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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` JDS UNIPHASE CORPORATION,
` Petitioner.
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` CAPELLA PHOTONICS, INC.,
` Patent Owner.
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` CASE IPR2015-00731 - Patent RE42,368
` CASE IPR2015-00739 - Patent RE42,678
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` Wednesday, February 24, 2016
` 3:30 p.m.
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` TELECONFERENCE IN THE ABOVE MATTER
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` BEFORE: JAMES A. TARTAL
` JOSIAH C. COCKS
` KALYAN K. DESHPANDE
` Administrative Patent Judges
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`APPEARANCES:
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` FAEGRE BAKER DANIELS, LLP
` BY: WALTER C. LINDER, ESQUIRE
` 90 South 7th Street
` Minneapolis, MN 55402
` 612-766-8801
` walter.linder@faegrebd.com
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` BY: JOEL D. SAYRES, ESQUIRE
` 3200 Wells Fargo Center
` 1700 Lincoln Street
` Denver, CO 80203
` 303-607-3589
` joel.sayres@faegrebd.com
` Representing the Petitioner
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` STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX, P.L.L.C.
` BY: ROBERT GREENE STERNE, ESQUIRE
` JASON D. EISENBERG, ESQUIRE
` NICHOLAS J. NOWAK, ESQUIRE
` 1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
` Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
` 202-371-2600
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` jasone-PTAB@skgf.com
` nnowak@skgf.com
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Good afternoon. This
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`is Judge Tartal. With me on the call today are
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`Judges Cocks and Deshpande. This call is in
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`IPR2015-00731 and IPR2015-00739.
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` Can we begin with identifying who is
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`on the call today for Patent Owner?
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` MR. STERNE: Good afternoon, Your
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`Honor. This is Robert Sterne here on behalf of
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`Patent Owner and I have with me my colleagues, Jason
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` We also have a court reporter on the
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`line, Your Honor, and she will provide us with a
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`transcript of this Board call if you so request.
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Yes, counsel. Please
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`file as an exhibit, at the conclusion of the call
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`and once you have the transcript back, a copy of the
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`transcript of the call. That would be appreciated.
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` MR. STERNE: No problem.
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Thank you.
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` And for Petitioner who do we have on
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`the call today?
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` MR. SAYRES: Yes. Good afternoon,
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`Your Honor. My name is Joel Sayres. I am backup
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`counsel for the Petitioner. With me on the call as
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`well is lead counsel, Walt Linder.
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Okay. Thank you.
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` Patent Owner requested the call and
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`in their request they indicated that they sought
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`additional discovery of an unredacted version of
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`Schedule 5.5(A). So I will allow Patent Owner to
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`address the issue they want to raise at this time.
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` MR. STERNE: Thank you, Your Honor,
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`and good afternoon. Thank you for granting Capella
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`this call.
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` Our requested relief, Your Honor, is
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`we have requested this call to ask the Board to
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`compel Petitioner to serve under Additional
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`Discovery Rule 42.51(b)(2) an unredacted copy of
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`Schedule 5.5(A).
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` Now, a little bit of background
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`because we have been discussing this before. The
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`Petitioners used Schedule 5.5(A) to represent that
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`Lumentum is now the RPI in these proceedings. On
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`its face Schedule 5.5(A) is not about inter partes
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`review proceedings. It only lists a District Court
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`caption. In quotes it says: Capella v. JDSU
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`Customers.
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` This is supported by the language of
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`Lumentum's 8-K SEC filing defining the assumed
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`actions, as they are called, to mean, quote, those
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`actions in which any member of the JDSU group or any
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`affiliate of a member of the JDSU group is a
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`defendant or the party against whom the claim or
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`investigation is directed, closed quote. And this
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`is found at Page 59 of Exhibit 1037.
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` Petitioner asserted that Schedule
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`5.5(A) proves -- and we quote -- Lumentum
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`Operations, LLC, assumed responsibility of...this
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`proceeding, closed quote. And this is in
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`Petitioner's motion to recaption at Page 3.
