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` IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
` NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
` EASTERN DIVISION
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` TRADING TECHNOLOGIES )
` INTERNATIONAL, INC., )
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` Plaintiff, )
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` vs. ) No. 05-cv-4811
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` CQG, INC. and CQGT, LLC, )
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` Defendants. )
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` VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION
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` STEVEN VAN DUSEN
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` January 20, 2015
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` Chicago, Illinois
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`Reported by:
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`April M. Metzler
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`Job no: 13170
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` The videotaped deposition of STEVEN VAN DUSEN,
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` called by the Defendants for examination, taken pursuant
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` to notice and pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil
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` Procedure for the United States District Courts
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` pertaining to the taking of depositions, taken before
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` April M. Metzler, Certified Shorthand Reporter,
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` Registered Professional Reporter, Certified Realtime
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` Reporter, and Notary Public, at 300 South Wacker Drive,
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` Suite 3100, Chicago, Illinois, commencing at 9:07 a.m.
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` APPEARANCES:
` McDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP
` MR. MICHAEL D. GANNON, ESQ.
` 300 South Wacker Drive
` Chicago, Illinois 60606
` Phone: (312) 913-0001
` E-Mail: gannon@mbhb.com
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` On behalf of the Plaintiff;
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` TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
` MR. STEVEN F. BORSAND, ESQ.
` 222 North Riverside Drive
` Suite 1100
` Chicago, Illinois 60606
` Phone: (312) 476-1000
` E-Mail: steve.borsand@tradingtechnologies.com
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` On behalf of the Plaintiff, via LiveNote.
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` LOEB & LOEB LLP
` MR. WILLIAM J. VOLLER III, ESQ.
` 321 North Clark Street
` Suite 2300
` Chicago, Illinois 60654
` Phone: (312) 464-3100
` E-Mail: wvoller@loeb.com
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` On behalf of Defendants.
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` ALSO PRESENT:
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` Mr. Christopher Thomas
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` Mr. Jean-Louis Ziesch, videographer
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` So the court reporter can only take down one
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` person at a time. So when I'm asking a question, I
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` would just ask that you wait for me to answer [sic]
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` before you start. And then when you're providing your
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` answer, I will try to wait until I ask the next
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` question, just so that we're not talking over each
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` other.
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` Is that fair enough?
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` A. Understood, yeah.
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` Q. Okay. And then any time if you want to take a
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` break, that's fine. Just let me know.
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` A. Okay.
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` Q. The only thing I would ask is if there's a
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` question pending, I would like an answer to that prior
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` to the break. Is that fair?
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` A. Absolutely.
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` Q. Okay. Is there anything that would prevent
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` you from testifying truthfully and accurately today?
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` A. No.
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` Q. Who were you retained by in this case?
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` A. Loeb and Loeb.
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` Q. Okay. And when was that?
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` A. The first discussion was last spring, and then
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` I think I started doing work for these guys over the
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` summer, July or August.
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` Q. Okay. And who was it that contacted you? How
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` did that -- How did that initial contact come about?
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` Would you --
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` A. Anne Kelly --
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` Q. -- describe that?
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` A. Anne Kelly's an attorney at Loeb and Loeb and
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` he's a neighbor --
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` Q. Oh.
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` A. -- and an acquaintance.
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` Actually, I was -- I was working in New York
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` City and my family stayed behind. I was commuting, and
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` he met my wife. And I think this is when I was in New
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` York and he found out I was a securities trader, and
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` then we had talked. We had met. I had never met him.
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` We met after that and he asked me if I would be
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` interested. And I said, Sure, I could help out.
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` Q. Okay. Are you guys neighbors?
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` A. He lives down the street.
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` Q. In -- In --
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` A. Yeah.
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` Q. In Wilmette?
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` A. Winnetka.
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` Q. Winnetka?
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` A. Yeah.
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` Q. Are you and Mr. Kelly friends or --
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` A. No. I would -- I would call us acquaintances.
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` Q. Okay. And what is it that he asked you to do
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` when he -- when he contacted you?
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` A. He said, Would you be willing to offer, you
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` know, com- -- commentary on the needs of an electronic
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` Q. Anything else?
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` A. No.
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` Q. I'll mark as Plaintiff's Exhibit 2457, a
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` subpoena of Mr. Van Dusen.
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` Mr. Van Dusen, I'm handing you what's been
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` marked as PDX2457. It's a subpoena to you for
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` Do you recognize it?
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` A. This is the first time I've seen it.
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` MR. VOLLER: Do you have a copy, Counsel?
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` MR. GANNON: Yeah, I do. I'm sorry.
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` MR. VOLLER: Thank you.
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` Q. So you've never seen this document before?
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` A. No. Uh-uh.
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` Q. On the last page of the document, there's a
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` request for production.
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` Do you see that?
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` A. Mm-hmm (nodding).
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` Yes.
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` Q. So what that is, is, we ask that you look
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` Did you ever look to see if you had any of
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` A. I have not.
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` Q. Okay.
