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`Videotaped Deposition of W. LEO HOARTY
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`A P P E A R A N C E S
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`The Chrysler Building
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`WHEREUPON:
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`P R O C E E D I N G S
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`W. LEO HOARTY,
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`called as a witness herein, having been first duly
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`Q. All right. Good morning, Mr. Hoarty. How
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`A. I'm fine. Good morning.
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`Q. Good morning. So my name is Larissa Bifano.
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`I'm an attorney from the law firm of DLA Piper, and
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`I'm here today to take your deposition.
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`A. Thank you.
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`Q. Okay?
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`A. Great.
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`Q. Is there anyone in the room with you right
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`now?
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`A. No. I'm by myself.
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`Q. Okay. And where are you located?
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`A. I'm in my office in Mountain View,
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`California.
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`Q. Sounds lovely.
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`A. I was planning on doing this from my home in
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`Morgan Hill in my home office, but I received a
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`notice from our power company, PG&E that just today
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`they are cutting power in my area to replace some
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`transformers. I thought it was a bill. I'm so glad
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`I opened that last night because at about 10:00, I
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`would have gone dark.
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`Q. Oh, no.
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`A. That would have been terrible. Boy, I'm
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`lucky.
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`Q. Okay. And how many times have you been
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`deposed before?
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`A. 11 total.
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`Q. Okay. And which cases were you deposed in;
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`do you know?
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`A. I have a list that I provided to my counsel.
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`I'm happy to pull it up and answer that. It's --
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`goes back many decades.
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`Q. That's okay. What, generally, did the
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`technology involve, and what was -- strike that.
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`A. They involved set-top-box technology,
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`streaming video, digital advertising, and related
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`technologies.
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`Q. Okay. And then in those cases, were you
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`generally retained by the plaintiff or the
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`defendant?
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`A. I would say two-thirds would be defendant
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`and one-third plaintiff.
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`Q. And do you own any patents?
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`A. I do. I have almost 50 of them.
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`Q. Wow. And what are the related -- what is
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`the technology of those patents?
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`A. Mostly around video on demand, cloud-based
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`services, related set-top technology for streaming
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`media, digital advertising, like ad insertion,
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`watermark detection. And then essentially in the
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`area of media over the internet.
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`Q. And have you ever asserted those patents
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`A. Yes.
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`Q. Okay. Can you tell me who you sued for
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`infringement of your patents?
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`A. My -- a company I founded named "Active
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`Video Networks" was challenged by the Verizon Fios
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`group over my "video on demand" patents. The
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`company -- in 2011, the company active video, I was
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`not a participant in the company at the time. I had
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`founded the company in 1990, and I was long -- long
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`and the company prevailed with a very --
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`Q. Okay.
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`A. -- very big award.
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`Q. And did you testify in that case?
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`A. I did. I was the fact witness for my
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`patents that were -- the patents at suit were five
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`of my patents, mostly around video on demand
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`technology.
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`Q. Okay. And you were also, I'm assuming,
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`A. Oh, yes.
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`Q. Yeah. And where was that case pending
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`A. In -- it was in the Eastern District Federal
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`in Norfolk, Virginia. It was supposed to be
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`Alexandria, but they ran out of their -- their
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`Q. Okay. Did you prepare any notes for today's
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`A. Oh, yeah. Yes, I did.
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`Q. Do you have them with you?
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`A. I do.
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`Q. Okay. And do you have all the exhibits for
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`the -- in the proceeding?
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`A. I do.
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`Q. Okay.
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`A. Yeah.
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`Q. Is there any reason you cannot testify
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`A. No reason.
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`Q. And are you on any medications that would
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`A. No.
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`Q. And are you familiar with the ground rules
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`A. I believe so. I've been coached for many
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`days. I believe I'm fairly clear.
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`Q. Okay. So if you need a break, just let me
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`know. If you don't understand a question I'm
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`asking, also ask for it to be clarified. Let's try
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`not to speak over each other so the court reporter
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`can get a good record. And I think that that's
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`I'll try it take a break about every hour,
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`A. Excellent. Thank you.
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`Q. Okay. Okay. So looking at your CV that's
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`A. That is correct.
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`Q. Okay. And you majored in electrical
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`engineering at Ohio State University?
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`A. Correct.
