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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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` UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION,
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` Petitioner,
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` ASGHARI-KAMRANI, ET AL.,
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` Patent Owner,
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` Case CBM2016-00064
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` Case CBM2016-00063
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` Patent 8,266,432
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` Videotaped Deposition of ALFRED WEAVER, PH.D.,
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` A P P E A R A N C E S O F C O U N S E L
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`FOR UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION:
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` FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
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` BY: TIMOTHY W. RIFFE, ESQUIRE
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` BRIAN J. GOLDBERG, ESQUIRE
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` THOMAS A. ROZYLOWICZ, ESQUIRE, BY PHONE
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` 1425 K Street, Northwest
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` BY: MATTHEW C. BERNTSEN, ESQUIRE
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` A P P E A R A N C E S O F C O U N S E L
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`FOR THE PATENT OWNER:
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` NOVICK, KIM & LEE, PLLC
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` BY: STEVE JAE YOUN KIM, ESQUIRE
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` 3251 Old Lee Highway, Suite 404
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` Fairfax, Virginia 22030
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` skim@nkllaw.com
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` MH2 TECHNOLOGY LAW GROUP
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` BY: STEVEN ASHBURN, ESQUIRE
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` 1951 Kidwell Drive, Suite 550
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` Tysons Corner, Virginia 22182
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` sashburn@mh2law.com
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` (703) 917-0000
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`ALSO PRESENT:
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` T.J. O'Toole, Videographer
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` Kamram Asghari-Kamrani
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` C O N T E N T S
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`WITNESS: ALFRED WEAVER, PH.D.
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`EXAMINATION BY: PAGE
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` Mr. Kim.................................... 216
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` E X H I B I T S
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` ALFRED WEAVER, PH.D.
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`NUMBER DESCRIPTION IDENTIFIED
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`Exhibit 1 Declaration of Dr. Alfred C. Weaver........ 34
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`Exhibit 2 Sticky Note................................ 43
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`Exhibit 3 U.S. Patent No. 8,266,432.................. 44
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`Exhibit 4 U.S. Patent No. 8,281,129.................. 47
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`Exhibit 5 U.S. Patent No. 7,444,676.................. 47
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`Exhibit 6 Decision................................... 49
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`Exhibit 7 Response to Office Action.................. 84
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`Exhibit 8 Amendment and Remarks...................... 168
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` THE VIDEOGRAPHER: On the record with Disk
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`1 of the video deposition of Dr. Alfred Weaver, taken
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`by the petitioner in the matter of United Services
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`Automobile Association versus Kamran Asghari-Kamrani
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`et al., being heard before the United States Patent
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`and Trademark Office in the Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board, Case Number CBM2016-00064.
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` This deposition is being held at the
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`offices of MH2 Technology Group, located at 1951
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`10th, 2017 at approximately 9:04 a.m. My name is
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`specialist. The court reporter is Karen Young. We
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` MR. RIFFE: Tim Riffe with Fish &
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`representing petitioner, USAA.
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` MR. KIM: My name is Jae Youn Kim of
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`Novick, Kim & Lee, first name spelled J-A-E, space,
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`Y-O-U-N, and last name spells K-I-M. I am the lead
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`counsel for the patent owner, and I will be defending
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`the witness. With me to the left is Steven Ashburn,
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`Technology Law Group. Further with me to the right
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`is the patent owner, Kamran Asghari-Kamrani, which is
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`spells K-A-M-R-A-M, space, A-S-H-G-H-A-R-I, hyphen,
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`K-A-M-R-A-N-I.
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` ALFRED WEAVER, PH.D.,
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` having been first duly sworn by
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` Karen Young, a Notary Public
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` Virginia, was examined and testified as
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` Q. Before we get started, I think there's a
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`stipulation we need to note for the record that this
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`Good morning. Could you please state your full name
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` A. Alfred Charles Weaver.
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` Q. Good morning, Dr. Weaver. We've met
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` A. Yes, we have.