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` MR. GANNON: Mr. Voller, are you going to be
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` looking to produce documents pursuant to this subpoena?
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` MR. VOLLER: Mr. Gannon, as you know, TT has been
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` 2014. We received the subpoena on Saturday evening. I
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` think it was close to 10:00 p.m. Today is Tuesday
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` morning. We haven't had time to meet with Mr. Van Dusen
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` However, it is our intention to work with
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` MR. GANNON: Okay. That's fine.
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` Do you have any documents today? I take it
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` MR. VOLLER: Not today.
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` MR. GANNON: Okay.
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` Q. But, Mr. Van Dusen, you will at some point
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` A. Of course.
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` Q. Okay. Fair enough.
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` Did you sign an engagement letter with Loeb
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` and Loeb?
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` A. I believe so, yes.
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` Q. When was that, do you recall?
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` Q. Do you know -- and we don't have your records,
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` Do you have any idea how much you've been paid
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` A. Yeah.
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` A. I appreciate that.
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` Q. Yeah.
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` A. I'd guess it's less than 20,000. Like,
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` Q. Okay.
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` MR. GANNON: Let's mark as Plaintiff's
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` Exhibit 2458 the report of Steven Van Dusen.
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` Q. Mr. Van Dusen, I'm handing you what's been
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` A. Thank you.
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` Q. Do you recognize that document?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And that is your report in this case?
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` A. Yep. Yes, it is.
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` Q. In paragraph 4 of your report, you indicate
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` Is -- Is there a difference between the two,
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` expert witness analysis and consultation work?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` Q. If you know.
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` I'm not sure I really understand the question.
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` Q. Okay. Well, I guess what I'm getting at is,
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` aside from your work for Loeb and Loeb in this case, do
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` you do any consulting work for CQG?
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` A. No.
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` Q. Okay. That's what I was getting at because --
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Have you ever done any consulting work for
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` A. No. In fact, before this case, I had never
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` met anyone from CQG. We used some -- I didn't. I used
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` Bloomberg at Getco, but we have traders that use their
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` analytics. And I -- I didn't even know anybody that
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` Q. Okay. So I take it you don't have any
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` A. No.
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` Q. Or any other type of relationship with CQG?
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` A. No.
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` Q. Have you had any dealings with CQG prior to
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` this case as --
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` market. I believe that this -- this product is worth X,
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` so I'm going to bid below X and I'm going to offer above
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` Q. Okay. So is it fair to say that the TT
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` patents are not trying to stop anybody from performing
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` Q. Is that a fair statement?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` A. Is it -- Is it fair to say that the T- -- TT
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` A. Well, could I -- I mean --
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` Q. Yeah.
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` A. It seems so obvious, no, it doesn't seem like
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` that, but I guess I want to clarify what you mean.
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` I'm just wondering if there's something I'm
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` Q. Yeah. No, I understand. I'm just trying to
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` So do you understand that a patent gives
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` patent invention -- what's claimed in the patent? Do
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` MR. VOLLER: -- scope.
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` A. That's my general understanding, yes.
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` Q. Right.
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` That you put information in a patent, and if
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` the patent gets issued, the inventor then can go out and
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` stop people from either making, using, or selling the
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` ideas that are in the patents?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form and scope.
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` Q. Is that a fair statement?
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` A. Based on my -- my limited understanding of the
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` Q. Yeah.
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` So -- So getting back to what we were talking
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` about with the strategies --
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` A. Mm-hmm.
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` Q. -- these general strategies --
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` A. Right.
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` Q. -- that you were talking about --
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` A. Mm-hmm.
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` Q. -- is it fair to say that the -- And you've
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` A. (Nodding.)
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` A. I looked at them, yeah.
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` Q. Yeah. And you've talked about how they -- the
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` single-click order entry?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is it fair to say that the -- that the TT
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` A. The two -- The two that I mentioned?
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` Q. Yeah.
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` A. I think that is a fair statement.
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` Q. Okay. Is it fair to say that the TT patents
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` MR. VOLLER: Form, scope.
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` Q. Sure.
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` Is it fair to say that the TT patents do not
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` attempt to prevent others from performing all different
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` types of electronic trading?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form, scope.
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` A. My -- My response to that would be -- And I'm
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` sorry I'm taking so long. It just seems obvious, so I'm
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` just wondering if I'm missing something -- Yes,
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` because -- When were the patients issued? I think,
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` '04 -- '03/'04?
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` Q. Yeah. And I have them here if you would like
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` to look at them.
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` A. That's okay. That's okay. And algorithmic
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` trading continued to evolve and grow over that period,
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` so obviously those patents did not inhibit that.
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` Q. Yeah. That's what I was getting at, yeah. I
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` appreciate that.
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` Is it fair to say that the technology
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` of graphical user interface for order entry?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form, scope.
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` A. Based on my understanding, yes, point and
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` click, static display of prices, dynamic indicators
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` yes.
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` Q. Right. So the -- Right.
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` And so the -- the TT patents are directed to
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` MR. VOLLER: Form, scope.
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` A. That's my understanding, correct.
