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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RPX Corporation,
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`IPR2015-01750
`Case No.:
`Patent No: 8,484,111
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`Petitioner,
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`V.
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`Applications in Internet Time
`LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case No.
`Case No.
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`IPR2015-01751
`IPR2015-01752
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`Patent No.: 7,356,482
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`CONFIDENTIAL - PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL
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`DEPOSITION OF WILLIAM W. CHUANG
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`San Francisco, California
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`January 30, 2019
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`Reported by:
`Kayla Knowles
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`RPX Exhibit 1095
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`RPX V. AIT
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`IPR2015-01751
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`RPX Exhibit 1095
`RPX v. AIT
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`WILLIAM W. CHUANG - CONFIDENTIAL
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RPX Corporation,
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`vs.
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`Petitioner,
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`Applications in Internet
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`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2015—01750
`Case No.:
`Patent No: 8,484,111
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`Case No.
`Case No.
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`IPR2015—01751
`IPR2015—01752
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`Patent No.: 7,356,482
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`Deposition of WILLIAM W.
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`CHUANG, at Barkley Court
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`Reporters, 201 California Street,
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`Suite 375, San
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`Francisco, California, beginning at 9:55 a.m., Wednesday,
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`January 30, 2019, before KAYLA KNOWLES, Certified
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`Shorthand Reporter No. 14071.
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`A P P E A R A N C E S
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`FOR THE PETITIONER:
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`WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
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`RICHARD F. GIUNTA
`By:
`ELISABETH H. HUNT, PH.D.
`By:
`600 Atlantic Avenue
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`Boston, Massachusetts 02210—2206
`617.646.8000
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`rich.giunta@wolfgreenfield.com
`ehunt@wolfgreenfield.com
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`RPX CORPORATION
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`STEVE CHIANG
`By:
`One Market Plaza
`Steuart Tower
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`San Francisco, California 94105
`415.852.3188
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`schiang@rpxcorp.com
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`FOR THE PATENT OWNER:
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`SOCAL IP LAW GROUP, LLP
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`STEVEN C. SEREBOFF
`By:
`310 N. Westlake Boulevard, Suite 120,
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`Westlake Village, California 91362
`805.230.1356
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`ssereboff@socalip.com
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`I N D E X
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`EXAMINATION BY MR. SEREBOFF
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`EXAMINATION BY MS. HUNT
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`EXHIBIT
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`Exhibit
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`Exhibit
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`Exhibit
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`Exhibit
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`E X H I B I T S
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`DESCRIPTION
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`PAGE
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`Declaration of William W. Chuang,
`Bates Numbers RPX000099 to RPXOOOlZl
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`Second Declaration of William W.
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`Chuang
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`Protective Order Material, Bates
`Numbers RPXOOOO77 to RPXOOOO9O
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`Protective Order Material, Bates
`Numbers RPX000091 to RPX000093
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`Protective Order Material, Bates
`Numbers RPXOOOO94 to RPXOOOO98
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`Membership and License Agreement,
`Bates Numbers RPX000014 to RPX000025
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`First Amendment to the Membership and
`License Agreement, Bates Numbers
`RPXOOOOO9 to RPXOOOOll
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`Second Amendment to the Membership and
`License Agreement, Bates Numbers
`RPX000012 to RPX000013
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`Validity Challenge Identification,
`Bates Numbers RPXOOOO68 to RPXOOOO73
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`Validity Challenge Identification
`Process and Best Practices, Bates
`Numbers RPXOOOO74 to RPXOOOO75
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`San Francisco, California
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`Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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`BE IT REMEMBERED that set on Wednesday,
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`the 30th day
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`of January, 2019, commencing at the hour of 9:55 a.m., at
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`the office of Barkley Court Reporters, 201 California
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`Street, Suite 375, San Francisco, California, before me,
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`Kayla Knowles, CSR No. 14071, a Certified Shorthand
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`Reporter, personally appeared
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`WILLIAM W. CHUANG,
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`having been called as a witness by the Patent Owner, who,
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`being by me first duly sworn, was thereupon examined and
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`testified as hereinafter set forth.
