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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
`AT SEATTLE
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`SRC LABS, LLC & SAINT REGIS
`MOHAWK TRIBE,
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`Plaintiffs,
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`v.
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`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.,
`AMAZON.COM, INC., &
`VADATA, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 2:18-cv-00317-JLR
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`PRELIMINARY NON-INFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
`OF DEFENDANTS AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.,
`AMAZON.COM, INC. AND VADATA, INC.
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`Patent Owner Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Minute Order Setting Trial Dates and Related Dates (Dkt. No. 95)
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`and Local Patent Rule 121, defendants Amazon Web Services, Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., and
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`VADATA, Inc. (collectively, “Amazon”) provide the following preliminary non-infringement and
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`invalidity contentions to plaintiffs SRC Labs, LLC and Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (collectively,
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`“SRC”) regarding the currently asserted claims of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,149,867 (the “’867 patent”),
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`7,225,324 (the “’324 patent”), 7,620,800 (the “’800 patent”) and 9,153,311 (the “’311 patent”)
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`(collectively, the “asserted patents”). Although in its complaint, SRC also asserted U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,434,687 (the “’687 patent”), SRC did not include any infringement allegations for the ’687
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`patent in its infringement contentions, and indeed, did not even mention the ’687 patent in those
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`contentions. Accordingly, because it is no longer at issue in this case, Amazon does not provide
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`its preliminary invalidity and non-infringement contentions for the ’687 patent herein. Amazon
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`expressly reserves the right to provide its preliminary invalidity and non-infringement contentions
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`for the ’687 patent in the event the Court grants SRC leave to amend its infringement contentions
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`to re-assert the ’687 patent.
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`These preliminary contentions are based on Amazon’s present understanding of SRC’s in-
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`terpretation of the claims of the asserted patents as advanced by SRC in its preliminary infringe-
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`ment contentions served on June 15, 2018. Nothing in these preliminary contentions should be
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`regarded as necessarily reflecting the proper interpretation of the claims or an interpretation of the
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`claims Amazon agrees with or proposes. Amazon disputes SRC’s apparent claim interpretations
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`and intends to propose alternative constructions.
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`Amazon hereby incorporates all prior art references, charts, theories, and disclosures
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`served on SRC in any prior or pending court action or proceeding before the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board involving any of the asserted patents, including without limitation, SRC Labs, LLC
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`et al. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 2:18-cv-00321 (W.D. Wash.).
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`To the extent additional information regarding SRC’s infringement contentions becomes
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`available, Amazon anticipates that it will provide corresponding invalidity contentions which es-
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`tablish that SRC’s interpretation of the claims is disclosed by prior art.
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`Amazon reserves the right to amend these contentions based on information learned in its
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`continuing investigation, new developments in the case, or other circumstances.
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`I. NON-INFRINGEMENT CLAIM CHARTS
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`Pursuant to Local Patent Rule 121(a), Amazon has attached as Exhibit A claim charts stat-
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`ing, on an element-by-element basis, why the accused products do not infringe the asserted claims
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`based on Amazon’s current understanding of SRC’s infringement allegations. The bases identified
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`in the claim charts are not intended to be exhaustive, and are based on SRC’s mapping of the
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`accused products in its preliminary infringement contentions. Amazon reserves the right to iden-
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`tify additional non-infringement defenses and theories as the case progresses and also in the event
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`SRC modifies its infringement theory.
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`II.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF PRIOR ART
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`The following list identifies each item of prior art, patent, or publication, that anticipates
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`each asserted claim or renders it obvious.
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`A.
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`Prior Art Patents
`
`Patent Number
`
`4,698,751
`5,361,367
`5,757,959
`6,182,206 B1
`6,119,200
`6,675,187 B1
`6,438,747 B1
`7,139,743 B2
`6,822,959 B2
`
`Country of
`Origin
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`
`Filing or Priority
`Date
`July 13, 1984
`June 10, 1991
`Apr. 5, 1995
`Apr. 17, 1997
`Aug. 18, 1998
`June 10, 1999
`Aug. 20, 1999
`Apr. 7, 2000
`July 31, 2000
`
`Date of Issue or
`Publication
`Oct. 6, 1987
`Nov. 1, 1994
`May 26, 1998
`Jan. 30, 2001
`Sept. 12, 2000
`Jan. 6, 2004
`Aug. 20, 2002
`Nov. 21, 2006
`Nov. 23, 2004
`
`Short Cite
`
`Parvin
`Fijany
`Lopresti
`Baxter
`George
`Greenberger
`Schreiber
`Indeck
`Galbi
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`Patent Number
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`6,662,285 B1
`6,981,099 B2
`7,055,016 B2
`7,836,331 B1
`8,683,166 B1
`8,476,926 B2
`B.
