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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`IBG LLC, INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC, TRADESTATION GROUP, INC.,
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`TRADESTATION SECURITIES, INC., TRADESTATION TECHNOLOGIES,
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`INC., and IBFX, INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`V.
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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`Patent Owner
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`CBM2015-00161 (U.S. Patent 6,766,304 B2)‘
`CBM2015-00181 (U.S. Patent No. 7,676,411 132)
`CBM2015-00182 (U.S. Patent No. 6,772,132 B1)
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`DECLARATION OF JAY KNOBLOCH
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`1 Case CBM2016-00035 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`TRADESTATION, IBG, ET AL. V. TRADING TECH
`CBM2015-00161. CBM2015-00181.. CBM2015-00182
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`TRADING TECH EXHIBIT 2172
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`Table of Contents
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND .................................................... .. 1
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`II.
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`PATENT LICENSING ............................................................................. .. 1
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`III.
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`CONCLUDING STATEIVIENTS ............................................................. .. 6
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`1, Jay Knobloch, declare as follows:
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND
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`1.
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`I currently serve as the Director of Intellectual Property (“IP”)
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`Licensing and Litigation for Trading Technologies International, Inc. (“TT”). In
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`this role, I oversee TT’s licensing of its IP assets and assist in the management of
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`all aspects of TT’s IP litigation matters. Prior to my role as Director, I served as
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`Patent Counsel at TT from February 2010 until February 2012.
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`2.
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`Before joining TT, I was employed by Brinks Hofer Gilson and
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`Lione LLP, an IP law firm located in Chicago, Illinois, as a patent agent starting
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`in February 2005. Upon completion of my law degree from DePaul University
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`College of Law in December 2007, I transitioned into my role as a patent
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`attorney at Brinks Hofer until deciding to join TT. Prior to law school, I attended
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`Arizona State University and graduated in 2003 with a degree in electrical
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`engineering.
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`II.
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`PATENT LICENSING
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`3.
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`As I noted above, a portion of my role at TT involves overseeing the
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`licensing of TT’s IP assets, including the licensing of TT’s patents. Though I
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`was not employed by TT until 2010, I am knowledgeable regarding TT’s licenses
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`dating back to 2004, and in particular those relating to the technology claimed in
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`the patents-in-suit.
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`4.
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`After U.S. Patent Nos. 6,766,304 and 6,772,132 issued in July and
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`August of 2004, a number of companies in the industry were already copying TT’s
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`MD Trader screen, which embodied the technology claimed in these patents. In an
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`effort to protect its IP assets, TT entered into numerous types of deals with respect
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`to the ‘304 and ‘ 132 patents and continuation patents (such as the ‘411 patent), as
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`can be seen in the demonstrative used at the CQG trial shown below:
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`Settlement & License Agreements
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`Lawsuit
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`Royalty rates
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`$0.10 per trade/$0.05 (l“ year)
`$010 per trade/S0 051:1 ‘ year)
`$010 per trade {S50 rm m
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`$010 per trade (350 ll-Q rim’:
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`per trade (SSO ll-»'J min user,
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`$010 per trade
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`$0.24 for past
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`$0.10 per trade
`$0.09 for past
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`$0.46 for past
`$0 10 for past
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`$0.14 for past
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`V V V V V V V V V V V V (
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`Company
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`Agrmt. date
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`Goldenberg Hehmeyer & CO.
`Kingstree Trading, LLC
`Patsystems, PLC
`NinjaTrader, LLC
`RTS Realtime Systems AG
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`Strategy Runner, Ltd.
`Rolfe & Nolan Systems, Inc.
`FFastFi|l, PLC
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`TransMarket Group, LLC
`Orc Software AB
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`NYFIX, lnc.
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`Man Group, PLC
`Advantage Futures, LLC
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`Peregrine Financial Group, Inc.
`TradeMaven Group, LLC
`Marex Trading Services, Ltd.
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`Direct Trading Institutional, L P.
`Cunningham Trading Systems, LLC
`Tradehelm
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`RCG
`Stellar
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`OEC
`150 -oz
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`09/29/04
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`PTX2671
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`5.
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`It was apparent that the industry competitors recognized that their
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`products infringed the patents.
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`6.
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`For example, several companies agreed/to remove their version of the
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`patented trading screen from their product offerings. Companies that chose this
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`option include Patsystems, RTS, Strategy Runner, Rolfe and Nolan, FFastFill,
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`TransMarket, ORC, NYFIX, Peregrine Financial Group, and TradeMaven.
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`7.
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`As an example, Patsystems and RTS were main competitors of TT
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`that both decided to remove their version of the MD Trader trading screen around
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`2004. Both of these competitors, along with others that followed in a similar
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`fashion (FFastFil1, ORC, and NYFIX), changed the focus of their business to areas
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`other than manual order entry and declined as competitors to TT.
