Case 6:20-cv-01131-ADA Document 60 Filed 09/22/21 Page 1 of 8
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA,
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`Defendant.
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`MAZDA MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`VOLVO CARS USA, LLC,
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`Defendant.
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF
`AMERICA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. 6:20-cv-01125-ADA
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`Case No. 6:20-cv-1126-ADA
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`Case No. 6:20-cv-1128-ADA
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`Case No. 6:20-cv-1129-ADA
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA,
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`Defendant.
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`MAZDA MOTOR OF AMERICA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`SUBARU OF AMERICA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`VOLVO CARS USA, LLC,
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`Defendant.
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`STRATOSAUDIO INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
`v.
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`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF
`AMERICA, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. 6:20-cv-01125-ADA
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`Case No. 6:20-cv-1126-ADA
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`Case No. 6:20-cv-1128-ADA
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`Case No. 6:20-cv-1129-ADA
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`Case No. 6:20-cv-01131-ADA
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`Case 6:20-cv-01131-ADA Document 60 Filed 09/22/21 Page 2 of 8
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`Under the scheduling orders in the five above-captioned cases, Plaintiff StratosAudio, Inc.
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`(“StratosAudio”) and Defendants Honda Motor America, Mazda Motor of America, Inc., Subaru
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`of America, Inc., Volvo Cars USA, LLC, and Volkswagen Group of America, Inc. (collectively
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`“Defendants”) submit this Joint Claim Construction Statement. The five cases have been briefed
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`together for claim construction proceedings and have a Markman hearing scheduled for September
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`28, 2021. The asserted patents and claims are1:
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` U.S. Patent No. 8,166,081 (“’081 patent”), claims 9-11, and 23
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` U.S. Patent No. 8,688,028 (“’028 patent”), claims 11, 14, 16, and 18
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` U.S. Patent No. 8,903,307 (“’307 patent”), claims 11, 16, and 18
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` U.S. Patent No. 9,584,843 (“’843 patent”), claims 10, 11, and 13
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` U.S. Patent No. 9,143,833 (“’833 patent”), claims 1, 3, 5-7, and 9
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` U.S. Patent No. 9,294,806 (“’806 patent”), claims 5-8, and 10
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` U.S. Patent No. 9,355,405 (“’405 patent”), claims 12-16
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`The parties’ disputed claim constructions are listed below; there are no agreed constructions, and
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`there are no claim construction disputes with respect to the ’081 and ’405 patents.
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`Disputed Constructions
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`Term
`associated/associating/
`association terms
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`(’307 patent claims 11, 16,
`and 18; ’028 patent claims
`11, 14, 16, and 18; ’806
`patent claims 5-8 and 10;
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`Plaintiff’s Proposal
`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Defendants’ Proposal
`Indefinite under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112, ¶ 2
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`1 Not all patents/claims are asserted against all Defendants. Defendants submit this JCCS and the claim construction
`briefing jointly for convenience of the Court, but these joint filings do not constitute agreement by all Defendants to
`the arguments of other Defendants.
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`1
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`Case 6:20-cv-01131-ADA Document 60 Filed 09/22/21 Page 3 of 8
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`Term
`’843 patent claims 10-11 and
`13; ’833 patent claims 1, 3, 5-
`7, and 9)
`“associating each media
`content identifying data
`element with at least one of a
`plurality of media content”
`(’028 patent claims 11, 14,
`16, and 18; ’307 patent
`claims 11, 16, and 18)
`“The method of claim 11,
`wherein at least one of the
`receiving, storing,
`aggregating, correlating
`operations are accessible by
`at least one of the following:
`a response authentication
`system, a broadcaster, an
`advertiser, a content provider,
`a wireless carrier, a web
`portal, a third party
`database.”
`(’028 patent, claim 14)
`“interactive media receiver”
`(’833 patent, claims 1, 3, 5-7,
`and 9)
`“responder identifier” (’833
`patent, claims 1, 3, 5-7, and
`9)
`“third party” (’843 patent,
`claims 10, 11, and 13; ’806
`patent, claims 5-8 and 10)
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`“third party encoded data”
`(’806 patent, claims 5-8, and
`10); “encoded third party
`data” (’843 patent, claims 10,
`11, and 13)
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`Plaintiff’s Proposal
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`Defendants’ Proposal
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Invalid under 35 U.S.C.
