IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`BLACKBIRD TECH LLC d/b/a
`BLACKBIRD TECHNOLOGIES,
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`Plaintiff,
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`C.A. No. 16-CV-683 (GMS)
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`v.
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`FITBIT, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`BLACKBIRD TECH LLC d/b/a
`BLACKBIRD TECHNOLOGIES,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
`(USA), INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`BLACKBIRD TECH LLC d/b/a
`BLACKBIRD TECHNOLOGIES,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`TOMTOM, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`BLACKBIRD TECH LLC d/b/a
`BLACKBIRD TECHNOLOGIES,
`Plaintiff,
`v.
`GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. and,
`GARMIN USA, INC.,
`Defendants.
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`C.A. No. 16-CV-685 (GMS)
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`C.A. No. 16-CV-687 (GMS)
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`C.A. No. 16-CV-689 (GMS)
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`FITBIT, Ex. 1008
`Page 1
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`DEFENDANTS FITBIT, INC., SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC.,
`TOMTOM, INC., GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC., AND GARMIN USA, INC.’S
`PROPOSED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order, Defendants Fitbit, Inc. (“Fitbit”), Sony Mobile
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`Communications (USA) Inc. (“Sony”), TomTom, Inc. (“TomTom”), Garmin International, Inc.
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`(“Garmin Int’l”), Garmin USA, Inc. (“Garmin USA”), (collectively “Defendants”) hereby
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`provide the following list of proposed claim constructions for the claim terms, phrases and
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`clauses from United States Patent No. 6,434,212 (the “’212 Patent”) that the parties previously
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`identified as ones that they may propose for construction by the Court after meeting and
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`conferring to narrow the claim construction disputes between the parties. Defendants reserve the
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`right to amend these constructions during the meet and confer process, as well as following any
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`attempt by Blackbird to further amend its infringement contentions, and information learned
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`through the course of discovery.
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`Proposed Claim Constructions for Identified Terms in the ’212 Patent
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`“A device mounted to the chest, waist, or leg that counts the number
`of steps a user takes.”
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`“To determine by mathematical processes.”
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`The stride length variation cannot only be between a uniform running
`stride length and a uniform walking stride length.
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`“strides or steps per unit of time”
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`“a step counter”
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`“calculate”
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`“a stride length that
`varies according to [a
`stride rate/a rate at
`which steps are
`taken/a rate at which
`steps are counted]”
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`“stride rate”
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`FITBIT, Ex. 1008
`Page 2
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`Dated: August 25, 2017
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`By:
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`Dated: August 25, 2017
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`By:
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`/s/ Eugene Novikov
`Clement S. Roberts
`Timothy C. Saulsbury
`Eugene Novikov
`DURIE TANGRI LLP
`217 Leidesdorff Street
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Telephone: 415-362-6666
`Facsimile:
`415-236-6300
`croberts@durietangri.com
`tsaulsbury@durietangri.com
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`Jack B. Blumenfeld
`MORRIS, NICHOLS, ARSHT & TUNNELL LLP
`1201 North Market Street
`P.O. Box 1347
`Wilmington, DE 19899
`(302) 658-9200
`jblumenfeld@mnat.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Fitbit, Inc.
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`/s/ James V. Mahon
`Rodger D. Smith (#3778)
`1201 North Market Street
`P.O. Box 1347
`Wilmington, DE 19899
`(302) 658-9200
`rsmith@mnat.com
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`James V. Mahon
`ANDREWS KURTH KENYON LLP
`4505 Emperor Blvd., Suite 330
`Durham, NC 27703
`(919) 864-7200
`jamesmahon@andrewskurth.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Sony Mobile
`Communications (USA) Inc.
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`FITBIT, Ex. 1008
`Page 3
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`Dated: August 25, 2017
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`By:
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`/s/ Adam V. Orlacchio
`Larry R. Wood, Jr. (DE #3262)
`LWood@BlankRome.com
`Adam V. Orlacchio (DE # 5520)
`Orlacchio@BlankRome.com
`BLANK ROME LLP
`1201 N. Market Street, Suite 800
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`Tel: (302) 425-6400
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`Jeffrey K. Sherwood (pro hac vice)
`JSherwood@BlankRome.com
`Dipu A. Doshi (pro hac vice)
`DDoshi@BlankRome.com
`David E. Anderson (pro hac vice)
`DEAnderson@BlankRome.com
`BLANK ROME LLP
`1825 Eye Street, NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`Tel: (202) 420-2200
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`Attorneys for Defendant TomTom, Inc.
