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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE DISTRICT OF DELAWARE
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`C.A. No. 14-01571-GMS
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`IOENGINE, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`INTERACTIVE MEDIA CORP.
`D/B/A KANGURU SOLUTIONS,
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`Defendant.
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`PLAINTIFF IOENGINE, LLC’S OPPOSITION TO INTERACTIVE MEDIA CORP.’S
`RENEWED MOTION FOR JUDGMENT AS A MATTER OF LAW OR, IN THE
`ALTERNATIVE, FOR A NEW TRIAL
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`SMITH, KATZENSTEIN & JENKINS LLP
`Neal C. Belgam (No. 2721)
`Eve H. Ormerod (No. 5369)
`1000 West Street, Suite 1501
`Wilmington, DE 19801
`(302) 652-8400
`nbelgam@skjlaw.com
`eormerod@skjlaw.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff IOENGINE, LLC
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`Of Counsel
`Jeffrey Ostrow
`jostrow@stblaw.com
`SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
`2475 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, California 94304
`Telephone: (650) 251-5000
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`Noah M. Leibowitz
`Gregory T. Chuebon
`nleibowitz@stblaw.com
`gchuebon@stblaw.com
`SIMPSON THACHER & BARTLETT LLP
`425 Lexington Avenue
`New York, New York 10017
`Tel: (212) 455-2000
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`Dated: March 15, 2017
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`I.
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`II.
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`III.
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`IV.
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`V.
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT ...........................................................................................1
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`NATURE AND STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS ..........................................................1
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS ..................................................................................................2
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`LEGAL STANDARD ..........................................................................................................2
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`ARGUMENT .......................................................................................................................3
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`A.
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`B.
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`IMC’s Motion is Based on Arguments It Has Waived ........................................... 3
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`The Jury’s Verdict That the Asserted Claims Are Not Invalid Over Genske
`Should Not Be Disturbed ........................................................................................ 5
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`1.
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`Substantial Evidence Supports the Jury’s Finding that IMC Failed to
`Meet Its High Burden to Prove Invalidity Over Genske............................. 6
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`C.
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`The Jury’s Verdict of No Invalidity on Enablement Should Not Be Disturbed ..... 8
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`1.
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`2.
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`Substantial Evidence Supports the Jury’s Verdict of Enablement.............. 9
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`Dr. Butler’s Rebuttal was More than Sufficient to Show Enablement ..... 10
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`D.
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`E.
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`IMC Fails to Address That a Reasonable Jury Could Have Found Dr.
`Madisetti’s Invalidity Testimony Inconsistent and Unreliable ............................. 11
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`The Jury’s Verdict of Infringement Should Not Be Disturbed ............................. 12
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`1.
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`2.
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`Substantial Evidence Supports that the Infringing IMC Products
`Contain Third Program Code Executed by the Portable Device
`Processor ................................................................................................... 13
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`Substantial Evidence Supports that the Infringing IMC Products
`Contain Third Program Code that Causes a Communication to be
`Transmitted ............................................................................................... 15
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`3.
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`IMC’s “Synchronizing” Argument is Waived and is Improper................ 18
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`VI.
