`EXHIBIT 2377
`CBM2013-00023 (APPLE v. SIGHTSOUND)
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`In The Matter Of:
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`APPLE INC.
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`JEFFREY ROBBIN - Vol. 1
`April 4, 2014
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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
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` Petitioner,
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` vs. Case CBM2013-00020
` Case CBM2013-00023
` Patent 5,191,573
`SIGHTSOUND TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
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` Patent Owner.
`__________________________ /
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` DEPOSITION OF
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` JEFFREY ROBBIN
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` ___________________________
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` Friday, April 4, 2014
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` OUTSIDE COUNSELS' EYES ONLY
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`REPORTED BY: RACHEL FERRIER, CSR 6948
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` INDEX OF EXAMINATIONS
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`EXAMINATION BY PAGE
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`Ms. Sklenar 4
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`Ms. Fukuda 114
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` EXHIBITS MARKED FOR IDENTIFICATION
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`NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE
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`Exhibit 1 Declaration of Jeffrey Robbin
` in Case CBM2013-00020 36
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`Exhibit 2 Declaration of Jeffrey Robbin
` in Case CBM2013-00023 36
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`Exhibit 3 Excerpt from the book I, Steve
` Steve Jobs In His Own Words 57
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`Exhibit 4 U.S. Patent 7,958,441 B2 76
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`Exhibit 5 U.S. Patent 8,046,369 B2 78
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`Exhibit 6 Article reprinted from May 7th,
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` Patent Into a Blockbuster" 83
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`Exhibit 7 U.S. Patent 7,797,242 B2 95
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`Exhibit 8 Declaration and Power of
` Attorney for Original U.S.
` Patent Application, 10/833,267 99
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`Exhibit 9 Patent Application entitled
` "Method and System for
` Network-Based Purchase and
` Distribution of Media" 102
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` BE IT REMEMBERED that, pursuant to the laws
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`governing the taking and use of depositions, on Friday,
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`April 4, 2014, commencing at 9:03 a.m. thereof, at Ropes
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`94303, before me, RACHEL FERRIER, a Certified Shorthand
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`Reporter, personally appeared JEFFREY ROBBIN, called as
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`a witness by the Patent Owner, who, being by me first
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`duly sworn, was thereupon examined as a witness in said
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` APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
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`For Petitioner APPLE INC.:
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` ROPES & GRAY LLP
` BY: CHING-LEE FUKUDA, Attorney at Law
` 1211 Avenue of the Americas
` New York, NY 10036
` Telephone: 212.596.9336
` Email: Ching-Lee.Fukuda@ropesgray.com
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`For Patent Owner SIGHTSOUND TECHNOLOGIES, LLC:
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` ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
` BY: JENNIFER A. SKLENAR, Attorney at Law
` 777 S. Figueroa Street, 44th Floor
` Los Angeles, CA 90017
` Telephone: 213.243.4027
` Email: Jennifer.Sklenar@aporter.com
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` called as a witness, having been first duly
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`BY MS. SKLENAR:
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` Q Good morning.
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` A Mr. Robbin, my name is Jennifer Sklenar. I'm
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` Q First of all, could you state your full name
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` A Jeffrey Lowell Robbin.
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` Q Have you used any other names in the past?
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` A No.
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` Q You are employed at Apple; correct?
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` A Yes.
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` Q What is your current title?
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` A Vice president of iTunes.
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` Q Have you been deposed before, Mr. Robbin?
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` A Yes.
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` Q How many times?
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` A I can't remember.
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` Q Approximately how many times have you been
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` A Probably less than ten.
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` Q When was the last time you had your deposition
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` Q Can you give me an approximate date?
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` Q Within the last couple years?
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` A Yes.
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` Q What has been the general subject matter of
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`outside counsels' eyes only for today's purposes until
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`the parties work out a heightened PO.
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` MS. SKLENAR: I need to ask questions to get
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` MS. FUKUDA: My understanding, based on
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` MS. SKLENAR: I can't say what you guys think
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` MS. FUKUDA: Let's do that.
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` Go ahead.
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` THE WITNESS: It's generally over iTunes and
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` Q Can you be more specific as to the subject
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` A It's generally -- I mean, what I do at Apple in
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` Q Generally, for your prior depositions, were
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` A Yes.