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` But since the unredacted part of
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`Schedule 5.5(A) does not list an inter partes review
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`proceeding, we have a contradiction here. We have a
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`contradiction because Viavi, according to Lumentum's
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`8-K SEC filing, is JDSU's direct corporate
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`descendent. And this is found at Page 2, Page 14,
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`and Page 68 of Exhibit 1037.
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` Therefore, Viavi would retain control
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`over cases not listed, over cases not listed in
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`Schedule 5.5(A) of the Contribution Agreement, and
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`from those portions of Schedule 5.5(A) we can see
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`these inter partes review proceedings are not
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`listed, they're just not listed.
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` So from what we know, how can the
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`Lumentum entities state on the record here that they
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`are the only RPIs in these proceedings?
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` Capella therefore asks for additional
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`discovery in the form of an unredacted copy of
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`Schedule 5.5(A) and if Your Honors would like, we
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`can now explain why Capella's request satisfies the
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`Garmin factors.
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` JUDGE TARTAL: You can address that
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`briefly. I think the first question I would have is
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`whether you can address the relevance of what you're
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` MR. STERNE: Yes, Your Honor. But as
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`we said before, the 5.5(A) redacted copy, there is
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`no inter partes review proceeding listed. You know,
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`the caption of the case is a District Court caption.
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`It's not an inter partes review caption.
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`5.5(A), what you see, as we said before, it's the
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`the claim or investigation is directed and therefore
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`this document does not speak in any way to an
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Understood, counsel.
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`But what is it that you're seeking discovery of from
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`that document if Petitioner has already essentially
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`acknowledged that the only relevant information is
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`the information that's produced in the redacted
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` MR. STERNE: You know, we have a
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`threshold amount of information beyond speculation
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`that something useful will be uncovered. We know
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`that 5.5(A) exists.
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` We also know that portions left
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`proceeding despite Lumentum's contending that
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`Schedule 5.5(A) proves that, quote, Lumentum
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`Operations, LLC, assumed responsibility of this
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`Petitioner's motion for recaption.
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` So it's therefore useful and
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`necessary, we submit, to see the unredacted portions
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`of Schedule 5.5(A); and viewing 5.5(A) is favorable
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`in substantive value to Capella's contention that
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`Viavi, Your Honor, Viavi, should also be an RPI
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Counsel, do you want
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`to briefly address the Garmin factors? And, again,
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`I would ask just briefly, because at this stage you
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`are only seeking authorization to request the
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`additional discovery, so this isn't on the merits.
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` MR. STERNE: Yes, that's correct.
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`And, Your Honor, I believe that I just essentially
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` Factor No. 2, of course, is
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`We're not asking for litigation positions because
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` The third factor, the ability to
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` Factor No. 4, easily understood
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`instructions, the unredacted Schedule 5.5(A) is an
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`easily understandable instruction, obviously.
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` And in terms of Factor No. 5, request
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`not overly burdensome, the request is not overly
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`burdensome, we submit, because Petitioners already
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`have possession of this document.
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` So we believe -- or we don't
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`believe -- we assert, Your Honor, that all of the
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`Garmin factors are satisfied here clearly. All
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`we're asking for is an unredacted version of 5.5(A).
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Okay. Thank you,
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`counsel.
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` Let me turn to counsel for Petitioner
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`you to give some indication as to the nature of the
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`information that's been redacted and your position
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`on whether or not any of that is relevant.
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` I understand in doing the redaction
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`information that was not relevant to this
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` MR. SAYRES: Yes. Thank you, Your
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`Honor. Again, this is Joel Sayres. I want to just
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`briefly address what counsel for Patent Owner said,
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`but also take a step back kind of, you know, setting
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`out how we got here and where we are.
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` You know, this all started with our
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`motion to recaption, you know, with an
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`administrative matter to accurately caption the
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`case, and Patent Owner is now trying to turn it into
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`an RPI issue despite no evidence and no diligence.
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` So we filed the motion to recaption
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`based on a corporate reorganization that happened
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`September 15th, over five months ago.
