`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
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`DESTINATION MATERNITY
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`CORPORATION,
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`CASE NO. 2:12—cv-05680—AB
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`'Plaintifi’,
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`v.
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`HON. ANITA B. BRODY
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`TARGET CORPORATION, CHEROKEE
`INC, and ELIZABETH LANGE LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`DEFENDANT TARGET’S NOTICE OF THE DEPOSITION OF
`PLAINTIFF DESTINATION MATERNITY CORPORATION
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`PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 30lblléi
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`Pursuant to Rules 26 and 30 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, counsel for the
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`defendants will take the deposition of Destination Maternity Corporation (“DMC”), through
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`those witnesses whom it identifies, on September 23, 2013 at the offices of Lavin, O’Neil, Ricci,
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`Cedrone & Disipio; 190 North Independence Mall West; 6th and Race Streets, Suite 500;
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`Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106 beginning at 9:00 AM EST and continuing day-to-day until
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`completed. DMC is required to designate one or more officers, directors, managing agents,
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`executive officers, or other persons duly authorized and consenting for examination on matters
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`known or reasonably available pertaining to the subjects and topics set forth in the attached
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`Exhibit A. The deposition will be taken before an officer authorized to administer oaths and will
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`be recorded stenographically and by videotape. You are invited to attend and cross-examine.
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`Dated: September 4, 2013
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Andrew F. Johnson
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`EXHIBIT
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`Francis J. Grey, Jr.
`Pennsylvania ID. No. 56145
`LAVIN, O’NEIL, RICCI,
`CEDRONE & DISIPIO
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`190 North Independence Mall West
`6th and Race Streets, Suite 500
`Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19106
`Telephone: (215) 627—0303
`Facsimile:
`(215) 627—2551
`E—mail: fgrey@lavin-law.com
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`R. Trevor Carter (pro hac vice)
`Indiana Bar No. 18562—49
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`Daniel M. Lechleiter (pro hac vice)
`Indiana Bar No. 25675-49
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`FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
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`300 North Meridian Street, Suite 2700
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`Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-1750
`Telephone: (317) 237-0300
`Facsimile:
`(317) 23 7— 1000
`E—mail: trevor.carter@,faegrebd.eom
`daniel.lechleiter@faegrebd.com
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`Andrew F. Johnson (pro hac vice)
`Minnesota Bar No. 389331
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`FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS LLP
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`2200 Wells Fargo Center
`90 South Seventh Street
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`Minneapolis, Minnesota 55402-3901
`Telephone: (612) 7667000
`Facsimile:
`(612) 766-1600
`E-mail: andrew.iohnson@faegrebd.com
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`Counselfor Defendant Target Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to FED. R. CIV. P. 5(a)(l)(C), 5(b)(1), and 5(b)(2)(E), as well as the parties’
`agreement to service by e—mail, see Joint Proposed Discovery Plan, at 3 (ECF No. 30, Jan. 18,
`2013), the undersigned hereby certifies that on the date set forth above, a true and correct copy of
`the foregoing document was served by means of e—rnail, as a PDF file attachment, upon counsel
`of record in this matter as set forth below.
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`/s/ Andrew F. Johnson
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`Paul A. Taufer
`Michael L. Burns
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`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`One Liberty Place
`1650 Market Street, Suite 4900
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`Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
`paul.taufer@dlapiper.com
`michaelbums@d1apiper.com
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`Frank W. Ryan
`Tamar Y. Duvdevani
`Melissa A. Reinckens
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`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`1251 Avenue of the Americas
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`New York, New York 10020—1104
`frank.r_yan@,dlapip§r.corn
`tamar.duvdevani dlai
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`r.com
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`melissa.reinckens@dlapip§r.com
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`Counselfor Plaintiff, Destination
`Maternity Corporation
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`EXHIBIT A
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`When interpreting any part of this Rule 30(b)(6) Notice or any of the individual Topics
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`for Examination herein, apply the Constructions set forth in Part 1, below, and the Definitions set
`Iforth in Part II, below.
