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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
`EASTERN DIVISION
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
` Plaintiff,
`v.
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`ESPEED, INC., ESPEED INTERNATIONAL, LTD.,
`ECCO LLC, and ECCO WARE LTD.,
` Defendants.
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`Case Number 04-C-5312
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`VIDEO DEPOSITION OF
`Robert S. Dezmelyk
`August 17, 2007
`Chicago, Illinois
`Lead: Michael D. Gannon, Esquire
`Firm: McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff
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`TRADING TECH EXHIBIT 2296
`IBG ET AL. v. TRADING TECH
`CBM2015-00181
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` APPEARANCES:
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` McDONNELL BOEHNEN HULBERT & BERGHOFF LLP
` BY: MICHAEL D. GANNON, Esq.
` MICHELLE McMULLEN-TACK, Esq.
` 300 South Wacker Drive
` Chicago, Illinois 60606-6709
` (312) 913-0001
` (312) 913-0002 (Fax)
` gannon@mbhb.com
` On behalf of the Plaintiff;
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` WINSTON & STRAWN
` BY: JAMES HILMERT, Esq.
` RAY PERKINS, Esq.
` ELIZABETH H. ERICKSON, Esq.
` 35 West Wacker Drive
` Chicago, Illinois 60601-9703
` (312) 558-5600
` (312) 558-5700 (Fax)
` jhilmert@winston.com
` On behalf of the Defendants;
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` APPEARANCES: Continued
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` FAEGRE & BENSON
` BY: NEAL S. COHEN, Esq.
` 3200 Wells Fargo Center
` 1700 Lincoln Street
` Denver, Colorado 80203-4532
` (303) 607-3500
` (303) 607-3000 (Fax)
` ncohen@faegre.com
` On behalf of the CQG Defendants.
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`ALSO PRESENT:
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` Steve Borsand, In-House Counsel,
` Trading Technologies
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` Marvin Oltman, The Videographer
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` INDEX
`AUGUST 17, 2007
`WITNESS EXAMINATION
`ROBERT S. DEZMELYK
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` By Mr. Gannon: 6
` By Mr. Hilmert: 219
` By Mr. Gannon: 229
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` DEPOSITION EXHIBITS
`NUMBER INTRODUCED
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`Exhibit 854
`Expert Report of
`Robert S. Dezmelyk 32
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`Exhibit 855
`Translation of excerpts of
`a TSE user manual
`TT 0109131 through TT 0109161 163
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`Document entitled "Should We Boycott
`amazon.com For Its Internet Patents?" 214
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Here begins videotape
`number one, Volume I, in the deposition of Robert
`Dezmelyk in the matter of Trading Technologies,
`International, Incorporated versus eSpeed,
`Incorporated, et al.
` Today's date is August 17th, 2007. The
`time is 10:09 a.m.
` This deposition is being taken in the
`offices of McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff at
`300 South Wacker Drive, Suite 3100, Chicago,
`Illinois, and is made at the request of Trading
`Technologies, International.
` My name is Marvin Oltman, the
`videographer, and the court reporter is Cynthia
`Conforti from Jane Rose Reporting, New York, New
`York.
` Will counsel please identify yourselves
`and state who you represent, and please speak
`slowly for the court reporter.
` MR. GANNON: My name is Mike Gannon. I'm
`with McDonnell Boehnen Hulbert & Berghoff. I'm
`here today on behalf of plaintiff, Trading
`Technologies, and with me today is Steve Borsand,
`in-house counsel at Trading Technologies.
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` MS. HILMERT: My name is James Hilmert.
`I'm with Winston & Strawn on behalf of the
`defendants eSpeed and Ecco. With me is Elizabeth
`Erickson and Ray Perkins, also of Winston &
`Strawn, on behalf of the defendants.
` MR. COHEN: Neal Cohen from Faegre &
`Benson on behalf of the CQG defendants.
` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: Thank you.