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`EXAMINATION
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`A
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`Q
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`Would you state your name for the record, please.
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`My name is Will Chuang, C-H—U-A—N-G.
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`Are you the same -- are you also known as William
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`W. Chuang?
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`That's my full name, yes.
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`I go by Will.
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`Okay. Well, can we see some form of
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`identification so that we can confirm that you are you?
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`Happy to.
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`I have a California driver's license.
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`Thank you.
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`So before we get into the questions
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`and the answers,
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`some general admonishments. Actually,
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`just curious.
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`Have you ever been deposed before?
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`I have not.
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`Okay.
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`Interesting. You're a lucky person.
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`I View myself that way. Thanks.
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`Okay.
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`So we probably will take some breaks,
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`but -- and if you need to take a break,
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`just let me know.
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`We're not allowed to take a break unless I give the go
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`ahead, but I try to be a reasonable person about it.
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`One thing that I'm not reasonable about is if
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`there's a question pending, we won't take a break.
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`Generally speaking, what we try to do is take breaks at
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`logical breaking points,
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`like, you know, a line of
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`questioning gets resolved, and then we can take a break.
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`During the course of this deposition, you can't
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`ask any of your attorneys for help. And I noticed that
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`Mr. Chiang is here.
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`MR. SEREBOFF: Steve, are you here as an
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`attorney? What's the basis for your appearance today?
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`MR. CHIANG: You can address me as Mr. Chiang
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`instead of Steve, and my basis is I am in-house counsel
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`for RPX. Unless there's a rule that you can point to that
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`prohibits my attendance here, please go on with the
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`deposition.
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`MR. SEREBOFF: All I asked is why you're here.
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`So you're here as an attorney for RPX.
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`MR. CHIANG:
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`I'm in—house counsel for RPX.
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`MR. SEREBOFF: Rich,
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`is that correct?
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`Is he here
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`as an attorney for RPX?
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`I'm not trying to play games.
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`I'm just trying to understand what the basis for his being
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`in the room is.
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`MR. GIUNTA: Why do you need to understand what
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`the basis for -- this is a public proceeding; right? We
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`have confidential information, but he's available from
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`RPX.
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`And just so that we're clear, we want to mark the
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`transcript confidential protective order material.
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`What's the problem with Mr. Chiang being here?
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`MR. SEREBOFF:
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`I didn't say that there was.
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`MR. GIUNTA: Okay.
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`MR. SEREBOFF:
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`I just asked why.
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`He got
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`defensive.
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`You got defensive.
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`I just asked a simple
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`question why.
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`MR. CHIANG: Please proceed with the deposition,
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`Mr. Sereboff. You're wasting time.
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`MR. SEREBOFF:
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`It's my deposition, Mr. Chiang.
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`will decide how we run it.
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`So for the record, my appearance,
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`I am Steven
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`Sereboff appearing for Applications in Internet Time.
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`MR. CHIANG:
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`Do we need to confirm your identity,
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`Mr. Sereboff? Have you brought a driver's license here
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`today?
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`MR. SEREBOFF: Mr. Chiang, if you're going to
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`interrupt me,
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`I am going to ask you to leave.
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`MR. GIUNTA:
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`So he didn't interrupt you.
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`I am
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`Richard Giunta with Greenfield representing RPX. With me
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`is Elisabeth Hunt, also from Wolf Greenfield and
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`Mr. Chiang from RPX.
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`MR. SEREBOFF: Great.
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`Thank you.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`So getting back to the ground rules.
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`During the course of the deposition, while we are
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`on the record, you're not allowed to ask any of your
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`attorneys for help.
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`Do you understand that?
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`Yes.
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`And as you've already done capably, when I ask
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`you a question, you need to answer audibly, for example,
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`yes or no.
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`Do you understand?
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`I do.
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`Great.
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`So shaking your head doesn't go on the
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`record, but something —- something spoken does.
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`Do you
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`Q
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`I do.