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`I.
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`CONSTRUCTIONS
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`The following constructions shall apply throughout this Rule 30(b)(6) Notice:
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`A.
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`Defined words and terms, and the words that comprise defined phrases, are
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`capitalized. If a word that would otherwise constitute a defined word or term, or a constituent of
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`a defined phrase, is not capitalized, then that word should be accorded its ordinary meaning in
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`view of the context in which it is used. All other words, whether or not capitalized, should be
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`accorded their ordinary meaning in View of the context in which they are used.
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`B.
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`All definitions pertain equally to the singular, plural, and possessive forms of the
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`defined words, terms, and phrases.
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`C.
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`The words “and” and “or” shall be construed conjunctively or disjunctively as
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`necessary in order to bring within the scope of Any request herein Any responses that might
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`otherwise be construed to be outside the scope of such request.
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`II.
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`DEFINITIONS
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`The following definitions shall apply throughout this Discovery Request:
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`A.
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`The words “Any” and “All” may be used interchangeably herein and mean “any,”
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`“all,” “each and every,” as well as “any one.”
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`B.
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`The terms “Relate to,” “Related to,” “Relating to,” “in Relation to,” “Relate,” and
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`“Related” mean comprising, mentioning, describing, underlying, containing, enumerating,
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`involving, regarding, or in Any way concerning, identified in, pertaining, corresponding, or
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`referring to, being connected with, reflecting on or resulting from, in whole or in part, directly or
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`indirectly, the stated subject matter.
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`C.
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`The terms “This Matter,” “This Lawsuit,” and “This Action” are used
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`interchangeably herein and mean and Relate to the case in which this Discovery Request is being
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`served, Destination Maternity Corporation v. Target Corporation, Cherokee Inc., and Elizabeth
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`Lange LLC, No. 2:12~cv-5680—AB (ED. Pa filed Oct. 4, 2012).
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`D.
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`The terms “Destination Maternity Corporation,” “DMC,” “Plaintiff,” “You,”
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`“Your,” and “Yours” mean and Relate to the plaintiff in This Matter, Destination Maternity
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`Corporation, and include Mothers Work, Inc. and Cave Springs Inc., as well as Destination
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`Maternity Corporation’s present and former divisions; subsidiaries; affiliates; parents;
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`predecessors, successors, and assigns (by operation of law or otherwise); officers; directors;
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`principals; employees; representatives; investors; sureties; indemnitors; insurers; inspectors;
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`agents; attorneys; auditors; accountants; consultants; advisors; investigators; and Any other
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`Person acting or purporting to act on its behalf, presently or in the past.
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`E.
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`The terms “Target Corporation,” “Target,” “Defendant,” and “Requesting Party”
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`are used interchangeably herein and mean and Relate to defendant Target Corporation, the
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`defendant in This Matter who has served this Deposition Notice on You.
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`F.
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`The term “Cherokee” means and refer to defendant Cherokee, Inc, a defendant in
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`This Matter.
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`G.
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`The term “ELL” means defendant, Elizabeth Lange LLC, a defendant in This
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`Matter.
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`H.
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`The term “Parties” means and Relates to any named party in This Matter,
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`including, but not limited to, Destination Maternity Corporation, Target Corporation, Cherokee
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`Inc., and Elizabeth Lange LLC.
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`I.
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`J.
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`The term “Third Party” means a Person other than the Parties.
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`The tem'r “Complaint” means and Relates to the most current filed document
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`containing Plaintiff 3 claims against Target in This Matter, which, as of the date of this
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`Discovery Request, is Plaintiff‘s Complaint (Doc. No. I, filed Oct. 4, 2012).
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`K.
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`The term “Answer” means and Relates to the most current filed document
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`containing Target’s defenses in This Matter, which, as of the date of this Discovery Request, is ‘
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`Defendant’s Answer and Defenses to Plaintiffs Complaint (Doc. No. 17, filed Dec. 3, 2012).
