`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`TYLER DIVISION
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`FALL LINE PATENTS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL,
`INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:17-CV-00407
` (Consolidated Lead Case)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS AND INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS
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`Fall Line provides the following disclosures under Patent Local Rules 3-1 and 3-2. These
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`disclosures and contentions are made with respect to United States Patent No. 9,454,748
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`(“Asserted Patent”).
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`I.
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`Patent Rule 3-1
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`(a) Identification of Infringed Claims
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`Choice Hotels: claims 19-22 of the Asserted Patent.
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`Uber: claims 19-22 of the Asserted Patent.
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`(b) Identification of Accused Instrumentalities/Methods
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`For each of the above claims, the Accused Instrumentalities are as follows:
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`For Choice Hotels, the Choice Hotels mobile android app, the use of the mobile app by the
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`end user, the mobile app running on a mobile device, and the associated back-end servers.
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`For Uber, the Uber mobile android app, the use of the mobile app by the end user, the mobile
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`app running on a mobile device, and the associated back-end servers.
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`Petitioners – Exhibit 1008, p. 1
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`(c) Claim Charts
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`The claim charts required by Patent Local Rule 3-1(c) are attached as Exhibit 1 (Choice
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`Hotels) and Exhibit 2 (Uber).
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`(d) Doctrine of Equivalents
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`In the attached claim charts, Fall Line asserts that each claim limitation is literally infringed.
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`Fall Line reserves the right to assert additional theories under the doctrine of equivalents in
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`response to claim construction positions that defendants may take.
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`(e) Priority Claims to Earlier Patent Applications
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`Each of the asserted claims of the Asserted Patent is entitled to a priority date of August 19,
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`2002.
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`(f) Fall Line’s Instrumentalities
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`Fall Line does not intend to rely on the assertion that any of its own applications practice the
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`Asserted Patent.
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`II.
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`Patent Rule 3-2
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`(a) Fall Line is producing documents responsive to Patent Rule 3-2(a) numbered
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`FALL_0002668-2738. These documents have been designated as confidential under the
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`protective order and are required be treated as attorneys eyes only.
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`(b) Fall Line is producing documents responsive to Patent Rule 3-2(b) numbered
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`FALL_0002602-2738. These documents have been designated as confidential under the
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`protective order and are required be treated as attorneys eyes only.
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`(c) Fall Line is producing documents responsive to Patent Rule 3-2(c) numbered
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`FALL_000001-2601.
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`Petitioners – Exhibit 1008, p. 2
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`/s/ Michael D. Ellis
`Matthew J. Antonelli
`Texas Bar No. 24068432
`matt@ahtlawfirm.com
`Zachariah S. Harrington
`Texas Bar No. 24057886
`zac@ahtlawfirm.com
`Larry D. Thompson, Jr.
`Texas Bar No. 24051428
`larry@ahtlawfirm.com
`Michael D. Ellis
`Texas Bar No. 24081586
`michael@ahtlawfirm.com
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`ANTONELLI, HARRINGTON
`& THOMPSON LLP
`4306 Yoakum Blvd., Ste. 450
`Houston, TX 77006
`(713) 581-3000
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`Attorneys for Fall Line Patents, LLC
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`Petitioners – Exhibit 1008, p. 3
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on the 16th day of October, 2017, I electronically served the
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`/s/ Michael D. Ellis
`Michael D. Ellis
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