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`Great. And as I am asking questions, your
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`attorneys may state objections. What I will tell you is,
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`irrespective of an objection, you do have to answer every
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`one of my questions I ask unless your attorneys
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`specifically say not to. Now, of course, if you don't
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`understand a question, you can say that as well.
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`Do you
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`I do understand.
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`Great. And,
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`furthermore,
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`in order to keep the
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`record relatively clean, it works best if we don't
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`I'm not going to interrupt you; if I'm speaking,
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`you won't interrupt me.
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`Do you understand?
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`I do.
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`So you are an employee of RPX;
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`is that correct?
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`That is correct.
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`And what is your title?
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`My current title is executive Vice president of
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`client services.
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`And how long have you worked for RPX?
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`I guess it would be -- I started at the beginning
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`of 2011; so since January of 2011.
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`And do you have -- did you go to university?
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`For —-
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`Strike that.
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`Do you have a bachelor's degree?
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`I do have a bachelor's degree.
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`And what is that degree in?
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`My bachelor's degree is in industrial and
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`operations engineering.
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`And did you go to graduate school?
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`I went to law school after undergraduate.
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`Did you work after undergraduate and before law
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`I did not.
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`And where did you go to law school?
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`I went to law school at Harvard.
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`And when did you graduate from Harvard?
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`In summer of 1993.
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`And are you a member of a bar anywhere?
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`I'm an active member of the California Bar.
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`(3FE)F(JPE)F
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`And how long have you been an active member of
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`the California Bar?
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`Well,
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`I guess that would be since December of
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`993.
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`Okay. And since the time that you've been a
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`have you worked as an attorney?
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`Yes, I've worked as a practicing attorney.
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`I'm sorry. You worked as what?
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`I worked as an attorney in private practice.
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`Q
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`Could you just briefly summarize your work
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`history as an attorney?
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`I Clerked for a year for a federal district
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`court judge in San Francisco in 1993,
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`the year after I
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`And then I went to a law firm that was called
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`McCutchen Doyle Brown & Enersen back then. And I was
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`You want me to --
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`Okay.
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`From McCutchen,
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`called Brobeck Phleger & Harrison, and I was there until
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`the -— until Brobeck dissolved, at which point I went to
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`O'Melveny & Myers, and I was at O'Melveny & Myers up
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`until -— that was my previous job before going to RPX.
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`Q
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`And in your current work at RPX, do you consider
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`any of that to be legal work?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS: Yeah,
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`I'm not sure how you would --
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`I am not sure I understand your question. Are you —- can
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Do you View your work at RPX as the work of an
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`attorney?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I don't
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`-— we have attorneys at
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`RPX,
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`in—house attorneys.
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`I'm not one of them.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Now, as a member of the California Bar,
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`I assume
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`that -- strike that.
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`As a member of the California Bar, are you
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`familiar with your duties as an attorney, generally?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`Do you mean —— do you mean ethical
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`duties?
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Yes, ethical duties.
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`Yes.
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`And those ethical duties include duty of loyalty?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`To m
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`That an attorney has a duty of loyalty to their
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`client?
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`Yes.
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`An attorney has a fiduciary duty to their client?
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`Yes.
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`MR. SEREBOFF: Okay.
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`I want to put into the
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`record Will's first and second declaration.
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`(Exhibit No. 2214 marked for
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`identification.)
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`MR. SEREBOFF: That's the first. Here's the
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`second.
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`(Exhibit No. 2215 marked for
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`identification.)
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`So, Mr. Chuang,
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`these were previously marked as
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`Exhibits 1019 and 1073.
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`Do you see that?
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`Q
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`I do.
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`Okay.
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`MR. GIUNTA:
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`I'm sorry, Steve,
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`to interrupt.
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`I'm
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`not sure it's clear which one is which.
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`Can we make sure
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`the record is clear that -— I assume 2214 is his first
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`declaration, which was formerly 1019, but it wasn't clear
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`to me.
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`MR. SEREBOFF: Yeah.
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`MR. GIUNTA:
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`Thank you.