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`L.
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`The term f“575 Patent” means and Relates to US. Patent No. 7,814,575 issued
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`October 19, 2010 and surrendered on July 24, 2012. The term “‘276 Patent” means and Relates
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`to US. Patent No. 7,900,276 issued March 8, 2011 and surrendered on August 7, 2012. The
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`term “‘531 Patent” means and Relates to US. Patent No. RE43,531 issued on July 24, 2012. The
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`term “‘563 Patent” means and Relates to US. Patent No. RE43,563 issued on August 7, 2012.
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`M.
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`The term “Patents-in-Suit” means and Relates to both the ‘563 Patent and the
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`‘531 Patent entitled “Belly Covering Garment”
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`N.
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`The Term “Related Patents” means and relates to both the ‘575 Patent and the
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`‘276 Patent as well as Any parent, grandparent, or predecessor applications, Whether pending,
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`issued, or abandoned, and Any divisional, continuation, or continuation-impart applications, and
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`Any surrendered or foreign patents and patent applications disclosing or claiming subject matter
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`which is substantially the same as that claimed in either the Related Patents or the Patents-in-
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`Suit.
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`0.
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`The term “Accused Product(s)” means and Relates to All product(s) of Target that
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`You believe Infringe Any claim of the Patents—in—Suit.
`P.
`The term “Pertinent Maternity Product(s)” means and includes, but is not limited
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`.
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`to, All of Your current or past maternity products that are similar to the Accused Product(s) or
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`that are similar to, or that embody, the subject matter disclosed and/or claimed in the Patents-in-
`Sult For example, the term “Pertinent Maternity Product(s)” means and Relates to All maternity
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`pants, trousers, jeans, shorts, and skirts of any style, material, or length that have a flexible panel
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`(I) at, near, and/or above the waist line, and (2) that encircles all or part of the wearer’s waist,
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`stomach, and/or torso. For purposes of this definition, the articles of clothing described above——
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`pants, trousers, jeans, shorts, and skirts—should be considered “maternity” wear if You have
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`ever advertised, sold, or otherwise identified them “maternity” wear.
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`Q.
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`The term “U.S.” means and Relates to The United States of America and its
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`territories.
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`R.
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`The term “Foreign” means and Relates to Any nation or territory outside of the
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`U.S., and includes Any governmental, quasi-governmental, trade—Related, or treaty-Related
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`organization, or Any other such organization that is not controlled exclusively by the U.S.
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`S.
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`The term “Person” means and Relates to each of the Parties, as well as Any other
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`natural person or entity, including, but not limited to, and regardless of whether “not-for-profit,”
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`Any proprietorships; partnerships; firms; corporations; limited liability companies; trusts; joint
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`ventures; independent establishments; public, municipal, or government agencies or corporations
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`(federal, state, local, Foreign, or otherwise) and Any departments and agencies thereof;
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`governments (federal, state, local, Foreign, or otherwise) and Any departments and agencies
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`thereof; Any other governmental agencies, political subdivisions, groups, associations,
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`organizations, boards, firms, funds, or bodies ofAny kind; Any divisions or subsidiaries of Any
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`group or a combination acting as an entity; and Any other legally recognized entity of Any
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`description whatsoever. Unless otherwise stated, the term “Person” also includes Any
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`individuals and/or entities which are separately defined in these Definitions. Any reference to
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`Any Person that is not a natural person, including the Parties, shall also include that Person’s
`present and former divisions; subsidiaries; affiliates; parents; predecessors, successors, assigns,
`and heirs (by operation of law or otherwise); officers; directors; principals; employees;
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`representatives; investors; sureties; indemnitors; insurers; inspectors; agents; attorneys; auditors;
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`accountants; consultants; advisors; investigators; and Any other Person acting or purporting to
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`act on its behalf, presently or in the past.
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`T.
