Mieke K. Malmberg
`(SBN 209992)
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`800 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1450
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Phone: (213) 788-4500
`Fax: (213)788-4545
`mmalmberg@skiermontderby.com
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`Paul J. Skiermont (pro hac vice)
`Sadaf R. Abdullah (pro hac vice)
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`1601 Elm St., Ste. 4400
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Phone: (214) 978-6600
`Fax: (214) 978-6601
`pskiermont@skiermontderby.com
`sabdullah@skiermontderby.com
`(Additional counsel identified on signature
`page)
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`C.A. No. 3:18-CV-01784-CAB-BLM
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`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH,
`LLC’S PATENT L.R. 3.1
`DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED
`CLAIMS AND INFRINGEMENT
`CONTENTIONS
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`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH,
`LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`HUAWEI DEVICE (DONGGUAN)
`CO., LTD, HUAWEI DEVICE
`(SHENZHEN) CO., LTD., and
`HUAWEI DEVICE USA, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`Pursuant to Patent L.R. 3.1 and the Court’s Case Management Order, Plaintiff
`Bell Northern Research, LLC (“BNR”) hereby provides its Disclosure of Asserted
`Claims and Infringement Contentions, including the claim charts attached as Exhibits
`A-H and all Annexes thereto. This disclosure is made solely for the purpose of the
`above-captioned action, with respect to above-named Defendants.
`Discovery in this matter is at an early stage and BNR’s investigation of
`Defendants’ infringement is ongoing. For example, Defendants have not yet produced
`any documents relating to the accused products; nor have they provided any deposition
`testimony in this action. This disclosure is therefore based upon information that BNR
`has been able to obtain publicly, together with BNR’s current good faith beliefs
`regarding the Accused Instrumentalities in this matter. For example, the figures shown
`in the accompanying claim charts, including but not limited to those depicting the
`location of and identifying the presence of claim elements in the Accused
`Instrumentalities, are illustrative and may change after production and review of
`Defendants’ confidential information. Accordingly, BNR explicitly reserves the right
`to amend and/or supplement the accompanying claim charts regarding direct and/or
`indirect infringement, as well as literal infringement and/or infringement under the
`doctrine of equivalents based on evidence uncovered in this litigation.
`The claim charts attached as exhibits hereto are not designed to represent the
`entire scope of infringement of the Accused Instrumentalities, but are merely to
`illustrate examples of how the Accused Instrumentalities infringe the Asserted Claims
`of the Patents-in-Suit. Further, the division of claim elements in the charts attached as
`exhibits hereto is provided solely for purposes of convenience in presenting BNR’s
`Infringement Contentions. The division is not meant to modify the claim language or
`to inform claim construction.
`The following disclosures should not be construed as BNR’s preliminary
`construction of any asserted claim or claim term. This disclosure does not represent
`BNR’s position on whether any claim term should be or needs to be construed,
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`clarified, or interpreted by the Court. Further, these disclosures also are based at least
`in part on BNR’s present understanding of the meaning and scope of the asserted
`claims of the patents-in-suit in the absence of claim construction proceedings for all
`the patents-in-suit or substantial discovery in this matter. BNR reserves the right to
`supplement or amend these disclosures if its understanding of the claim terms changes,
`including if the Court construes them.
`This disclosure is given without prejudice to BNR’s rights, and BNR hereby
`expressly reserves its rights under Patent L.R. 3.6(a) or any other applicable basis to
`further supplement or amend its contentions, including without limitation, to add
`Asserted Claims or Accused Instrumentalities as additional facts are ascertained,
`analyses are made, research is completed, contentions are made, claims are construed,
`and Defendants’ confidential information is received and reviewed in discovery.
`a. Asserted Claims (Patent L.R. 3.1(a)):
`Based on information presently available, BNR asserts that each of the
`following claims is infringed by Defendants. In accordance with the Court’s
`instructions at the October 22, 2018 Case Management Conference, BNR has limited
`its assertions to no more than seven claims per patent. BNR expressly reserves the
`right to modify, substitute, change, or amend which claims it asserts against
`Defendants as more information becomes available, including without limitation the
`parties’ claim construction positions and the Court’s claim construction rulings.
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`Asserted Claims
`U.S. Patent No.
