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`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`C.A. No. 15-542-SLR-SRF
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`EVOLVED WIRELESS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`APPLE, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`EVOLVED WIRELESS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
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`HTC CORPORATION, and
`HTC AMERICA, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`EVOLVED WIRELESS, LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
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`LENOVO GROUP LTD., LENOVO (UNITED
`STATES) INC., and MOTOROLA MOBILITY,
`
`Defendants.
`
`EVOLVED WIRELESS, LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`C.A. No. 15-546-SLR-SRF
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`C.A. No. 15-547-SLR-SRF
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`EVOLVED WIRELESS, LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`
`ZTE CORPORATION, ZTE (USA) INC., and
`ZTE SOLUTIONS INC.,
`
`Defendants.
`
`EVOLVED WIRELESS, LLC,
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`
`MICROSOFT CORPORATION, MICROSOFT
`MOBILE OY and NOKIA INC.,
`
`Defendants.
`
`DEFENDANTS’ PRELIMINARY IDENTIFICATION OF TERMS NEEDING
`CONSTRUCTION AND PROPOSED CONSTRUCTIONS
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`

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`I.
`
`INTRODUCTION
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`Pursuant to the Court’s November 10, 2015 Rule 16 Scheduling Order, paragraph 5,
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`Defendants Apple Inc., HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc., Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo
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`(United States) Inc., Motorola Mobility LLC, Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Mobile Oy,
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`Microsoft Mobile Inc. (f/k/a “Nokia Inc.”), Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics
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`America, Inc., ZTE Corporation, and ZTE (USA) Inc. (collectively, “Defendants”), hereby serve
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`their “Preliminary Identification of Terms Needing Construction and Proposed Constructions” on
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`Plaintiff Evolved Wireless, LLC (“Evolved Wireless”).
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`II.
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`PRELIMINARY STATEMENT
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`Defendants provide this preliminary identification of claim limitations needing
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`construction and proposed constructions based on their current knowledge, understanding, and
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`belief as to the relevant facts and circumstances. Defendants have not yet completed their
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`investigation, collection of information, discovery, and analysis concerning this case. Further
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`discovery and investigation may require Defendants to supplement or modify the identification
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`of claim limitations and preliminary constructions set forth below. Defendants expressly reserve
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`the right to amend, modify, and add to this list of claim terms and constructions in any way
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`permitted by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and Rule 16 Scheduling Order and in view of
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`Plaintiff’s provision of an identification of claim limitations needing construction and proposed
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`constructions being served today.
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`III.
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`DEFENDANTS’ PRELIMINARY CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAIM
`TERMS TO BE CONSTRUED IN U.S. PATENT NO. 7,746,916
`
`’916 Patent
`Asserted Claim
`Numbers
`
`Proposed Terms and
`Elements for Construction
`
`Proposed Construction
`
`6
`
`6
`
`“a code sequence generator
`for generating a code
`sequence having a second
`length by cyclic extension of a
`code sequence having a first
`length, and performing a
`circular shift to the code
`sequence having the second
`length”
`
`“a transmitting unit for
`transmitting the circular
`shifted code sequence having
`the second length”
`
`This is a means plus function term
`governed by Section 112(6).
`Function: “generating a code sequence
`having a second length by cyclic
`extension of a code sequence having a
`first length, and performing a circular
`shift to the code sequence having the
`second length”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
`
`This is a means plus function term
`governed by Section 112(6).
`Function: “transmitting the circular
`shifted code sequence having the second
`length”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
`
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`

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`IV.
`
`DEFENDANTS’ PRELIMINARY CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAIM
`TERMS TO BE CONSTRUED IN U.S. PATENT NO. 7,768,965
`
`’965 Patent
`Asserted Claim
`Numbers
`
`8
`
`8
`
`1, 8
`
`Proposed Terms and
`Elements for Construction
`
`“a sequence selecting module
`acquiring information about
`predetermined two or more
`random access preamble
`sequence sets, selecting one
`random access preamble
`sequence set from among the
`predetermined random access
`preamble sequence sets
`considering at least one of a
`size of information to be
`transmitted by the apparatus
`and a degree of a path loss,
`and randomly selecting a
`specific sequence within the
`selected random access
`sequence set”
`
`“an access module accessing a
`random access channel using
`the specific sequence selected
`by the sequence selecting
`module”
`
`Proposed Construction
`
`Indefinite.
`To the extent this limitation is found to be
`a means plus function term governed by
`112(6):
`Function: “acquiring information about
`predetermined two or more random access
`preamble sequence sets, selecting one
`random access preamble sequence set
`from among the predetermined random
`access preamble sequence sets
`considering at least one of a size of
`information to be transmitted by the
`apparatus and a degree of a path loss, and
`randomly selecting a specific sequence
`within the selected random access
`sequence set”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
`
`Indefinite.
`To the extent this limitation is found to be
`a means plus function term governed by
`112(6):
`Function: “accessing a random access
`channel using the specific sequence
`selected by the sequence selecting
`module”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
`
`“a size of information to be
`transmitted”
`
`Indefinite.
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`