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`The term “Communication” means and Relates to Any transmission, conveyance,
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`or exchange of information, whether by oral, written, printed, recorded, filmed, electronic, or
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`other means.
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`U.
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`The term “Document” is used in the broadest sense permissible under the Federal
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`Rules of Civil Procedure, and includes, but is not limited to, documents and electronically stored
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`information—including writings, drawings, graphs, charts, photographs, sound recordings,
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`images, and other data or data compilations stored in Any medium fiom which information can
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`be obtained—and translations thereof, and means and Relates to Any written, printed, recorded,
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`filmed, or electronically stored words, data, or information of Any type or description, whether
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`so written, printed, recorded, filmed, or electronically stored using mechanical, electronic,
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`electromagnetic, or stenographic means, or by hand, and whether or not created, produced, or
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`reproduced by one of the Parties, and includes, without limitation and regardless of whether
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`incomplete, partially complete, or complete, Any originals, duplicates, drafts, versions, abstracts,
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`compilations, summaries, and Any transcriptions thereof or amendments thereto, and Any copies
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`differing in Any way from Any original, of the following: Any letters; e-mails; voice-mails;
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`correspondence; facsimiles; teletypes; telefaxes; cablegrams; radiograms; telegrams; tickets;
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`coupons; certificates; memoranda; notes; records, including statistical, financial, and sales
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`records; reports; prospectuses; financial statements; purchase orders; invoices; receipts; checks;
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`minutes; envelopes; inter— and intra-office Communications; microfilm; microfiche; films, tapes,
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`cassettes, disks, and drives (containing audio, video, analog, electronic, magnetic, or other data);
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`drawings; sketches; specifications; flowcharts; photographs; phonorecords; bulletins; circulars;
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`studies; plans; analyses; notices; computer records, Source Code, runs, programs, software, and
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`Any codes or data necessary to comprehend such records, Source Code, runs, programs, or
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`software; books; publications; pamphlets; illustrations; lists; forecasts; brochures; periodicals;
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`catalogs and catalog sheets; advertisements; press, publicity, and trade releases; charts; graphs;
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`indices; labels; bills; statements; files; agreements; contracts; sub-contracts; forms; schedules;
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`work sheets; data compilations; policies; manuals, including policy, employment, training,
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`safety, operator’ 3, user’ 5, and how-to manuals; calendars; diaries; test results; notebooks;
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`handbooks; opinions or reports of consultants, advisors, investigators, insurers, inspectors,
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`auditors, and accountants; evidence of intellectual property ownership, including patents, patent
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`applications, trademark registrations and applications therefor, and copyright registrations and
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`applications therefor; notices or minutes of, or notes, records, memoranda, or summaries created
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`before, during, after, or Relating to, meetings, telephone, personal, or face-to—face conversations,
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`conferences, interviews, investigations, consultations, negotiations, or other Comrhunications,
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`including lists of Any participants therein; Any electronically stored information of Any type or
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`description that can be printed on paper or tape or transferred, downloaded, or copied to one or
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`more other devices for storing electronically stored information (e.g., fihns, tapes, cassettes,
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`disks, or drives), including Any such information accessible, either presently or in the past, on
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`Any Website Relating to You; and Any other written, printed, recorded, filmed, or electronically
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`stored words, data, or information of Any type or description, whether so written, printed,
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`recorded, filmed, or electronically stored using mechanical, electronic, electromagnetic, or
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`stenographic means, or by hand, and whether or not created, produced, or reproduced by one of
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`the Parties, including, Without limitation and regardless of whether incomplete, partially
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`complete, or complete, Any originals, duplicates, drafts, versions, abstracts, compilations,
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`summaries, and Any transcriptions thereof or amendments thereto, and Any copies differing in
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`Any way from Any original.
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`V.
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`The term “ESI” means and Relates to Electronically Stored Information as that
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`term is used and defined in Rules 26 and 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the
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`official notes and comments thereto.
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`W.
