`Stuart Stubblebine , Ph.D.
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`November 14, 2019
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`In the Matter of:
`Nomadix, Inc. v. Guest-Tek Interactive
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`GUEST TEK EXHIBIT 1030
`Guest Tek v Nomadix, IPR2019-00211
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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` GUEST-TEK INTERACTIVE )
` ENTERTAINMENT, LTD, )
` ) IPR2019-00258
` Petitioner,) IPR2019-00211
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` vs. )
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` NOMADIX, INC. )
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` Patent Owner.)
` ______________________)
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` DEPOSITION OF STUART STUBBLEBINE, Ph.D.
` Irvine, California
` Thursday, November 14, 2019
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` REPORTED BY: Michelle Milan Fulmer
` CSR No. 6942, RPR, CRR, CRC
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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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` GUEST-TEK INTERACTIVE )
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` ENTERTAINMENT, LTD, )
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` ) IPR2019-00258
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` Petitioner,) IPR2019-00211
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` vs. )
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` NOMADIX, INC. )
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` Patent Owner.)
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` ______________________)
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` Deposition of STUART STUBBLEBINE, Ph.D., taken
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` before Michelle Milan Fulmer, a Certified Shorthand
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` Reporter for the State of California, with principal
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` office in the County of Orange, commencing at
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` 10:05 a.m., Thursday, November 14, 2019, in the law
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` offices of Knobbe Martens, 2040 Main Street,
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` 14th Floor, Irvine, California.
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` A P P E A R A N C E S O F C O U N S E L :
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` F O R P E T I T I O N E R :
` B A K E R H O S T E T L E R
` B Y : J e f f r e y W . L e s o v i t z , E s q .
` M i c h a e l J . S w o p e , E s q .
` 9 9 9 T h i r d A v e n u e , S u i t e 3 6 0 0
` S e a t t l e , W a s h i n g t o n 9 8 1 0 4
` T E L : ( 2 0 6 ) 3 3 2 - 1 3 8 6
` E M A I L : j l e s o v i t z @ b a k e r l a w . c o m
` m s w o p e @ b a k e r l a w . c o m
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` F O R P A T E N T O W N E R :
` K N O B B E M A R T E N S
` B Y : D o u g M u e h l h a u s e r , E s q .
` 2 0 4 0 M a i n S t r e e t , 1 4 t h F l o o r
` I r v i n e , C a l i f o r n i a 9 2 6 1 4
` T E L : ( 9 4 9 ) 7 2 1 - 2 9 9 4
` E M A I L : d o u g . m u e h l h a u s e r @ k n o b b e . c o m
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` I N D E X
` WITNESS EXAMINATION
` STUART STUBBLEBINE, Ph.D.
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ 5, 253
` BY MR. MUEHLHAUSER 250
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` E X H I B I T S
` Page
` Exhibit Description Identified
` Exhibit 1001 Patent Number US 8,626,922 112
` B2 patent in IPR2019-00253
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` Exhibit 1001 Patent Number US 7,953,857 150
` B2 patent in IPR2019-00211
` Exhibit 1004 Patent Number 5,864,540 179
` in IPR2019-00211
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` Exhibit 1005 Patent Number US 7,392,279 238
` B1 in in 2019-00211
` Exhibit 1007 Index: A Platform for 210
` Determining how People Value
` the Quality of their
` Internet Access in
` IPR2019-00211
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` INSTRUCTION NOT TO ANSWER
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` Irvine, California, Thursday, November 14, 2019
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` 10:05 a.m. - 6:57 p.m.
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` ***
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` STUART STUBBLEBINE, Ph.D.,
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` called as a witness by and on behalf of the
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` Petitioner, having been first duly sworn by the
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` Certified Shorthand Reporter, was examined and
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` testified as follows:
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` EXAMINATION
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q Good morning, Dr. Stubblebine. My name is
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` Jeff Lesovitz and I represent the
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` Petitioner Guest-Tek in the IPRs that you've been
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` working on.
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` Where do you currently reside?
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` A My residence is Florida.
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` Q Where in Florida?
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` A My state of residence is Florida.
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` Q Okay. Do you live in a city in Florida?
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` Can you tell me a city?
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` A Is that relevant to this?
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` Q Yes.
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` A In the Miami Beach area.
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` Q Miami Beach. Thanks.
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` And you're the same Dr. Stubblebine that
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` submitted an expert report in the parallel district
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` court litigation; correct?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Vague.