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`MR. SEREBOFF:
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`I'm sorry if I was unclear.
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`MR. GIUNTA:
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`Thank you.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`So do you have any reason to believe that these
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`aren't copies of the declarations that you've submitted in
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`these IPRs?
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`I haven't looked at them; so I don't know.
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`I
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`Okay. And as far as --
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`I'm assuming.
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`As far as I know,
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`they are accurate copies. And
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`if you want to take a minute and leaf through just to
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`confirm, that's fine.
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`That would help.
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`Thank you.
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`I don't see a reason to doubt that they're
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`Great.
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`Thank you.
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`Now, within these two declarations, you use some
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`terms, and I just want to confirm that we can continue
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`using those terms in the way that you use them in your
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`declaration, and these terms are RPX. Okay?
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`I think so, yes.
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`Salesforce?
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`Yes.
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`AIT?
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`Yes.
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`AIT patents?
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`If you want to look and see how
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`you've defined them, that's fine. But, honestly,
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`these
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`are terms I pulled out of your declaration just to make
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`sure that we could just use these so I don't --
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`You're talking about the defined term AIT
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`patents?
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`Okay.
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`CBM.
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`Do you know where that's used?
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`Not offhand.
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`Okay.
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`So if you're referring to the use of CBM
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`>E)PC)F
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`I agree.
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`Great.
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`So we will keep using CBM in the same way
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`Yes.
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`Great.
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`IPR.
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`I guess I'm not sure how that's defined.
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`It's --
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`Well, what I am just trying to confirm is that
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`of the other terms is AIT IPRs.
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`Okay.
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`So IPR is a general term, and then we will talk
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`about the AIT IPRs. And these are terms you used in your
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`two declarations, and I want to confirm that we can
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`continue using them in the deposition the same way you
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`used them in your declaration.
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`So I agree we should continue using them in the
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`same way.
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`I'm just not —-
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`I think it will depend on the
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`context.
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`The reference to it may vary, depending on the
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`I am just not certain. But happy to be
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`the same term could mean something
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`So during the course of today's deposition,
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`the
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`same term could have different meanings, depending on the
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`context?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I don't know.
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`It depends on the
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`I don't know where your line of
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`MR. SEREBOFF: Will you read back my question?
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`(Record read.)
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`THE WITNESS: And my response is I don't know
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`where your line of questions is going to go; so I don't
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`know that it will definitively have a different meaning
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`because I don't know what the context is until I hear it.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Right. But it's possible?
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`I would think so, yes.
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`And just curious, you think that,
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`in your
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`of terminology?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS: Not that I'm aware of, but I'm
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Okay. Let's talk about some other terms just to
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`keep things easy for everybody.
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`When I refer to the petitions, what I'm referring
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`to are the petitions for IPR in the AIT IPRs.
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`Is that
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`clear?
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`Our petitions.
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`Yes. That would be RPX's petitions.
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`So if you'd
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`like, I'll call them RPX's petitions. Would that be
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`clearer?
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`Yes.
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`Okay. And if I refer to the PTAB, do you
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`understand that's the Patent Trial and Appeal Board at the
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`US Patent and Trademark Office?
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`Yes.
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`Great. And if I talk about the CAFC or the
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`federal circuit, you can understand that's the Court of
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`Appeals for the federal circuit?
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`Yes.
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`Am I speaking too fast?
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`(Reporter clarification.)
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`As you were leafing through your declarations,
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`you didn't happen to notice if there was any assertion of
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`privilege in these declarations, did you?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`Q
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`I just asked if you noticed.
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`I'm confused by the question.
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`As you were leafing through your declarations
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`right now, did you notice if there was any assertion of
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`attorney—client privilege?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I didn't notice, but I wasn't
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`looking for that purpose.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Okay. Could you take a few minutes and go
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`through these declarations and tell me if you find any
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`assertion of attorney—client privilege in either of those
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`declarations?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`So just so I understand what I
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`whether something in the declaration should be deemed
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`privileged or we would claim that it's privileged?
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`Is
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`that ——
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`No.
