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`EXHIBIT A
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`HTC EXHIBIT 1022
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
`NORFOLK DIVISION
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:12-cv-548
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`VIRGINIA INNOVATION
`SCIENCES, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD;
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
`INC.; SAMSUNG
`TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA
`LLC;
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`Defendants.
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`I, Arthur T. Brody, say and declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am a technical expert, with thirty-plus years of experience in the
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`telecommunications industry. This experience includes performing or managing systems
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`engineering, marketing and sales, new product development, corporate strategy consulting,
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`product management, and competitive assessment functions. Much of this experience is in the
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`area of video technologies and wireless networking. This declaration is based on my own
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`personal knowledge (as well as my education and years of experience working in the
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`telecommunications industry and my understanding of the knowledge, creativity, and experience
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`of a person of ordinary skill in the art) and if called as a witness I could and would competently
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`testify thereto.
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`2.
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`The asserted patents relate to systems of, and methods for, converting and
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`delivering video initially received by a mobile terminal to an alternative display device in an
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`appropriate format. In determining whom a person of ordinary skill in the art would be, I
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`considered the patents-in-suit, the types of problems encountered in wireless communications
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`and video technologies, the prior art solutions to those problems, the rapid pace of innovation in
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`the fields of wireless communications and video technology, the sophistication of wireless
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`communications and video technology, and the educational level of workers active in the field.
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`Based on these factors, I have concluded that one of ordinary skill in the art would have an
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`accredited bachelor’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related discipline
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`that included coverage of video technologies and familiarity with wireless communications, and
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`also at least two years of industry experience. In lieu of specific academic training, one may
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`draw upon appropriate industry experience to meet the requirements of a person of ordinary skill
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`in the art.
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`3.
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`I have also reviewed the definition of an ordinary skilled artisan provided by
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`Defendants’ expert, Dr. Almeroth. I note that I meet Dr. Almeroth’s definition of an ordinary
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`skilled artisan.
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`4.
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`One of ordinary skill in the art would have understood that certain types of
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`connections, including composite video, S-Video, co-axial, VGA, DVI and HDMI, could be used
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`to transmit decompressed video signals.
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`One of ordinary skill in the art would have understood that, given the bandwidth
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`limitations of wireless networks, signals containing video content had to be transmitted in a
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`compressed format, such as MPEG-2 or MPEG-4, via wireless networks.
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`One of ordinary skill in the art would have recognized that channels could be
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`selected when multiple channels of input were available on the display device. Whether
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`selecting a channel was a commonly used technique would depend on both the channel and what
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`it was being used for.
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`One of ordinary skill in the art would have known that video content could be
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`converted. The specific conversion techniques of which one of ordinary skill in the art would be
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`aware would depend on both the video content and the display device.
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`I have reviewed U.S. Patent No. 7,580,005 to Palin (“Palin”).
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`Palin does not disclose a conversion. As a result, there is no MTSCM or
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`functional equivalent in Fig. 1(a) of Palin. Palin is simply a file transfer system, aimed at merely
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`receiving a compressed file with two parts and then transmitting one of the two compressed
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`parts.
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`Palin is directed to reformatting packets received in a cellular network
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`communication (e.g., GSM, EDGE, WCDMA) for transmission in a Bluetooth communication.
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`Palin is devoid of any discussion regarding conversion and display formats (i.e.,
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`uncompressed video content).
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`The Bluetooth connection Palin uses to transmit data to the television cannot
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`support uncompressed video.
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`Bluetooth is a low-bandwidth technology. At the time of the invention, Bluetooth
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`could only support throughput of 3 Mb/s, which is far lower than the 500 Mb/s required to
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`transmit an uncompressed standard definition 720 x 480 signal.
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`14. When the television in Palin receives the data, it must be in a compressed format,
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`which the television must decompress prior to display.
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`The fact that the battery in Palin could be charged is irrelevant to the issue of
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`whether the battery provides the power for receiving, processing and providing the video signal.
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`It is not correct to simply assume that when the mobile phone is plugged in the internal battery
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`would not be the power source for receiving, processing and providing the video signal.
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`Because the file transfer disclosed in Palin would not have drained the battery at
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`the higher rate required in decompressing the video signal and sending the uncompressed video
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`signal requiring several hundred times more bits transmitted, a person of ordinary skill in the art
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`would not have been motivated to combine Palin with a system that discloses using an alternate
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`power supply for receiving, processing and providing a video signal.
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`File transfer systems are generally not resource intensive.
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`The system described in Palin simply performs header indexing; this would
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`neither tax a processor nor significantly drain the battery.
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`To the extent the functionality described in Palin was intended to be performed
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`using an alternate power source, and not the internal battery of the mobile phone, Palin would
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`have disclosed the same.
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`Palin only discloses transmitting compressed data.
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`HDMI is utilized to transport uncompressed data.
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`I have also reviewed U.S. Patent No. 8,028,093 to Karaoguz (“Karaoguz”).
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`The concepts of “text and voice overlay” and “an integrated TV channel guide
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`look-and-feel,” from Karaoguz, teach away from converting the underlying video content.
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`24.
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`Karaoguz discloses “text and voice overlay.” This means that additional
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`information is “overlayed” on the video signal. This does not change the underlying video
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`content. If anything it simply means that text or voice is placed over the underlying video
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`content. An example of this is when you change the channel on your television and the name
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`and number of the next channel appears in one of the upper corners for a period of time. This
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`did not change the “underlying video content.”
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`25.
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`I was also asked to perform an analysis to determine the conception and reduction
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`to practice date I believe certain claims from the patents-in-suit are entitled to. In performing
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`this analysis I reviewed notes that I understand were created by at least some of the named
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`inventors, Provisional Application No. 60/588,358, the patents-in-suit, the deposition testimony
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`of Dr. Ronald Wang and Dr. Ann Wang and other materials in this matter. I was also informed
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`by counsel or Virginia Innovation that the filing of a patent application constitutes a constructive
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`reduction to practice.
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`30.
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`In support of these opinions I have attached hereto as Exhibit 1 a chart identifying
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`support for each of my opinions.
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`Samsung knew that its patent application, U.S. Patent Application No. 11/237,357
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`(“the ’357 Application), was rejected five times in light of U.S. Publication No. 20060077310,
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`which was the publication of the application that ultimately issued as U.S. Patent No. 7,899,492
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`(“the ’492 Patent”). See my Opening Expert Report, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2,
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`without the exhibits, which I incorporate herein by reference.
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`35.
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`Samsung abandoned the ’357 Application after the ’492 Patent issued. Id.
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`Samsung knew that U.S. Patent No. 8,135,398 was cited as pertinent prior art
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`against its application, U.S. Application No. 11/647,153 (“the ’153 Application), which
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`ultimately issued as U.S. Patent No. 8,260,933. Id.
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`36.
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`The technology at issue in Samsung’s applications – the ’357 Application and the
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`’153 Application – is closely related to the technology at issue in the patents-in-suit, as well as
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`that embodied in the accused products in this case. Id.
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`37.
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`It can be inferred that Samsung knew, or should have known, that it was seeking
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`to patent the same invention, and produce products, covered by the patents-in-suit.
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`38.
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`As detailed in my Opening Expert Report, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2
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`without the voluminous exhibits, in my opinion each of the Accused Products infringes one or
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`more of the asserted claims in the patents-in-suit.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Dated: August 26, 2013
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`Arthur T. Brody
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