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`The term “Thing” includes, but is not limited to, Any tangible thing that is not a
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`Document, including Any product, model, machine, device, apparatus, tool, component part,
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`assembly or subassembly, and Any portion thereof.
`X.
`The term “Prior Art” encompasses, without-limitation, the subject matter
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`described in every subpart, subsection, and/or subdivision of 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103 relative
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`to the Patents-in—Suit, and may include, but is not limited to, products, events, actions,
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`Documents, Things, and ESL For purposes of this Discovery Request, the term “Prior Art”
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`further includes All products, events, actions, Documents, Things, and E81 believed or suspected
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`to fall within the subject matter described in Any subpart, subsection, and/or subdivision of
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`35 U.S.C. §§ 102 and 103, without regard for whether such belief or suspicion is a correct legal
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`or factual conclusion.
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`Y.
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`The terms “Infringe” and “Infringement” encompass, without limitation, each and
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`every type of patent infringement described in every subpart, subsection, and/or subdivision of
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`35 U.S.C. § 271.
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`Z.
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`The term “PTO” means and Relates to the US. Patent & Trademark Office.
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`AA.
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`The term “License Agreement” means and Relates to Any agreement, whether
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`executory or executed, and whether or not expired, which, upon its execution and prior to its
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`expiration, gives at least one of the parties to the agreement the right to make, have made, use,
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`practice, copy, sell, offer to sell, import, or export Any technology, know—how, or intellectual
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`property rights; and includes, but is not limited to, license agreements, cross-license agreements,
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`settlement agreements, covenants not to sue, letters of intent, purchase agreements, technology
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`transfer agreements, and joint development agreements.
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`BB.
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`The term “Identify” (including Any form of that word) and Any phrases
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`requesting that You state, or provide Documents Relating to, “the Identity of” or “the
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`Identification of” certain subject matter means:
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`1.
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`In the case of a natural person, to state, or provide Documents that set
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`forth, the Person’s (i) full name, (ii) present or last known business affiliation or employer; (iii)
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`job title or position; (iv) present or last known business address, telephone number, and e—mail
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`address; and (v) present or last known residential address and telephone number;
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`2.
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`In the case of a Person other than a natural person (i.e., an entity), to state,
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`or provide Documents that set forth, (i) the entity’s full name, address, and telephone number;
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`and (ii) the nature of the entity (e.g., partnership, corporation, etc.);
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`3.
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`In the case of a Document, whether or not such Document is presently in
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`existence or Your possession, to state (i) the Bates or production number the Document bears if
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`the Document has already or is being produced; (ii) the date the Document bears or bore or, if
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`undated, the date on which it was created; (iii) the Identity of Any Person Who authored it or
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`participated in the creation of it; (iv) the Identity ofAny Person who received the Document or a
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`copy thereof; (v) a description of the Document, including its type, title, and subject matter;
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`(vi) the Document’s present location; (vii) the Identity of Any Person having custody of or
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`access to the original and/or Any copy thereof; (viii) if the Document is not presently in"
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`existence, 3 description of Any basis for the destruction or disposal of the Document, the date of
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`such destruction or disposal, and the Identity of Any Person who participated in its destruction or
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`disposal; and (ix) if You do not know whether the Document is presently in existence because
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`the Document is not presently in Your possession, the Identity of Any Person now in possession
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`the Document and/or Any copy thereof;
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`4.
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`In the case of a Communication, whether or not such Communication
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`presently exists in recorded form, to state, or provide Documents that set forth, (i) the method by
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`which the Communication was transmitted, sent, conveyed, exchanged, or received; (ii) the
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`nature, content, and substance of the Communication; (iii) the date, time, and place when and
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`where the Communication took place; and (iv) the Identity of Any Person who transmitted, sent,
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`conveyed, exchanged, received, or participated in the Communication, including Any witness to
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`the Communication;
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`5.
