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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`TYLER DIVISION
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`VIRNETX INC.,
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`CASE NO. 6:11-CV—18
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`MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
`This Memorandum Opinion construes the disputed claim terms in U.S. Patent Nos.
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`6,502,135 (“the ‘ 135 Patent”), 7,418,504 (“the ‘504 13atent”), and 7,921,211 (“the ‘21 1 Patent").
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`BACKGROUND
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`VirnetX Inc.
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`(“VirnetX”) aeserts the three patents-in-suit against Mite} Networks
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`Corporation; Mitel Networks, Inc. (collectively “Mitci”); Siemens Enterprise Communications
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`GmBH & Co, KG; Siemens Enterprise Communications, Inc. (collectively f‘Siemcns”); and
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`Avaya Inc. (“Avaya”) (collectively “Dci’cndants”). The ‘135 Patent discloses a method of
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`transparently creating a virtual private network (“VPN”) between a client computer and a target
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`computer. The ‘504 and ‘211 9atents disclose a secure domain name service.
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`The patents-imsuit are all related; Application No. 09/504,783 (“the ‘783 Application”) is
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`an ancestor application for every patent-in-suit. The ‘135 Patent issued on December 31, 2002,
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`from the ‘783 Application. The ‘504 Patent issued from a continuation of a continuation—impart
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`of the ‘733 Application. Finally, the ‘211 Patent is a continuation of the application that resulted
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`in the ‘504 patent.
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`This Court has recently construed all but one of the terms at issue. See VirnetX, Inc. v.
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`Cisco Systems, Inc, No. 6:10-cv-417 (E.D. Tex. Apr. 25, 2012) (“Cisco”). Further, many of
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`those terms were construed by this Court in a previous case that involved the ‘135 Patent. See
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`VirneiX, Inc. v. Microsoft Corp, 2009 US. Dist. LEXIS 65667, No. 6:07cv80 (ED. Tex. July
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`30, 2009) (“Microsofi”). Thus, this is the third time this Court has considered many of the terms
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`at issue. Given the recent opinion construing most of these terms, the Court hereby incorporates
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`the entirety of the reasoning therein. See Cisco, No. 6:10-ov—417 (ED. Tex. Apr. 25, 2012). The
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`opinion below addresses new‘arguments and new terms presented by the parties.
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`APPLICABLE LAW
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`“It is a ‘bedrock principle’ of patent law that ‘the claims of a patent define the invention
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`to which the patentee is entitled the right to exclude.” Phillips v. AWH Corp, 415 F.3d 1303,
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`1312 (Fed. Cir. 2005) (en banc) (quoting Innova/Pure Water Inc. v. Safari Water Filtration Sys,
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`Inc, 381 F.3d 1111, 1115 (Fed. Cir. 2004)). in claim construction, courts examine the patent’s
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`intrinsic evidence to define the patented invention’s scope. See id; CR. Bard, Inc. v. US.
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`Surgical Corp, 388 F.3d 858, 861 (Fed. Cir. 2004); Bell All. Network Saws, Inc. v. Covad
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`Commc 'nS Group. Inc, 262 F.3d 1258, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 2001). This intrinsic evidence includes
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`the claims themselves, the specification, and the prosecution history. See Phillips, 415 F.3d at
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`1314; CR. Bard, Inc, 388 F.3d at 861. Courts give claim terms their ordinary and accustomed
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`meaning as understood by one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the invention in the
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`context of the entire patent. Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1312—13;All0c, Inc. v. In! ’1 Trade Comm'n,
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`342 F.3d 1361, 1368 (Fed. Cir. 2003).
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`The claims themselves provide substantial guidance in determining the meaning of
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`particular claim terms. Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1314. First, a term’s context in the asserted claim
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`can be very instructive. Id. Other asserted or unasserted claims can also aid in determining the
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`claim’s meaning because claim terms are typically used consistently throughout the patent. Id.
