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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CHANEL, INC.,
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` Petitioner,
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` v. Case No.
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`MOLO DESIGN, LTD., IPR2022-00543
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` Patent Owner.
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` VIDEOCONFERENCE DEPOSITION OF
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` STEPHANIE FORSYTHE
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`DATE: Friday, March 24, 2023
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`TIME: 11:58 a.m.
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`LOCATION: Remote Proceeding
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` Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`OFFICIATED BY: Tina Nelson, Notary Public
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`JOB NO.: 5793554
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` A P P E A R A N C E S
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`ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER CHANEL, INC.:
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` GEOFFREY M. GODFREY, ESQUIRE (by videoconference)
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` Dorsey & Whitney LLP
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` 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100, Columbia Center
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` Seattle, WA 98104
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` godfrey.geoff@dorsey.com
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`ON BEHALF OF PATENT HOLDER MOLO DESIGN, LTD. AND
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`STEPHANIE FORSYTHE:
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` MICHAEL CHIBIB, ESQUIRE (by videoconference)
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` Bracewell LLP
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` 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 2300
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` Austin, TX 78701
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` michael.chibib@bracewell.com
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` I N D E X
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`EXAMINATION: PAGE
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` E X H I B I T S
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`NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE
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`Exhibit 2006 Affidavit of Stephanie Forsythe 10
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`Exhibit 1021 List of General Rules,
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` 2003 DBEW Competition 17
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`Exhibit 1005 PDF Copy of Archived Webpage,
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` DBEW, Softhousing 1 30
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`Exhibit 1020 MOLO_00004196 - MOLO_00004199 34
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` P R O C E E D I N G S
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` THE OFFICER: Good afternoon. My name is
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`Tina Nelson; I am the officer assigned by Veritext to
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`take the record of this proceeding. We are now on the
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`record at 11:58 a.m., so I should say, good morning.
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` This is the deposition of Stephanie
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`Forsythe taken in the matter of Chanel, Inc. vs. Molo
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`Design, Limited, on Friday, March 24, 2023, remote via
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` I am a notary authorized to take
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`acknowledgments and administer oaths in Minnesota.
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`Parties agree that I will swear in the witness remotely.
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` Additionally, absent an objection on the
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`record before the witness is sworn, all parties and the
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`witness understand and agree that any certified
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`transcript produced from the recording of this
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`proceeding:
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` - is intended for all uses permitted
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` under applicable procedural and
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` evidentiary rules and laws in the same
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` manner as a deposition recorded by
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` stenographic means; and
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` At this time will everyone in attendance
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`please identify yourself for the record.
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` MR. GODFREY: Geoff Godfrey with Dorsey &
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`Whitney, representing Chanel.
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` MR. CHIBIB: Michael Chibib; Bracewell,
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`representing Molo Design, Limited, and the witness.
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` MS. FORSYTHE: Stephanie Forsythe, of
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`Molo Design, Limited; witness.
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` THE REPORTER: Thank you. Hearing No.
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`objection, I will now swear in the witness.
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` Ms. Forsythe, please raise your right
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`WHEREUPON,
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` STEPHANIE FORSYTHE,
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`called as a witness, and having been first duly sworn to
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`tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
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`truth, was examined and testified as follows:
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` THE REPORTER: Go ahead, Counsel.
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`BY MR. GODFREY:
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` Q Good morning, Ms. Forsythe.
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` A Good morning.
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` Q Would you please state your full name and
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`address for the record?
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` A My full name is Stephanie Jo Forsythe, and
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`my -- sorry; address is what you asked for?
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` Q Yes.
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` A 1470 Venables Street, Vancouver, British
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`Columbia, Canada.
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` Q Have you ever been deposed before?
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` A Yes. I have been deposed once before for one
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`understand, please tell me and I'll do my best to
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`assume that you understood the question; is that okay?
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`okay?
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` Q Do you understand that you are under oath
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` Q Is there anything that might impair your
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`ability to testify truthfully and accurately today?
