`One Liberty Place
`1550 Market Street. Suite 4900
`Phiiadelpnra. Pennsylvania 19103~73OO
`www.dlapiper com
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`PaulA Taufer
`paul.taufer@dlapiper.oom
`T 2157656 3385
`F 215.606‘3385
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`OUR FILE NO DMC—Z-E
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`OLA PIPER
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`June 20. 2012
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`VM E-MAIL AND US MAIL
`SUBJECT TO FRE 408
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`JEK YLEflgown“. com
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`Jean Kyle, Esq.
`204 Pinckney Street
`PO. Box 2274
`Hamilton. MT 59840-4274
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`Re:
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`US Patent Nos. 7,814,575 and 7,900,276 assigned to
`Destination Maternity Corporation
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`Dear Ms. Kyle:
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`Thank you for your June 14, 2012 letter Unfortunately. Destination Maternity Corporation
`("DMC") does not agree with your assessment.
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`As shown on the Suits Your Belly (“SYB”) website at no risurts ourbell com/matermt -
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`weanmaternity-gantsr.
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`the SYB maternity pants include a garment lower portion having a first torso
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`encircling circumference that recedes downward to makewayr for expansion of the belly panel:
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`DLA PIPER
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`Jean Kyle, Esq
`June 20, 2012
`Page Two
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`if at all. be pertinent only to
`The alleged constant vertical height of the Zip in PanelTM may,
`dependent Claim 16 of US Patent No. 7,900,276. The other points you mentioned as to the differences
`between SYB products and DMC products are irrelevant to the claims.
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`This letter is being sent without prejudice, and DM0 hereby expressly reserves all rights, legal,
`equitable or otherwise. including the right to initiation legal action without further notice.
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