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`Q. Did you -- did you receive a degree from
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`A. No, I did not. I left the university with
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`A. Well, they were -- they were -- you're
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`mathematics were -- believe it or not, were the
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`required -- the required credits for nontechnical --
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`Q. And then after Ohio State, you did not -- is
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`A. That is correct.
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`Q. So you don't have a bachelor's degree?
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`A. I do not. This was the mid 1970s, and the
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`microcomputer had just been invented. And it was a
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`time where Steve Jobs dropped out of college to
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`start Apple and Bill Gates dropped out of college to
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`Microsoft and Larry Ellison dropped out of college
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`to start Oracle, the big database company. So it
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`exciting with the new technology on the horizon. So
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`Q. And did you draft a declaration with respect
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`A. I did, yes.
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`Q. Okay. And then can we refer to them as --
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`throughout this proceeding as the "'824" and "'636"
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`patents?
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`A. Of course.
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`Q. Okay. And you submitted one declaration
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`A. Yes, I did. By the way, I have my -- all
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`this is just a laptop with a camera, so --
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`Q. Okay.
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`A. -- it's not confusing.
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`I'm not looking at documents on the same
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`Q. Okay. So you have a copy of your
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`declaration, which is Exhibit 2006; is that correct?
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`A. I do.
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`Q. Okay. And in this declaration, your list of
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`materials considered is in appendix C; correct?
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`A. Yes, correct.
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`Q. And there are no other materials you
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`A. No. Appendix C is complete.
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`Q. Okay. And when did counsel contact you to
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`work on this declaration?
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`A. We started on it -- for this declaration,
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`this winter, and I would have to look at my calendar
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`to get the exact date. February, March time frame.
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`Q. Okay. Did you write your declaration?
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`A. No. I wrote parts of it, lots of parts of
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`Q. But did you read and review all -- all pages
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`A. Actually, many times, yes, I have.
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`Q. Okay. And how long did you spend reading
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`A. Now, I would say I'm getting close,
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`according to my time log here, about 20 hours.
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`Q. 20 hours. Okay. And does that include
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`A. No. I was just working on the document.
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`Q. Okay. And then how long would you say you
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`and institution decision?
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`A. Closer to 30 hours maybe of actual reading
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`with interest, as you guys would say.
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`Q. Okay. And how long did you spend preparing
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`A. In hours? Just we prepared -- we had a
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`review on -- last Friday and then this Monday. I'd
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`have to look at my log, but less than -- you know,
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`under eight hours.
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`Q. Okay.
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`A. Excuse me. Under ten hours. Sorry.
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`Q. Who did you meet with on Friday?
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`A. With Counsel Abramson and his partner.
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`Q. And what about on Monday?
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`A. Same.
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`Q. Okay. What documents did you review to
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`A. The documents would be the patents at issue,
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`the challenge -- the Carmel patent. I can give you
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`the number. The Shteyn patent. That would be --
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`Shteyn is '806, if you don't mind my using the last
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`three. Carmel, '473. My own document, the IPR
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`substantially, the -- substantially, the documents
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`Q. Okay. And then in your preparation, have
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`A. No, I haven't.
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`Q. Okay. Have you spoken with WAG's litigation
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`A. No.
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`Q. Okay. Have you reviewed any of his
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`declarations in the litigations?
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`A. Would you please clarify who you are
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`referring to? Sorry. I just --
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`Q. Oh, so their current -- here, wait.
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`His name is Keith Teruya -- I can't say
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`this -- Teruya? It's T-e-r-u-y-a.
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`A. No, I have not spoken with him.
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`Q. Okay. And then you haven't reviewed his
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`A. I may have last fall and -- but I apologize.
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`I actually don't recall.
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`Q. Okay. And then have you spoken with any
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`A. No, I haven't.
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`Q. Okay. And have you reviewed any other prior
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`A. Yes, I have.
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`Q. And which ones?
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`A. The -- I'd have to bring up the list, but
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`the pending IPRs that are from Google and from
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`A. Yes, I am.
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`A. I have.
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`Q. Great.
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`Okay. Let's open your declaration.
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`A. Okay.
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`Q. And let's turn to paragraph 13 of your
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`A. I'm there.
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`Q. Okay. So you see this is a paragraph
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`A. I do.
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`Q. Okay. And you say that you largely agree
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`A. Correct.
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`A. I definitely think I qualify.
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`Q. Okay. But you don't have a bachelor's of
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`A. No, I don't.