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`Differences among the claim terms can also assist in understanding a term’s meaning. Id. For
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`example, when a dependent claim adds a limitation to an independent claim, it is presumed that
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`the independent claim does not include the limitation. Id. at 1314—15.
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`“[C]1aims ‘must be read in view of the specification, of which they are a part?” Id.
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`(quoting Marlanan v. Westvtew Instruments, Inc., 52 F.3d 967, 979 (Fed. Cir. 1995) (en banc)).
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`“[T]he specification ‘is always highly relevant to the claim construction analysis. Usually, it is
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`dispositive; it is the single best guide to the meaning of a disputed term.” Id. (quoting Vitronz'cs
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`Corp. v. Conceptronic, Inc, 90 F.3d 1576, 1582 (Fed. Cir. 1996)); see also Teleflex, Inc. v.
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`Ficosa N. Am. Corp, 299 F.3d 1313, 1325 (Fed. Cir. 2002). This is true because a patentee may
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`define his own terms, give a claim term a different meaning than the term would otherwise
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`possess, or disclaim or disavow the claim scope. Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1316. In these situations,
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`the inventor’s lexicography governs. Ia'. Also, the specification may resolve ambiguous claim
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`terms “where the ordinary and accustomed meaning of the words used in the claims lack
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`sufficient clarity to permit the scope of the claim to be ascertained from the words alone.”
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`Teleflex,
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`Inc., 299 F.3d at 1325. But, “‘[a}lthough the specification may aid the court
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`in
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`interpreting the meaning of dESputed claim language, particular embodiments and examples
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`appearing in the specification will not generally be read into the claims. Comark Comma ’ns,
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`Inc. v. Harris Corp, 156 F.3d 1182, 1187 (Fed. Cir. 1998) (quoting Constant v. Advanced
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`Micro-Devices, Inc, 848 F.2d 1560, 1571 (Fed. Cir. 1988)); see also Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1323.
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`The prosecution history is another tool to supply the proper context for claim construction
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`because a patent applicant may also define a term in prosecuting the patent. Home Diagnostics,
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`Inc, v. Li'fescan, Inc, 381 F.3d 1352, 1356 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (“As in the case of the specification,
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`a patent applicant may define a term in prosecuting a patent”).
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`Although extrinsic evidence can be useful, it is “‘less significant than the intrinsic record
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`in determining the legally operative meaning of claim language.” Phillips, 415 F.3d at 1317
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`(quoting CR. Bard, Inc, 388 F.3d at 862). Technical dictionaries and treatises may help a court
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`understand the underlying technology and the manner in which one skilled in the art might use
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`claimterms, buttechnical dictionaries and treatises may provide definitions that are too broad or
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`may not be indicative of how the term is used in the patent. Id. at 1318. Similarly, expert
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`testimony may aid a court in understanding the underlying technology and determining the
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`particular meaning of a term in the pertinent field, but an expert’s conclusory, unsupported
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`assertions as to a term’s definition is entirely unhelpful to a court. Id. Generally, extrinsic
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`evidence is “less reliable than the patent and its prosecution history in determining how to read
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`ciaim terms.” Id.
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`LEVEL OF ORDINARY SKILL IN THE ART
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`The parties agree that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have a master’s degree in
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`computer science or computer engineering and approximately two years of experience in
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`computer networking and computer network security.
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`CLAIM TERMS
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`virtual private network
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`VimetX proposes “a network of computers which privately and directly communicate
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`with each other by encrypting traffic on insecure communication paths between the computers.”
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`Defendants propose “a network of computers which privately and directly communicate with
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`each other by encrypting traffic on insecure communication paths between the computers to
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`accomplish both data security and anonymity, and in which a computer is able to address
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`additional computers over the network without additional setup.” In Cisco, the Court construed
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`this term as “a network of computers which privately and directly communicate with each other
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`by encrypting traffic on insecure communication paths between the computers where the
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`communication is both secure and anonymous.”
