`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`BABBAGE HOLDINGS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`2:13-CV-749
`2:13-CV-750
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`2:13-CV-751
`2:13-CV-752
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`2:13-CV-753
`2:13-CV-754
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`2:13-CV-755
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`2:13-CV-756
`2:13-CV-766
`2:13-CV-757
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`2:13-CV-765
`2:13-CV-764
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`2:13-CV-758
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`v.
`505 GAMES (U.S.), INC.,
`ACTIVISION PUBLISHING, INC. and
`BLIZZARD ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
`CAPCOM U.S.A., INC.
`THE WALT DISNEY CO., DISNEY
`INTERACTIVE STUDIOS, INC. and
`LUCASARTS ENTERTAINMENT
`COMPANY, LLC,
`ELECTRONIC ARTS INC.,
`KONAMI DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT,
`INC.,
`BANDAI NAMCO BANDAI GAMES
`AMERICA, INC.,
`NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC.,
`RIOT GAMES, INC.,
`SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
`AMERICA LLC and SONY ONLINE
`ENTERTAINMENT LLC,
`SQUARE ENIX, INC.,
`TAKE-TWO INTERACTIVE
`SOFTWARE, INC., ROCKSTAR GAMES,
`INC., 2KSPORTS, INC., and 2K GAMES,
`INC.,
`UBISOFT, INC.
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`DEFENDANTS’ PROPOSED CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order (Dkt. No. 83) and P.R. 4-2(a-b),
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`Defendants in the above-captioned matters (“Defendants”) submit the following list of
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`(1) claim terms, phrases, or clauses, (2) proposed constructions, and (3) supporting
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`evidence.
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`This list below is preliminary and Defendants reserve the right to modify, add to,
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`or delete from the list based on, without limitation, the list propounded by the Plaintiff,
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`the meet and confer sessions with Plaintiff, and information learned through the course of
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`discovery, which is still in its earliest stages. Accordingly, Defendants reserve the right to
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`modify, add to, or delete from the list on the basis of this discovery as well. Defendants
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`further reserve the right to refine this list by combining or dividing identified terms,
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`phrases, or clauses in an effort to resolve any dispute that may arise as to the proper
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`disposition of the listed terms, phrases, or clauses. Further, Defendants reserve the right
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`to include in its list claim terms, phrases, or clauses proposed by Plaintiff. Subject to the
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`foregoing, terms not specifically identified herein or by Plaintiff should be given their
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`ordinary meanings.
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`Claim Language
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`"plurality of input devices
`connected
`to
`a
`single
`computer"
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`"registering different ones
`of said users with different
`ones of said devices"
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`Proposed Construction
`and Identity of Party
`Proposing/Joining
`Construction
`All Defendants:
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`Plurality of input devices
`connected to only one
`computer.
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`All Defendants:
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`[Registering] more than one
`user, such that each user is
`registered with a different
`input device.
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`Evidentiary Support
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`FIG. 1; 2:3-15; 4:30-36;
`1/26/1995 OA at 70-71;
`6/2/1995 OA Response at
`99-100; 6/21, 1995 OA at
`107-10; 9/22/1995 OA
`Response at 114-16.
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`Abstract, 2:20-59, 3:1-20,
`4:30-52, 5:11-32, 6:6-28,
`6:53-67, FIGS. 16, 19, 25.
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`"registering different ones
`of said users with different
`ones of said devices"
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`All Defendants:
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`Creating and saving
`associations between users
`and input devices.
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`2:26-37; 5:18-25; 9:30 – 51.
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`“revokably registering […]
`users with
`[…]
`input
`devices”
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`“entering … input events
`through user control of a
`plurality of input devices”
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`Nintendo, Sony, Konami1:
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`The association between
`one of the users and one of
`the input devices can be
`transferred to another user
`without interrupting the
`application program.
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`Nintendo, Sony, Konami:
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`The users enter the input
`events via the input devices.
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`9:52 – 10:15, FIG. 16
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`The claim refers to
`“entering . . . input events.”
`The specification states that
`“input events” ” refers to
`physical events on input
`devices. E.g. 8:29-31 (“The
`nature of the event may be
`the pressing of a keyboard
`key, the movement of a
`mouse, the clicking of a
`mouse, etc.”) Thus,
`“entering input events”
`means pressing a keyboard
`key, moving a mouse, etc. –
`steps that are performed by
`the system user.
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`Further, the claim states,
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`1 Respectively, Nintendo of America Inc. (“Nintendo”), Sony Computer Entertainment
`America LLC and Sony Online Entertainment LLC (collectively, “Sony”), and Konami
`Digital Entertainment, Inc. (“Konami”).
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`“entering simultaneous and
`sequential input events
`through user control.” The
`phrase “user control” shows
`that the user performs the
`“entering” step.
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`Further, the claim states,
`“each of said input devices
`having a unique identity
`that is linked by any input
`events that are entered
`thereby.” As a matter of
`grammar, “that are entered
`thereby” means “that are
`entered by the input
`devices.” Thus, the input
`devices (such as the mouse
`and keyboard) perform the
`step of “entering.” Because
`users control input devices,
`the users perform the
`“entering” step.