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`I'm just asking you if there's any statement
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`in your declarations that something is privileged.
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`I can look.
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`I'm not asking for your opinion as a lawyer if
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`I'm just asking if there's an
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`assertion of privilege.
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I can look for it.
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`I'll be honest.
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`I'm still confused by the question. What's an example of
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`something that would be a declaration that would be
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`privileged?
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`I'm sorry.
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`I'm the one asking the questions; so
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`if you don't understand a question, that's a legitimate
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`response.
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`A
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`Okay.
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`But you do understand what the attorney-client
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`privilege is, don't you?
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`I do, yes.
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`And you're familiar with assertions of
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`I am.
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`So all I'm asking is,
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`is there any assertion of
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`A
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`attorney—client privilege in either of these declarations?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS: You mean an express assertion as
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`part of the declaration?
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`Q
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`Yes. Great.
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`Let me look.
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`Thanks.
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`I don't see any express assertions of privilege
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`in any declarations.
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`Q
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`Thank you.
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`Did you prepare for this deposition?
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`I did.
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`What did you do to prepare for it?
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`I read my declarations with our attorneys.
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`Did you review any other documents besides the
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`declarations?
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`Q
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`Some of the exhibits.
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`Okay. These would be the exhibits to your
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`declarations?
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`A
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`Q
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`Correct.
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`Okay.
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`Paragraph 32 of your first declaration
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`refers to,
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`in the second sentence, Bates range RPXOOOO77
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`to RPXOOOOQO.
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`Do you see that?
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`Q
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`Yes.
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`Okay.
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`I'm going to hand you three more exhibits,
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`which would be the documents in that range.
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`(Exhibit No. 2216 marked for
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`identification.)
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`(Exhibit No. 2217 marked for
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`identification.)
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`(Exhibit No. 2218 marked for
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`MR. GIUNTA:
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`I'm sorry, Counsel.
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`Just to make
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`I believe you said the exhibits are
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`in -90, and two of these are outside of that range.
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`MR. SEREBOFF: You are correct. Thanks, Rich.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`So, Mr. Chuang, are you familiar with these three
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`documents? Have you seen any of these three before?
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`A
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`It's been a long time since I've seen them, but I
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`did see them when we put together this first declaration.
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`Q
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`So for the benefit of the record, could you tell
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`me —- so Exhibit 2216 begins -- and as a shorthand, we
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`will just refer to the last two digits of the Bates
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`number.
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`So on Exhibit 2216, it starts with Bates 77.
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`Where does that end?
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`it end?
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`Q
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`Sorry. Exhibit 2216?
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`Right.
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`So it starts with Bates 77. Where does
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`What's Exhibit 2216?
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`It starts with -- it starts with Bates 77.
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`MR. GIUNTA:
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`I'm sorry. Steve,
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`I think the
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`what exhibit numbers you were adding to each of them.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`the reference
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`to Exhibit 2216 is or whatever number you said. There is
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`a Bates stamp RPX000077, but there's no exhibit stamp on
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`it; so I'm not sure.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`Right. Bates —- so the document that starts with
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`Bates 77 is 2216.
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`A
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`It is.
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`MR. SEREBOFF:
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`See that, Rich? You with me,
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`Mr. Giunta?
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`MR. GIUNTA:
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`I now hear that we're going to mark
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`the one that begins with 77 as Exhibit 2216.
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`So is it
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`okay if the witness is going to write it on his?
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`MR. SEREBOFF: That's fine.
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`The one that begins with 91 was marked as 2217,
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`Exhibit 2217. And the one that begins with 94 is marked
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`as 2218.
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`MR. GIUNTA:
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`Thank you.
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`MR. SEREBOFF: You're welcome.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`Thank you.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`So Exhibit 2216 that begins with Bates 77, where
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`does that end?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I don't -- what is -- I'm not sure
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`I understand your question. Where does what --
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`What is the last Bates number on that exhibit?
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`Oh,
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`the last Bates number on that Exhibit 2216
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`is —— ends at 90.