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`The Court’s Cisco analysis has already addressed the parties” arguments relating to the
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`“secure and anonymous.” limitation. See Cisco, slip op. at 5. Here, Defendants seek the additional
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`limitation “and in which additional computers can be addressed over the network without
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`additional setup.” During reexamination of the ‘135 Patent, VirnetX argued that the Aventail
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`reference did not disclose a VPN for three reasons. See Docket No. 165 attach. 5, at 5—6. The
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`first of these arguments was that “Aventail has not been shown to demonstrate that computers
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`connected via the Aventail system are able to communicate with each other as though they were
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`on the same network.” 10?. at 5. Thereafter, VirnetX provides an example of a situation permitted
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`by a VPN but not by Aventail. In the example, VirnetX explained that two computers (A and B)
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`on a public network that each established independent VPN connections to a private network
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`(containing computers X and Y) would have the ability to communicate with each other over the
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`VPN. However, the same public computers employing the Aventail system would be unable to
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`communicate with each other over the established Aventail (SOCKS) connections.
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`Defendants seek to impose the “without additional setup” limitation based on the
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`following statement lifted from VirnetX’s two paragraph example: “then A would nevertheless
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`be able to address data to B, X, and Y without additionat setup.” Id. at 6. However, the example
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`was provided to illustrate how multiple computers connected via Aventail were not able to
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`“communicate with each other as though they were on the same network.” Id. at 5. This feature
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`of the VPN is captured with the “directly” limitation discussed in both Cisco and Microsofl.
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`Further,
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`is unclear what “without additional setup” means. Accordingly,
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`the “without
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`additional setup” limitation should not be included in the construction for “virtual private
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`network” because it is already captured in the “directly” limitation.
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`The Court construes “virtual private network” as “a network of computers which
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`privately and directly communicate with each other by encrypting traffic on insecure paths
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`between the computers where the communication is both secure and anonymous.”
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`virtual private link
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`VirnetX proposes “a communication link that permits computers to privately and directly
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`communicate with each other by encrypting traffic on insecure communication paths between the
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`computers.” Defendants propose “a network of computers which privately and directly
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`computers to accomplish both data security and anonymity, and in which each computer is able
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`to address additional computers without additional setup.” In Cisco, the Court construed this
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`term as “a virtual private network as previously defined.”
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`Defendants” proposal tracks their proposal for “virtual private network,” which has been
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`addressed. For the same reasons stated in Circa, the Court construes “virtual private link” as “a
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`virtual private network as previously defined.”
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`secure communication link
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`VirnetX proposes “a direct communication link that provides data security.” Mite] and
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`Siemens propose “a direct communication link that provides data security by encrypting data on
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`insecure communications paths, and in which a computer is able to address additional computers
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`over the communication link without additional setup.” Avaya proposes that the term be
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`construed the same as “virtual private network.” In Cisco, the Court initially construed the term
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`as “a direct communication link that provides data security”; however, the Ci'sco parties later
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`agreed to the following construction: “a direct communication link that provides data security
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`through encryption.”
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`Avaya advances essentially the same arguments addressed in Cisco where the defendants
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`proposed a construction of “virtual private network communication link.” Mitel and Siemens
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`agree that data security is provided through encryption. In Cisco, VirnetX ultimately agreed that
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`data security is provided through encryption. Thus,
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`the “through encryption” limitation is
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`applicable in the instant case.
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`For
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`these reasons
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`and those discussed in Cisco,
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`the Court construes “secure
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`communication link” as “a direct communication link that provides data security through
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`encryption.”
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`domain name service
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`VirnetX proposes “a lockup service that returns an IP address for a requested domain
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`name,” adopting the Court’s previous construction of this term in Microsofl'. Defendants propose
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`to append “to the requester” to VirnetX’s proposed construction, which the Court did in C'isco.
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`For the same reasons discussed in Cisco, the Court construes “domain name service” as
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`“a lookup service that returns an IP address for-a requested domain name to the requester.”