`7,319,889 (“’889 Patent”) 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 12
`8,204,554 (“’554 Patent”) 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 14
`7,990,842 (“’842 Patent”) 1, 3, 4, 8, 11, 14, 19
`6,941,156 (“’156 Patent”) 1, 2
`8,416,862 (“’862 Patent”) 9, 10, 12
`7,957,450 (“’450 Patent”) 2, 3, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22
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`7,039,435 (“’435 Patent”) 1, 2, 3, 6, 8
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`b. Accused Instrumentalities (L.P.R. 3.1(b)):
`Based on information presently available, BNR identifies the Accused
`Instrumentalities below. Defendants infringe the Asserted Claims pursuant to § 271(a)
`by making, using, importing, selling, and/or offering to sell in the United States
`without authority these Accused Instrumentalities. The particular acts constituting
`infringement by Defendants’ accused instrumentalities are detailed in the claim charts
`attached herewith as Exhibits A - H. BNR reserves the right to amend or add additional
`Accused Instrumentalities to these Contentions, if warranted and/or based on further
`investigation and discovery.
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`Accused Instrumentalities
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`Asserted
`Claim
`’889 Patent
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`Honor 7X, Honor 8, Honor View 10.
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`Mate 10 Pro, Ascend XT2, Elate, Mate 9, Mate SE, Porsche Mate 10,
`Sensa, Ascend Mate 2, Pronto, Vision 2, Honor 5X, Honor 6X,
`Honor 7X, Honor 8, Honor View 10.
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`Mate 10 Pro, Ascend XT2, Elate, Mate 9, Mate SE, Porsche Mate 10,
`Sensa, Ascend Mate 2, Pronto, Vision 2, Honor 5X, Honor 6X,
`Honor 7X, Honor 8, Honor View 10.
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`Mate 10 Pro, Ascend XT2, Elate, Mate 9, Mate SE, Porsche Mate 10,
`Sensa, Ascend Mate 2, Pronto, Vision 2, Honor 5X, Honor 6X,
`Honor 7X, Honor 8, Honor View 10.
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`Mate 10 Pro, Ascend XT2, Elate, Mate 9, Mate SE, Porsche Mate 10,
`Sensa, Ascend Mate 2, Pronto, Vision 2, Honor 5X, Honor 6X,
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`Sensa, Ascend Mate 2, Pronto, Vision 2, Honor 5X, Honor 6X,
`Honor 7X, Honor 8, Honor View 10.
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`Mate 10 Pro, Ascend XT2, Elate, Mate 9, Mate SE, Porsche Mate 10,
`Sensa, Ascend Mate 2, Pronto, Vision 2, Honor 5X, Honor 6X,
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`Sensa, Ascend Mate 2, Pronto, Vision 2, Honor 5X, Honor 6X,
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`Sensa, Ascend Mate 2, Pronto, Vision 2, Honor 5X, Honor 6X,
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`c. Claim Charts for the Accused Instrumentalities (Patent L.R. 3.1(c)):
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`U.S. Patent No. Claim Chart(s)
`See Exhibit A
`’889 Patent
`See Exhibit B
`’554 Patent
`See Exhibit C
`’842 Patent
`See Exhibit D
`’156 Patent
`See Exhibit E
`’862 Patent
`See Exhibit F
`’450 Patent
`See Exhibit G
`’432 Patent
`See Exhibit H
`’435 Patent
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`d. Indirect Infringement (Patent L.R. 3.1(d)):
`The Asserted Claims are directly infringed by Defendants’ Accused
`Instrumentalities under 35 U.S.C. § 271(a).
`In addition to BNR’s direct infringement contentions, BNR further contends that
`Defendants currently induce and/or have induced their customers to directly infringe
`the Asserted Claims by using the Accused Instrumentalities in the manner described in
`Exhibits A-H as instructed by the Defendants or by using the Accused
`Instrumentalities in the manner programmed by the Defendants.
`BNR reserves the right to amend its pleadings and these Contentions to assert
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`Defendants.
`e. Doctrine of Equivalents (Patent L.R. 3.1(e)):
`At this time, BNR contends that each element of each Asserted Claim is literally
`present in each Accused Instrumentality as set forth above and identified in the
`exhibits and annexes hereto. BNR contends that if any element of the Asserted Claims
`is found to be not literally present in an Accused Instrumentality, that element is
`present under the Doctrine of Equivalents. The claim charts attached as exhibits hereto
`identify illustrative support for where the equivalent feature is found under the doctrine
`of equivalents pursuant to the function-way-result and/or insubstantial differences
`tests. BNR reserves the right amend or add to these contentions to identify additional
`contentions under the Doctrine of Equivalents based on discovery, BNR’s
`investigation, and claim construction.