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`8.
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`These agreements were particularly beneficial to TT on two fronts.
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`First, it was beneficial to have a company agree that it would stop infringing and
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`remove the infringing product from the market, thus directing customers back to
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`TT. Second, since some of these companies were TT’s direct competitors, it was
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`beneficial for TT to have them drop out and return the competitive edge to TT vis-
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`a-vis the competitors themselves.
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`9.
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`As another option, several companies entered into a license agreement
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`which would allow them to practice the patented technology. In return, these
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`companies would pay TT royalties to continue using the copied trading screens.
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`Companies that chose this option included Goldenberg Heymeyer, Kingstree,
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`Ninja Trader, Direct Trading Institutional (“DTI”), RCG, OEC, Market Delta, 20
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`LLC, Trademonster, and Trade Exchange. In some instances, these companies
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`entered into a license agreement wherein they agreed to pay for past damages
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`based on prior use. Also, some companies entered into a license agreement
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`wherein they agreed to pay TT a royalty based on future use. TT still collects
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`royalty payments from several of these companies. Several of these companies
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`approached TT requesting a license without having to be threatened by TT, e. g. ,
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`Ninja Trader, DTI, Goldenberg Hehmeyer, Market Delta, 20 LLC, Trademonster,
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`and Trade Exchange. Mr. Deux, the CEO of Ninja Trader, testified that I
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`— Likewise, Goldenberg Hehmeyer admitted that—
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`10.
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`Finally, several companies, such as Patsystems and Strategy Runner,
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`chose to sign a license agreement that would give them the option to license and
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`practice the claimed technology in the future, however neither availed themselves
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`of it.
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`11.
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`In total, TT has received more than‘ in royalty and
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`settlement payments.
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`12.
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`Also, in 2004-2005, TT filed law suits against several competitors for
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`infringement of the ‘ 132 and ‘304 patents based on their use of the patented
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`technology. Though most of the litigations settled, several did not and progressed
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`into litigation in the Northern District of Illinois.
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`13.
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`One example was a company named eSpeed, which was not a
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`traditional competitor of TT’s, however they coincidentally launched their
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`electronic trading screen at the same time the ‘ 132 and ‘304 patents issued. We
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`viewed them as a significant threat because they were able to leverage off of their
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`exchange business and offer this software for free. Mr. Ryan (TT’s general
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`counsel) testified that he and Mr. Borsand attended a launch marketing event for
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`the eSpeed product that embodied the patented invention and that at that event an
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`eSpeed representative stated that the product was just like TT’s MD Trader and
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`would be offered for free. Ex. 1 (Ryan Testimony, eSpeed Trial Tr. at 587: 16-
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`594:11, PTX 9)). In the lawsuit, several of eSpeed’s electronic trading screens
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`were found to infringe TT’s patents.
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`14.
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`For those that settled, some of the settlement agreements entered
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`consent judgments as means for establishing finality in the lawsuit. These consent
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`judgments set forth that the patents-in-suit are valid and enforceable, that the
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`defendant infringed the patents-in-suit, and that the defendant was permanently
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`enjoined from making, using, selling, offering for sale, importing, facilitating
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`connectivity for, or otherwise distributing the infringing electronic trading
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`product. The existence of the consent judgments put “more teeth” behind the
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`agreement and ensured that the matters would be put to rest. See, e. g., Ex. 2,
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`Consent Judgment with NinjaTrader, LLC.
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`III. CONCLUDING STATEMENTS
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`15.
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`In signing this declaration, I understand that the declaration will be
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`filed as evidence in a contested case before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of
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`the United States Patent and Trademark Office. I acknowledge that I may be
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`subject to cross-examination in this case and that cross-examination will take
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`place within the United States. If cross-examination is required of me, I will
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`appear for cross-examination within the United States during the time allotted for
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`cross-examination.
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`16.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my knowledge are true,
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`and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and
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`that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements
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`and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under
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`Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Dated:
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`June 22 2016
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`Exhibit 1Exhibit 1Exhibit 1
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`489
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL J
`INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`) No. 04 C 5312
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`INC., eSPEED INTERNATIONAL,)
`eSPEED,
`LTD., ECCO LLC, and ECCOWARE, LTD.,) Chicago, Illinois
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`September 12, 2007
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`1:30 o'clock p.m.
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`Defendants.
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`VOLUME 3-B
`TRIAL TRANSCRIPT OF PROCEEDINGS
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`BEFORE THE HONORABLE JAMES B. MORAN, and a JURY
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`APPEARANCES:
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`Trading Technologies
`International, Inc., by:
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`and
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES
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`INC.,
`INTERNATIONAL,
`MR. STEVEN F. BORSAND
`222 South Riverside Drive
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`Chicago, Illinois 60606
`312-476-1000
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`steve.borsand@
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`tradingtechnologies.com
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`MCDONNELL, BOEHNEN, HULBERT &
`BERGHOFF, LTD.