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` Q. Good to see you again. Could you please
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` A. 1400 Ballard Woods Court, Charlottesville,
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`Virginia 22901.
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` Q. Okay, and can you please state your work
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` A. It's 85 Engineers Way, Charlottesville,
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`Virginia 22904.
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` Q. And are you still a professor at the
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` A. Yes, sir, I am.
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` Q. You understand you've just taken an oath as
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` Q. Is there any reason you can't give truthful
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` Q. Dr. Weaver, you've been deposed a number of
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`post-grant proceeding, and when I refer to
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`Do you recall those?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Approximately how many times have you been
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` Q. Approximately how many times have you been
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` A. Maybe twice.
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` Q. And would this be your third one in a
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` Q. And then the deposition that you and I
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` Q. About a year and a half ago or so?
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` A. Yes, sir.
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` Q. And that was related to the eBay-PAID CBMs,
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` Q. In your C.V., you note that you represented
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` Q. Do you recall the outcome of those CBMs?
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` Q. So just to make sure we're talking on the
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`I'm aware. When I use the term "patent owner" or
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` Q. And when I use the term "USAA" or
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` Q. And when I use the term the '129 or '129
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` Q. And just a few more preliminaries. When I
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. And when I use the acronym POSITA or
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` A. I do.
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` Q. And you've used that term I believe in your
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` A. Yes, I did.
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` Q. Okay. How did you prepare for today's
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` Q. Which attorneys?
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` A. That would be Mr. Kim and Mr. Ashburn.
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` Q. And how long did you spend with Mr. Kim and
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`Mr. Ashburn yesterday preparing for your deposition?
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` A. From 10:00 'til 6:00, so eight hours.
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` Q. And did you review any documents during
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. What were those documents?
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` A. There were four patents and my declaration.
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` Q. When you say the four patents, one was the
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`'432 patent?
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` Q. One was the '129 patent?
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. And one was the '676 patent?
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` A. Correct.
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` Q. And what was the other patent? Do you
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` Q. '837. And the '837, that's the -- if I
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` Q. Prior to yesterday, what did you review in
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`preparing for your deposition?
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` A. I have a list of them in my declaration.
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` Q. Okay. Did you review those documents in
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`preparing for your deposition today?
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` Q. Did you speak with any other attorneys
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` Q. Did you speak with any counsel from Mei &
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` Q. Did you speak to them about something else?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. What was that?
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` MR. KIM: Objection, privilege.
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` A. I understand it's privileged.
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` Q. So you're not going to answer the question?
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` Q. So I'm asking you -- you identified other
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`I'm asking what was that something else.
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` A. I'm happy to answer if it's permitted.
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` Q. Well, your counsel has not instructed you
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`Mark on your declaration that you've prepared and
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` Q. And you're preparing to testify as the
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` A. I assume so.
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` Q. And are you working with attorneys from Mei
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` MR. KIM: Objection, relevance.
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` A. I will be.
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` Q. You haven't yet?
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` A. I haven't yet.
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` Q. And when were you retained to be the expert
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` MR. KIM: Objection, relevance.
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` A. There was no separate engagement.
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` Q. When were you engaged in the beginning to
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` A. About November 2016.
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` Q. Do you recall when in November 2016 you
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` A. No.
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` Q. Was it before Thanksgiving?
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` Q. You submitted your declaration and signed
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` A. That's right.
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` Q. Okay. We'll have an opportunity, but do
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` A. I've got them -- they're in the -- in the
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` A. No, I have a sticky note with the paragraph
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` Q. Okay.
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` A. And then once I see the report and the
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` Q. And you noted that these are typos. Were
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` Q. Well, maybe at the break we'll give you an
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` A. Okie doke.
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` Q. When were you first notified that you would
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`USAA and patent owner?
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` MR. KIM: Objection, relevance.
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` A. Middle January.
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` Q. And were you notified by phone from counsel
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` MR. KIM: Objection, relevance.