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` With our motion to recaption we
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`our motion to recaption as to the proper RPI in this
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`case set forth that the business segment of JDSU,
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`the communications and commercial optical products,
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`equipment and lasers, which is generally a field
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`related to the challenged patents here, that that
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`business unit was spun out to the Lumentum entities.
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` So when Patent Owner today has said
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`that Petitioner used 5.5(A) to represent that
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`Lumentum is the IPR in the proceeding and that
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`Lumentum assumed responsibilities for the assumed
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`actions, this is a statement that Patent Owner has
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`February 2nd among the parties and the Board, and if
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`you look at the motion to recaption, that's actually
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`not an accurate statement.
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` The motion to recaption relies on the
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`8-K and Contribution Agreement, the publicly
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`available document, and it cites to several
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`provisions that set forth how this business unit was
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`spun off from JDSU into the Lumentum entities and
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`also includes a definition of what assumed actions
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`the Lumentum entities assumed. And I'll get to that
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` And we also cited to that provision,
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`that assumed action provision. We included a
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`assumed actions, and the assumed action provision of
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`the Contribution Agreement isn't limited to what's
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`on Schedule 5.5(A).
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` So when Patent Owner says that we
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`relied on 5.5(A) and Patent Owner has said that
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`several times, that's not accurate. It was we rely
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`on the Contribution Agreement and the many
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`provisions in that Contribution Agreement.
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` Now, we submitted that and the Board
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`granted our motion to recaption. Patent Owner did
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`not oppose that motion and the Board granted it. So
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`we're beyond that issue.
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` And just as an aside, the Board also
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`in its February 5th order granting that motion said
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`5.5(A), and on the call with the parties the
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`expunge that from the record. It was just meant as
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`further indication of further additional evidence.
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` Now, when the Patent Owner has
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`it's already been decided. The Patent Owner
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` So we would submit that this issue
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` But taking a step back, now that the
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`Owner is doing here is turning this administrative
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`issue into an RPI issue and now they're weighing
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`what we submitted to support our motion to recaption
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`and using it to weigh whether or not there is an RPI
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`issue here.
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` But as we established on the
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`February 2nd call and as reflected in the Board's
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`February 5th order, and I'm going to quote directly
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`from the Board's order here: Patent Owner conceded
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`that it has no evidence to dispute the
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`identification of the real parties in interest
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`provided by Petitioner. And that remains true
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`today. The only thing they're pointing to is this
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`schedule that was not what we solely relied on in
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`our motion to recaption and we're beyond that at
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`this point.
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` So essentially Patent Owner is
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`putting the cart before the horse, arguing that
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`there's an RPI issue, when it already conceded that
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`it has no evidence to that fact. So at least as to
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`the first Garmin factor, it doesn't have evidence
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`that it's already in possession of to suggest
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`there's an RPI issue.
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` Now, on to the second point, the
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`Patent Owner has said, you know, the Schedule
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`5.5(A), if you want to discuss that schedule
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` It states -- and we've said this
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`Customers, that statement. It doesn't limit it to
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` So what we have here is we produced
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`We did not rely, contrary to what Patent Owner said,
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`exclusively on Schedule 5.5(A). But now that we've
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`gone past this issue and the motion has been
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`granted, Patent Owner is trying to make an RPI issue
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` As to the other information that was
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Thank you, counsel.
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` If Patent Owner would like to respond
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` MR. STERNE: Your Honor, I mean, I'll
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`the effective time -- and we know that the
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`IPRs -- As of the effective time, Lumentum shall
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`of the matter is that 5.5(A) has been given to us in
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` To confirm who is on the call, do we
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` MR. STERNE: Yes, Your Honor, Patent
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`Owner is here.
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` JUDGE TARTAL: And for Petitioner?
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` MR. SAYRES: Yes, Your Honor,
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`Petitioner is here.
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Thank you.
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` The panel has discussed the issues
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` We note that the issue that was
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` MR. STERNE: Not at this time, Your
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`Honor.
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Thank you.
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` Any additional questions from
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` MR. SAYRES: No, Your Honor. Thank
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` JUDGE TARTAL: Okay. Thank you,
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` JUDGE TARTAL: This call is
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