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`In the case ofa Thing, whether or not such Thing is presently in existence
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`or Your possession, to state, or provide Documents that set forth, (i) a description of the nature
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`of, type of, and use(s) for the Thing; (ii) the Thing’s model, serial, part, item, product, catalog,
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`and/or manufacturer’s number(s); (iii) the date when the Thing came into existence; (iv) the date
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`when the Thing came into Your Possession; (v) the reason(s) for which You developed,
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`designed, created, manufactured, purchased, or acquired the Thing; (vi) the Identity of Any
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`Person who used, developed, designed, created, manufactured, purchased, or acquired, the
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`Thing; (vii) if the Thing is not presently in existence, a description of Any basis for the
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`destruction or disposal of the Thing, the date of such destruction or disposal, and the Identity of
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`Any Person who participated in its destruction or diSposal; and (viii) if You do not know whether
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`the Thing is presently in existence because the Thing is not presently in Your possession, the
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`Identity of Any Person now in possession the Thing; and
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`6.
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`In Any case not specifically provided for above, to accord the term or
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`phrase its ordinary meaning in View of the context in which it is used.
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`HI.
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`TOPICS FOR EXAMINATION
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`Your corporate structure and organization, including All fields of business, the
`(1)
`reasons for formation; Any business unit responsible for the development, marketing, sale or
`licensing of DMC Pertinent Maternity Products or the Patents-in—Suit; and the Identity, location,
`and address of All offices, physical plants, and assets.
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`1 with a
`The identity of Any other person(s) not identified in Category No.
`(2)
`financial interest in Plaintiff, the Patent-in—Suit, or the outcome of Plaintiff’s claims in This
`Lawsuit, and the nature of the interest.
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`The authenticity of All Documents, EST, and Things provided to Defendants by
`(3)
`DMC in connection with This Litigation.
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`(4)
`practices.
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`Your Document and E81 retention, preservation, and/or destruction policies and
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`Any retention, destruction, preservation, or spoliation of Any Documents, ESI, or
`(5)
`Things relevant or otherwise Related to Any issue in This Litigation.
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`Any Communications, oral or written, between You and Any Third Party Relating
`(6)
`to any of the Defendants, This Litigation, the Complaint, Pertinent Maternity Products, Accused
`Products, the case Carney, et al. v. Mothers Work, Inc, No. 3:07-cv-01153—JCS (ND. Cal. filed
`Feb. 7, 2007), the Patents-in-Suit, the alleged inventions claimed in the Patents-in—Suit, or Any
`of the Related Patents.
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`Any Communications, oral or written, between You and Gregory M. or Elizabeth
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`Stangle Relating to any of the Defendants, This Litigation, the Complaint, Pertinent Maternity
`Products, Accused Products, the case Carney, et al. v. Mothers Work, Inc, No. 3:07-cv—01153-
`JCS (N.D. Cal. filed Feb. 7, 2007), the Patents—in—Suit, the alleged inventions claimed in the
`Patents—in—Suit, or Any of the Related Patents.
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`Any involvement on the part of Ronald Masciantonio in or Related to This
`(8)
`Litigation, the Complaint, Pertinent Maternity Products, Accused Products, the case Carney, et
`al. v. Mothers Work, Inc, No. 3:07-cv—Ol lS3-JCS (ND. Cal. filed Feb. 7, 2007), the Patents—in-
`Suit, the alleged inventions claimed in the Patents—in—Suit, or Any of the Related Patents.
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`(9)
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`Any study, analysis, or review of Pertinent Maternity Products.
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`(Please specify if an
`(10) Any study, analysis, or review of the Patents—in~Suit.
`attorney—client privilege is asserted in connection with Any matters included in this topic.)
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`(11)
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`Communications, oral or written, between Plaintiff and Target.
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`(12)
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`Communications, oral or written, between Plaintifi‘ and Elizabeth Lange LLC.
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`(13)
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`Communications, oral or written, between Plaintiff and Cherokee.
