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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`GOOGLE INC. and APPLE INC.,
`Petitioners,
`
`v.
`
`CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
`
`CBM2015-00040
`CBM2015-00160
`U.S. Patent No 7,774,280
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard’s Demonstratives
`Hearing Date: February 24, 2016
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 1
`
`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction
`
`Decision Instituting Trial (Paper 9) at 6-7
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 2
`
`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction
`
`Decision Instituting Trial (Paper 9) at 7
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 3
`
`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction
`
`157 Cong. Rec. S5441 (daily ed. Sept. 8, 2011) (Sen. Leahy)
`Patent Owner Response (Paper 15) at 28
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 4
`
`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction
`
`Decision Instituting Trial (Paper 9) at 9
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 5
`
`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction
`
`Decision Instituting Trial (Paper 9) at 9
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 6
`
`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction: ’280 Patent Claims
`1. A computer-implemented method for transferring rights adapted to be
`associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer, the method
`comprising:
`obtaining a set of rights associated with an item, the set of rights including a
`meta-right specifying a right that can be created when the meta-right is
`exercised, wherein the meta-right is provided in digital form and is
`enforceable by a repository;
`determining, by a repository, whether the rights consumer is entitled to the right
`specified by the meta-right; and
`exercising the meta-right to create the right specified by the meta-right if the
`rights consumer is entitled to the right specified by the meta-right, wherein the
`created right includes at least one state variable based on the set of rights
`and used for determining a state of the created right.
`
`’280 patent (Ex. 1001) at 15:7-22
`5. The method of claim 1, wherein the state variable is updated upon exercise of
`a right associated with the state variable.
`
`’280 patent (Ex. 1001) at 15:7-22
`
`11. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a license including the
`created right, if the rights consumer is entitled to the right specified by the meta-right.
`’280 patent (Ex. 1001) at 15:7-22
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 7
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`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction: ’280 Patent Specification
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001) at 4:8-12
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001) at 4:39-43
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 8
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`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction: ’280 Patent Specification
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001) at 5:3-11
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001) at 5:34-37
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 9
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`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction: ’280 Patent Specification
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001) 7:6-22
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 10
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`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction: ’280 Patent Specification
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001), Fig. 11
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001) at 12:39-46
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 11
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`

`

`CBM Jurisdiction: ’280 Patent Specification
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001) at 14:41-44
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 12
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`

`

`Claim Construction: “meta-right”
`
`Board’s construction:
`
`ContentGuard’s construction:
`
`E.D. Texas construction:
`
`“a right that one has to generate, manipulate,
`modify, dispose of or otherwise derive another
`right”
`
`Decision Instituting Trial (Paper 9) at 17
`
`“a right that, when exercised, creates or
`disposes of usage rights (or other meta-rights)
`but that is not itself a usage right because
`exercising a meta-right does not result in
`action to content.”
`Response of Patent Owner (Paper 15) at 18
`
`Same as ContentGuard construction
`E.D. Tex. Claim Construction Order (Ex. 2001) at 106
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 13
`
`

`

`Claim Construction: “meta-right”
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001) at 5:42-50
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001) at 7:24-30
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 14
`
`

`

`Claim Construction: “meta-right”
`
`Martin Decl. (Ex. 2009) at ¶55
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 15
`
`

`

`Claim Construction: “meta-right”
`
`Martin Decl. (Ex. 2009) at ¶56
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 16
`
`

`

`Claim Construction: “meta-right”
`
`Martin Decl. (Ex. 2009) at ¶57
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 17
`
`

`

`Claim Construction: “meta-right”
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001),
`Fig. 11
`
`’280 Patent (Ex. 1001),
`Fig. 12
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 18
`
`

`

`Claim Construction: “meta-right”
`
`Goldberg Dep. (Ex. 2010) at 48:20 – 49:8
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 19
`
`

