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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Bright Data Ltd.,
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` Plaintiff,
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` v.
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`Teso LT, UAB, Oxysales, UAB, and
`Metacluster LT, UAB,
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` Defendants.
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`Civil Action No.
`2:19-cv-00395-JRG
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`DEFENDANTS’ DISCLOSURE PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 282
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 282, Defendants Teso LT, UAB, Oxysales, UAB, and Metacluster
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`LT, UAB (collectively, “Oxylabs” or “Defendants”) provide notice to Plaintiff Bright Data Ltd.
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`(“Bright Data”) of the following: (i) patents and publications relied upon for anticipation of the
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`patents-in-suit or as showing the state of the art; and (ii) persons who may be relied upon as the
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`prior inventor, as having prior knowledge of, or as having previously used or offered for sale the
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`invention of the patents-in-suit.
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`I.
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`PATENTS AND PUBLISHED PATENT APPLICATIONS
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`Filing Date
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`Country
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`Issue Date or
`Publication Date
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`Patent or
`Publication No.
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`Patentee
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`November 8,
`2000
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`June 15, 2012
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`April 9, 2008
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`July 14, 2010
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`US
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`US
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`US
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`US
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`
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`September 21, 2004
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`6,795,848
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`Border et al.
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`March 3, 2015
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`8,972,602
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`Mithyantha
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`December 29, 2010
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`7,860,988
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`Aoki et al.
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`April 14, 2011
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`2011/0087733
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`Shribman et al.
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`1
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`Data Co Exhibit 1057
`Data Co v. Bright Data
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`August 30,
`2001
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`February 8,
`2013
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`September 6,
`2009
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`August 12,
`2005
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`August 28,
`2013
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`US
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`US
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`US
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`US
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`US
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`August 29, 2006
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`7,099,927
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`Cudd et al.
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`September 1, 2015
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`9,122,554
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`Callaghan et al.
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`March 17, 2011
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`2011/0066924
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`Dorso et al.
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`June 5, 2008
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`2008/0134258
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`Goose et al.
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`November 5, 2019
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`10,469,614
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`Shribman et al.
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`October 8, 2009 US
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`April 9, 2019
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`10,257,319
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`Shribman et al.
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`October 8, 2009 US
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`November 19, 2019
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`10,484,510
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`Shribman et al.
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`II.
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`PRINTED PUBLICATIONS
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`Date
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`Title
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`Page Numbers
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`November 1998
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`Crowds: Anonymity for Web Transactions Passim
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`January 23, 2004
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`MorphMix - A Peer-to-Peer-based System
`for Anonymous Internet Access
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`Passim
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`March 2004
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`Democratizing content publication with
`Coral. In Proc. 1st Symposium on Net-
`worked Systems Design and Implementa-
`tion (NSDI 04), San Francisco, CA.
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`Passim
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`March 13, 2009
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`Experiences with Coral CDN: A five-year
`operational view. Microsoft Research.
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`Passim
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`2001
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`June 1999
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`Peer-to-Peer: Harnessing the Power of Dis-
`ruptive Technology, chapters Accountabil-
`ity and Free Haven. O’Reilly.
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`(RFC) 2616
`for Comments
`Request
`(HTTP), published by HTTP Working
`Group of the Internet Engineering Task
`Force (IETF)
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`Passim
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`Passim
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`January 1980
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`RFC 760 (Internet Protocol)
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`Passim
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`December 1998
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`RFC 2460 (Internet Protocol Version 6
`(IPv6))
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`Passim
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`September 1981
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`RFC 793 (Transmission Control Protocol
`(TCP))
`
`Passim
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`July 1992
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`RFC 1349 (Internet Protocol Suite)
`
`Passim
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`September 2000
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`RFC 2914 (Congestion Control Principles) Passim
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`March 2005
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`RFC 4026 (Provider Provisioned Virtual
`Private Network (VPN))
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`Passim
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`March 1999
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`RFC 2547 (BGP/MPLS VPNs)
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`January 1991
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`RFC 1180 (TCP/IP Tutorial)
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`October 1989
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`RFC 1122 (Requirements for Internet Hosts
`– Communication Layers)
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`October 2013
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`W3 Geolocation API Specification
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`December 2008
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`W3 Geolocation API Specification
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`Passim
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`Passim
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`Passim
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`Passim
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`Passim
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`Passim
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`Passim
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`1998
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`2006
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`2011
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`1987
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`1987
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`Web Proxy Servers, Ari Luotonen
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`William R. Stanek, Introducing Microsoft
`Windows Vista 81 (2006)
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`Yong Wang, et. al., Towards Street-Level
`Client-Independent IP Geolocation (2011)1
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`Passim
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`RFC 1034 (Domain Names – Concepts and
`Facilities)
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`Passim
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`RFC 1035 (Domain Names – Implementa-
`tion and Specification)
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`Passim
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`September 1981
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`RFC 791 (Internet Protocol Version 4
`(IPv4))
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`Passim
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`October 1985
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`RFC 959 (File Transfer Protocol (FTP))
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`Passim
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`August 1982
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`RFC 821 (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol)
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`Passim
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`1 https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/nsdi11/tech/full_papers/Wang_Yong.pdf
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`October 1984
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`February 1985
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`May 1996
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`May 1996
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`RFC 918 (Post Office Protocol version 1
`(POP1))
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`Passim
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`RFC 937 (Post Office Protocol version 2
`(POP2))
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`Passim
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`RFC 1939 (Post Office Protocol version 3
`(POP3))
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`Passim
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`RFC 1945 (Hypertext Transfer Protocol
`version 1.0 (HTTP/1.0))
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`Passim
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`February 1997
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`RFC 2109 (HTTP State Management
`Mechanism)
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`Passim
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`III.