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` Q. Okay. Is it fair to -- in your view, to
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` characterize the -- the specific type of graphical user
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` MR. VOLLER: Form, scope.
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` BY THE WITNESS:
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` A. Is it fair to describe the interface
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` depict- -- depicted in the patents as a trading tool?
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` Q. Yes.
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` A. I would say that's -- that's a fair statement,
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` yes.
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` Q. And -- And why is that? Just to get your
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` A. Well, there's many tools that you would use in
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` trading. That's one of them that allows to you enter
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` orders into the marketplace, allows you to, you know,
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` Q. Do you know whether the patents -- the TT
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` patents can be used with liquid products?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form, scope.
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` BY THE WITNESS:
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` A. Could you -- Could you clarify what you mean
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` there? What do you mean by liquid products?
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` Q. Yeah. That's -- That's a great question back
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` to me. I should ask you: Do you have an understanding
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` of what a liquid product is in trading versus an
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` illiquid product?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Okay. So what's -- Let's go with your
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` understanding.
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` A. Okay. Liquid product would be the ten-year
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` future or the ZN, or the S&P 500 future, or -- or any
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` one of the -- any one of the first -- you know, first
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` liquid.
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` An illiquid product would be -- Let's talk
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` about real estate. You know, that's not always very
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` liquid. I cited that in my report. I even traded
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` that pit and I understand that product can get illiquid
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` too.
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` Q. Can you give an example of objects that you
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` trade with a -- with a GUI for an electronic trading
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` that's in an illiquid product?
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` You know, I don't know if that question made
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` sense.
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` A. No. No. No. Let me repeat it back and make
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` sure I got it correctly.
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` Can I give an example of a product that's
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` illiquid where you can use a GUI to trade in?
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` Q. Yeah, that's -- that's right. That's what I
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` was asking. Very good.
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` A. I'll give -- I'll give you an example.
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. Products can be liquid and then illiquid
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` Q. And if the inside market goes off the screen,
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` MR. VOLLER: Form, scope.
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` BY THE WITNESS:
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` A. I'm sorry. Could you repeat that question?
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` Q. Sure.
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` If the inside market goes off the screen,
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` doesn't that suggest that the price levels aren't
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` moving?
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` A. It suggests --
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` MR. VOLLER: Form, scope.
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` A. -- that they are moving.
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` Q. The price levels?
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` A. Well, yeah. If -- If the inside market goes
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` off the screen, that suggests the prices are moving.
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` MR. GANNON: Can we take a short break?
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` MR. VOLLER: Okay.
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: It is 2:22 p.m. We go off the
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` record.
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` (A short break was had.)
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: This is the beginning of tape
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` number 5 of testimony of Steve Van Dusen. It is
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` MR. GANNON: Okay. We're back on the record.
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` BY MR. GANNON:
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` Q. Mr. Van Dusen, with regard to MD Trader -- and
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` I don't want to mischaracterize or -- or misstate what
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` you've already said about MD Trader, but I just wanted
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` to raise the issue again and then ask you a follow-up
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` question about it.
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` Is it fair to say -- and I believe you
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` testified about this earlier -- that MD Trader was an
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` improvement over prior systems?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` BY THE WITNESS:
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` A. That's my understanding, that's accurate.
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` Q. And is it also fair to say that MD Trader
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` enjoyed commercial success in the industry?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` BY THE WITNESS:
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` A. Impossible for me to know, but would seem
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` logical.
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` Q. Okay. Why is that?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` BY THE WITNESS:
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` A. Why would it seem logical? Just, you know,
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` the knowledge I know of the industry and the footprint.
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` It seems, like, among that genre of traders, during that
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` window of time when we were transitioning from open
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` to have a -- it seemed to have a pretty strong following
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` among that genre.
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` Q. Why is it that MD Trader was an improvement
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` over prior systems?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` BY MR. GANNON:
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` Q. I'm just asking if you know why.
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` A. Yeah. It seems to me that the reason was, is
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` it facilitated more precision in execution. Because the
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` prices weren't moving, that axis was static, it allowed
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` traders better precision in terms of their execution,
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` which is an absolute must.
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` Q. Did MD Trader have an impact on the
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` industry -- the electronic trading industry?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` BY THE WITNESS:
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` A. It's somewhat difficult for me to answer that
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` because I didn't use it. It wasn't prevalent at the
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` firms that I worked at. But it would seem logical for a
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` MR. VOLLER: Form.
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` A. Other types of point-and-click software.
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` That's my impression from reading those decs. You know,
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` guys cited competitors; they cited competitors coming
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` and saying, we're going to replicate what they have. I
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` have no reason to dispute that.
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` Q. Okay. I'm going to go back to the changing
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` the size of the -- of the Market Pane issue that we were
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` talking --
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` A. Sure.
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` Q. -- before the break.
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` Would your opinion change in any way if you
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` learned that traders were actually instructed to make
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` the Market Pane as large as the DOM Grid?
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` MR. VOLLER: Form, scope.
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` BY THE WITNESS:
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` A. I wouldn't -- I wouldn't even know how to
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