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` Q Have you been deposed for matters other than
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` A Yes.
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` Q What kind of matters were those?
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` A Contract.
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` Q Can you describe, generally, what type of
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` A I was involved in a lawsuit with the Beetles.
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` Q And over what?
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` A A contract between Apple and the Beetles.
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` A I don't remember. I think some did.
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` Q Do you know who the parties were to those
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` A I don't.
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` Q You can't name any of the parties in the
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` A You know, the honest truth is I try to put this
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` Have you ever testified in a proceeding other
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` Q Have you testified in any other proceedings
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` Q Have you ever been a party to a litigation?
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` Q Yes.
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` Q Well, it sounds like you have some prior
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`the procedural matters. I'm obviously going to ask you
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` You understand you are under penalty of
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` Q If you don't hear a question or understand a
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` Is that okay?
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` A Sure.
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` Q Sometimes your attorney will be making
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` Is that okay?
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` A Sure.
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` Q What, if anything, did you do to prepare to
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`testify here today?
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` A Met with counsel.
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` Q With whom did you meet?
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` A Andrew -- I don't remember.
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` MS. FUKUDA: Song.
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` THE WITNESS: Andrew Song.
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`BY MS. SKLENAR:
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` Q Who is Mr. Song?
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` A Apple attorney.
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` Q When did you meet with Mr. Song?
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` A Yesterday.
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` Q For how long did you meet with him?
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` A I don't know, four hours, three hours. Three
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` A Sorry. Ching-Lee. My attorney, Ching-Lee.
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` Q We want to get a clear record for the court
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`reporter, so we need to have you answer audibly and not
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` Is that okay?
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` A Yes.
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` Q We need to not speak over one another. I will
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` A Okay.
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` Q Did you review any documents during your
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` MS. FUKUDA: I'm going to caution the witness.
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` You can answer that "yes" or "no," but do not
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` THE WITNESS: Yes.
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`BY MS. SKLENAR:
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` Q You did review documents that refreshed your
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`recollection as to events?
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` MS. FUKUDA: Oh, I'm sorry. I did not catch --
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`you may answer that question as a "yes" or "no."
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` THE WITNESS: Yes.
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` Q What documents were those?
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` MS. FUKUDA: I just want to make sure the
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` Would you repeat the question, because I missed
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` Q What documents did you review in preparation
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` MS. FUKUDA: You can answer that question if
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`there's a document that refreshed your recollection.
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` THE WITNESS: It was my declaration.
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`BY MS. SKLENAR:
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` Q Did you review any other documents that
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`refreshed your recollection as to events?
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` A Yes.
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` Q What were those?
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` A I reviewed some patents that were referenced by
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`my declaration.
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` Q Did you review any other documents that
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` THE WITNESS: Can I ask you a question?
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`BY MS. SKLENAR:
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` Q I need you to answer my question. If you have
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` A It's a privilege concern.
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` Q Then you may confer with your counsel.
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` MS. FUKUDA: Let's go outside.
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` MS. SKLENAR: Let's go off the record.
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` (Recess taken from 9:09 to 9:10 a.m.)
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`BY MS. SKLENAR:
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` Q Mr. Robbin, did you review any other documents
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` A No.
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` Q Did you talk to anyone in the course of
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` A Yes.
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` Q With whom did you speak?
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` A Dave Heller.
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` Q And who is Mr. Heller?
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` A Dave Heller works for me on the iTunes team.
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` Q And what is his position?
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` A He runs the iTunes client engineering team.
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` Q Do you know his formal title?
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` A Director.
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` Q When did you talk to Mr. Heller?
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` A Yesterday afternoon.
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` Q And what did you talk to him about?
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` A I asked him a question about a feature of
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`SoundJam.
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` Q What feature was that?
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` A It's a menu in the application that links out
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` Q And what specific discussion did you and
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`Mr. Heller have about that feature?
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` A I was asking him how it worked.
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` Q And what did he tell you?
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` A He told me how it worked.
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` Q How does it work?
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` A It links out to a web browser.
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` Q And for what purpose does it do that?
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` A To let you go get music from other websites or
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` Q Have you testified on the record now to the
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`full substance of your conversation with Mr. Heller?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Yesterday?
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` Q Did you speak to anyone else in preparation for
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` Q Did you do anything else to prepare to testify
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`here today other than what you have already testified
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` A No.