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`V.
`
`DEFENDANTS’ PRELIMINARY CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAIM
`TERMS TO BE CONSTRUED IN U.S. PATENT NO. 7,809,373
`
`’373 Patent
`Asserted Claim
`Numbers
`
`24
`
`Proposed Terms and
`Elements for Construction
`
`Proposed Construction
`
`“a radio protocol adapted to
`receive access information
`from a source base station
`after a handover request is
`accepted by the target base
`station”
`
`Indefinite.
`To the extent this term is found to be a
`means plus function term governed by
`Section 112(6):
`Function: “receiving access information
`from a source base station after a
`handover request is accepted by the target
`base station”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
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`24
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`25
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`“wherein the dedicated
`preamble is determined by the
`target base station”
`
`“an Evolved Universal Mobile
`Telecommunication System
`(E-UMTS)”
`
`Indefinite.
`
`Indefinite.
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`

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`VI.
`
`DEFENDANTS’ PRELIMINARY CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAIM
`TERMS TO BE CONSTRUED IN U.S. PATENT NO. 7,881,236
`
`’236 Patent
`Asserted Claim
`Numbers
`
`Proposed Terms and
`Elements for Construction
`
`Proposed Construction
`
`7
`
`7
`
`7
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`This is a means plus function term
`governed by Section 112(6).
`Function: “receiving an uplink grant (UL
`Grant) signal from a base station on a
`specific message”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
`
`This is a means plus function term
`governed by Section 112(6).
`Function: “transmit data to the base
`station using the UL Grant signal received
`on the specific message”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
`
`Indefinite.
`To the extent this limitation is found to be
`a means plus function term governed by
`112(6):
`Function: “determining whether there is
`data stored in the Msg3 buffer when the
`reception module receives the UL Grant
`signal and the specific message is a
`random access response message,
`acquiring the data stored in the Msg3
`buffer if there is data stored in the Msg3
`buffer when the reception module
`receives the UL Grant signal and the
`specific message is the random access
`response message, and controlling the
`transmission module to transmit the data
`stored in the Msg3 buffer to the base
`station using the UL Grant signal received
`
`“a reception module adapted
`to receive an uplink grant (UL
`Grant) signal from a base
`station on a specific message”
`
`“a transmission module
`adapted to transmit data to the
`base station using the UL
`Grant signal received on the
`specific message”
`
`“a Hybrid Automatic Repeat
`Request (HARQ) entity
`adapted to determine whether
`there is data stored in the
`Msg3 buffer when the
`reception module receives the
`UL Grant signal and the
`specific message is a random
`access response message,
`acquiring the data stored in
`the Msg3 buffer if there is
`data stored in the Msg3 buffer
`when the reception module
`receives the UL Grant signal
`and the specific message is
`the random access response
`message, and controlling the
`transmission module to
`transmit the data stored in the
`Msg3 buffer to the base
`
`7
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`

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`’236 Patent
`Asserted Claim
`Numbers
`
`Proposed Terms and
`Elements for Construction
`
`Proposed Construction
`
`7
`
`7
`
`8
`
`by the reception module on the specific
`message”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
`
`Indefinite.
`To the extent this limitation is found to be
`a means plus function term governed by
`Section 112(6):
`Function: “transmitting new data”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
`
`Indefinite.
`
`Indefinite.
`
`station using the UL Grant
`signal received by the
`reception module on the
`specific message”
`
`“a multiplexing and assembly
`entity used for transmission of
`new data”
`
`“wherein the HARQ entity
`acquires the new data to be
`transmitted from the
`multiplexing and assembly
`entity if there is no data stored
`in the Msg3 buffer when the
`reception module receives the
`UL Grant signal on the
`specific message or the
`received message is not the
`random access response
`message, and controls the
`transmission module to
`transmit the new data acquired
`from the multiplexing and
`assembly entity using the UL
`Grant signal received by the
`reception module on the
`specific message”
`
`“wherein the HARQ entity
`transfers the data acquired
`from the multiplexing and
`assembly entity or the Msg3
`buffer to a specific HARQ
`process of the one or more
`
`8
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`