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`FITBIT, Ex. 1008
`Page 4
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`Dated: August 25, 2017
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`By:
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`/s/ Jason R. Mudd
`Kenneth L. Dorsney
`MORRIS JAMES LLP
`500 Delaware Avenue, Suite 1500
`Wilmington, Delaware 19801
`(302) 888-6800
`kdorsney@morrisjames.com
`Adam P. Seitz
`Eric A. Buresh
`Jason R. Mudd
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`6201 College Blvd, Suite 300
`Overland Park KS, 66211
`Phone: 913-777-5600
`Fax: 913-777-5601
`adam.seitz@eriseip.com
`eric.buresh@eriseip.com
`jason.mudd@eriseip.com
`Paul R. Hart
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Suite 200
`Greenwood Village, CO 80111
`Phone: 913-777-5600
`Fax: 913-777-5601
`paul.hart@eriseip.com
`Attorneys for Defendants Garmin
`International, Inc. and Garmin USA, Inc.
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`FITBIT, Ex. 1008
`Page 5
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`PROOF OF SERVICE
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`I am a citizen of the United States and resident of the State of California. I am employed
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`in San Francisco County, State of California, in the office of a member of the bar of the State of
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`California, at whose direction the service was made. I am over the age of eighteen years, and not
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`a party to the within action. My business address is 217 Leidesdorff Street, San Francisco, CA
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`94111.
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`On August 25, 2017, I served the following documents in the manner described below:
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`DEFENDANTS FITBIT, INC., SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC.,
`TOMTOM, INC., WAHOO FITNESS LLC, GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC., AND
`GARMIN USA, INC.’S PROPOSED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS
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`(BY U.S. MAIL) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice
`of Durie Tangri LLP for collection and processing of correspondence for mailing
`with the United States Postal Service, and I caused such envelope(s) with postage
`thereon fully prepaid to be placed in the United States Postal Service at San
`Francisco, California.
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`(BY MESSENGER SERVICE) by consigning the document(s) to an authorized
`courier and/or process server for hand delivery on this date.
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`(BY FACSIMILE) I am personally and readily familiar with the business practice
`of Durie Tangri LLP for collection and processing of document(s) to be
`transmitted by facsimile and I caused such document(s) on this date to be
`transmitted by facsimile to the offices of addressee(s) at the numbers listed below.
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`(BY OVERNIGHT MAIL) I am personally and readily familiar with the business
`practice of Durie Tangri LLP for collection and processing of correspondence for
`overnight delivery, and I caused such document(s) described herein to be
`deposited for delivery to a facility regularly maintained by Federal Express for
`overnight delivery.
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`BY ELECTRONIC SERVICE: By electronically mailing a true and correct copy
`through Durie Tangri’s electronic mail system from calas@durietangri.com to the
`email addresses set forth below.
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`(BY PERSONAL DELIVERY) I caused such envelope to be delivered by hand to
`the offices of each addressee below.
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`FITBIT, Ex. 1008
`Page 6
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`On the following part(ies) in this action:
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`Stamatios Stamoulis
`Richard Charles Weinblatt
`Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC
`Two Fox Point Centre
`6 Denny Road, Suite 307
`Wilmington, DE 19809
`(302) 999-1540
`stamoulis@swdelaw.com
`weinblatt@swdelaw.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
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`Christopher R. Freeman
`cfreeman@blackbird-tech.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
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`David Gerasimow
`dgerasimow@blackbird-tech.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
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`Wendy H. Verlander
`wverlander@blackbird-tech.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
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` declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America that the
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`foregoing is true and correct. Executed on August 25, 2017, at San Francisco, California.
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`/s/ Celeste Alas
`Celeste Alas
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`FITBIT, Ex. 1008
`Page 7
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