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`CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................20
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`CASES
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`Abbott Labs. v. Syntron Bioresearch, Inc.,
`334 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2003)................................................................................................. 5
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`Abbott Labs. v. Syntron Bioresearch, Inc.,
`No. 98-CV-2359 H (POR), 2002 WL 32068939 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 11, 2002) ............................. 6
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`Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co.,
`816 F.3d 788 (Fed. Cir. 2016)................................................................................................. 18
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`Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co.,
`839 F.3d 1034 (Fed. Cir. 2016)............................................................................................... 10
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`Bicon, Inc. v. Straumann Co.,
`441 F.3d 945 (Fed. Cir. 2006)................................................................................................. 19
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`Edwards Lifesciences AG v. CoreValve, Inc.,
`No. C.A. 08-91-GMS, 2011 WL 446203 (D. Del. Feb. 7, 2011) ........................................... 19
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`EMC Corp. v. Zerto, Inc.,
`C.A. No. 12-956 (GMS), 2016 WL 1291757 (D. Del. Mar. 31, 2016) .................................... 2
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`Finjan, Inc. v. Secure Computing Corp.,
`626 F.3d 1197 (Fed. Cir. 2010)................................................................................................. 3
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`Grazier ex rel. White v. City of Philadelphia,
`328 F.3d 120 (3d Cir. 2003)...................................................................................................... 2
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`Hewlett-Packard Co. v. Mustek Sys., Inc.,
`340 F.3d 1314 (Fed. Cir. 2003)............................................................................................... 18
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`i4i Ltd. P’ship v. Microsoft Corp.,
`598 F.3d 831 (Fed. Cir. 2010)........................................................................................... 12, 20
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`In re Prosser,
`534 Fed. App’x. 126 (3d Cir. 2013)...................................................................................... 3, 4
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`Invista N. Am. S.A.R.L. v. M & G USA Corp.,
`35 F.Supp.3d 583 (D. Del. 2014) .......................................................................................... 2, 4
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`Lightning Lube, Inc. v. Witco Corp.,
`4 F.3d 1153 (3d Cir. 1993).................................................................................................... 2, 4
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`Masimo Corp. v. Philips Elec. N. Am. Corp.,
`C.A. No. 09-80-LPS, 2015 WL 2379485 (D. Del. 2015) ................................................. 3, 5, 9
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`Mentor H/S, Inc. v. Med. Device All., Inc.,
`244 F.3d 1365 (Fed. Cir. 2001)................................................................................................. 3
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`Michalic v. Cleveland Tankers, Inc.,
`364 U.S. 325 (1960) ................................................................................................................ 14
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`Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. P’Ship,
`564 U.S. 91 (2011) .................................................................................................................... 5
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`Moleculon Research Corp. v. CBS, Inc.,
`793 F.2d 1261 (Fed. Cir. 1986)............................................................................................... 14
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`Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prod., Inc.,
`530 U.S. 133 (2000) .................................................................................................................. 3
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`S.O.I.TEC Silicon On Insulator Techs., S.A. v. MEMC Elec. Materials, Inc.,
`No. CIV. 08-292-SLR, 2011 WL 2748725 (D. Del. July 13, 2011) ........................................ 8
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`Streck, Inc. v. Research & Diagnostic Sys., Inc.,
`665 F.3d 1269 (Fed. Cir. 2012)................................................................................................. 8
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`Teleconference Sys. v. Proctor & Gamble Pharm., Inc.,
`676 F. Supp. 2d 321 (D. Del. 2009) .......................................................................................... 6
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`Tinnus Enters., LLC v. Telebrands Corp.,
`846 F.3d 1190 (Fed. Cir. 2017)............................................................................................... 14
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`U.S. v. Dunkel,
`927 F.2d 955 (7th Cir. 1991) .................................................................................................... 6
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`Varlesi v. Wayne State Univ.,
`No. 10-14793, 2014 WL 2864690 (E.D. Mich. June 24, 2014) ............................................... 6
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`Williamson v. Consol. Rail Corp.,
`926 F.2d 1344 (3d Cir. 1991).................................................................................................... 2
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`RULES
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`Fed. R. Civ. P. 50 ................................................................................................................... passim
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`Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(a) ........................................................................................................................4
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`OTHER AUTHORITIES
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`9B Charles Wright & Arthur Miller,
`Fed. Prac. & Proc. Civ. § 2537 (3d ed. 2013) ........................................................................... 3
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`Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, (2002) .................................................................19
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`I.
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`SUMMARY OF ARGUMENT
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`IMC’s motion is entirely divorced from the factual record developed at trial. It is an
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`attempt to rewrite history after the jury, with the benefit of an extensive factual record and expert
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`testimony, judged the credibility of the witnesses at the five-day trial and properly found against
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`IMC on issues of infringement, validity, and inventorship. This is not a case where judgment as
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`a matter of law or a new trial is appropriate. IMC’s motion should be denied.
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`1.
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`Nearly all of IMC’s arguments for JMOL amount to entirely new arguments never
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`before raised in a Rule 50(a) motion. IMC’s Rule 50(b) arguments based on anticipation,
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`enablement, the meaning of the claim term “when,” and the alleged lack of direct evidence of
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`third program code have all been waived.
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`2.
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`IMC’s invalidity arguments additionally fail because IMC’s motion mistakes the
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`relevant standard, attempting to flip the burden of proof on validity. Moreover, Genske does not
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`disclose all three claimed program codes, which must be run from the portable device memory
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`(regardless of which processor they are run by), and there is ample evidence of enablement.