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`PERSONS RELIED UPON
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`Name
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`Michael Freedman
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`Kevin Almeroth
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`Scott Delman
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`Andreas Berz
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`Marc Rennhard
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`Bernhard Plattner
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`Address
`Department of Computer Science at Princeton University
`35 Olden Street
`Princeton, NJ 08540-5233
`University of California
`Santa Barbara, CA 93106-5110
`1601 Broadway, 10th Floor
`New York, NY 10019-7434
`Hallwylstrasse 15, CH-3003
`Bern, Switzerland
`Technikumstrasse 9, 8401
`Winterthur, Switzerland
`Gloriastrasse 35, 8092
`Zürich, Switzerland
`As listed in references, or unknown
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`Inventors/Authors of Prior Art
`References Cited Herein
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`The foregoing disclosure is made in an abundance of caution in view of 35 U.S.C. § 282(c).
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`Bright Data has been previously put on notice of the patents, patent publications, publications, and
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`individuals mentioned above, at least through Oxylabs’ Initial Invalidity Contentions and Accom-
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`panying Document Production and Amended Invalidity Contentions, as well as through the expert
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`reports of Dr. Michael Freedman and Dr. Kevin Almeroth, including all appendices and exhibits
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`thereto, each of which were disclosed on or before the deadlines set forth by the Docket Control
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`Order for this case. The disclosures set forth in Oxylabs’ Initial Invalidity Contentions and Ac-
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`companying Document Production and Amended Invalidity Contentions, as well as through the
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`expert reports of Dr. Michael Freedman and Dr. Kevin Almeroth are hereby incorporated by ref-
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`erence as if set forth fully herein.
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`Dated: July 16, 2021
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`BRETT C. GOVETT
` Texas State Bar No. 08235900
` brett.govett@nortonrosefulbright.com
`NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP
`2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 3600
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Telephone: (214) 855-8000
`Telecopier: (214) 855-8200
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`DANIEL S. LEVENTHAL
` Texas State Bar No. 24050923
` daniel.leventhal@nortonrosefulbright.com
`NORTON ROSE FULBRIGHT US LLP
`1301 McKinney, Suite 5100
`Houston, Texas 77010-3095
`Telephone: (713) 651-5151
`Telecopier: (713) 651-5246
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`MICHAEL C. SMITH
` Texas State Bar No. 18650410
` michael.smith@solidcounsel.com
`SCHEEF & STONE, LLP
`113 East Austin Street
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: (903) 938-8900
`Telecopier: (972) 767-4620
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`STEVEN CALLAHAN
` Texas State Bar No. 24053122
` scallahan@ccrglaw.com
`CRAIG TOLLIVER
` Texas State Bar No. 24028049
` ctolliver@ccrglaw.com
`GEORGE T. “JORDE” SCOTT
` Texas State Bar No. 24061276
` jscott@ccrglaw.com
`MITCHELL SIBLEY
` Texas State Bar No. 24073097
` msibley@ccrglaw.com
`JOHN HEUTON
` Admitted Pro Hac Vice
` jheuton@ccrglaw.com
`CHARHON CALLAHAN
`ROBSON & GARZA, PLLC
`3333 Lee Parkway, Suite 460
`Dallas, Texas 75219
`Telephone: (214) 521-6400
`Telecopier: (214) 764-8392
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`Counsel for Defendants Teso LT, UAB,
`Oxysales, UAB, and Metacluster LT, UAB
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`The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was filed electronically in compli-
`ance with Local Rule CV-5(a) on July 16, 2021. As such, this document was served on all counsel
`who are deemed to have consented to electronic service. Local Rule CV-5(a)(3)(A).
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