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` THE WITNESS: I don't know exactly which
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` court you're referring to, district court you're
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` referring to, but I did have another declaration.
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q Expert report; correct?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Okay. And which district court litigation
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` was that submitted in?
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` A I don't know the name of the district
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` court.
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` Q Okay. It was in a litigation between
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` Guest-Tek and Nomadix; correct?
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` A Yes.
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` Q And you submitted it recently?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Do you know when?
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` A It was a couple weeks ago.
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` Q Have you been deposed before?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Okay. So I won't go into the instructions
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` too much, but, first of all, is there any reason you
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` today?
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` A No.
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` Q Have you taken any medications or drugs
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` prior to this deposition today?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Vague as to
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` time.
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` THE WITNESS: I take -- no, I haven't.
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q Now, I'll do my best to ask questions that
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` are clear and questions that you can understand,
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` but, you know, if you have any questions, if
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` something is unclear, just let me know and I'll do
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` my best to rephrase it.
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` Do you understand that?
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` A Yes.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Counsel, I'll make a
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` tentative objection here that I understand that
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` this deposition is limited to the declarations that
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` were filed in the two IPR proceedings and it has
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` nothing to do with any expert report and I'd raise a
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` further objection if we started to get into an
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` expert report rather than his declarations.
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` So just leave it there.
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q How many cases have you worked on for
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` Nomadix in the past?
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` A Several. I've listed them in my C.V.
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` Q Can you be more specific than several?
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` A I don't recall the exact number, but there
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` are other Nomadix cases that occurred previously.
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` Q Is it more than five?
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` A I would have to look at my C.V. and the
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` specific details. Sometimes it gets confusing as to
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` whether cases are combined or not, whether there's
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` separate filings of cases or whether it's one case
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` all combined.
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` Q You can't tell me whether it's more or less
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` than five?
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` A No.
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` Q Is it more than three?
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` A I would hesitate to guess without looking
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` at my C.V.
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` Q Have you been involved in any prior cases
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` involving Guest-Tek?
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` A I believe Guest-Tek was part of a prior
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` litigation.
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` Q Okay. And what other defendants were
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` involved in the prior litigations, do you remember?
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` A I don't recall which ones, how they were
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` grouped, with respect Nomadix litigation, whether
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` which ones were grouped with Guest-Tek or not.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: I'll just object. This
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` is questioning outside the scope of direct.
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q Do you recall the names of any of the other
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Same objection.
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` THE WITNESS: I don't understand the
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q Do you recall the names of any of the other
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` defendants that were involved in the district court
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` litigations that you worked on previously on behalf
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` of Nomadix?
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` A You're asking about any district court
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` litigation in the past?
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` Q Correct.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` scope of direct.
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` THE WITNESS: I believe AT&T was one. I
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` think those were listed in my C.V.
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` Do you have a copy of my C.V.?
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q We can look at the C.V. I'm just asking if
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` you recall right now.
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` A AT&T. I believe Guest-Tek.
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` I don't. I need to refresh myself with the
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` C.V.
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` Q Okay. Have you worked on IPR proceedings
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` in the past?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Roughly how many?
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` A You're saying IPR proceedings, regardless
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` of who's involved?
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` Q Correct.
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` A I don't know without looking at my C.V.
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` Q Do you think it was more than 10?
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` A I don't know. I doubt it.
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` Q Have you worked on IPR proceedings on
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` behalf of Nomadix, other than the two that we're
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` A There may have been. I need to look at my
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` C.V. I submitted a C.V. and also case list prior to
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` this. That would show it.
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` Q Okay. So which cases have you been deposed
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` in in the past?
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` A That's explicitly listed on my C.V. I
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` don't --
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` Q You don't remember right now?
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` A Which specific cases of all the cases I've
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` Q Well, first of all, how many times have you
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` been deposed before in the past?
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` A I don't know.
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` Q Is it more than five?
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` A Yes.
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` Q More than 10?
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` A I believe so.
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` Q Can you give me an estimate?
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` A I believe the number of cases are listed on
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` my C.V. if you go through where I mention
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` depositions.
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` Q But, otherwise, you don't remember?
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` A No. That's not something I memorize.
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` Q Okay. How did you first become an expert
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` for Nomadix?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Vague.
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` THE WITNESS: I don't recall.
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q You don't recall how you came about to be
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` an expert for Nomadix?