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`3.
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`Substantial evidence supports the jury’s finding that IMC’s infringing products
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`contain third program code which, when executed by the portable device processor, causes a
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`network communication to be transmitted. IMC’s arguments to the contrary ignore the evidence
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`and misunderstand IOENGINE’s infringement analysis as presented to and accepted by the jury.
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`4.
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`Finally, IMC fails to account for the significant credibility issues facing each of
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`its proffered expert witnesses—whose testimony was subject to rejection by a reasonable jury.
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`II.
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`NATURE AND STAGE OF THE PROCEEDINGS
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`After a five-day jury trial on IOENGINE, LLC’s (“IOENGINE”) claims of patent
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`infringement against Interactive Media Corp. d/b/a Kanguru Solutions (“IMC”), the jury returned
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`its verdict on January 13, 2017, finding the asserted claims of U.S. Patent No. 8,539,047 (the
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`1
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`“’047 Patent”) (PTX0001) valid and infringed,1 and crediting IOENGINE’s founder and
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`President, Mr. Scott McNulty, as the sole inventor of the patented technology. (D.I. 160).
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`III.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`The relevant evidence and testimony, which support denial of IMC’s Motion, are set
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`forth throughout Section V, Argument, as appropriate.
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`IV.
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`LEGAL STANDARD
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`A renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law under Rule 50(b) may be granted only
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`“if, viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the nonmovant and giving it the
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`advantage of every fair and reasonable inference, there is insufficient evidence from which a jury
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`reasonably could find liability.” EMC Corp. v. Zerto, Inc., C.A. No. 12-956 (GMS), 2016 WL
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`1291757, at *2 (D. Del. Mar. 31, 2016) (citing Lightning Lube, Inc. v. Witco Corp., 4 F.3d 1153,
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`1166 (3d Cir. 1993)); see also Grazier ex rel. White v. City of Philadelphia, 328 F.3d 120, 123
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`(3d Cir. 2003) (“A district court should grant [JMOL] only if, viewing all the evidence in favor
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`of the nonmoving party, no reasonable jury could [return a verdict in the nonmovant’s favor].”).
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`“In assessing the sufficiency of the evidence, the court must give the non-moving party,
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`‘as [the] verdict winner, the benefit of all logical inferences that could be drawn from the
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`evidence presented, resolve all conflicts in the evidence in his favor, and in general, view the
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`record in the light most favorable to him.’” Invista N. Am. S.A.R.L. v. M & G USA Corp., 35
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`F.Supp.3d 583, 592 (D. Del. 2014) (quoting Williamson v. Consol. Rail Corp., 926 F.2d 1344,
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`1348 (3d Cir. 1991)). Although a court considering a Rule 50 motion should “review all of the
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`evidence in the record,” it must not make “credibility determinations or weigh the evidence” and
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`The jury found that 14 of IMC’s Defender products infringed each of Claims 1, 2, 7, 8,
`14, 15, 21, 23, 24, 27, and 28 (the “Asserted Claims”) of the ’047 Patent: the Defender 2000,
`3000, Elite, Elite30, Elite200, Elite 300, Basic, Basic+, DualTrust, V2, HDD, SSD, HDD300,
`and SSD300 products (the “Infringing IMC Products”).
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`“must disregard all evidence favorable to the moving party that the jury is not required to
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`believe.” Reeves v. Sanderson Plumbing Prod., Inc., 530 U.S. 133, 150-51 (2000). Moreover,
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`“Courts grant JMOL for the party bearing the burden of proof only in extreme cases, when the
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`party bearing the burden of proof has established its case by evidence that the jury would not be
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`at liberty to disbelieve and the only reasonable conclusion is in its favor.” Masimo Corp. v.
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`Philips Elec. N. Am. Corp., C.A. No. 09-80-LPS, 2015 WL 2379485, at *6 (D. Del. May 18,
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`2015) (quoting Mentor H/S, Inc. v. Med. Device All., Inc., 244 F.3d 1365, 1375 (Fed. Cir. 2001)).
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`Importantly, “‘[s]ince the post-submission [Rule 50(b)] motion is nothing more than a
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`renewal of the earlier [Rule 50(a)] motion,’ however, the party may not raise any new issue that
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`she did not raise in her pre-verdict motion.” In re Prosser, 534 Fed. App’x. 126, 131 (3d Cir.