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` Q Is there anyone else in the room with you
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` Q Would you please confirm that you will not
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`the record at the deposition today?
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` A Yes, I agree.
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` Q Other than the programs that are needed to run
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`the deposition, do you have any other programs or notes
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` A No, just what I need to run the deposition.
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`there, do you have any documents or other materials that
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`are related to this case?
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`of the exhibits that were signed by your lawyers.
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` Q Nothing beyond that?
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` A Just a blank pad of paper.
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` Q Okay. Did you talk with Mr. MacAllen about
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`your deposition?
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` A Yes, I did.
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` Q And when was that?
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` A Yesterday.
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` Q Okay. And what did you talk about?
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`deposition went and just how I was feeling about mine.
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` Q Did you discuss the substance of any of the
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`earlier in the week?
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`things that he brought up, but because there was an
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`error in the -- the affidavit, the personal affidavit
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`that was, kind of, came to light during his deposition,
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`and I have a similar affidavit, so I -- I checked mine
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`and the same error is -- it's kind of a typing error
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`that's in both of them; that's the same.
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` Q Okay. Were there any other issues that you
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` A The -- the -- I don't recall any other
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` Q Did you review a rough transcript of Mr.
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`MacAllen's deposition?
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` Q Do you recall discussing any other exhibits
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` A The only other exhibit that he mentioned was a
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`financial one for the sales of softblocks and softwalls
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`over the years, by fiscal year.
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` Q And what did you discuss about that exhibit?
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` Q Did you do any preparation so that you would
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` A No, I didn't.
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` Q More generally, what did you do to prepare for
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`your deposition today, beyond what we have discussed?
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`The rules are slightly different, but very similar, so
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` Q It was before MacAllen's deposition though; is
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` A Yes, I did. Yesterday, I spoke to my lawyers
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` Q Okay. Did you review any documents that
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`refreshed your memory, in preparation for your
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` A No, I decided that this is all our work and
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`our life, and it was better not to obsess over trying to
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` A No. Just a good night's sleep, tea.
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` Q Okay. I am going to upload to the Exhibit
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`Share, an Exhibit No. 2006.
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` A And -- oh, so should I go into the Veritext
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`when you're doing this? I have never done --
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` MR. CHIBIB: So if I may, there is an
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`And you will have the ability to scroll yourself, so not
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` THE WITNESS: Okay.
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` MR. CHIBIB: But on the screen, he may be
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` THE WITNESS: Okay, yeah. I wasn't sure
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`whether -- I'll just kind of watch and ask questions if
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`digital part. I do have -- I do have a folder opened
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` MR. GODFREY: Okay. And I've put up on
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`my screen, an electronic copy of Exhibit 2006.
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`BY MR. GODFREY:
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` Q Exhibit 2006 is titled, Affidavit of Stephanie
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`Forsythe. Do you recognize this exhibit?
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` A Yes, I do.
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` Q Who wrote this affidavit?
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` A I wrote this together with our lawyers.
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` Q Did you carefully review this affidavit before
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`signing it to ensure it was accurate?
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` A Yes, I did. But as I mentioned earlier, we
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`there is one typing error.
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` Q Is the error you are referencing in paragraph
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`17 of your affidavit, and more particularly, in this
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`sentence that I've highlighted here?
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` A Yes. So that sentence should read, "In the
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`foreground is a softroom, in the background is" -- it
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`should say, "is another softroom," not "another
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`softwall." And the fact that it says, "another,"
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`obviously just is a typing error, "that is secured to a
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`collapsed on the other end."
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` Yeah, so if -- yeah if we -- I -- I can
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`Are there any other errors or typos that you're aware of
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` Q Okay. I'd like to direct your attention to
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`photographs that are in paragraph 11. Do you see those?
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` A Yes, I do.
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` Q Okay. Please look at the photo on the left to
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`start. In the background left of this photo, is an
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`expanded softwall prototype; correct?