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` Q Have you previously been deposed for purposes
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`of the litigation between Apple and SightSound?
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` A No.
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` Q Are you taking any medication or have you
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`affect your ability to testify truthfully here today?
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` A No.
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` Q Do you have any mental or physical illness that
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`would affect your ability to testify truthfully?
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` A No.
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` Q Is there anything you can think of that might
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`here today?
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` A No.
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` Q Where did you go to high school?
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` A Allen Park High School.
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` Q In what state?
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` A Illinois.
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` Q What year did you graduate?
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` A 1987.
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` A I went to the University of Iowa for
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` Q Well, let's start with the University of Iowa.
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` During what years did you attend?
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` A 1988 to 1991.
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` Q And what degree did you obtain?
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` A I got a Bachelor of Science with a -- in
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` Q And you said you went there 1988 through 1991;
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` A I think that's right, or is it 1987 to '91?
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` Q Did you take a break between high school and
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` A I did not.
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` A Right out of the University of Iowa, so after
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` A No.
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`other than as part of your Bachelor of Science and MBA?
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` A No.
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`employment history prior to Apple?
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` A Apple is the only full-time job I had out of
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` Q You started as an intern at Apple in 1992;
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` A Yes.
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` A Odd part-time jobs or high school jobs.
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` A I worked for myself.
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` A Well, I was a computer programmer, and so I
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`what, specifically, were you hired to do?
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` A Well, as an intern, you have a little bit of
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`flexibility, so I was hired as an intern. I ended up
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`testing.
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` Q You were working on a specific product?
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` A Yeah.
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` Q What was that?
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` A It was the -- it was part of the operating
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` A Well, the internship was over the summer while
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` Q So during your internship, you worked on the
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` A Yes.
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` Q Did you do anything else during your internship
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`other than what you have already described?
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` A No.
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` Q And then when did you return to Apple
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`full-time?
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` A In 1993.
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` Q What were you hired to do?
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` A I worked as an engineer on the microkernel.
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` Q And that was the same project that you worked
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` A It was the same teams.
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` Q What was your title?
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` A Engineer.
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`you were at Apple from 1993 through 1997 initially;
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`correct?
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` A Yes.
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` Q What titles did you hold in the -- from the
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` A Engineer, senior engineer, technical lead -- I
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`trying to do an operating system, which was code-named
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`Copeland. That was also called Mac OS 8, and so I spent
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`operating system.
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` Q So prior to your departure in 1997, did you
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` A Yes. In -- at the last -- I want to say it was
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`and the Blue Box?
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` A And Copeland.
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` Q And Copeland.
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` A No.
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` Q To whom did you report?
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` A From the 1993-through-then-'97 time period, I
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`in by Bill Bruffey, and when I left, I was working for
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`someone named Mark Sinakin (phonetic).
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`to in the 1993-through-1997 time period?
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` A I don't remember who I went to from in between,
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`no, but I was doing the same job.
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` Q Did anyone report to you during the
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`1993-through-1997 time period?
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` A No.
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` Q Were you in a specific group during that time
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`period?
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` A It was the kernel team.
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` Q And how, generally, was Apple organized during
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`that time period as far as different teams?
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` A I don't understand the question.
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`kernel team.
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` Were there other teams?
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` A Yes.
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` Q How many other teams, approximately, were
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`there?
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` A I have no idea.
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` Q Can you give me some sort of estimate?
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` A No.
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` Q Did the kernel team fall within a larger
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`overall department?
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` A It did.
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` Q What was that?
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` A The operating system.
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` Q And then you left Apple in 1997; is that
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`correct?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Now, if I understand it correctly, Steve Jobs
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`returned to Apple in 1996; is that right?
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` A I don't remember exactly when he came back.
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` Q Did Mr. Jobs return to Apple before your
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`departure in 1997?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Did you work with Mr. Jobs prior to your
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`departure in 1997?
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` A I met him one time.
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` Q And under what circumstances did you meet him?
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` A I met him to ask him some questions about the
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`operating system.
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` Q And what types of questions did you ask him; do
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`you recall?
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` A I don't remember. It was a long time ago.
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` Q What was -- was there any reporting
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`relationship between you and Mr. Jobs before your
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` A No.