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` A I was -- obviously I was contacted in some
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` manner. I don't recall who contacted me.
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` Q Were you contacted by a law firm?
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` A I believe so, but I'm not certain.
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` Q Were you contacted by a lawyer? Was it
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` somebody from Knobbe that contacted you to be an
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` expert?
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` A I suspect so, but I don't recall.
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` Q Prior to being involved in litigation, have
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` you ever heard of Nomadix?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Vague.
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` THE WITNESS: Which litigation are you
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q The first time you were an expert for
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` Nomadix, prior to that litigation, had you heard of
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` Nomadix?
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` A I don't believe so.
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` Q You're being compensated for your work on
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` these IPR proceedings?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Is it a rate, like an hourly rate?
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` A I have an hourly rate.
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` Q And what is that?
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` A That's 900 per hour.
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` Q Is that --
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` A And an increase in each calendar year.
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` Q Okay. Is that for deposition time as well?
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` A That's for all time I spend working.
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` Q Okay. Is that the same in a district court
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` case as well?
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` A It's the same.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` scope of direct.
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q How much have you been paid overall by
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` Nomadix for these two IPR proceedings?
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` A When you're saying -- I don't recall
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` billing specifically and breaking it up by the IPR.
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` As you mentioned, there was other litigation going
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` on as well.
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` Q So you submit one invoice to Knobbe or
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` Nomadix or whoever pays and that invoice will
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` include the district court and the IPR proceedings?
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` A If there's time going on for that month for
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` both IPR and district court, then I submit one
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` Q Okay. Do you recall when you submitted
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Vague.
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` THE WITNESS: With respect to what
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` litigation?
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` Q With respect to the IPR proceedings.
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` First of all, do you know when you were
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` first contacted to work on these IPR proceedings?
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` A I believe, with respect to these IPRs, it
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` was after I'd already started doing the district
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` Q Can you give me a time when you were
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` first -- when you first began working on the IPRs?
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` A It was before the first report was due in
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` this litigation. It was during when I was preparing
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` the first report.
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` Q Can you give me a day?
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` A No.
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` Q Can you give me a week in a month?
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` A I brought a copy, clean copy of the
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` declarations. I know I've got a signature date on
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` those.
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` So I see that I've signed it on
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` September 19th. So it would have been within a few
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` weeks before then.
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` Q September 19th is when you signed it.
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` So how many weeks before?
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` A Within a few. I don't know exactly.
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` Q Well, I mean, what is a few? Two weeks?
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` A Again, I don't know exactly.
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` Q Is it within two weeks, within three weeks?
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` A I don't know.
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` Q You don't remember when you first started
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` THE WITNESS: No.
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` A I don't know for certain. I suspect it
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` Q So, as far as you know, you could have
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection.
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` THE WITNESS: Again, I don't know.
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` Q Okay. Then back to my prior question about
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` Can you give me a rough estimate as to how
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` much you've been compensated for the IPRs and the
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` THE WITNESS: So you're asking about the
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` You said that you don't break up your
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` A Correct.
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` A I disagree.
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` Q How would you figure that out?
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` A I put down on my invoice, on my timesheet I
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` put down activities when I work on the IPR.
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` Q Okay. So the invoices that you submit
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` A Yes.
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` Q Got it.
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` And you submit monthly invoices?
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` A Approximately monthly.
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` A For September, included activities related
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` THE WITNESS: Can you repeat the question?
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` Repeat the question, please.
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` Q Sure.
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` Do you recall the invoice amount for your
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` activities that were performed in August on behalf
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` A I don't recall the exact amount. I seem to
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` A No.
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` Q Was it 10 hours?
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` A It would have been more than that.
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` Q 20?
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` A I don't know.
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` Q Do you recall when you first began working
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` on the district court case?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` THE WITNESS: I began -- I believe I began
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` A Uh-huh.
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` Q Prior to that, you were not involved in the
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` A I'm not certain.
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` Q From late summer until now, do you know how
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` A So you're including all litigation matters?
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` Q Well, have you worked on additional
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` versus Guest-Tek case?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Asked and
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` answered. Objection. Outside the scope of direct.
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` THE WITNESS: The work that I've been doing
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` lately has been related to these patents in the IPRs
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` these IPRs, have you done any work for Nomadix?
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` A When?
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` Q Since the summer of 2019.
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` A I don't believe so.
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` Q Okay. Since the summer of 2019 until
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` today, how much have you charged Nomadix for your
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` THE WITNESS: I don't know exactly.