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` A. It's -- it wasn't a notification. It was a
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` Q. And you're billing at a rate of $400 per
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`hour for the CBM proceedings, correct?
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` A. That's right.
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` Q. Is that going to be your billable rate for
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` MR. KIM: Objection, relevance.
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` A. Yes, it is.
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` Q. Do you charge a different rate for
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` A. No.
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` Q. So you charge $400 an hour regardless of
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`the type of work that you're doing; is that correct?
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` A. That's correct.
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` Q. Did you speak with either of Messrs. Nader
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`preparation for today's deposition?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. And when did you speak with them?
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` A. Yesterday.
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` Q. Were they present during the meetings that
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Were both of the Asghari-Kamrani
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`preparation?
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` A. Yes.
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` Q. Is there a reason you didn't identify them
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`earlier when I asked you who you met with yesterday
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` A. Either your question or my answer was
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`phrased as what lawyers did I meet with.
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` Q. I believe I might have asked you who you
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`met with, but we'll take it at face value. And were
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`yesterday, I believe you said between 10:00 and 6:00
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` A. Yes, they were.
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` Q. And what specifically did you speak with
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`the patent owners about?
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` Q. Sir, to my knowledge, they aren't -- they
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`aren't attorneys, are they?
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` MR. KIM: Objection, form.
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` A. I don't know.
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` Q. I'd like to know what you spoke to the
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` MR. KIM: Objection, privilege.
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` THE WITNESS: So I don't know whether I
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` BY MR. RIFFE:
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` Q. He's not instructed you not to answer, so
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`I'd like an answer.
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` MR. KIM: You don't have to answer. Do not
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`answer.
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` MR. RIFFE: Are you instructing him not to
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`answer, Counsel, or not? I mean, you're objecting to
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`want an answer.
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` MR. KIM: Yes, I instruct not to answer.
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` BY MR. RIFFE:
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` Q. Are you going to follow that instruction?
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` A. Yes.
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` MR. RIFFE: And Counsel, I'd like to know
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`how that's privileged, because to my knowledge, the
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`patent owners are not counsel. They're technologists
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`or patent owners or they draft patents, but they're
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`not counsel, to my knowledge. Are they counsel?
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` MR. KIM: Patent owner, they hired their
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`lawyers, also they hired the expert, and they have
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`the client -- the attorney-client privilege extend to
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`relationship between the expert and the patent owner.
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` MR. RIFFE: Do you have case law that will
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`support that, because to my knowledge, a
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`communication between an expert and a patent owner is
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`not privileged. I will grant you that a
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`communication between an expert and an attorney may
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`be privileged, may not be, but certainly not between
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`an expert and a patent owner, so I disagree with your
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` MR. KIM: Patent owner hired the expert.
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` MR. RIFFE: As -- as do all patent owners,
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`but that doesn't mean that there are privileged
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`communications between an expert and a patent owner.
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`There's no -- there's no patent owner-expert
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`an attorney-client privilege communication between an
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`attorney and a client, but I've never heard of an
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`expert and a patent owner privilege doctrine. If you
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`at it, but as I'm sitting right now, there is no
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`privilege under that scenario.
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` MR. KIM: As I understand, the patent
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`owner, as I said, hired Mr. Weaver. He's working for
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` Q. Patent owner could hire a consultant, and
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`that's not privileged, sir. He is a testifying
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`expert. There is no attorney-client privilege
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`between a patent owner and a hired expert. There
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`isn't. There may be a privilege between you and the
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`patent owner because you are a licensed counsel.
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`There certainly is no privilege between the expert
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`and patent owner, and to my knowledge, Dr. Weaver is
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`not an attorney, is he? According to his C.V., he's
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`not an attorney. I'm going to ask you that question.
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`Dr. Weaver, are you -- are you a licensed attorney in
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`Virginia or any other state?
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` A. No.
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` Q. So are you going to answer the question or
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`not?