` Will the court reporter please swear in
`the witness.
` (Witness duly sworn.)
` ROBERT S. DEZMELYK,
`called as a witness herein, having been
`first duly sworn, was examined and testified
`as follows:
` DIRECT EXAMINATION
`BY MR. GANNON:
` Q. Could you state your name for the record,
`please.
` A. Yes. My name is Robert Dezmelyk.
` Q. Do you have a middle initial?
` A. Yes. My middle name is Steve, and I use
`S. as a middle initial.
` Q. Okay. And could you state your address,
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`please.
` A. My home address is 1 Bancroft Road in
`Newton, New Hampshire.
` Q. And you were retained as an expert in this
`case; is that correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And who were you retained by?
` A. I was retained by Winston & Strawn.
` Q. Now, you rendered an expert opinion or
`opinions in this case; is that correct?
` A. Yes.
` Q. And in doing so I presume that you read
`the TT patents-in-suit; is that correct?
` A. Yes, I did.
` Q. Can you tell me what problems the TT
`patents-in-suit are attempting to solve?
` A. Well, I can't quote from the patent
`without looking at it, but, in general terms,
`they're attempting to enhance the speed of
`operation of trading, on-line trading using a
`computer display of information and then allowing
`the trader to operate it more quickly.
` Q. And how does the patent go about trying to
`solve that problem of enhancing the speed of
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`trading?
` A. Well, the patent presents both --
`describes both a visual display and a method of
`interaction and then claims a number of -- claims
`related to visual display in that interaction.
` Q. Okay. And I'm paraphrasing your previous
`answer here, but when you say "enhance the speed
`of trading," is that one problem that the TT
`patents are attempting to solve? Is that a fair
`statement?
` A. Yeah, that's a fair statement.
` Q. Okay. Are there any other problems that
`the TT patents are trying to solve?
` A. Well, I think simultaneously they're
`trying to ensure, like any good user interface,
`that you have both efficiency and accuracy.
` Q. Okay. Would that be a second problem
`then, efficiency and accuracy?
` A. You could consider that a second problem,
`yes.
` Q. Okay.
` A. Or a second aspect of the first problem.
` Q. Okay. When you say "efficiency," what do
`you mean?
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` A. Well, efficiency, particularly as it's
`used to describe a user interface, is the
`combination of the effectiveness, how quickly the
`user can get to their desired goal, and there's
`some secondary considerations in there about
`perhaps the stress on the user. It's much similar
`to efficiency in any other field. In other words,
`you can say I'm doing something in an office
`efficiently or inefficiently.
` Q. Is efficiency the same as enhancing the
`speed of trading? Are those one and the same?
` A. They would in general overlap.
` Q. I'm just trying to get an understanding as
`to whether or not there is a difference between
`the two.
` MR. HILMERT: Object to form.
`BY MR. GANNON:
` Q. In your opinion.
` MR. HILMERT: Object to the form.
` THE WITNESS: Well, they're not
`synonymous, but they are closely related.
` In other words, the speed of an operation
`is one aspect of the efficiency.
`BY MR. GANNON:
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` Q. Okay. What's another aspect of
`efficiency?
` A. The accuracy and the extent to which you
`end up with the result you desire.
` Q. Okay. When you say "accuracy," what do
`you mean by that?
` A. Well, assuming in a user interface or in
`any task, it's that you got the desired result.
` In other words, if you were attempting to
`pick a particular target on the screen; for
`instance, in the trading case, if you were
`attempting to make a trade under a particular set
`of circumstances and you did a set of actions to
`make that trade that you got the trade result out
`of the computer system that you had in your mind.
` Q. How does the -- how do the TT patents go
`about trying to solve the problem of accuracy?
` A. Well, I think the main area there would be
`the idea of creating a data display which makes it
`less likely that people make errors interpreting
`it.
` Q. Can you explain what you mean by that?
` A. Certainly. In any computer interface the
`user is looking at information on the screen, and
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