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`2013) (quoting 9B Charles Wright & Arthur Miller, Fed. Prac. & Proc. Civ. § 2537 (3d ed.
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`2013)); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 50 (Rule 50(a) motion must “specify the judgment sought and
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`the law and facts that entitle the movant to the judgment,” and after the jury returns its verdict,
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`“the [Rule 50(a)] movant may file a renewed motion for judgment as a matter of law.”).2
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`Finally, motions for new trial on the ground that “the verdict is against the weight of the
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`evidence are proper only when the record shows that the jury’s verdict resulted in a miscarriage
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`of justice or where the verdict, on the record, cries out to be overturned or shocks our
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`conscience.” Finjan, Inc. v. Secure Computing Corp., 626 F.3d 1197, 1203 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
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`(quoting Williamson, 926 F.2d at 1353).
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`V.
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`ARGUMENT
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`A.
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`IMC’s Motion is Based on Arguments It Has Waived
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`In its Rule 50(a) motion at the close of IOENGINE’s case-in-chief, IMC moved for
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`judgment as a matter of law on two issues only: non-infringement for specific, limited reasons;
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`Unless otherwise noted, all emphasis is added.
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`and IOENGINE’s alleged failure to present a damages theory. See Tr. 680:9-681:21; D.I. 155.
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`IMC then “renew[ed]” this same motion at the close of all evidence. See Tr. 1049:9-10 (“We
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`would just renew our [Rule 50(a)] motion, Judge.”). Accordingly, IMC never moved for JMOL
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`on any validity issues “before the case [was] submitted to the jury.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a)(2). It
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`is black-letter law that any Rule 50(b) motion by IMC is limited to the two grounds specifically
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`raised in its Rule 50(a) motion and that all other issues have been waived—IMC cannot now
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`“renew” in a Rule 50(b) context what it never raised under Rule 50(a). See Lightning, 4 F.3d at
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`1173 (“Rule 50(b) [motion] must be preceded by a Rule 50(a) motion sufficiently specific to
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`afford the party against whom the motion is directed with an opportunity to cure possible defects
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`in proof which otherwise might make its case legally insufficient.” (emphasis in original)).
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`IMC’s Rule 50(b) motion raises four grounds for JMOL, none of which were the subject
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`of any Rule 50(a) motion, and all of which have therefore been waived: i) that the Asserted
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`Claims are invalid over Genske; ii) that the Asserted Claims are not enabled; iii) that there was
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`insufficient direct evidence of third program code; and iv) that the claim term “when” carries a
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`meaning other than its plain and ordinary meaning. See Lightning, 4 F.3d at 1173. (Rule 50(a)
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`motion directed to proximate cause did not support Rule 50(b) motion on foreseeability); see
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`also Prosser, 534 Fed. App’x. at 131. Further, IMC’s motion, in the alternative, for a new trial
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`under Rule 59(a) sets out no basis for a new trial distinct from its Rule 50(b) analysis—IMC has
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`collapsed the Rule 59(a) inquiry into the question about the sufficiency of the evidence under
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`Rule 50(b), which cannot alone meet the standard required for a new trial. Finjan, 626 F.3d at
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`1203; see also Invista, 35 F.Supp.3d. at 607 (denying a motion for a new trial for the same
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`reasons for denying JMOL where “Defendants’ request [was] premised on the same arguments
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`as its renewed motion for JMOL”). Accordingly, IMC’s Motion should be denied in all respects.
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`B.
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`The Jury’s Verdict That the Asserted Claims Are Not Invalid Over Genske
`Should Not Be Disturbed
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`IMC’s Motion on Genske argues that there is substantial evidence in the record to support
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`a jury finding of invalidity. Mot. at 3 (“substantial evidence should support overturning the jury
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`verdict.”); Mot. at 15 (“A reasonable jury would have concluded…”). But this is not the correct
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`standard under Rule 50(b). “[T]he burden of establishing invalidity of a patent . . . shall rest on
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`the party asserting such invalidity” and the defense must be “proved by clear and convincing
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`evidence.” Microsoft Corp. v. i4i Ltd. P’Ship, 564 U.S. 91, 95 (2011). Thus, to prevail on its
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`Motion, IMC must establish that no reasonable jury could have concluded—as the empaneled
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`jury in fact did—that IMC failed to meet its burden of proving by clear and convincing evidence
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`that Genske discloses each and every limitation of the Asserted Claims. See Abbott Labs. v.