`
`Proposed Construction
`
`Indefinite.
`
`Indefinite.
`
`Indefinite.
`
`Indefinite.
`
`’236 Patent
`Asserted Claim
`Numbers
`
`9
`
`10
`
`10
`
`12
`
`Proposed Terms and
`Elements for Construction
`
`HARQ processes and controls
`the specific HARQ process to
`transmit the data acquired
`from the multiplexing and
`assembly entity or the Msg3
`buffer through the
`transmission module”
`
`“wherein, when the specific
`HARQ process transmits the
`data stored in the Msg3 buffer
`through the transmission
`module, the data stored in the
`Msg3 buffer is controlled to
`be copied into a specific
`HARQ buffer corresponding
`to the specific HARQ process,
`and the data copied into the
`specific HARQ buffer is
`controlled to be transmitted
`through the transmission
`module”
`
`“wherein the UL Grant signal
`received by the reception
`module on the specific
`message is a UL Grant signal
`received on a Physical
`Downlink Control Channel
`(PDCCH)”
`
`“wherein the HARQ entity
`controls new data to be
`transmitted in correspondence
`with the received UL Grant
`signal received on the
`PDCCH”
`
`“wherein the data stored in the
`Msg3 buffer is a Medium
`Access Control Protocol Data
`Unit (MAC PDU) including a
`user equipment identifier”
`
`9
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`