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` Q Why did you leave Apple in 1997?
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` A I had been through some very difficult times at
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` Q What did you do when you left?
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` A I started out doing nothing.
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` Q And -- but eventually you did something; is
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`that correct?
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` A I did a lot of things. I mean, can you be more
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`specific about what you are looking for?
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` Q Eventually you started doing something in a
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`work capacity; correct?
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` A Yes.
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` Q What did you do?
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` A I started a company.
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` Q What company did you start?
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` A I called it SoundStep.
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` Q And did you start that company with other
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`individuals?
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` A I don't remember how I incorporated. In the
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`end, there were three of us in the company.
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` Q Who were those individuals?
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` A Dave Heller and Bill Kincaid.
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` Q And if I understand it correctly, you worked
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`on -- at SoundStep until you returned to Apple in 2000;
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`is that right?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Did you have any other employment between the
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` A No.
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` Q What did you found SoundStep to do?
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`company?
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` A To create software programs and sell them.
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`thinking of?
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` A One was some kind of a little utility for
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`remember if we actually did anything with it, but I
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`remember working on it. And the other was SoundJam.
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` Q Is it fair to say that SoundJam was the primary
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`thing that you worked on at SoundStep?
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` A Yes.
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` Q And what is SoundJam?
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` A SoundJam was an MP3 -- among other things, it
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`was an MP3 player for the Mac, but it did a lot of
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`things.
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` Q What else did it do?
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` A So SoundJam was a comprehensive program for
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`managing your music in a playlist. It would let you
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`copy songs onto third-party MP3 devices. It would let
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`you encode digital music from CDs. It did a lot of
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`things, mostly around digital audio.
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` Q Was -- did you work on what became SoundJam
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`prior to the time that you founded SoundStep?
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` A I don't -- I mean, it was during those -- only
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`during those couple of years. I don't remember if --
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` Q But you didn't work on SoundJam while you were
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` A No.
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`process?
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` Q In other words, did you get to a beta version?
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`Did you release the product commercially?
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` A We released the product commercially.
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` Q And what was the name of the product that you
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`released commercially?
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` A SoundJam MP. Also, I think we called it
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`SoundJam MP Plus. There were two versions.
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` Q And how well did it sell?
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` A I don't know how you define "how well."
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` Q How do you define it?
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` A I think we had a decent start of a business.
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` Q So you were selling software; is that correct?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Do you know how many copies of software were
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` A I don't remember.
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` Q Do you have an estimate?
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` A I don't.
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` Q How much were you selling SoundJam for?
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` A I don't remember. Back then, software in
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`general sold in the tens of dollars, but I don't
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`remember the exact prices.
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` Q Do you know how much revenue the company made
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`prior to its acquisition by Apple?
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` A No, I don't remember.
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` Q Do you have an estimate?
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` A No.
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` Q You identified two different individuals that
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`you say you worked with at SoundStep, Mr. Heller and
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`Mr. Kincaid; correct?
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` A Yes.
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` Q What is Mr. Heller's background?
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` A What do you mean?
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` Q What's his educational background?
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` A I don't know.
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` Q You have no idea what his educational
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`background is?
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` A He went to the University of Arizona.
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` Q And do you know what degrees he holds?
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` A No, I don't.
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` Q Is he an engineer?
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` A Yes.
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` Q And what about Mr. Kincaid; what's his
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` Q Do you know what type of degree he holds?
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` A He has -- at least went to college.
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` Q Do you know whether he is an engineer as well?
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` A Yes.
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` Q How did you meet Mr. Heller?
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`person was at Togos restaurant in Cupertino when I came
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`online before that because he had done a software
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`product that had some compatibility problems with one of
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`my software products. His was wrong.
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` Q And did he also work at Apple prior to your
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` A Yes.
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` Q And what about Mr. Kincaid; how did you meet
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` A I met him at Apple.
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` Q In what capacity did you meet him?
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` A As an engineer.
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` Q Was there a specific project for which you met
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`him?
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` A Copeland.
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` Q Now, you returned to Apple in September of
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` Q And did Mr. Heller return as well?
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` A Yes.
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` Q And did Mr. Kincaid return as well?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Did your -- did you become part of a specific
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`group there upon your return?
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` A Yes.
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` Q What was that?
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` A We were brought back to Apple to -- what ended
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