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`domain name
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`VirnetX proposes the same construction adopted by the Court in Microsofl‘ and Cisco: “a
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`name corresponding to an IP address.” Mitel and Siemens propose “a hierarchical sequence of
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`character segments separated by periods.” Avaya proposes “a hierarchical sequence of character
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`segments, separated by periods and arranged in decreasing order of specificity, that resolves to
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`an LP address.”
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`For the same reasons stated in Microsofi and Cisco, the Court construes “domain name”
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`DNS proxy server
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`VirnetX proposes “a computer or program that responds to a domain name inquiry in
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`place of a DNS.” Defendants propose “a computer or program that responds to a DNS request in
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`place of a DNS, and prevents destination servers from determining the identity of the entity
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`sending the DNS request.” VirnetX’s proposal and the first portion of Defendants” proposal
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`reflect the construction adopted by this Court in Microsofi. Here, as in Cisco, the dispute is
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`whether a DNS proxy sewer “prevents destination servers from determining the identity of the
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`entity sending the domain name inquiry.” In Circa, the Court construed the term as “a computer
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`or program that responds to a domain name inquiry in place of a DNS.”
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`For the reasons stated in Microsoft and Cisco, the Court construes “DNS proxy server” as
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`“a computer or program that responds to a domain name inquiry in place of a DNS.”
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`domain name service system
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`VirnetX proposes that no construction is necessary, but alternatively proposes “a
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`computer system that includes a domain name service (DNS).” Defendants propose “a DNS that
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`is capable of differentiating between, and responding to, both standard and secure top-level
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`domain names.” in Cisco, this Court determined that no construction was necessary.
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`For the same reasons stated in Ciscc, the Court finds that “domain name service system”
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`does not require construction.
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`Web site
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`VirnetX proposes “a computer associated with a domain name and that can communicate
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`in a network.” Defendants propose “one or more related web pages at a location on the World
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`Wide Web.” These two proposals mirror the proposals made in M'cmsofi and Cisco. In both
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`For the same reasons stated in Microsofl and Crisco, the Court construes “web site” as
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`“one or more related web pages at a location on the World Wide Web.”
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`secure web site
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`VirnetX proposes “a computer (target computer) associated with a domain name and that
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`can communicate in a virtuai private network.” Defendants propose “a web site that requires
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`authorization for access and that can communicate in a VPN.” In Cisco, the Court construed this
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`term as “a web site that requires authorization for access and that can communicate in a VPN.”
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`For the same reasons stated in Cz'sco, the Court construes “secure web site” as “a web site
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`that requires authorization for access and that can communicate in a VP .”
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`secure target web site
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`VirnetX proposes “a computer (target computer) associated with a domain name and that
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`can communicate in a virtual private network.” Defendants propose “the secure web site on the
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`target computer.” In Cisco,
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`the Court construed this term as “a web site that requires
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`authorization for access and that can communicate in a VPN.”
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`For the same reasons stated in Cisco, the Court construes “secure target web site” as “a
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`secure web site on the target computer.”
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`target computer
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`VirnetX argues that no construction is necessary, but alternatively proposes “a computer
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`with which the client computer seeks to communicate.” Defendants propose “the ultimate
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`destination computer with which the client computer seeks to communicate.” In Cisco, the Court
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`determined that no construction was necessary.
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`For the same reasons stated in Ctsco, the Court finds that “target computer” does not
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`between [A] and [B]
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`VirnetX argues that no construction is necessary, and Defendants propose “extending
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`from [A] to [B].”] In Crisco, the Court construed this term as “extending from [A] to [13].” For the
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`same reasons stated in Cisco, the Court construes “between [A] and [B]” as “extending from [A]
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`to [13].”
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`an indication that
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`the domain name service system supports establishing a secure
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`VimetX argues that this term does not require construction. Defendants propose “a
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`message or signal
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`that
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`informs the user that
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`the domain name service system supports
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`establishing a secure communication link.” in Cisco, the Court determined that no construction
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`was necessary.