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`Q
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`And if you look at Exhibit 2217, starting with
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`Bates 91, and then you see the next page is Bates 92, and
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`the last page is Bates 93.
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`Do you see that?
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`A
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`Q
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`I see that, yes.
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`Great.
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`Now let's look at Exhibit 2218.
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`It
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`starts with Bates 94 and then Bates 95,
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`then Bates 96,
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`Bates 97, and Bates 98; correct?
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`A
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`Correct.
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`Good. Okay. And you said that you've seen these
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`before.
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`Do you understand that these were produced by RPX
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`in the AIT IPRs?
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`were.
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`Q
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`I do.
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`And do you know what they are?
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`I was told these were —— I was told what they
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`What were you told that they were?
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`They were —-
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`I was told these were a log of the
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`responsive information to your -— to AIT's discovery
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`requests -- to some of them.
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`Q
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`And to your best understanding, what is the
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`A
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`You know,
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`I -— they seem to be a listing of -— in
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`Exhibit 2218, a listing of e—mails that include someone
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`from Salesforce and somebody from RPX.
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`And in Exhibit 2217, it appears to be a listing
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`of phone calls or meetings between someone from RPX and
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`someone from Salesforce. Well,
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`to be more clear,
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`in
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`Exhibit 2217,
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`the meetings between —— this seems to be a
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`listing of the meetings between someone from Salesforce
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`and someone from RPX who is responsible -— who was
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`responsible, at the time, for managing our Salesforce tool
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`What do you mean by "our Salesforce tool"?
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`We —— RPX uses Salesforce —— Salesforce's general
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`service for its own internal business purposes. And I'm
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`not sure exactly what these —-
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`these phone calls or
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`meetings were about, but
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`managed the -— the effective use and training of it as a
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`tool.
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`Q
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`And how do you know,
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`from looking at this,
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`that
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`that's the case?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`The person,—, was ——
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`her principal responsibility at RPX was to manage our
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`Salesforce tool for internal use.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Does RPX have a name for that Salesforce tool?
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`We call it Salesforce.
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`Okay. We will keep calling it the Salesforce
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`Q
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`tool.
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`So going back to your declaration, paragraph 32,
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`the first stack.
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`So could you read to me the first two
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`Q
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`Of paragraph 32?
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`Yes.
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`Of my first declaration?
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`Yes.
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`Okay.
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`"AIT's Discovery Request Number 4 calls
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`A
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`for documents sufficient to show information relating to
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`meetings or communications between Salesforce and RPX that
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`are not limited to communications about the AIT—Salesforce
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`litigation,
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`The
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`is responsive to that request."
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`Q
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`Thank you. Could you please keep reading?
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`Continuing in paragraph 32, my first declaration,
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`"The vast majority of e-mail communications were in
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`connection with setting up meetings and did not include
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`The listing of participants in
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`meetings and phone calls is based on best recollection and
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`airs on the side of being overinclusive."
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`You want me to continue?
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`Q
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`Certainly continue. You stopped at a semicolon.
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`"It is therefore possible that some of the listed
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`individuals may not have actually attended."
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`Q
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`Okay. One more sentence.
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`"Any meeting or communication not summarized in
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`the Section Roman III above had nothing to do with the
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`AIT—Salesforce litigation,
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`WILLIAM W. CHUANG - CONFIDENTIAL
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`Q
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`Okay.
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`So at the time that you wrote your
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`declaration,
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`this last sentence, you said "any meeting or
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`communication."
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`Did you have any reason to believe that there was
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`anything -- that "any" meant anything other than "any"?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`Can you restate your question?
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`No. Actually, I'd like you to try to answer it
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`as best you can.
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`A
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`Okay.
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`Can you restate your question or have it
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`read back?
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`(Record read.)
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I think it meant any.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`A
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`And you still believe it means any?
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`I believe it means what I thought it meant back
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`when I made the declaration.
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`Q
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`Okay.
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`So you have no reason to change your
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`testimony from what's in paragraph 32?
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`A
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`Q
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`Not that I'm aware of.
