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`Coulson, Chris
`"Day, Evan S. (Perkins Coie)"
`Ng, Chun (Perkins Coie); Bernstein, Matthew C. (Perkins Coie); PerkinsServiceBradiumIPR@perkinscoie.com;
`Ulrich, Clifford; Zachary, Michael
`Microsoft Corp. v. Bradium Tech. // IPR2016-00448, -00449: Request that Microsoft Withdraw Ex. 1017 (Lavi
`Decl.)
`Wednesday, March 01, 2017 7:45:59 PM
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`Dear Evan,
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`As Microsoft has failed to timely offer Mr. Lavi for deposition in the United States, Bradium
`requests that Microsoft voluntarily withdraw Mr. Lavi’s declaration (Ex. 1017) and the
`material that relies on his declaration, including at least Paper 34, Pages 2-3, 15-16, 23-26.
`If Microsoft does not timely withdraw these materials, Bradium will seek relief from the
`Board to exclude these materials and have them expunged from the record.
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`To be clear, given the nature of Mr. Lavi’s assertions, and the volume and type of material
`he addresses in his 31-page declaration and 40 pages of accompanying exhibits, Bradium
`could not agree to a foreign deposition of Mr. Lavi. Further, the travel time and time-zone
`changes involved in the round-trip to Israel renders a deposition there infeasible for us, and
`that is especially the case at this late date. It is unclear how Microsoft’s Hague Convention
`proposal would be workable at this point, and the lack of detail in your Feb. 28 proposal
`does not alleviate this concern.
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`Bradium has been reasonable in providing time for Microsoft to provide a deposition date in
`the United States. As an initial matter, Microsoft sought and took Mr. Levanon’s deposition
`in the United States, and must have been aware that the rules contemplate that Mr. Lavi,
`too, be deposed in the United States. Bradium requested that Mr. Lavi be made available
`for deposition in the United States via my February 9, 2017 letter. I followed up on this
`request in my February 13 letter. At my request, we met and conferred by telephone on
`Wednesday, February 15, 2017. I reiterated during that meet-and-confer that Bradium is
`not agreeable to a foreign deposition, but instead requests that Mr. Lavi physically travel to
`the United States. I further offered that Bradium would be agreeable to a reasonable
`extension, but I asked that you advise as soon as possible if Microsoft became aware that
`Mr. Lavi would not be timely made available in the United States. I received no response at
`all, however, until your e-mail below, almost two weeks after our meet-and-confer. Your
`late response provides no details or proposed schedule for deposition.
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`Bradium disagrees with your characterization of my letters and our conversations. Mr. Lavi’s
`wide-ranging assertions and personal attacks are made without supporting evidence and on
`their face are not credible. It no surprise that Mr. Lavi does not wish to face questioning on
`the statements in his declaration. You did not mention anything about Mr. Lavi’s “concerns”
`during our meet-and-confer, and your Feb. 28 e-mail is the first time you are raising this
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`issue. I note that Microsoft obtained Mr. Lavi’s declaration by seeking out, and then
`publishing, information from this former employee without notice or permission. I further
`note that refused to promptly seal Mr. Lavi’s declaration as I requested on February 9th.
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`Best regards,
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`Chris Coulson
`ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP
`Tel: 212.908.6409
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