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`Communications, oral or written, between Plaintiff and JC Penney, or Gap, or
`(14)
`Gregory M. Stangle, or Ingrid & Isabel, or anyone You have accused of infringement under the
`Patents-in—Suit or the Related Patents
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`(15) Your knowledge of Defendants.
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`(16)
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`Plaintiff s decision to file suit against Defendants.
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`(17) When and how DMC first became, aware of each Defendant’s alleged
`infringement of the Patents-in-Suit, including the details of DMC’s first awareness of each
`Accused Product.
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`(18) Alleged or believed Infringement of the Patents-in-Suit by Defendants.
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`(19)
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`Prosecution of the Patents-in—Suit and the Related Patents.
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`(20)
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`Prior Art to the Patents-in-Suit and the Related Patents.
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`(21) Your knowledge of US. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0049834
`- (“Stangle”).
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`(22) Your knowledge of US. Patent No. 6,276,175 to Browder (“Browder”).
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`(23) Your knowledge of Prior Art to the Patents-in-Suit.
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`(24) All instances in which Plaintiff believed or asserted that the Patents-in—Suit are or
`were infringed
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`The terms and conditions of Any license, offer to license, and/or settlement
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`agreement regarding the Patents—in-Suit and the Related Patents and Applications.
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`The terms and conditions of Any license, offer to license, and/or settlement
`(26)
`agreement regarding the DMC clothing or appearal.
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`including All License
`licensing policies, practices, or plans,
`(27) DMC’s patent
`Agreements, settlement agreements, or Any other agreement Relating or referring to the Patents-
`in—Suit or Any of the Related Patents and Applications.
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`Conception, reduction to practice (Whether actual or constructive), and diligence
`(28)
`between conception and reduction to practice regarding the alleged inventions claimed in the
`Patents-in-Suit and the Related Patents and Applications.
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`(29)
`Products.
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`Communications between You and Any manufacturer of Pertinent Maternity
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`(30)
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`Inventorship of the Patents—in-Suit and the Related Patents and Applications.
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`(31) Ownership of the Patents-in—Suit and the Related Patents and Applications.
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`(32) Advantages and benefits of the subject matter claimed in the Patents-in-Suit.
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`(33) Secondary considerations of nonobviousness Related to the subject matter
`claimed in the Patents—in—Suit.
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`The differences and similarities between the designs claimed in the Patent~in-Suit
`(34)
`and Any other Pertinent Maternity Products or Prior Art.
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`(35) All agreements and Communications between DMC and the named inventors of
`the Patents-in—Suit.
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`(36) All contracts, proposals, statements of work, agreements, or other arrangements
`between Plaintiff and Any Third Party that advertise, display, offer for sale, or evidence a sale of
`DMC Pertinent Maternity Products.
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`The terms and conditions of Any license discussions, offer to license, license,
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`and/or settlement agreement Relating to Any DMC Pertinent Maternity Products.
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`(38) All notice letters or other Communications sent by DMC, or that have been sent
`on DMC’s behalf, Relating to the Patents-in—Suit or the Related Patents and Applications.
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`(39) DMC’s policies
`Infringement matters.
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`and practices Related to patent protection and patent
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`(40) DMC’s policies and/or marketing programs for licensing and enforcing patents,
`trademarks, know—how, or proprietary technology.
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`(41) Valuation and appraisal reports concerning the valuation of intellectual property
`assets and intangible property performed by Plaintiff or on Plaintiffs behalf.
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`(42) Any policy and/or methodology statements for determining asset value of patents.
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`(43)
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`The identity of All Pertinent Maternity Products.
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`The development, changes, modification, design revisions, marketing, sales, and
`(44)
`testing, of Your Pertinent Maternity Products.
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`(45)
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`The development and prototyping of Pertinent Maternity Products.
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`(46) Modifications and/or design revisions of Your Pertinent Maternity Products.
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`(47) Marketing, sales, and testing, of Your Pertinent Maternity Products.