`§§ 101 and 112, ¶ 2
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Indefinite under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112, ¶ 2
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`Indefinite under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112, ¶ 2
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`Indefinite under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112, ¶ 2
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`Indefinite under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112, ¶ 2
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`“third party encoded data”
`and “encoded third party
`data” should each be given
`their distinct plain and
`ordinary meanings.
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`The Court should construe
`“third party encoded data”
`and “encoded third party
`data” as below
`“third party encoded data”:
`“encoded data obtained from
`a party that is neither the
`source nor the recipient of the
`electronic transmission”
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`“encoded third party data”:
`“an encoding of data obtained
`from a party that is neither
`the source nor the recipient of
`the electronic transmission”
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`Term
`“stream scanner module”
`(’806 patent, claims 5-8 and
`10)
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`“stream analysis module”
`(’806 patent, claims 5-8 and
`10)
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`Plaintiff’s Proposal
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`If 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6 (pre-
`AIA) applies, the function is
`obtaining a data stream
`associated with the electronic
`transmission of the media
`segment.
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`The corresponding structure
`is computer software and
`hardware that (1) obtains
`broadcast data in a known
`format such as AM, FM,
`Internet, satellite, WiFi,
`Analog Television, Digital
`Television, wireless, peer to
`peer, cable, or their
`equivalents, and (2) obtains
`from the transmission a data
`stream accompanying the
`broadcast stream in any of a
`number of known formats
`such as Radio Data System
`(RDS), Radio Broadcast Data
`System (RDBS), Data Radio
`Channel (DARC), Digital
`Audio Broadcasting (DAB),
`Digital Multimedia
`Broadcasting (DMB), Digital
`Video Broadcast-Handhelds
`(DVB-H), In Band on
`Channel (IBOC), Digital
`Radio Mondiale (DRM), or
`their equivalents.
`Plain and ordinary meaning.
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`If 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6 (pre-
`AIA) applies, the function is
`analyzing the third party
`encoded data extracted from
`the data stream, whereby the
`analysis generates analysis
`data that includes at least an
`identifying data that initiates
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`3
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`Defendants’ Proposal
`Means-plus-function under
`35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6 (pre-
`AIA)
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`Function for claim 5: Scan a
`stream to obtain a data stream
`associated with the electronic
`transmission of the media
`segment
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`Function for claim 6: Scan a
`stream to obtain a data stream
`associated with the electronic
`transmission of the media
`segment over a public
`broadcast.
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`Structure: Indefinite
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`Means-plus-function under
`35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6 (pre-
`AIA)
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`Function: Analyze a stream to
`analyze the third party
`encoded data extracted from
`the data stream, whereby the
`analysis generates analysis
`data that includes at least an
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`Term
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`“correlating” (’806 patent,
`claims 5-8 and 10)
`“broadcast scanning module”
`(’843 patent, claims 10, 11,
`and 13)
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`Defendants’ Proposal
`identifying data that initiates
`identification of the media
`segment.
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`Structure: Indefinite
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`Indefinite under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 112, ¶ 2
`Means-plus-function under
`35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6 (pre-
`AIA)
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`Function: Scan a broadcast to
`receive the specific instance
`of the media segment in the
`electronic transmission
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`Structure: Indefinite
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`Plaintiff’s Proposal
`identification of the media
`segment.
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`The corresponding structure
`is software and hardware that
`decodes data in the Radio
`Data System (RDS), Radio
`Broadcast Data System
`(RBDS), Data Radio Channel
`(DARC), Digital Audio
`Broadcasting (DAB), Digital
`Multimedia Broadcasting
`(DMB), Digital Video
`Broadcast-Handhelds (DVB-
`H), In Band on Channel
`(IBOC), or Digital Radio
`Mondiale (DBM) formats, or
`their equivalents.
`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
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`If 35 U.S.C. § 112 ¶ 6 (pre-
`AIA) applies, the function is
`receiving the specific instance
`of the media segment in the
`electronic transmission
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`The corresponding structure
`is computer software and
`hardware that (1) obtains
`broadcast data in a known
`format such as AM, FM,
`Internet, satellite, WiFi,
`Analog Television, Digital
`Television, wireless, peer to
`peer, cable, or their
`equivalents, and (2) obtains
`from the transmission a data
`stream accompanying the
`broadcast stream in any of a
`number of known formats
`such as Radio Data System
`(RDS), Radio Broadcast Data
`System (RDBS), Data Radio
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`Defendants’ Proposal
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`Plaintiff’s Proposal
`Channel (DARC), Digital
`Audio Broadcasting (DAB),
`Digital Multimedia
`Broadcasting (DMB), Digital
`Video Broadcast-Handhelds
`(DVB-H), In Band on
`Channel (IBOC), Digital
`Radio Mondiale (DRM), or
`their equivalents.