`
`Country of
`Origin
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`U.S.
`
`Filing or Priority
`Date
`Jan. 9, 2001
`Dec. 16, 2002
`Apr. 30, 2003
`May 15, 2007
`Jan. 31, 2009
`Sept. 29, 2009
`
`Date of Issue or
`Publication
`Dec. 9, 2003
`Dec. 27, 2005
`May 30, 2006
`Nov. 16, 2010
`Mar. 25, 2014
`June 10, 2014
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`Short Cite
`
`Douglass
`Paulraj
`Phelps
`Totolos
`Flateau
`Brunham
`
`Prior Art Publications
`
`Title
`
`Building and Using a Highly Parallel
`Programmable Logic Array
`Searching Genetic Databases on
`Splash 2
`Mapping Nested Loops to Field Pro-
`grammable Gate Array Based Sys-
`tems
`Splash 2: FPGAs in a Custom Com-
`puting Machine
`
`PCI-based WILDFIRE Reconfigura-
`ble Computing Engines
`Architectural Adaptation for Applica-
`tion-Specific Locality Optimizations
`Memory Access Schemes for Config-
`urable Processors
`Artificial Neural Network Implemen-
`tation on a single FPGA of a Pipe-
`lined On-Line Backpropagation
`An FPGA Implementation of Walsh-
`Hadamard Transforms for Signal
`Processing
`Evaluation of the Streams-C C-to-
`FPGA Compiler: An Applications
`Perspective
`An FPGA Implementation of Trian-
`gle Mesh Decompression
`U.S. Patent Application Publication
`No. 2003/0200382 A1
`U.S. Patent Application Publication
`No. 2004/0034732 A1
`Suzaku Hardware Manual (V.
`1.0.4)
`
`Author/Publisher
`
`Short Cite
`
`Maya Gokhale et al.
`
`Dzung T. Hoang
`
`Splash
`
`Hoang
`
`John Spillane et al.
`
`Spillane
`
`Date of
`Publication
`Jan. 1991
`
`1993
`
`1995
`
`1996
`
`October 21,
`1996
`1997
`
`D.A. Buell, J. M. Ar-
`nold, and W. J. Klein-
`felder
`B. K. Fross et al.
`
`Xingbin Zhang et al.
`
`2000
`
`Holger Lange et al.
`
`Sept. 2000
`
`Rafael Gadea et al.
`
`Buell
`
`Fross
`
`Zhang
`
`Lange
`
`Gadea
`
`2001
`
`A. Amira et al.
`
`Amira
`
`J. Frigo et al.
`
`Streams-C
`
`Tulika Mitra
`
`Mitra
`
`Wells
`
`Valin
`
`Oct. 23, 2003 Owen Newton Wells et
`al.
`Steven J. Valin et al.
`
`Atmark Techno, Inc.
`
`Suzaku
`
`February
`2001
`
`2002
`
`Feb. 19,
`2004
`December
`14, 2004
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`Date of
`Publication
`2006
`
`Author/Publisher
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`Short Cite
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`Dimitris Syrivelis and
`Spyros Lalis
`
`Syrivelis
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`November
`2008
`2009
`
`JEDEC Solid State
`Technology Association
`Atria Logic Inc.
`
`JEDEC
`
`Atria
`
`Aug. 9, 2010
`
`Xilinx
`
`ComBlock
`
`Spartan-6
`User Guide
`ComBlock
`
`Altera
`
`UniPHY
`
`September.
`22, 2010
`
`June 2011
`
`Title
`
`System- and application-level
`support for runtime hardware recon-
`figuration on SoC platforms
`JEDEC Standard
`
`DDR I/II DRAM Controller
`Core, Atria Logic Inc. Product Infor-
`mation Sheet
`Spartan-6 FPGA Memory Controller
`User Guide
`DD2SOFT; DDR2 Memory
`Controller; VHDL Source Code
`Overview
`External Memory Interface Hand-
`book Volume 3: Section III. DDR2
`and DDR3 SDRAM Controller with
`UniPHY User Guide
`U.S. Patent Application Publication
`No. 2011/0264934 A1
`ZedBoard Brochure
`
`Oct. 27, 2011
`
`Branover et al.