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`Q. You don't have any technical degree, do you?
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`A. I do not.
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`Q. Okay. So then can you tell me how you feel
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`A. I feel I meet the criteria through my
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`So I would just say my background is rich,
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`deep, and broad, and I'm amply qualified.
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`Q. Okay. And then you adopt Dr. Houh's
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`refers to specifically.
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`Q. Sure.
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`A. I see it.
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`Q. And you make one clarification to the level
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`A. Ah, I'm sorry. I see what you're saying.
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`A. I do.
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`Q. Okay. To understand the claims of the
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`A. Yes. I would stand by that statement.
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`Q. And why is that?
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`operation of the patent, I should say. It could be
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`moving data across the internet.
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`Q. Okay. And what about tools for working with
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`dynamic content? Why is that required?
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`A. It's required to understand what you can and
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`cannot do with -- with the more difficult case of if
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`act of accessing a website over the internet. And
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`so the -- it's dynamic content, and it is
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`photograph on a website or sharing an email or
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`sending an email, I mean. An example of dynamic
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`the density of the data varies over time and
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`sometimes, rapidly. That would be dynamic.
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`the art determine whether content is dynamic versus
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`static?
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`A. Does it move or does it stand still.
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`Q. Okay. That's good.
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`would mean basically the -- we call them -- in
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`software, you refer to them as design patterns
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`sometimes. But the theoretical understanding is
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`Q. Okay.
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`A. That why, on the internet, particularly at
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`the priority date of the patents at issue, the
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`internet was conducted over telephone wires. That's
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`150-year old technology. And the data rates were
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`slow and inconsistent and there's never enough
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`Q. Okay. And your definition also includes
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`What did you mean by that?
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`A. Well, that's actually something that I've
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`had many decades of experience with. And an
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`a user interacting -- a customer or consumer
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`interacting with a service to either view a movie,
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`listen to audio, or how I actually began my career
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`Sachs, developing the very first trader workstations
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`the first start-up that I formed called ICTV. It
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`was -- the initials. Interactive Cable Television,
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`later to be renamed Active Video Networks, which, by
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`interactive user guides to now 24 million households
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`Q. Okay. In your declaration, do you provide
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`A. No. I'm fully briefed on the claims and the
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`A. I'm not sure -- I basically understand what
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`you mean by "turn on an understanding," but I'm not
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`completely clear on the question, so if you could
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`maybe help me with that question.
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`Q. Sure. So I guess what I'm asking is, if --
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`MR. ABRAMSON: Objection to the form.
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`A. I would think from now many hours in front
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`Q. Okay. So it's your opinion that none of the
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`MR. ABRAMSON: Object to the form. Object
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`to scope. Out of scope.
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`A. Not for me. Is -- what they stated was
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`A. Yes. A bad word in the software world, but
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`that's okay.
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`Q. Okay. Well, we're gonna talk about
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`A. If it could be a TV program, a computer
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`Q. Okay. So let's talk about the context of
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`A. It refers to both a software program as well
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`A. I'm there.
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`Q. But -- okay. You state, and this goes on to
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`A. I do.
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`Q. What -- what's the difference between a
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`A. Let me reread my --
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`Q. Sure.
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`A. The difference is, from refreshing my
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`memory, the entire program would simply be -- an
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`A. Yes.
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`Q. Okay. And do claims of either patent, the
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`A. Require? I'm not sure I understand what
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`A. I'd have to -- you'd have to allow me a
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`But go ahead.
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`A. You know, in the interest of time, since I
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`A. That's so fundamental I don't know exactly
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`own products that are running today. You see a
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`Q. Okay. Whereas -- let's go to your Big Bang
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`Q. So if the user makes a choice to watch only
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`MR. ABRAMSON: Object. Beyond the scope.
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`I see a big question mark over your head.
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`Q. Okay. Let me do another example. So we can
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`go back to the Big Bang Theory. I intend to watch
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`all 30 minutes of it. But at minute 15, there's a
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`Did I receive the entire program?
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`MR. ABRAMSON: Objection.
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`A. That would be under a force majeure clause.
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`Q. Sure.
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`A. That almost happened to us today.
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`Q. Yeah.
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`A. You would have not been happy, I'm sure. I
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`That's almost like -- it's almost like a legal
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`it's beyond the control of all parties. So I don't
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