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`Term
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`Dated: September 22, 2021
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`Dated: September 22, 2021
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`/s/ Jonathan Lamberson
`WHITE & CASE LLP
`Jonathan Lamberson (pro hac vice)
`CA Bar. No. 239107
`3000 El Camino Real, #900
`2 Palo Alto Square
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
`Tel.
`650-213-0300
`Fax:
`650-213-8158
`Email:
`lamberson@whitecase.com
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`WHITE & CASE LLP
`Michael Songer (pro hac vice)
`DC Bar No. 453727
`Thirteenth Street, NW
`Washington DC, 20005
`Tel:
`202-626-3600
`Fax:
`202-639 9355
`Email:
`songer@whitecase.com
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`WHITE & CASE LLP
`Charles Larsen (pro hac vice)
`MA Bar No. 652355
`75 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`Tel:
`617-979-9300
`Fax:
`617-979 9301
`Email:
`charles.larsen@whitecase.com
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`/s/ Matthew Satchwell
`John M. Guaragna
`Texas Bar No 24043308
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2500
`Austin, TX 78701-3799
`Tel: 512.457.7125
`Fax: 512.457.7001
`john.guaragna@us.dlapiper.com
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`Paul R. Steadman (Pro Hac Vice)
`Illinois Bar No. 6238160
`paul.steadman@dlapiper.com
`Matthew Satchwell (Pro Hac Vice)
`Illinois Bar No. 6290672
`matthew.satchwell@dlapiper.com
`Stephanie Lim (Pro Hac Vice)
`Illinois Bar No. 6324246
`stephanie.lim@dlapiper.com
`Robert Groselak (Pro Hac Vice)
`Illinois Bar No. 6332753
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`444 West Lake Street, Suite 900
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Telephone: (312) 368-4000
`Facsimile: (312) 236-7516
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`Sangwon Sung (Pro Hac Vice)
`California Bar No. 309380
`sangwon.sung@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`2000 University Avenue
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303
`Telephone: (650) 833-2000
`Facsimile: (650) 833-2001
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`Attorneys for Defendants Mazda Motor of
`America, Inc. and Subaru of America, Inc.
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`/s/ Mark Hannemann
`SHEARMAN & STERLING LLP
`David P. Whittlesey
`300 W. 6th Street, Suite 2250
`Austin, Texas 78701
`Telephone: 512.647.1907
`Facsimile: 512.857.6602
`David.Whittlesey@shearman.com
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`Mark Hannemann
`599 Lexington Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`Telephone: 212.848.7696
`Facsimile: 646.848.7696
`Mark.Hannemann@shearman.com
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`Thomas R. Makin
`599 Lexington, Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`Telephone: 212.848.7698
`Facsimile: 646.8487698
`Thomas.Makin@shearman.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Volkswagen Group of
`America, Inc.
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`FRIEDMAN, SUDER & COOKE
`Corby R. Vowell
`Texas Bar No. 24031621
`604 East 4th Street, Suite 200
`Fort Worth, TX 76102
`Tel:
`817-334-0400
`Fax:
`817-334-0401
`Email:
`vowell@fsclaw.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff
`StratosAudio, Inc.
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`/s/ Ryan K. Yagura
`O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`Ryan K. Yagura
`(TX Bar No. 24075933)
`ryagura@omm.com
`Nicholas J. Whilt (pro hac vice)
`CA Bar No. 247738
`nwhilt@omm.com
`Clarence A. Rowland (pro hac vice)
`crowland@omm.com
`CA Bar No. 285409
`400 S. Hope Street
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Tel.: 213-430-6000
`Fax: 213-430-6407
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`Attorneys for Defendant Hyundai Motor
`America
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`/s/ Lewis E. Hudnell, III
`HUDNELL LAW GROUP P.C.
`Lewis E. Hudnell, III
`lewis@hudnelllaw.com
`800 W. El Camino Real Suite 180
`Mountain View, California 94040
`T: 650.564.3698
`F: 347.772.3034
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`Attorney for Defendant Volvo Cars USA, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on the 22nd day of September, 2021, I electronically filed the
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`foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of
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`such filing via electronic mail to all counsel of record. Any other counsel of record will be
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`served by first class U.S. mail.
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`/s/ Jonathan Lamberson
`Jonathan Lamberson
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