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`(48) Market testing of Your Pertinent Maternity Products and comparison studies of
`Your Pertinent Maternity Products with products sold by DMC competitors including Target and
`the Accused Products.
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`Business plans, market studies, economic forecasts and financial estimates or
`(49)
`projections that relate to DMC’s decision to develop, market, sell or license Pertinent Maternity
`Products.
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`(50)
`by DMC.
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`The number or volume (in dollars and units) of Pertinent Maternity Products sold
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`(51) Your annual sales (Gross and Net) of Any Pertinent Maternity Products, including
`Any Related profits, costs, and expenses.
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`(52) Your filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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`including the identification of documents in Your
`Facts and circumstances,
`(53)
`' possession, Relating to the type, amount, factual bases, and support for All damages that You
`believe constitute lost profits, a reasonable royalty, or other appropriate measure of relief, should
`liability be established for the counts of the Complaint.
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`including the identification of documents in Your
`Facts and circumstances,
`(54)
`possession, Relating to or referring to Your contention as to the reasonable royalty rate that You
`allege would be owed, should liability be established for each of the counts of the Complaint,
`including:
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`(a)
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`The method used to calculate the reasonable royalty rate;
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`(b)
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`The data used in such calculations;
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`(c)
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`The source of the data;
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`((1)
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`The royalty rate so calculated; and
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`The base to which the royalty rate is to be applied.
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`Profitability of Any DMC Pertinent Maternity Products advertised, offered for
`(55)
`sale, or sold. Profitability includes, but is not necessarily limited to, profit margins, cost
`structures associated with sales of Pertinent Maternity Products (including fixed and variable
`costs, if Any), and the accounting methodology used to record or determine profitability
`Pertinent Maternity Products.
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`Intellectual property rights, including patents and patented technology which You
`(56)
`have licensed or attempted to license from another Person or Third Party or which You have
`licensed or attempted to license to Any other Person or Third Party, including but not limited to,
`identification of the intellectual property licensed, License Agreements, royalties paid or
`collected, and negotiations of such License Agreements.
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`(57) Non-infringing substitutes for the subject matter claimed in the Patents-in-Suit,
`including the acceptability of each substitute.
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`(58)
`Products.
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`The commercial market for DMC Pertinent Maternity Products, and Accused
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`(59) Market surveys or studies that evidence or refer to customer demand for DMC
`Pertinent Maternity Products, and Accused Products.
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`Identity of each industry participant in the commercial market for DMC Pertinent
`(60)
`Maternity Products or the Accused Products.
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`The actual market share occupied by each industry participant in the commercial
`(61)
`market for Relevant Systems, DMC Systems, and Accused Systems.
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`Existing or potential industry participants in the commercial market for DMC
`(62)
`Pertinent Maternity Products or the Accused Products.
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`The actual or projected market share for existing or potential industry participants
`(63)
`in the commercial market for DMC Pertinent Maternity Products or the Accused Products.
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`(64) Your plans for future marketing, advertising, and development of DMC Pertinent
`Maternity Products.
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`(65) Any decision to no longer market, advertise, and develop DMC Pertinent
`Maternity Products.
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`Customer acceptance, demand for, or complaints Relating to DMC Pertinent
`(66)
`Maternity Products.
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`(67)
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`Customer acceptance, demand for, or complaints maternity products generally.
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`including the identification of documents in the
`Facts and circumstances,
`(68)
`possession of Plaintiff, relating to Any contention that one or more of the fifteen factors
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`identified in Georgia Pacific Corp. v. US. Plywood Corp, 318 F .Supp. 1116, 1120 (S.D.N.Y.
`1970) may affect the determination of a reasonable royalty rate for Any Accused Product should
`liability be established for patent infringement, and, for each product:
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`(a)
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`The factors which would affect determination of the rate; and
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`(b)
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`The effect that each factor would have on the determination of the rate.
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`(69) A description and identification Of the portion of the profit, if Any, that DMC
`contends should be credited to the claimed subje