`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`BRIGHT DATA, LTD.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`CAUSE NO. 2:19-CV-395-JRG
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`TESO, LT UAB, et al
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`Defendants.
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`NOVEMBER 3, 2021
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`8:30 A.M.
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`VOLUME 3
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`TRIAL ON THE MERITS
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`BEFORE THE HONORABLE RODNEY GILSTRAP
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`UNITED STATES CHIEF DISTRICT JUDGE
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`SHAWN M. McROBERTS, RMR, CRR
`100 E. HOUSTON STREET
`MARSHALL, TEXAS
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`shawn_mcroberts@txed.uscourts.gov
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`The Data Company Technologies Inc. v. Bright Data Ltd.
`1PR2022-00139, EX 20a
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`Shawn M. McRoberts TheRMRGonPR¥TechnologiesInc, v. Bright Data Ltd.
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`Yes. 24
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`service launched?
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`So how long is it about from -- from the
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`They need reliable and accurate data.
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`Did Oxylabs create its own source code?
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`Of course.
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`Have you ever seen any private Bright Data source code?
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`Never.
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`Does Bright Data make some of its source code publicly
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`As far as you're aware, has anyone at Oxylabs ever seen
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`any Bright Data, Luminati, Hola private source code?
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`They did not.
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`MR. GOVETT: Let's look at slide 24 from opening, if
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`we could, please.
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`I'm sorry.
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`It should be the timeline from
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`the proxy service. There we go.
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`Thank you.
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`(BY MR. GOVETT)
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`Do you see the timeline at the bottom
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`Yes.
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`Was October 2016,
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`is that the date when Oxylabs'
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`Correct.
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`And is February 2018 when Oxylabs' residential proxy
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`And how many people worked to develop the system?
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`Do you have the names? Please use Mr., Mrs.
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`Yeah. Mr. Jytautas, Mr. Rokas, Mr. Povilas.
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`Did you also help?
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`Now, February 2018,
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`It began to make money, yes.
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`MR. GOVETT: Let's look at Defendants' 888 at
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`(BY MR. GOVETT) When did this patent issue?
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`Is that after your service was up and running by more
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`Yes, we were up and running.
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`Did you take any part of this '319 patent and use it in
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`It was already developed.
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`MR. GOVETT: Let's look at Defendants' 889 at page
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`(BY MR. GOVETT) When did this patent issue?
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`On the 19th of November, 2019.
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`Same question. Did you take any part of this patent and
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`please.
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`MR. GOVETT: Let's look at Defendants' 887 at page
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`(BY MR. GOVETT) What's the date of this patent?
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`November 5th, 2019.
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`Is November 5th an important day for you?
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`It is.
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`What is it?
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`It's my birthday.
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`This Friday is your birthday?
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`Now, how would we relate to Oxylabs?
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`We are a data collection company.
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`So what does that mean?
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`Companies can either -- we gather data for companies at
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`scale by multiple ways.
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`Is price comparison one of the uses?
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`Explain that, please.
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`Now, if we look at Plaintiff's Exhibit
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`-- what is this?
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`MR. GOVETT: Let's look at page 2, please.
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`(BY MR. GOVETT) Let go of CAPTCHAs and IP bans. Explain
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`So if you will try to collect -- go book -- try to book
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`People would want for you to click those
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`MR. GOVETT: Let's look at page 4 of this document,
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`(BY MR. GOVETT) What do we have here?
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`We have the use cases, why customers are using Oxylabs.
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`MR. GOVETT: There we go.
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`Is that what you were talking about with
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`MR. GOVETT: Let's look at Defendants' Exhibit 322,
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`Sorry. Plaintiff's Exhibit 322.
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`This is the sales Bible by Oxylabs.
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`We call this sales Bible because we -- as with the
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`So when a new guy joins the company, he can read it
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`MR. GOVETT: Let's look at page 5 of this document,
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`If we can see demonstrative DDX 4-3,
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`(BY MR. GOVETT) What do we have on the screen here, Mr.
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`Okmanas?
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`These are our customers.
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`Let's talk -- when did you first hear of Hola?
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`If we look at Defendants' Exhibit 80,
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`(BY MR. GOVETT) This is an agreement entered into as of
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`And did Mr. Kline sign this?
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`Take that down, please.
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`Thank you.
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`MR. GOVETT: Could we see that real guickly, please?
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`Take that down, please.
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`Did they just sue you?
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`We just got sued, yes.
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`MR. GOVETT:
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`You can take that down.
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`Now, were you in the courtroom yesterday when Doctor
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`MR. MANN: Yes, sir,
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`I have it right here.
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`I have
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`MR. GOVETT: And I haven't seen the email, of
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`MR. MANN: No, no.
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`It is very short.
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`THE COURT: But he clearly said he doesn't have an
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`MR. GOVETT: May I see the email before it goes up
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`THE COURT: That's fine.
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`MR. GOVETT: This is --
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`MR. MANN:
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`It's forwarded.
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`MR. GOVETT: But this is what you're going to show?
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`COURT: All right. Let's proceed. Objection's
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`THE COURT: All right. Defendants' objection is
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`Let's proceed, Mr. Mann.
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`(BY MR. MANN)
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`So, Mr. Okmanas, when you send out an
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`Is that how you go on
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`It's shorter English version of my name, yeah.
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`Correct. And last week on Thursday at 3:25 in the
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`Yes,
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`I did.
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`I'm sorry?
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`Yes,
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`I did.
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`Okay. And you specifically told him, would EMK be
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`Correct?
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`Correct.
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`All right.
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`Now,
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`Can you please rephrase the question?
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`I don't know how
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`Federal Official Court Reporter
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`I can't agree with you.
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`You talk about and you report that you met with
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`I wanted to make sure that we don't infringe.
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`Okay. And you talked about how they were worried, Mr.
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`Of course, yes.
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`All right. And so in response you said, as affiliates we
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`Correct? That's your words. Correct?
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`In what context?
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`Q. Well,
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`This has nothing to do with Hola, neither Luminati.
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`All right.
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`MR. MANN:
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`Now let's go to Exhibit 296A.
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`(BY MR. MANN)
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`Now we're back at May of 2015.
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`To give
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`These are your words. Right?
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`There has to be caching;
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`Sure.
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`Correct? That's what you were saying?
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`Yes.
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`Luminati API to write, it has to be exactly the same as Hola.
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`Ignas -- is that a friend of yours?
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`I know a few Ignas.
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`A friend from Ukraine. Does he have a business in the
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`It is -- Ignas is friend,
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`Not sure. Maybe some paper that we were working on.
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`It was a document having to do with Hola, wasn't it?
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`If we go down to the description, For our Hola2
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`Correct.
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`You talked about, We need to generate at least 50 or 60
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`Sure.
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`As this involves a lot of manual work, please agree with
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`You know what stealth mode is, don't you?
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`Total secret. Right?
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`Confidential, yes.
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`rights -- do you remember the letter that was shown to you?
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`No.
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`This has to do with the development you are trying to do
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`All right.
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`Now, after the letter was sent to you from
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`Yes.
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`Did you read the letter?
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`Of course.
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`And the letter you read had at the top of it, Patent
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`Correct.
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`But you know for a fact they had the same -- very same
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`Correct?
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`Provisional, yes.
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`Okay.
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`Now I know, yes.
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`Well, you knew that back then, didn't you?
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`The patents were not created and even filed.
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`How could I
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