
`Ryan C. Richardson
`William H. Milliken
`Anna G. Phillips
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C
`1101 K Street, NW, 10th Floor
`Washington, DC 20005
`(202) 371-2600
`dyonan@sternekessler.com
`dwells@sternekessler.com
`rrichardson@sternekessler.com
`wmilliken@sternekessler.com
`aphillips@sternekessler.com
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`Counsel for Defendants Volkswagen
`Group of America, Inc. and Volkswagen
`Group of America Chattanooga
`Operations, Inc.
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`/s/ Paul R. Steadman
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`Paul R. Steadman (Illinois Bar No.
`6238160)
`Matthew Satchwell (Illinois Bar No.
`6290672)
`Shuzo Maruyama (Illinois Bar No.
`6313434)
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`444 West Lake Street, Suite 900
`Chicago, IL 60606-0089
`Tel: 312.368.2135
`Fax: 312.251.2850
`paul.steadman@us.dlapiper.com
`matthew.satchwell@us.dlapiper.com
`shuzo.maruyama@us.dlapiper.com
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`Brian Erickson (Texas Bar No.
`24012594)
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 3000
`Austin, Texas 78701-4653
`Tel: 512.457.7059
`Fax: 512.721.2263
`brian.erickson@us.dlapiper.com
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`Counsel for Defendants Toyota
`Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor
`North America, Inc., Toyota Motor
`Sales, U.S.A., Inc. and Toyota
`Motor Engineering &
`Manufacturing North America, Inc.
`and Toyota Motor Credit
`Corporation
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`/s/ John T. Johnson
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`John T. Johnson (New York Bar
`No.2589182)
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`7 Times Square, 20th Floor
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: (212) 765-5070
`Facsimile: (212) 258-2291
`E-mail: jjohnson@fr.com
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`Ruffin B. Cordell (New York Bar No.
`2589182)
`Benjamin J Christoff
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`1000 Maine Ave., S.W., Suite 1000
`Washington, D.C. 20024
`Telephone: (202) 783-5070
`Facsimile: (202) 783-2331
`E-mail: Cordell@fr.com
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`Thomas Branigan (P41774)
`Matin Fallahi (P84524)
`Bowman and Brooke LLP
`41000 Woodard Avenue, 200 East
`Bloomfield Hills, MI 48304
`Telephone: (248) 205-3300
`Facsimile: (248) 205-3399
`thomas.branigan@bowmanandbrooke.com
`matin.fallahi@browmanandbrook.com
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`Counsel for Defendants
`American Honda Motor Co., Inc. and
`Honda Development & Manufacturing of
`America, LLC
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