`
`Branover
`
`2012
`
`Feb. 11,
`2014
`Feb. 13,
`2014
`
`Zedboard
`
`Xilinx
`
`Jackson L. Ellis et al.
`
`ZedBoard
`Brochure
`Zynq
`Manual
`Ellis
`
`Zynq-7000 All Programmable SoC
`Technical Reference Manual
`U.S. Patent Application Publication
`No. 2014/0043918 A1
`C.
`
`Prior Art Systems/Services
`
`System/Service
`
`Splash 2
`
`Atria DDR I/II DRAM
`Controller Core
`
`At least as early
`as 1991
`
`Relevant Dates Persons/Entities Involved
`in Prior Use, Sale, and/or
`Offers for Sale
`Splash 2 was designed, de-
`veloped, used, advertised,
`published, and also offered
`for sale and/or sold to its
`customers this system as
`evidenced at least by the
`documents identified
`herein.
`Atria Logic, Inc. designed,
`developed, used, adver-
`tised, published, and also
`offered for sale and/or sold
`
`At least as early
`as 2009
`
`Short Cite
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`Splash 2
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`Atria
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`System/Service
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`Altera DDR2 and DDR3
`SDRAM Controller with
`UniPHY
`
`ComBlock DDR2SOFT;
`DDR2 Memory Control-
`ler; VHDL Source Code
`
`Xilinx MIG Spartan-6
`FPGA Memory Control-
`ler
`
`Xilinx Zynq-7000 All
`Programmable SoC
`
`SUZAKU Hardware
`Manual
`
`Short Cite
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`Altera
`
`ComBlock
`
`Spartan-6
`
`ZedBoard + Zynq
`
`SUZAKU
`
`At least as early
`as 2011
`
`At least as early
`as 2010
`
`At least as early
`as 2010
`
`Relevant Dates Persons/Entities Involved
`in Prior Use, Sale, and/or
`Offers for Sale
`to its customers this sys-
`tem as evidenced at least
`by the documents identi-
`fied herein.
`Altera Corp. designed, de-
`veloped, used, advertised,
`published, and also offered
`for sale and/or sold to its
`customers this system as
`evidenced at least by the
`documents identified
`herein.
`ComBlock designed, de-
`veloped, used, advertised,
`published, and also offered
`for sale and/or sold to its
`customers this system as
`evidenced at least by the
`documents identified
`herein.
`Xilinx designed, devel-
`oped, used, advertised,
`published, and also offered
`for sale and/or sold to its
`customers this system as
`evidenced at least by the
`documents identified
`herein.
`Xilinx designed, devel-
`oped, used, advertised,
`published, and also offered
`for sale and/or sold to its
`customers this system as
`evidenced at least by the
`documents identified
`herein.
`Atmark Techno, Inc. de-
`signed, developed, used,
`advertised, published, and
`also offered for sale and/or
`sold to its customers this
`system as evidenced at
`least by the documents
`
`At least as early
`Feb. 11, 2014
`
`At least as early
`as Dec. 14, 2004
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`System/Service
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`
`
`Relevant Dates Persons/Entities Involved
`in Prior Use, Sale, and/or
`Offers for Sale
`identified herein.
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`III.
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`IDENTIFICATION ON CLAIM-BY-CLAIM BASES OF INVALIDITY
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`Amazon hereby identifies, on a claim-by-claim basis, its contention of whether each as-
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`serted claim of the asserted patents is invalidated under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and/or 103.
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`Patent
`’867 patent
`’867 patent
`’867 patent
`’324 patent
`’324 patent
`’800 patent
`’800 patent
`’311 patent
`’311 patent
`’311 patent
`’311 patent
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`Claim
`1
`3
`4
`1
`17
`1
`17
`1
`3
`9
`10
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`Identification of invalidity
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
`This claim is invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 102 and §103.
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`The combinations of references provided in the accompanying prior art reference charts in
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`
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`Exhibits B-E are exemplary and are not intended to be exhaustive. Additional obviousness com-
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`binations of the references identified herein are possible, and Amazon may rely on such combina-
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`tion(s) in this litigation. In particular, Amazon is currently unaware of SRC’s allegations with
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`respect to the level of skill in the art and the qualifications of the typical person of ordinary skill
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`in the art. Amazon is also unaware of the extent, if any, to which SRC may contend that limitations
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`of the claims at issue are not disclosed in the prior art identified by Amazon as anticipatory, and
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`the extent to which SRC will contend that elements not disclosed in the asserted patent specifica-
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`tions would have been known to persons of skill in the art. And Amazon does not yet know how
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`the Court will construe terms in the asserted claims. Amazon reserves the right to supplement
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`these contentions to identify other prior art and combinations that would have made such limita-
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`tions obvious.