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`Syntron Bioresearch, Inc., 334 F.3d 1343, 1357 (Fed. Cir. 2003); Masimo, 2015 WL 2379485, at
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`*6 (“Courts grant JMOL for the party bearing the burden of proof only in extreme cases . . . .”).
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`The question is not whether a reasonable jury would have had substantial evidence to find in
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`IMC’s favor; the question is whether no reasonable jury could have decided in IOENGINE’s
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`favor. See Abbott, 334 F.3d at 1357 (“[Defendant] failed to prove that, in light of the
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`presumption of validity, no reasonable jury could have decided that [Defendant] failed to prove
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`by clear and convincing evidence that the claims are invalid . . . .”).
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`Moreover, in order to meet its burden on JMOL, IMC must “specify . . . the law and facts
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`that entitle [it] to [JMOL].” Fed. R. Civ. P. 50(a)(2). Instead, IMC merely asserts in conclusory
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`fashion that “Dr. Madisetti provided a detailed analysis explaining why and how Genske
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`discloses all elements of each asserted claim,” and cites a block of trial transcript spanning nearly
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`thirty pages. Mot. at 15. IMC’s conclusory, block citation to address eleven asserted claims,
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`with multiple elements and sub-elements, demonstrates a failure to identify, much less specify,
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`its position regarding the evidence presented at trial. See id.; see also Varlesi v. Wayne State
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`Univ., No. 10-14793, 2014 WL 2864690, at *7-8 (E.D. Mich. June 24, 2014) (denying JMOL
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`where movants cited “their trial brief, their motion for summary judgement and generally the
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`evidence at trial” in part because “[t]he Court is under no duty to sift through the record in search
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`of evidence or argument in support of a party’s position” (citing U.S. v. Dunkel, 927 F.2d 955,
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`956 (7th Cir. 1991) (Posner, J., Easterbrook, J., Dumbauld, J.) (“Judges are not [required to]
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`hunt[] for truffles buried in briefs.”)).3 At most, IMC’s block citation amounts to argument that
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`substantial evidence could have supported a finding in its favor; this falls far short of establishing
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`that no reasonable jury could have reached the opposite conclusion—as the jury here did.
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`1.
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`Substantial Evidence Supports the Jury’s Finding that IMC Failed to Meet
`Its High Burden to Prove Invalidity Over Genske
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`a.
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`IMC Conflates Location of Processors and Location of Memory
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`Contrary to IMC’s assertion, Dr. Madisetti’s testimony on Genske was not “unrebutted.”
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`See Mot. at 3,17. And Dr. Butler’s rebuttal testimony was not about which processor executes
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`program code, but rather which memory it is run from when executed (as the claims require). Dr.
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`Butler made clear that all three claimed program codes, regardless of whether they are executed
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`by the portable device processor or the terminal processor, are executed from the portable device
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`memory because, according to the language of the claims, the “program code [is] stored
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`thereon . . . when executed.” See, e.g., Claim 1; Markman Order, D.I. 67 at 3 n.4 (“When the
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`words are not excerpted and the claim is read in its entirety: ‘a memory having executable
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`program code stored thereon,’ there is no need to guess at what thereon refers to: it refers back to
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`IMC should not be allowed to correct these mistakes in reply. See Teleconference Sys. v.
`Proctor & Gamble Pharm., Inc., 676 F. Supp. 2d 321, 331 n.13 (D. Del. 2009) (refusing to
`consider argument “only made in general terms, and primarily in reply” because “[i]ssues raised
`for the first time in a reply brief should not be heard”); see also Abbott Labs. v. Syntron
`Bioresearch, Inc., No. 98-CV-2359 H (POR), 2002 WL 32068939, at *23 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 11,
`2002), aff’d in part, rev’d in part, 334 F.3d 1343 (Fed. Cir. 2003).