`

`Challenged ’280 Patent Claims
`1. A computer-implemented method for transferring rights adapted to be
`associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer, the method
`comprising:
`obtaining a set of rights associated with an item, the set of rights including a
`meta-right specifying a right that can be created when the meta-right is
`exercised, wherein the meta-right is provided in digital form and is
`enforceable by a repository;
`determining, by a repository, whether the rights consumer is entitled to the right
`specified by the meta-right; and
`exercising the meta-right to create the right specified by the meta-right if the
`rights consumer is entitled to the right specified by the meta-right, wherein the
`created right includes at least one state variable based on the set of rights
`and used for determining a state of the created right.
`
`’280 patent (Ex. 1001) at 15:7-22
`5. The method of claim 1, wherein the state variable is updated upon exercise of
`a right associated with the state variable.
`
`’280 patent (Ex. 1001) at 15:7-22
`
`11. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a license including the
`created right, if the rights consumer is entitled to the right specified by the meta-right.
`’280 patent (Ex. 1001) at 15:7-22
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 20
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`’012 Patent (Ex. 1002) at 18:52-65
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 21
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`’012 Patent (Ex. 1002) at 20:46-57
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 22
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`’012 Patent (Ex. 1002) at 36:53-55
`
`’012 Patent (Ex. 1002) at 36:60-65
`
`’012 Patent (Ex. 1002) at 37:5-9
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 23
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Goldberg Decl. (Ex. 1014) at ¶79
`
`Goldberg Decl. (Ex. 1014) at ¶80
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 24
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Goldberg Dep. (Ex. 2010) at 24:12 – 25:5
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 25
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Goldberg Dep. (Ex. 2010) at 25:6-22
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 26
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Goldberg Dep. (Ex. 2010) at 53:11-24
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 27
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Goldberg Dep. (Ex. 2024) at 88:17-23
`Observations on Goldberg Cross-Exam (Paper 30) at 1
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 28
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Martin Decl. (Ex. 2009) at ¶68
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 29
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Martin Decl. (Ex. 2009) at ¶73
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 30
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Goldberg Reply Decl. (Ex. 1032) at ¶25
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 31
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Goldberg Reply Decl. (Ex. 1032) at ¶27
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 32
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`’012 Patent (Ex. 1002) at 41:52-63
`
`’012 Patent (Ex. 1002) at 42:3-12
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 33
`
`

`

`Challenged ’280 Patent Claims
`1. A computer-implemented method for transferring rights adapted to be
`associated with items from a rights supplier to a rights consumer, the method
`comprising:
`obtaining a set of rights associated with an item, the set of rights including a
`meta-right specifying a right that can be created when the meta-right is
`exercised, wherein the meta-right is provided in digital form and is
`enforceable by a repository;
`determining, by a repository, whether the rights consumer is entitled to the
`right specified by the meta-right; and
`exercising the meta-right to create the right specified by the meta-right if
`the rights consumer is entitled to the right specified by the meta-right,
`wherein the created right includes at least one state variable based on the set
`of rights and used for determining a state of the created right.
`’280 patent (Ex. 1001) at 15:7-22
`5. The method of claim 1, wherein the state variable is updated upon exercise of
`a right associated with the state variable.
`
`’280 patent (Ex. 1001) at 15:7-22
`
`11. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a license including the
`created right, if the rights consumer is entitled to the right specified by the meta-right.
`’280 patent (Ex. 1001) at 15:7-22
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 34
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Martin Decl. (Ex. 2009) at ¶84
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 35
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Martin Decl. (Ex. 2009) at ¶87
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 36
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Martin Decl. (Ex. 2009) at ¶88
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 37
`
`

`

`Stefik ’012 Patent
`
`Martin Decl. (Ex. 2009) at ¶89
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 38
`
`

`

`Contingent Motion to Amend
`
`Motion to Amend (Paper 16) at 2
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 39
`
`

`

`Contingent Motion to Amend
`
`Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,766 (Aug. 14, 2012)
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 40
`
`

`

`Contingent Motion to Amend
`
`E.D. Texas Claim Construction Order (Ex. 2001) at 9
`
`E.D. Texas Claim Construction Order (Ex. 2001) at 106
`
`Motion to Amend (Paper 16) at 2
`
`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. - Exhibit 2025, p. 41
`
`

`

`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.6(e), the undersigned hereby certifies that a true
`
`copy
`
`of
`
`the
`
`foregoing
`
`PATENT OWNER CONTENTGUARD’S
`
`DEMONSTRATIVES is being served on counsel for petitioners.
`
`By:
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP
`/Timothy P. Maloney/
`
`Timothy P. Maloney
`Registration No. 38,233
`tim@fitcheven.com
`
`
`
`
`Dated: February 19, 2016
`
`
`
`
`120 South LaSalle Street
`Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`(312) 577-7000
`(312) 577-7007 (fax)
`
`
`

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