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`The references listed above, alone or in combination, contain an explicit and/or implicit
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`teaching, suggestion, and/or reasons to combine them for at least the following reasons.1 The
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`references all concern the same technological field for each respective patent-in-suit. In particular,
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`each of the references is directed to the structure and/or operation of reconfigurable processing
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`devices (e.g., FPGAs). For example, the ’324 patent and ’800 patent each relate to systolically
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`processing data in an FPGA. The ’311 patent is related to preserving DRAM in a self-refresh state
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`while a reconfigurable device is being reconfigured. One of ordinary skill in the art would under-
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`stand these references to all be part of the same field of technology for each respective patent-in-
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`suit and would naturally look to their teachings to find answers to the problems inherent in the
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`respective technologies.
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`For example, the ’311 patent is invalid in view of the combination of Valin and Ellis. Valin
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`describes the use of a “programmable logic device (PLD)” that is able to communicate with
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`DRAM to keep the DRAM in self-refresh mode and Ellis describes an FPGA as an example of a
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`programmable logic device that communicates with DRAM. One of ordinary skill would naturally
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`look to Ellis’s disclosure of an FPGA as the “PLD” performing the steps described in Valin. Ad-
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`1 In KSR International Co. v. Teleflex Inc., 550 U.S. 398 (2007), the Supreme Court held that
`prior art need not disclose the precise teachings of a patented invention to render it obvious, be-
`cause a court “can take account of the inferences and creative steps that a person of ordinary skill
`in the art would employ.” Id. at 418. Under KSR, an explanation for why a combination of prior
`art items renders a claim obvious may be found in the “interrelated teachings of multiple patents;
`the effects of demands known to the design community or present in the marketplace; and the
`background knowledge possessed by a person having ordinary skill in the art.” Id. at 418.
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`ditionally, those of skill in the art would review and naturally combine the teachings of other ref-
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`erences that also discuss these same technologies.
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`As another example, Phelps describes a processor comprising a memory controller for re-
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`trieving data from an external memory and storing it in a cache memory and Douglass describes
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`an FPGA comprising a memory controller that retrieves data from an external memory for storage
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`in the FPGA. One of ordinary skill in the art would look to Douglass for its disclosure of an FPGA
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`as performing the steps described for the processor in Phelps, which discloses a similar technology.
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`These are only a few examples of the references that one of ordinary skill in the art would
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`consider to be part of the same body of work and in the same technical field and is not meant to be
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`limiting.
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`Accordingly, a person of ordinary skill in the art at the time of filing of the asserted patents
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`would have been motivated to combine elements of any of the references identified herein and
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`recognize that the combination of any of these references is a predictable use of elements known
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`in the art to solve a known problem and a use of known techniques to solve a known problem in
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`the same way. Amazon’s expert(s) may further explain the motivation to combine prior art and
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`why the asserted claims of the asserted patents are invalid for obviousness in accordance with the
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`case schedule.
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`IV.
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`INVALIDITY CHARTS
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`Invalidity charts for each item of prior art are attached hereto as Exhibits B-E. The charts
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`identify where specifically in each alleged item of prior art each element of each asserted claim is
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`found. While each element of each asserted claim is found in each item of prior art in multiple
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`locations, the attached charts provide examples of citations sufficient to identify at least one such
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`location where each claim limitation is found in each item of prior art. Each item of prior art,
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`however, discloses each claim limitation as a whole and specific citations are only exemplary.
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`Accordingly, Amazon and its expert(s) may rely on uncited portions of the prior art references as
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`the citations must be interpreted in light of the entire disclosure of each reference. In addition,
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`because persons of skill in the art generally would appreciate an item of prior art in the context of
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`other publications, literature, products, and understanding, Amazon and its expert(s) may rely on
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`other publications and expert testimony as aids in understanding and interpreting the cited portions,
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`for providing context to them, and as additional evidence that the prior art discloses a claimed
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`feature. Amazon may establish what was known to a person having ordinary skill in the art through
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`other publications, products, and/or testimony, and reserves its right to rely on cited and uncited
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`portions of the prior art references, other publications, and/or testimony to establish that a person
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`of skill in the art would have been motivated to combine the references rendering the claims obvi-
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`ous.