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`The Cisco defendants argued that the indication must be visual to the user. The Court
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`rejected that argument, explaining that it was an attempt to import a limitation from a preferred
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`embodiment. See Cisco, slip op. at 27—28. The Defendants here argue that the indication must be
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`to the user. Defendants again rely on the “one—click” systems discussed in the ‘504 Patent and
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`Figures 33 and 34. See ‘504 Patent col. 49:6—12. However, the specification reveals a system
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`where “the secure link is automatically established as a default setting at boot-up of the computer
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`(i.e., no click)?” Id. co]. 49:10—12. Thus, the indication may be provided to the computer directly
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`(e.g., via configuration files) as opposed to the user. The claims themselves do not limit whether
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`the indication is made to the user or the user’s computer. Defendants’ proposed construction
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`improperly limits the claims to a preferred embodiment.
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`This term is readily understandable and does not require construction.
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`' The parties present the terms as: (1) “between [althc] first location and [a/the] second location”; and (2) “between a
`client computer and target computer.” However= the terms may be collapsed to “between [A] and [13]” without
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`indicate/indicating in response to the query whether the domain name service system
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`VirnetX argues that
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`this term does not
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`require construction. Defendants propose
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`“inform/informing the user in response to the query whether the domain name service system
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`supports establishing a secure communication link.” The issue and arguments regarding this term
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`are identical to those raised for the previous term. For the same reasons stated regarding the
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`previous term, this term does not require construction.
`query
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`VirnetX proposes that this term does not require construction. Defendants propose “a
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`request for information from a database.” Defendants argue that query must be construed
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`because it has both a lay and technical meaning. Defendants’ proposed construction adopts the
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`technical meaning and seeks to iimit queries to database queries. VirnetX argues that this
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`limitation is not supported by the specification or ciaims. VirnetX further argues that
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`the
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`meaning of query is clear from the context of its use in the claims.
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`Claim 1 of the ‘504 Patent claims a “domain name service system configured .
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`. .to
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`receive a query for a network address .
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`. .” ‘504 Patent col. 55:51—54. Further, claim 1 makes no
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`mention of a database. However, other claims in the ‘504 Patent do specifically reference
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`databases. See, e.g., ‘504 Patent Claims 20 & 21. Thus, there is no indication that the query of
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`claim I should be limited to a database query as requested by Defendants. Query, as used in the
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`claims of the patents-in-suit, is readily understood and is not limited to the technical meaning
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`employed in the database context. Defendants’ attempt to limit the queries to database queries is
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`not supported by the claims.
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`CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, the Court interprets the claim language in this case in the
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`manner set forth above. For ease of reference, the Court’s claim interpretations are set forth in a
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`So ORDERED and SIGNED this lst day of August, 2012.
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`LEONARD DAVIS
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`APPENDIX A
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`virtual private network
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`virtual_rivatelink.
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`domain name service
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`domain name
`DNS proxy server
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`domain name service system
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`secure web site
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`Court’s Construction
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`a network of computers which privately and directly
`communicate with each other by encrypting traffic on
`insecure paths between the computers where the
`communication is both secure and anonymous
`a virtual private network as previously defined
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`security through encr tion
`a lookup service that returns an IP address for a
`requested domain name to the re- uester
`a name corresponding to an IF address
`a computer or program that responds to a domain
`name inn ui
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`No construction necessar
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`World Wide Web
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`a web site that requires authorization for access and
`that can communicate in a VPN
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`a secure web site on the target corn uuter
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`secure tar_et web site
`target computer
`extending from [A] to [B]
`between [A] and [B]
`the domain name No construction necessary
`an indication that
`service system supports establishing a
`secure communication link
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`indicate/indicating in response to the
`query whether the domain name service
`system supports establishing a secure
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`communication link
`query
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`No construction necessary
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`No construction necessary
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