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`the word memory.”). This distinction is important: unlike the claimed executable program code
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`that is stored on and run from the portable device memory, the jury heard that the application in
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`Genske was run from the terminal memory because it is “upload[ed] and install[ed]” there. See
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`Tr. 1012:3-1014:10 (Butler); Ex. A4 (Butler Validity Slides, excerpted) at 10-15.5
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`Finally, IMC mistakenly argues that Dr. Butler’s rebuttal focused only on “portions of
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`Genske unrelated to IMC’s invalidity proof.” See Mot. at 16, 3. But IMC points to no authority
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`suggesting that IOENGINE’s explanation of why Genske does not invalidate must line up with
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`IMC’s failed attempt to prove that it does. Dr. Butler demonstrated that IMC’s analysis was
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`based on flawed reasoning that ignored an element of the Asserted Claims—and, therefore, that
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`IMC failed to meet its burden of proof.
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`b.
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`IMC’s Reliance on Generic “Program Code” in Genske Cannot
`Anticipate the Specific Program Code of the Asserted Claims
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`IMC’s Motion conflates ‘program code’ generally with the three very specific program
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`codes required by the Asserted Claims. In doing so, IMC points to Dr. Madisetti’s testimony
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`that paragraph [0333] of Genske “explicitly describes a scenario where program code must be
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`running on the portable camera device and communicates with the network.” Mot. at 16. IMC
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`also cites to Dr. Butler’s cross examination testimony that only certain code is installed from the
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`camera on the terminal. Id. But the mere fact that some code may run on the camera in Genske
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`does not prove by clear and convincing evidence that it meets the requirements of the specific
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`first, second, or third program code of the Asserted Claims, much less that Genske discloses all
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`three claimed program codes (nor does IMC point to anything in the record that proves as much).
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`4
`Citations to demonstrative exhibits presented at trial are to the Declaration of Gregory
`Chuebon, filed herewith.
`5
`IMC attributes to Dr. Butler the position that “[Genske’s] program code is run exclusively
`from the [phone].” Mot. at 16. But Dr. Butler did not testify that all of Genske’s code is run
`from the phone; he testified that the specific Genske application that Dr. Madisetti argued
`qualified as the claimed program codes was run from the phone. See infra Section V.B.2.b.
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`7
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`PayPal Ex. 1030, p. 11
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`For example, as explained above, Dr. Madisetti did not show that Genske discloses three
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`program codes stored on and run from the portable device memory. Further, the third program
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`code of the Asserted Claims must be executed by the portable device processor “in response to a
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`communication resulting from user interaction with the interactive user interface” where “the
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`interactive user interface” is the interactive user interface that the claimed first program code
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`caused to be presented on the terminal. See, e.g., Claim 1, at (c)(1), (3). Instead, Dr. Madisetti
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`simply relied on generic network communications that were not tied to user interaction with the
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`interactive user interface presented on the phone. Indeed, Dr. Madisetti’s only evidence of an
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`interactive user interface in Genske related to the “message box” described in paragraphs [0218]
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`to [0223] of Genske. See Tr. 912:18-913:1, 916:17-23 (Madisetti). However, Dr. Madisetti did
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`not explain how this message box has any relation to the network communications of the claims.
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`And IMC cannot show that no reasonable jury could have decided in IOENGINE’s favor where
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`Dr. Madisetti failed to prove that Genske met each and every element of the Asserted Claims.
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`C.
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`The Jury’s Verdict of No Invalidity on Enablement Should Not Be Disturbed
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`IMC never raised enablement in any Rule 50(a) motion; therefore, IMC has waived the
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`ability to move on this issue and IMC’s Motion should be denied. See supra Section V.A.
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`Further, IMC’s argument on enablement reverses the applicable burden of proof. IMC
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`focuses on IOENGINE’s supposed failure to demonstrate that the Asserted Claims are enabled—
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`a burden that simply does not exist. Issued patents are presumed to be enabled; consequently,
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`IMC bore the burden of proving, by clear and convincing evidence, that the Asserted Claims are
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`not enabled. See Streck, Inc. v. Research & Diagnostic Sys., Inc., 665 F.3d 1269, 1288 (Fed. Cir.
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`2012); S.O.I.TEC Silicon On Insulator Techs., S.A. v. MEMC Elec. Materials, Inc., No. CIV. 08-
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`292-SLR, 2011 WL 2748725, at *19 (D. Del. July 13, 2011) (“[I]t was not incumbent upon
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`[plaintiff] to prove the enablement of its claim. Although [defendant] cites to evidence
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`8
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`supporting a finding of nonenablement, the jury could have found that [defendant] did not meet
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`its high burden of proof on this record.”); see also Masimo, 2015 WL 2379485, at *6 (“Courts
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`grant JMOL for the party bearing the burden of proof only in extreme cases . . . .”).