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`Amazon may modify, amend, and/or change its interpretation of the prior art as construc-
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`tions of the claim limitations may be provided by the Court, based on additional analysis by Am-
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`azon’s expert(s), and/or based on other circumstances that may affect the meaning or application
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`of the claims.
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`V.
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`INVALIDITY UNDER § 112
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`The asserted claims are invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112. The asserted claims lack a written
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`description and enabling disclosure commensurate with the alleged scope of the claims, are un-
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`duly vague and indefinite, and contain purely functional language. The asserted patents, read in
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`light of their specifications and prosecution histories, fail to inform, with reasonable certainty,
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`those skilled in the art about the scope of the invention. See Nautilus, Inc. v. Biosig Instruments,
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`Inc., 134 S. Ct. 2120, 2124 (2014). The asserted patents do not enable one of skill in the art to
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`practice the full scope of the inventions claimed without undue experimentation. The asserted
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`patents do not enable one of skill in the art to practice the scope of the inventions set forth in SRC’s
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`preliminary infringement contentions.
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`The asserted patents provide insufficient guidance on aspects SRC now asserts to be part
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`of the patented invention. Specifically, in its preliminary infringement contentions, SRC has ap-
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`plied the patent claims so broadly that they lack a corresponding disclosure in the patent specifi-
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`cation and are different from what is disclosed in the asserted patents. Based on SRC’s broad
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`application of the claims and its claim construction proposals advanced in prior litigations, there
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`is a zone of uncertainty concerning the breadth and meaning of the claim terms, as explained fur-
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`ther below, that creates such intractable and insoluble ambiguity in those terms that one of ordinary
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`skill in the art is unable to discern the scope of the claims with reasonable certainty.
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`The following identification of claims/claim elements are preliminary and only exemplary
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`and Amazon reserves the right to supplement the identification of claims and claim elements that
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`do not comply with the requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 112. Specifically, to the extent an element
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`identified below, or its variation, appears in claims other than the ones specified below, it also
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`renders those additional claims invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112. Claims that depend on these addi-
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`tional claims and on the claims identified below are also invalid under 35 U.S.C. § 112. Amazon
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`reserves the right to identify additional claims and claim elements that do not comply with the
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`requirements of 35 U.S.C. § 112 during claim construction or after the Court construes the claims.
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`At least the following claims are invalid for failing to meet the requirements of 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 112:
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`1.
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`The term “substantially concurrently,” recited in claim 1 of the ’800 patent renders
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`this claim indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b).
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`2.
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`The term “seamlessly,” recited in claim 1 of the ’324 patent and claim 1 of the ’800
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`patent renders these claims indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b).
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`3.
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`The specification of the ’324 patent fails to satisfy the written description require-
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`ment and/or the enablement requirement with respect to the term “systolically linked lines of code
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`of said calculation are instantiated as clusters of functional units within the at least one reconfigu-
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`rable processor” recited in asserted claim 1 of the ’324 patent.
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`4.
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`The specification of the ’324 patent fails to satisfy the written description require-
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`ment and/or the enablement requirement with respect to the term “transforming an algorithm into
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`a calculation that is systolically implemented by said reconfigurable computing system at the at
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`least one reconfigurable processor” recited in asserted claim 1 of the ’324 patent.
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`5.
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`The specification of the ’800 patent fails to satisfy the written description require-
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`ment and/or the enablement requirement with respect to the term “transforming an algorithm into
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`a data driven calculation that is implemented by said reconfigurable computing system at the at
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`least one reconfigurable processor” recited in asserted claim 1 of the ’800 patent.
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`6.
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`The specification of the ’800 patent fails to satisfy the written description require-
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`ment and/or the enablement requirement with respect to the term “lines of code of said calculation
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`are formed as clusters of functional units within the at least one reconfigurable processor” recited
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`in asserted claim 1 of the ’800 patent.
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`7.
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`The term “forming at least two of said functional units at the at least one reconfig-
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`urable processor to perform said calculation wherein only functional units needed to solve the
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`calculation are formed and wherein each formed functional unit at the at least one reconfigurable
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`processor interconnects with each other formed functional unit at the at least one reconfigurable
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`processor based on reconfigurable routing resources within the at least one reconfigurable proces-
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`sor as established at formation,” recited in claim 1 of the ’800 patent renders the claim indefinite
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`under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b).