`MR. PAUL H. BERGHOFF
`MR. S. RICHARD CARDEN
`MR. CHRISTOPHER M. CAVAN
`MR. MICHAEL D. GANNON
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`JENNIFER M. KURCZ
`MS.
`MR. MATTHEW J. SAMPSON
`MR. LEIF R. SIGMOND
`300 South Wacker Drive
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`Chicago, Illinois 60606
`312-913-0001
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`berghoff@mbhb.com
`kurcz@mbhb.com
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`eSpeed, Inc., eSpeed
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`WINSTON & STRAWN
`MR. GEORGE C. LOMBARDI
`MR. RAYMOND C. PERKINS
`MR.
`IMRON T. ALY
`MR. KEVIN BANASIK
`MS. ELIZABETH HARTFORD ERICKSON
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`JOHNSTONE
`MR. ANDREW M.
`MS. TRACEY J. ALLEN
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`JAMES M. HILMERT
`MR.
`35 West Wacker Drive
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`Chicago, Illinois 60601
`312-558-5600
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`glombardi@winston.com
`rperkins@winston.com
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`LAW OFFICES OF
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`GARY A. ROSEN, P.C.
`MR. GARY A. ROSEN
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`1831 Chestnut Street, Suite 802
`Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
`1910
`215-972-0600
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`Rosenthal Collins Group, DOWELL BAKER
`LLC, by:
`MR. GEOFFREY A. BAKER
`201 Main Street
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`IN 47901
`Lafayette,
`765-429-4004
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`gabaker@dowellbaker.com
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`Court Reporter:
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`MS. CAROLYN COX, CSR, RPR, CRR
`Official Court Reporter
`219 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 1854-B
`Chicago, Illinois
`60604
`(312) 435-5639
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`MR. CARDEN: Oops.
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`I'm sorry.
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`The binders
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`MICHAEL RYAN, DIRECT EXAMINATION
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`BY MR. CARDEN:
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`Good afternoon, Mr. Ryan.
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`Good afternoon.
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`Q. Could you state your full name for the record,
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`A. Michael Gerard Ryan.
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`A. Yes.
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`Q. Okay. And I don't know if maybe you could raise
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`Is that better?
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`Thank you.
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`A. Okay.
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`How long have you been with TT?
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`A. Yes.
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`It's U.S.
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`patent No.
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`6,766,304 and
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`6,772,132.
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`Q. And is 6,76— —— —766,304 the number contained on
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`Exhibit 2 in your binder?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q. And is 6,772,132 the number contained on
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`Exhibit 1 in your binder?
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`A. Yes.
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`Q. Could we pull up 1989, please?
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`A. Yes. This is the about box that I was talking
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`Q.
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`It's right under the version number.
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`Q. And, again, could you show the jury where the
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`A. Yes. Right down here at the bottom.
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`Q. And, again,
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`'304 is Exhibit 2?
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`A. Yeah,
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`'304 is Exhibit 2 and '132 is Exhibit 1.
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`A. Okay.
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`Q.
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`A. This is the MD Trader window.
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`Q.
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`A. Again,
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`this occurs at the very bottom right here
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`Q.
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`Brian?
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`MR. CARDEN: Now, could you turn in your
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`Q. What is that document?
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`A. This is a sales brochure or marketing brochure
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`It's a copy of it.
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`I recall one morning in August —— I think
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`reason for the booth is that they were displaying their
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`Q. Okay. Could we turn to page 30003 in the
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`Is this the screen that was being referred to?
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`A. Yes, it is.
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`What happened was this salesman
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`There were a lot of people there buying and selling and
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`buy and sell the products.
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`A. Yes,
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`that was an open outcry pit; that's right.
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`Q. Did you go up to the stand?
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`A. Yes. When I first arrived there,
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`Q. Could you describe for the jury what you saw as
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`A. Well, sure.
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`On one of the screens I saw this
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`as I noticed as the market would move,
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`the price column and those
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`Q.
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`The green column are the bids that are in
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`Q. What happened next, Mr. Ryan?
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`Q.
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`And what did you say?
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`A. Well,
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`I was a little surprised, but I said, Well,
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`Q. Did you get the gentleman's name by any chance?
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`A. Yeah. His name was Scott Arnold.
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`Q. Was anyone else at the booth?
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`A. No.
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`the futures product,
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`the cash product that eSpeed provided on their exchange.
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`What did he tell you about the price of the futures
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`I represent the espeed
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