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`Proposed Construction
`
`Indefinite.
`
`’236 Patent
`Asserted Claim
`Numbers
`
`13
`
`Proposed Terms and
`Elements for Construction
`
`“wherein the UL Grant signal
`received on the specific
`message is either a UL Grant
`signal received on a Physical
`Downlink Control Channel
`(PDCCH) or a UL Grant
`signal received on the random
`access response message”
`
`VII. DEFENDANTS’ PRELIMINARY CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAIM
`TERMS TO BE CONSTRUED IN U.S. PATENT NO. 8,218,481
`
`’481 Patent
`Asserted Claim
`Numbers
`
`Proposed Terms and
`Elements for Construction
`
`Proposed Construction
`
`8
`
`8
`
`“a preamble generation unit
`configured to generate said
`preamble sequence by
`repeating a specific sequence,
`having a length (L), N times
`to generate a consecutive
`sequence having a length
`(N*L) and concatenating a
`single cyclic prefix (CP) to a
`front end of said consecutive
`sequence”
`
`“a transmission unit
`configured to transmit, on a
`random access channel, said
`preamble sequence to a
`receiving side”
`
`Indefinite.
`To the extent this limitation is found to be
`a means plus function term governed by
`112(6):
`Function: “generating said preamble
`sequence by repeating a specific
`sequence, having a length (L), N times to
`generate a consecutive sequence having a
`length (N*L) and concatenating a single
`cyclic prefix (CP) to a front end of said
`consecutive sequence”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
`
`This is a means plus function term
`governed by Section 112(6).
`Function: “transmitting, on a random
`access channel, said preamble sequence to
`a receiving side”
`Structure: Lacks sufficient
`corresponding structure, and therefore
`invalid as indefinite.
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`OF COUNSEL:
`
`Michael D. Jay
`Bill Ward
`Joseph E. Lasher
`Nandan Padmanabhan
`BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
`401 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 850
`Santa Monica, CA 90401
`Tel: (310) 752-2400
`
`Steven C. Holtzman
`BOIES, SCHILLER & FLEXNER LLP
`1999 Harrison Street, Suite 900
`Oakland, CA 94612
`Tel: (510) 874-1000
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`Stephen S. Korniczky
`Martin R. Bader
`Ericka J. Schulz
`Kayla Page
`SHEPPARD, MULLIN, RICHTER &
`HAMPTON, LLP
`12275 El Camino Real, Suite 200
`San Diego, CA 92130
`Tel: (858) 720-8900
`
`POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
`
`By:
`
`/s/ Bindu A. Palapura
`David E. Moore (#3983)
`Bindu A. Palapura (#5370)
`Stephanie E. O’Byrne (#4446)
`Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor
`1313 N. Market Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`Tel: (302) 984-6000
`dmoore@potteranderson.com
`bpalapura@potteranderson.com
`sobyrne@potteranderson.com
`
`Counsel for Defendant Apple Inc.
`
`POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
`
`By:
`
`/s/ Philip A. Rovner
`Philip A. Rovner (#3215)
`Jonathan A. Choa (#5319)
`Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor
`1313 N. Market Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`Tel: (302) 984-6000
`provner@potteranderson.com
`jchoa@potteranderson.com
`jshaw@shawkeller.com
`kkeller@shawkeller.com
`arussell@shawkeller.com
`farnan@rlf.com
`hunter@rlf.com
`rsmith@mnat.com
`jtigan@mnat.com
`
`Counsel for Defendants HTC Corporation and
`HTC America, Inc.
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`OF COUNSEL:
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`Mitchell G. Stockwell
`Richard W. Goldstucker
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND AND
`STOCKTON LLP
`1100 Peachtree Street, Suite 2800
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`Tel: (404) 815-6500
`
`Taylor H. Ludlam
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND AND
`STOCKTON LLP
`4208 Six Forks Road, Suite 1400
`Raleigh, NC 27609
`Tel: (919) 420-1700
`
`Akarsh P. Belagodu
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND AND
`STOCKTON LLP
`607 14th Street, NW, Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20005
`Tel: (202) 508-5800
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`Kevin P.B. Johnson
`Victoria F. Maroulis
`Todd M. Briggs
`Charles M. Stiernberg
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART &
`SULLIVAN, LLP
`555 Twin Dolphin Dr., 5th Floor
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`Tel: (650) 801-5100
`
`POTTER ANDERSON & CORROON LLP
`
`By:
`
`/s/ Bindu A. Palapura
`David E. Moore (#3983)
`Bindu A. Palapura (#5370)
`Stephanie E. O’Byrne (#4446)
`Hercules Plaza, 6th Floor
`1313 N. Market Street
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`Tel: (302) 984-6000
`dmoore@potteranderson.com
`bpalapura@potteranderson.com
`sobyrne@potteranderson.com
`
`Counsel for Defendants Lenovo Group Ltd., Lenovo
`(United States) Inc., and Motorola Mobility.
`
`SHAW KELLER LLP
`
`By:
`
`/s/ Andrew E. Russell
`John W. Shaw (#3362)
`Karen E. Keller (#4489)
`Andrew E. Russell (#5382)
`David M. Fry (#5486)
`300 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1120
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`Tel: (302) 298-0700
`jshaw@shawkeller.com
`kkeller@shawkeller.com
`arussell@shawkeller.com
`farnan@rlf.com
`hunter@rlf.com
`rsmith@mnat.com
`jtigan@mnat.com
`
`Counsel for Defendants Samsung Electronics Co.,
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`Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
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`RICHARDS, LAYTON & FINGER, P.A.
`
`By:
`
`/s/ Travis S. Hunter
`Kelly E. Farnan (#4395)
`Travis S. Hunter (#5350)
`920 N. King Street
`Wilmington, Delaware 19801
`Tel: (302) 651-7700
`farnan@rlf.com
`hunter@rlf.com
`rsmith@mnat.com
`jtigan@mnat.com
`
`Counsel for Defendants ZTE Corporation and
`ZTE (USA) Inc.
`
`MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
`
`By:
`
`/s/ Rodger D. Smith II
`Rodger D. Smith II (#3778)
`Jeremy A. Tigan (#5239)
`1201 North Market Street
`P.O. Box 1347
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`Tel: (302) 658-9200
`rsmith@mnat.com
`jtigan@mnat.com
`
`Counsel for Defendants Microsoft Corporation,
`Microsoft Mobile Oy, and Microsoft Mobile Inc.
`(f/k/a Nokia Inc.)
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`Jay H. Reiziss
`Natalie A. Bennett
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
`500 North Capitol Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20001
`Tel: (202) 756-8000
`
`Charles M. McMahon
`Hersh H. Mehta
`MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP
`227 West Monroe Street
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Tel: (312) 372-2000
`
`OF COUNSEL:
`
`Richard A. Cederoth
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`One South Dearborn Street
`Chicago, IL 60603
`Tel: (312) 853-7000
`
`Ellen S. Robbins
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`555 West Fifth Street
`Los Angeles, CA 90013
`Tel: (213) 896-6000
`
`Joseph A. Micallef
`Anna M. Weinberg
`Wonjoo Suh
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`Tel: (202) 736-8000
`
`Dated: April 26, 2016
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`1222347 / 42622
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I, Bindu A. Palapura, hereby certify that on April 26, 2016, true and correct copies of the
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`within document were served on the following counsel of record at the addresses and in the
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`manner indicated:
`
`VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL
`
`Brian E. Farnan
`Farnan LLP
`919 North Market Street, 12th Floor
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`bfarnan@farnanlaw.com
`
`1215247 / 42622
`
`Christopher K. Larus
`Andrea L. Gothing
`Ryan M. Schultz
`Benjamen C. Linden
`Andrew D. Hedden
`Ryan E. Dornberger
`Anthony F. Schlehuber
`Robins Kaplan LLP
`800 La Salle Avenue, Suite 2800
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`clarus@robinskaplan.com
`agothing@robinskaplan.com
`rschultz@robinskaplan.com
`blinden@robinskaplan.com
`ahedden@robinskaplan.com
`rdornberger@robinskaplan.com
`aschlehuber@robinskaplan.com
`
`/s/ Bindu A. Palapura
`Bindu A. Palapura
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