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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`AUSTIN DIVISION
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`KOSS CORPORATION,
`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`6-20-CV-00665-ADA
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`CLAIM CONSTRUCTION ORDER
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`The Court provided its preliminary constructions on April 22, 2021. The Court held a
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`claim construction hearing on April 23, 2021, during which the Court heard argument on the
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`claim terms: “a remote, network-connected server that is in wireless communication with the
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`mobile, digital audio player” (’025 Patent – claim 1) (’934 Patent – claims 1 and 58); “in a
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`second audio play mode, the earphones play audio content streamed from the remote, network-
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`connected server” (’025 Patent – claims 2, 12, 21, 30, and 42) (’934 Patent – claims 2, 15, 24,
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`36, and 59) (ʼ982 Patent – claim 3); “upon activation of the microphone by the user, data are
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`transmitted about the headphone assembly to a remote device” (’025 Patent – claims 8, 18, 27,
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`36, and 48) (’934 Patent – claims 7, 21, 30, 45, and 61); “host servers” (’451 Patent – claims 1
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`and 18); “a passive, wireless rechargeable power source” (’982 Patent – claim 17) (’325 Patent –
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`claims 8 and 17). ECF No. 77.
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`After careful consideration of the parties’ briefs, oral argument, and the applicable law,
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`the Court enters its final constructions for each term as shown below.
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`Claim Term
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`Court
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`“a remote, network-connected server that is in
`wireless communication with the mobile, digital
`audio player”
`(’025 Patent – claim 1)
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`(’934 Patent – claims 1 and 58)
`“the processor is for, upon activation of a user-
`control of the headphone assembly, initiating
`transmission of a request to the remote, network-
`connected server”
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`(’025 Patent – claim 1)
`(’934 Patent – claims 1 and 58)
`(ʼ982 Patent – claim 4)
`(ʼ325 Patent – claim 3)
`“in a second audio play mode, the earphones play
`audio content streamed from the remote, network-
`connected server”
`(’025 Patent – claims 2, 12, 21, 30, and 42)
`(’934 Patent – claims 2, 15, 24, 36, and 59)
`(ʼ982 Patent – claim 3)
`“a signal strength [level] for the second wireless
`communication link”
`(’025 Patent – claims 4, 5, 7, 9, 14, 15, 17, 19, 23,
`24, 26, 28, 32, 33, 35, 37, 44, 45, 47, 49, and 50)
`(’934 Patent – claims 4, 6, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 20, 22,
`26, 27, 29, 31, 38, 40, 41, 44, and 58)
`(’982 Patent – claims 6 and 11)
`(’325 Patent – claims 5 and 11)
`“upon activation of the microphone by the user,
`data are transmitted about the headphone assembly
`to a remote device”
`(’025 Patent – claims 8, 18, 27, 36, and 48)
`(’934 Patent – claims 7, 21, 30, 45, and 61)
`“the processor circuits of the headphones are
`configured to receive firmware upgrades
`transmitted from a remote network server”
`(’155 Patent – claim 13)
`(’934 Patent – claims 1, 9, 46, 62)
`(’325 Patent – claim 9)
`“host servers”
`(’451 Patent – claims 1 and 18)
`“a passive, wireless rechargeable power source”
`(’982 Patent – claim 17)
`(’325 Patent – claims 8 and 17)
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`SIGNED this 2nd day of June, 2021.
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`ALAN D ALBRIGHT
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDG
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