`f. Priority Dates (Patent L.R. 3.1(f)):
`BNR contends that each Asserted Claim is entitled to a priority date as indicated
`below in the chart, based on the date of application of the patent or a parent
`application. BNR makes this disclosure without waiving any argument that it is
`entitled to an earlier date of invention based on activities predating the filing of the
`applications indicated below.
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`Priority Date
`U.S. Patent No.
`’889 Patent claims At least as early as June 17, 2003
`’554 Patent claims At least as early as June 17, 2003
`’842 Patent claims At least as early as July 27, 2004
`’156 Patent claims At least as early as June 26, 2001
`’862 Patent claims At least as early as April 21, 2005
`’450 Patent claims At least as early as December 14, 2004
`’432 Patent claims At least as early as February 14, 2011
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`g. BNR Products (Patent L.R. 3.1(g)):
`At this time, BNR does not own an apparatus, product, device, process, method,
`act, or other instrumentality that practices the claimed inventions.
`h. Willful Infringement (Patent L.R. 3.1(h)):
`Defendants have infringed and are continuing to infringe the Asserted Claims in
`a manner that is willful, wanton, malicious, bad-faith, deliberate, consciously
`wrongful, and flagrant. Defendants’ egregious infringement is exemplified by the
`following facts:
` Defendants have known of their infringement of the ’889, ’554, ’842, ’156,
`’862, and ’432 Patents since no later than December 1, 2017, when Mr. Afzal
`Dean, President of BNR, sent Defendants a letter identifying these Patents
`and notifying Defendants that their products (including examples thereof)
`infringe the Asserted Claims of each Patent. Mr. Dean offered to meet and
`present a detailed presentation to Defendants, describing the infringement.
` On January 18, 2018 and February 6, 2018, BNR followed up by sending
`additional letters regarding Defendants’ infringement of the Asserted Claims
`with respect to the ’889, ’554, ’842, ’156, ’862, and ’432 Patents.
` BNR participated in meetings with Huawei on or about March 16, 2018,
`April 23, 2018, and June 20, 2018 in Shenzhen, China, to discuss
`Defendants’ infringement of the ’889, ’554, ’842, ’862, and ’432 Patents.
` On September 14, 2018, Huawei executives met with BNR executives in
`person and discussed, inter alia, Huawei’s infringement of the ’889, ’554,
`’842, ’862, and ’432 Patents.
` Defendants have known of their infringement of the ’450 and ’435 Patents
`since no later than November 13, 2018, when the Second Amended
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`/s/ Sadaf R. Abdullah
`Mieke K. Malmberg
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`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
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`Phone: (213) 788-4500
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`Paul J. Skiermont (pro hac vice)
`Sadaf R. Abdullah (pro hac vice)
`Steven W. Hartsell (pro hac vice)
`Christopher M. Hodge (pro hac vice)
`Steven J. Udick* (TX Bar No. 24079884)
`SKIERMONT DERBY LLP
`1601 Elm St., Ste. 4400
`Dallas, TX 75201
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`pskiermont@skiermontderby.com
`sabdullah@skiermontderby.com
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`functionalities. The only internal difference is that the Porsche Design Mate 10 includes more on-board storage; but this difference does not
`1 The Huawei Mate 10 Pro and the Huawei Porsche Design Mate 10 share all relevant hardware components and software
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`To the extent that the preamble is found to be limiting, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is a mobile station.
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`differences_id102298, last accessed December 5, 2018.
`relate to the accused functionalities. See https://www.phonearena.com/news/Huawei-Mate-10-Pro-Mate-10-Porsche-Design-
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`The Huawei Mate 10 Pro includes a proximity sensor.
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`By way of example only, the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is an Android phone. The Android Developer
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`person’s head is from the face of a handset device (for example, when a user making or receiving a
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`initiate an outgoing call or to answer an incoming call.
`condition, the second condition being that a user of the mobile station has performed an action to
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`CALL_STATE_OFFHOOK, or CALL_STATE_IDLE. Ringing is the state when someone is calling,
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`(a) that the second condition exists, activate the proximity sensor.
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`application processor (AP), i.e., the processor on which an application is run:
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`The microprocessor of the Huawei Mate 10 Pro is adapted to receive the signal from the activated
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`Huawei Mate 10 Pro, power to the display is reduced and the display is darkened.
`The second image shows that, after the call button is pressed and the ear is proximate to the
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