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`8.
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`The term “a data maintenance block coupled to said reconfigurable logic device,”
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`recited in claim 1 of the ’311 patent renders the claim indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b).
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`9.
`
`The term “[t]he computer system of claim 1 wherein said reconfigurable logic de-
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`vice comprises said data maintenance block,” recited in claim 9 of the ’311 patent renders the
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`claim indefinite under 35 U.S.C. § 112(b).
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`VI. ADDITIONAL PRIOR ART
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`In addition to the prior art references charted, Amazon lists in Exhibit F, which is incorpo-
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`rated herein in its entirety, additional prior art references that disclose or describe the general state
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`of the art and knowledge of one skilled in the art at the time of the purported inventions and the
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`filings of the asserted patents. These references may be used to show the state of the art and/or
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`may be used as supporting references in an obviousness combination depending on how the as-
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`serted claims are ultimately construed by the Court.
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`Amazon also incorporates herein by reference, whether or not cited in Exhibit F, all prior
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`art cited in the asserted patents and all prior art cited in the prosecution histories of the asserted
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`patents, reexaminations, inter partes or covered business method patent review proceedings, and
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`any foreign counterparts.
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`VII. DOCUMENT PRODUCTION
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`Amazon is concurrently producing a copy of each asserted prior art reference that is not in
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`the file histories of the asserted patents or that has not already been disclosed.
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`VIII. TABLE OF EXHIBITS
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`Exhibit
`A
`B
`C
`D
`E
`F
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`Description
`Non-infringement claim charts
`Invalidity Charts for the ’867 patent
`Invalidity Charts for the ’324 patent
`Invalidity Charts for the ’800 patent
`Invalidity Charts for the ’311 patent
`Prior Art Reflecting the General State of the Art
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`12
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`
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`Dated: July 9, 2018
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`
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`FENWICK & WEST LLP
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`By:
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`
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`
`
`
`
`/s/ Dargaye H. Churnet
`Jessica M. Kaempf, WSBA No. 51666
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`1191 Second Avenue, 10th Floor
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Telephone: 206.389.4510
`Facsimile: 206.389.4511
`Email: jkaempf@fenwick.com
`
`J. David Hadden (admitted pro hac vice)
`Saina S. Shamilov (admitted pro hac vice)
`Todd Gregorian (admitted pro hac vice)
`Ravi R. Ranganath (admitted pro hac vice)
`Dargaye Churnet (admitted pro hac vice)
`Shannon Turner (admitted pro hac vice)
`Clay Venetis (admitted pro hac vice)
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`Silicon Valley Center
`801 California Street
`Mountain View, California 94041
`Telephone: (650) 988-8500
`Facsimile: (650) 935-5200
`Email:
`dhadden@fenwick.com
`sshamilov@fenwick.com
`tgregorian@fenwick.com
`rranganath@fenwick.com
`dchurnet@fenwick.com
`sturner@fenwick.com
`cvenetis@fenwick.com
`
`
`Attorneys for Defendants
`Amazon Web Services, Inc., Amazon.com, Inc.,
`& VADATA, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing PRELIMINARY NON-INFRINGEMENT AND IN-
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`VALIDITY CONTENTIONS OF DEFENDANTS AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC., AM-
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`AZON.COM, INC. AND VADATA, INC. was served via email on counsel of record for plain-
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`tiffs below.
`
`Carmen E. Bremer
`Carmen.Bremer@bremerlawgroup.com
`
`BREMER LAW GROUP PLLC
`1700 Seventh Avenue, Suite 2100
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Telephone: (206) 357-8442
`Facsimile: (206) 858-9730
`
`Michael W. Shore
`mshore@shorechan.com
`Alfonso Garcia Chan
`achan@shorechan.com
`Christopher L. Evans
`cevans@shorechan.com
`Andrew M. Howard
`ahoward@shorechan.com
`SHORE CHAN DePUMPO LLP
`901 Main Street, Suite 3300
`Dallas, Texas 75202
`Telephone: 214-593-9110
`Facsimile: 214-593-9111
`
`Counsel for Plaintiffs
`SRC LABS, LLC AND
`SAINT REGIS MOHAWK TRIBE
`
`/s/ Dargaye H. Churnet
`Dargaye H. Churnet
`
`
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`Patent Owner Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
`Ex. 2050, p. 15
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