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`1.
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`Substantial Evidence Supports the Jury’s Verdict of Enablement
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`IMC attempts (as it did at trial) to stretch the ‘speak when spoken to’ concept beyond all
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`recognition. Mot. at 18. According to IMC’s Motion, Dr. Madisetti explained that “the [USB]
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`standard only discussed communications from the host computer to the portable device and not
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`the other direction.” Id. But the notion that the USB standard does not discuss communications
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`in “the other direction” (i.e., from the portable device to the host computer) is nonsense; even
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`according to IMC, the USB protocol is “speak when spoken to,” not ‘do not respond even when
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`spoken to.’ Moreover, the claim language of the ’047 Patent clearly contemplates causation
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`within the context of a “speak when spoken to” framework: the claimed third program code is
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`executed by the portable device processor “in response to a communication [e.g., from the
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`terminal] resulting from user interaction with the interactive user interface.” See, e.g., Claim 1,
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`at (c)(3); Tr. 1120:10-22. Accordingly, Dr. Butler explained how the claimed portable device
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`can cause a communication to be transmitted in a ‘speak when spoken to’ environment. See,
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`e.g., Tr. 445:15-446:3 (Butler). Dr. Madisetti’s testimony attempted to read additional
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`limitations into the claims, arguing that “cause” must mean “initiate” or “control,” and requires a
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`direct electrical connection. See Tr. 942:19-21 (“The USB device would not take charge and
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`ask the host or the computer to send something to a remote node.”), 942:3-5 (“ . . . USB devices
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`were controlled by the computer, not the other way around.”) (Madisetti). IMC cannot establish
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`that no reasonable jury could have refused to credit Dr. Madisetti’s testimony, which injected
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`elements not in the claims and was inconsistent with the plain meaning of “cause.”
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`9
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`PayPal Ex. 1030, p. 13
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`2.
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`Dr. Butler’s Rebuttal was More than Sufficient to Show Enablement
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`IMC alleges—incorrectly—that Dr. Madisetti’s testimony on enablement was unrebutted,
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`and cites to Apple Inc. v. Samsung Elecs. Co., 839 F.3d 1034, 1072 (Fed. Cir. 2016), for the
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`proposition that unrebutted expert testimony requires JMOL. Mot. at 20. But IMC improperly
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`relies upon a dissenting opinion in that case. See id. at 1063-74. In Apple, the Federal Circuit,
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`sitting en banc, affirmed and reinstated the district court’s denial of JMOL because the defendant
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`“failed to establish by clear and convincing evidence that [the asserted claim] would have been
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`obvious.” Id. at 1062. Contrary to IMC’s suggestion, even expert testimony that may be
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`characterized as “unrebutted” is insufficient to sustain JMOL where the movant fails to show that
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`no reasonable jury could have reached the decision the trial jury, in fact, reached. See id.
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`More fundamentally, Dr. Madisetti’s testimony was not unrebutted—Dr. Butler offered
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`ample rebuttal testimony on enablement.6 IMC focuses on Dr. Butler’s discussion of the access
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`terminal module7 and argues that it cannot enable the claimed third program code because the
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`“access terminal module 1021 [is] running on an access terminal.” See Mot. at 19 (citing ’047
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`Patent at 28:39-41). But IMC omits qualifying language preceding its citation, see ’047 Patent at
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`28:38-41 (“Most frequently. . . .”), and also ignores the in-depth description, which explains that
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`“[i]n an alternative embodiment, a processor independent approach is taken . . . so that the
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`access terminal module will run on multiple platforms.” ’047 Patent at 28:67-29:5.8 These
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`disclosures are consistent with the claims, which contemplate that certain program code can be
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`6
`Notably, IMC’s Motion points to Dr. Butler’s testimony on written description, see Mot.
`at 19 (citing Trial Tr. 1017:2-19 (Butler)), and entirely ignores Dr. Butler’s testimony on
`enablement. See Trial Tr. 1023:21-1024:16; Ex. A at 29.
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`IMC conflates the term “access terminal,” which is, for example, a computer, with th

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