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` Q And in the background, middle, and right of
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`that is correct.
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` Q Is the expanded softwall prototype in this
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`something, but I -- I can't actually remember.
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` Q Were you able to see any attachments such as
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` A No, because both ends of the wall are hidden
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` Q Are there any temporary weights such as books,
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`the wall are hidden from view, and there's a good chance
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`they are there, but the -- we had to stage these photos
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` Q You are not able to actually see any books or
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`other weights in this photo; correct?
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` A No, I can't see anything like that.
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`expanded softwall prototype?
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` A Yes, it is.
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` Q And in the left in the background, is that
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` A Yes, it is.
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` Q Okay. Paragraph 16 to 18 of your affidavit,
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`learned about that competition.
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`countries could expand our perspective and let us view
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`competitions we were doing at the time, had --
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`the work, in this case, had to be submitted on physical
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`your information of who you are is in a sealed envelope
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`that's included in the package, but the judges don't
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` A I'm not 100 percent sure if we found out that
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`information online or on -- in a magazine.
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` Okay. Exhibit 1021 includes excerpts from the
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`DBEW website. And page 1 of Exhibit 1021 lists some
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` And in No. 1, it says, "All the entrants must
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` A Yes, I do.
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` A No, I don't have a reason to doubt that.
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` Q In the top left of Exhibit 1021, there's a
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`of my memory, they are a Korean manufacturer of
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`furniture or kitchens, or some kind of something related
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`to the building industry. Yeah, but I can't -- I really
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`the DBEW International Design Competition 2003; do you
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`see this?
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` Q And at the top of the page it says, "The works
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`can be submitted only once, either by mail or online;"
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`do you see that?
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`Competition by mail or online?
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` A It was by mail. I remember printing them off,
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`and I can remember them being mounted on foam board, and
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`I would -- dropping -- dropping them off at UPS.
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`send it with every entry"; do you see that?
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`DBEW website and submit it by mail?
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`requirements calls for submissions to be on A3-sized
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`paper only; do you see that?
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` Q In your DBEW 2003 submission included five
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` A Yes. It had five -- I believe that's right.
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`Five panels. I don't have that in front of me though.
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`That sounds right, but --
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`the competition website"; do you see that?
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` A Yes, I do.
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` Q Did you download the label form from the DBEW
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` A One of Todd or I must have if that was the
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`rule, yeah.
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`containing data files for your softhousing imaging and
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` Q Subsection B of the CD requirement says, "All
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`Exhibit 1021, in the general rules. And in particular,
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`let's look at Rule 8b. Under 8b, it says, "For data
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`three formats are permitted"; do you see that?
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`panels; correct?
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` A I don't remember whether it was JPEGs or PDFs.
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`It would have been the two most likely. We drew the
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`overall designs for the panels -- composed them in
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`different software, CorelDRAW, so that wouldn't have
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`been -- isn't one of these, so they would have been
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`converted to something that was allowable, but I don't
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`remember what they were converted to. Probably PDF.
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`That would be the most usual thing to do.
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` Q And the data files you submitted to DBEW were
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` A I don't know. I don't remember.
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` A We have the original CorelDRAW file, and I
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` Q When did you last review the submission
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`materials that you have?
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` A During the course of this case and that's when
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`I asked my father to convert the original files for me.
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` Q Why did you review your submission materials?
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` A It was to provide those to our counsel.
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` A No, not that I know of. We don't have
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`for the materials from your 2003 DBEW submission?
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` A There are PDFs that were created
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`post-competition win of that work, shortly after the
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`competition win to -- in order to share it with press
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`softhousing, softwall, we were -- those became, kind of,
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`working documents in a way and are -- so some of the --
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`Paragraph 17 starts out, it reads, "For the 2003 Design
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`the honeycomb structure? The prototypes lacked anything
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`Yeah, they -- they didn't -- they really just expressed
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