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` Q Can you give me an estimate?
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` A I would estimate it was what we discussed
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` before about somewhere near 200 for the two months
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` and 25 for the other month.
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` Q Which two months were the 200 for? I know
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` you told me September you charged 200.
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` A September and October, roughly 200.
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` Q Each?
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` A Yes. Roughly. Not exactly.
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` Q How about May, June, July?
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` A I don't recall invoicing.
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` Q So as far as you recall, you started
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` district court litigation?
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` A It may have been before August.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` Q But you don't recall?
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` A That's right.
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` Q Now, you said that you worked on a prior
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` Can you give me a rough estimate as to how
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` all other district court litigations?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` scope of direct.
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` THE WITNESS: I'm not sure if I understand
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` your question.
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` Can you repeat it, please, or --
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` Q Sure. Yeah. I'm not trying to trick you
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` You know prior -- you said you worked on
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` the current litigation with Guest-Tek; right? I'm
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` trying to get an idea of what's the total amount you
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` have charged Nomadix for your work.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. No question
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` pending.
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` BY MR. LESOVITZ:
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` Q Can you tell me how much the total amount
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` you've charged Nomadix since you first started
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` working for Nomadix until today?
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` A I don't know.
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` Q You can't give me a rough estimate?
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` A No. I don't recall how much I charged
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` prior to this recent round.
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` Q Can you give me a range of how much you've
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` I mean, obviously you've charged more than
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` $425,000, right, because that's what you charged
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` since the summer.
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` So how much have you charged overall in a
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` range?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection.
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` Argumentative. Objection. Outside the scope of
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` THE WITNESS: I don't believe I agree with
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` your premise that I've charged, at least, this much.
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` I don't recall how much I've charged.
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` Q Is that not what --
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` Okay. You estimated that it was 200,000
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` for one month, 200,000 for another month, and then
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` 25 for another month; right?
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` A That is correct.
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` Q That was your estimate.
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` Can you give me a similar estimate since
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` day one when you first started working for Nomadix
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` until today?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` scope of direct.
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` THE WITNESS: I don't know.
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` Q Was it over $500,000?
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` A Since day one?
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` Q Since day one. Since the first day that
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` you started working for Nomadix.
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` A I believe so.
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` Q Was it over 600?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` THE WITNESS: I don't know the amount.
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` 800?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Caution the witness not
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` THE WITNESS: I don't know. The other
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` other litigation?
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` THE WITNESS: I don't know.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` THE WITNESS: I would say the prior work
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` A I doubt it.
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` Q Was it two months, three months?
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` A I don't know.
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` Q Can you tell me -- can you give me an
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Objection. Outside the
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` THE WITNESS: I don't know.
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` A Again, I don't know.
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` Q Do you recall what you did on behalf of
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` Nomadix in that prior litigation?
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` First of all, is it one prior litigation or
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` is it multiple litigations, do you remember?
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` A Like I said, I'm not exactly sure how they
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` Q Why don't we do that.
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` You don't have a copy in your binder?
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` A No.
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` Q Okay. Do you have any notes on the paper
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` A No.
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` MR. LESOVITZ: Are you saying it's not
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: I'm saying, you know, you
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` haven't yet asked anything about the declarations
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` that he's submitted on these IPRs. You're
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` MR. LESOVITZ: You submitted a declaration
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` because --
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Let me just finish.
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` MR. LESOVITZ: Doug, you're interrupting.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: No. You're interrupting.
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` I started to say something on the record.
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` You're concentrating on going into work
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` district court in prior cases. I think that's
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` outside the scope of direct. I've been giving you a
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` MR. LESOVITZ: I'm questioning about his
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` C.V. I think that's perfectly --
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: You haven't asked him
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` MR. LESOVITZ: The cases are written in his
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` C.V. That's exactly what we're talking about.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: And he told you that and
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` A I had help from lawyers in preparing my
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` Q Did you prepare the first draft?
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: I'll object to discussion
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` You can answer the question.
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` What was the --
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` MR. LESOVITZ: It's a yes or no question.
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: -- pending question? Can
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` MR. LESOVITZ: Whether he prepared the
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: Yeah, because you're
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` MR. LESOVITZ: Doug, I'm not asking about
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` MR. MUEHLHAUSER: I heard the question.
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` I'm instructing him not to answer.
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` MR. LESOVITZ: Whether he prepared the
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