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`So you believe that Exhibit 2216 identifies any
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`meeting or communication as set forth in the last sentence
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`of paragraph 32?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`WILLIAM W. CHUANG - CONFIDENTIAL
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I guess I'm still confused by
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`that -- I'm confused by that question.
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`The "any meeting
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`or communication" —— sorry.
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`I'm going back to my
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`declaration.
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`Can you restate the last question, please?
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`(Record read.)
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`THE WITNESS: Yes,
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`I believe that Exhibit 2216
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`sets forth the "any meeting or communication" summarized
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`in paragraph 3 of my first declaration.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`Okay. Great.
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`Now, you talked about
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`Exhibit 2217, and you said this relates to the Salesforce
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`tool;
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`is that correct?
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`A
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`The internal Salesforce tool that we use for our
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`business, yes.
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`Q
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`Okay. And so the -— the meetings logged, as
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`referenced in or summarized in Exhibit 2217,
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`there's no
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`reason to have them included in 2216; correct?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`Can you remind me what the
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`discovery request —— I'm not allowed to ask questions.
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`I don't know —-
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`I don't remember -- I don't
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`remember the specific requests that these were responsive
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`to.
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`It's been quite a while.
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`WILLIAM W. CHUANG - CONFIDENTIAL
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`That's fine.
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`So you just read paragraph 32 of
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`your first declaration; so I assume that you understand
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`what Exhibit 2216 covers; right?
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`Do you not understand
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`what Exhibit 2216 covers?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS: Hold on.
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`So please give me a
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`moment, and let me take a look at Roman III of my
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`declaration.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`A
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`Sure.
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`Take your time.
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`Can I ask to see Discovery Request Number 3?
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`I
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`just don't remember what that discovery request was.
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`Q
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`A
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`I don't think I have that handy.
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`It appears to be -- it appears to be a list of
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`communications that's responsive to Request Number 3, and
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`I don't know —— I don't remember specifically the
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`parameters of that request.
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`Q
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`Okay.
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`Do you see any of the —— referring to
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`Exhibit 2217, do you see any of the entries in
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`Exhibit 2217 included in Exhibit 2216?
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`A
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`Q
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`I do not.
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`Okay.
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`Since we're doing this, why don't you take
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`a look at Exhibit 2218 now.
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`Do you see any of the entries in Exhibit 2218
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`WILLIAM W. CHUANG - CONFIDENTIAL
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`included in Exhibit 2216?
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`A
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`Q
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`I do not.
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`Okay. Looking at Exhibit 2218, did you notice
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`that the entries are not
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`in chronological order; so you
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`can see that the first one is January 16th of 2014? You
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`see that?
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`A
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`Yes.
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form and scope.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`A
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`And the second is July 14, 2015?
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`Yes.
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection --
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`But then if you keep going,
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`the third one is now
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`January 28th of 2015, not in chronological order; right?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form and scope.
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`THE WITNESS: Does not appear to be.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`And as you scan down the list, do you see that a
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`lot of this is not in chronological order?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form and scope.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I think that's fair.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`Why do you think these entries are not in
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`chronological order?
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`WILLIAM W. CHUANG - CONFIDENTIAL
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form and scope.
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`Counsel, he didn't testify about this exhibit; so I don't
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`know why he's being asked about this exhibit.
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`MR. SEREBOFF:
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`I'll get there.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I don't know.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`Okay.
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`So in your declaration, you testified as
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`to your knowledge of communications between RPX and
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`Salesforce;
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`is that correct?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I testified —- well,
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`I would not
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`say that I testified as to all of the discussions between
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`RPX and Salesforce.
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`BY MR. SEREBOFF:
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`Q
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`And in your declarations, what communications
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`between RPX and Salesforce did you describe?
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`MR. GIUNTA: Objection.
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`Form.
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`THE WITNESS:
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`I described the communications that
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`I was aware of and that I had personal knowledge of and
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`some of which I was close enough to understand what was
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`discussed.
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`But a lot of —-
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`there are a lot of other
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`discussions, particularly relating to the use of
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`Salesforce

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