`US Patent 5,442,788 File
`History: 8/10/1994 OA at 3;
`11/30/1994 OA Response at
`2-3 and 7-8.
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`Evidence preamble is
`limiting: The preamble
`contains the term
`“application program.”
`This term does not appear
`in the method until Step 4,
`which refers to “said
`application program.” A
`“preamble is held to be
`limiting [when] the
`limitations in the body of
`the claim rely upon and
`derive antecedent basis
`from the preamble.”
`Highmark, Inc. v. Allcare
`Health Management
`Systems, Inc., 687 F.3d
`1300, 1311 (Fed. Cir. 2012)
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`"simultaneous and
`sequential input events"
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`“shared display”
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`All Defendants:
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`Indefinite - not amenable to
`construction
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`All Defendants:
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`Physical display shared by
`multiple users.
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`(quotation marks omitted),
`rev’d on other grounds, 134
`S. Ct. 1744 (2014).
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`Evidence “shared display”
`refers to a single display
`screen controlled by
`multiple input devices: First
`sentence of abstract; Fig. 1;
`4:39-42.
`2:28-37.
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`2:35-37; 5:23-25; 11:20-27.
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`Fig. 25; CollegeNet, Inc. v.
`ApplyYourself, Inc., 418
`F.3d 1225, 1231 (Fed. Cir.
`2005) (distinguishing “a” or
`“an” from “any”).
`2:60-66, 4:30-34, 7:44-67.
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`Nintendo, Sony, Konami:
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`Preferences specified and
`individualized before the
`application program is run.
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`Nintendo, Sony, Konami:
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`Linking any input events
`from input devices that have
`users registered therewith
`with preferences of users
`that have been specified and
`individualized before the
`application program is run.
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`Nintendo, Sony, Konami:
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`All input events from input
`devices
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`Sony:
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` general purpose
`computer, which supports
`multiple users
`simultaneously accessing
`concurrently active
`applications
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`“prespecified,
`individualized preferences
`of the respective registered
`users”
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`“linking any input events
`from input devices that have
`users registered therewith
`with prespecified,
`individualized preferences
`of the respective registered
`users of such input devices”
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`“any input events from
`input devices”
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`“a computer system”
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`“at least one application
`program under the control
`of multiple users”
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`All Defendants:
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`At least one application
`instance, wherein such
`application instance is
`shared by multiple users
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`Dated: August 19, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Michelle L. Marriott
`Michelle L. Marriott
`Eric A. Buresh
`(admitted pro hac vice)
`Megan J. Redmond
`(admitted pro hac vice)
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`6201 College Blvd., Suite 300
`Overland Park, Kansas 66211
`(913) 777-5600
`(913) 777-5601 – fax
`michelle.marriott@eriseip.com
`megan.redmond@eriseip.com
`eric.buresh@eriseip.com
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`Melissa R. Smith
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`(903) 934-8450
`(903) 934-9257 – fax
`Melissa@gillamsmith.com
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`Counsel for Defendants 505 Games
`(U.S.), Inc.; Activision Publishing, Inc.
`and Blizzard Entertainment, Inc.;
`Capcom U.S.A., Inc.; Electronic Arts
`Inc.; BANDAI NAMCO Games America
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`Inc.; Riot Games, Inc.; Square Enix,
`Inc.; Take-Two Interactive Software,
`Inc, Rockstar Games, Inc., 2KSports,
`Inc., and 2K Games, Inc.; and Ubisoft,
`Inc.; The Walt Disney Co., Disney
`Interactive Studios, Inc. and LucasArts
`Entertainment Company, LLC
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`By: /s/ Karineh Khachatourian
`Melissa Richards Smith
`Texas State Bar No. 24001351
`melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: (903) 934-8450
`Facsimile: (903) 934-9257
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`Karineh Khachatourian
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`kkhachatourian@duanemorris.com
`Patrick S. Salceda
`Admitted Pro Hac Vice
`psalceda@duanemorris.com
` DUANE MORRIS LLP
`2475 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94304-1194
`Telephone: (650) 847-4150
`Facsimile: (650) 847-4151
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`Counsel for Defendants Sony Computer
`Entertainment America LLC and Sony
`Online Entertainment LLC
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`/s/ Reginald J. Hill
`Reginald J. Hill
`Counsel of Record
`Jenner & Block LLP
`353 N Clark St
`Chicago, IL 60654
`Telephone: (312) 923-2606
`Fax: (312) 923-2706
`Email: rhill@jenner.com
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`Adam G. Unikowsky
`Jenner & Block LLP
`1099 New York Ave, NW
`Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20001
`Telephone: (202) 639-6041
`Fax: (202) 661-4925
`Email: aunikowsky@jenner.com
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`Clyde M. Siebman
`Siebman Reynolds Burg & Phillips LLP
`300 N Travis St
`Sherman, TX 75090-0070
`Telephone: (903) 870-0070
`Fax: (903) 870-0066
`Email: siebman@siebman.com
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`Counsel for Defendant Nintendo of
`America Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that on August 19, 2014, I served a copy of the Defendants’ Proposed
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`Constructions to Plaintiff Babbage Holdings, LLC via electronic mail to counsel of
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`record.
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`/s/ Paul R. Hart
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