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` UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
` IPR 2022-01411
` IPR 2022-01412
` IPR 2022-01413
` PATENT 9,729,594 B2
` PATENT 9,742,824 B2
` PATENT 9,762,636 B2
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`_____________________________
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`GOOGLE LLC, )
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` Petitioner, )
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`WAG ACQUISITION, )
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` Patent Owner. )
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` DEPOSITION UNDER ORAL EXAMINATION OF
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` DR. NATHANIEL POLISH
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` DATE: May 25, 2023
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` REPORTED BY: MICHAEL FRIEDMAN, CCR
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` TRANSCRIPT of the deposition of the
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`witness, called for Oral Examination in the
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`above-captioned matter, said deposition being taken
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`by and before MICHAEL FRIEDMAN, a Notary Public and
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`Certified Court Reporter of the State of New Jersey,
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`at ZOOM VTC, ALL PARTIES REMOTE, on May 25, 2023,
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`A P P E A R A N C E S:
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`LISTON ABRAMSON
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`405 Lexington Avenue
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`New York, NY 10174
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`BY: RONALD ABRAMSON, ESQ.
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` MICHAEL LEWIS, ESQ.
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`Attorneys for WAG Acquisition
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`COOLEY
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`55 Hudson Yards
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`New York, NY 10001
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`BY: EAMONN GARDNER, ESQ.
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` JOSEPH DRAYTON, ESQ.
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`Attorneys for Google
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` I N D E X
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`WITNESS NAME PAGE
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` E X H I B I T S
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`EXHIBIT NO. PAGE
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`1067 IPR 2022-011412 9
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`2594 Declaration 2022 1411 17
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`2017 MP litigation list 18
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`2013 MBlaze declaration 35
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`1006 Hill patent 40
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` THE COURT REPORTER: My name is
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` Michael Friedman, a Certified Shorthand
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` Reporter. This deposition is being held
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` via videoconferencing equipment.
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` The witness and reporter are not in
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` the same room. The witness will be sworn
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` in remotely, pursuant to agreement of
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` all parties. The parties stipulate that
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` the testimony is being given as if the
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` witness was sworn in person.
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`D R. N A T H A N I E L P O L I S H,
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` called as a witness, having been first
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`duly sworn according to law, testifies as follows:
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`EXAMINATION BY MR. ABRAMSON:
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` Q Good morning, Dr. -- it's Polish,
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`right?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Okay. I want to start and upload
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`your CV which I have here.
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` A Okay.
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` Q It should be --
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` MR. GARDNER: By upload, do you
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` mean you're putting it in the chat or --
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` MR. ABRAMSON: I'm putting it in
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` the chat if I can find the chat. Here's
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` the chat. I'm putting it in the chat.
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` In this case it's Exhibit 1003,
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` 2082 kilobytes.
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` And in the next case -- off the
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` (Whereupon a discussion was held
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` Q Dr. Polish, you've appeared here
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` A Yes.
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` Q And that's in three IPRs?
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` A Yes, my understanding.
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` Q One on the '824 patent, one on the
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`'636 patent and the third on the '594 patent?
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` Q Was your CV the same in all three
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` A Yes, it hasn't changed. It hasn't
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`changed since I submitted those.
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` Q All right. So I will read this. I
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`just sent you one of those marked as
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`Exhibit 1003.
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`that -- actually, I never hit "send" on it,
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`so it's just as well.
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` Let me send you your actual CV.
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` MR. GARDNER: We're on the record
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` now, right? I mean --
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` MR. ABRAMSON: Yes, we are. I'm
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` Exhibit 1067 from the '824 IPR,
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` MR. ABRAMSON: Polish CV, I will
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` all three of these.
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`that you submitted in all three cases?
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` A Yeah, that is correct.
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` Q So you've appeared in many cases as
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`an expert.
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` A In many of them, yes.
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` Q Okay. You've given depositions
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` A -- over the last 20 years.
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` A I brought one just in case. Yes.
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` A That's my understanding, yes.
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` Q Good. And -- okay.
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` Do you have an understanding as to
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` A I think so.
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` Q What's your understanding?
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` I ask questions to clarify -- I ask
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` Q Okay. And in order to do that, you
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` Q Good. If you have any doubt
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` Correct?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Good. Okay.
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` Let's turn here to your CV.
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` A Okay.
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` Q If I can find it.
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` (Whereupon a discussion was held
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` Do you see that?
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` Q And you have -- this goes on for a
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` You have your education, you have
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` Do you see that?
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` A Yes.
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` Q Okay. Is there -- did you provide
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` A I don't know if it was included in
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` A No, I'm talking about, "A separate
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` Q Intellectual property projects.
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` A Oh, okay.
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` Q So that's not -- where should I be
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` A I don't know whether it was
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` Q Okay. Okay.
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` A I will just say, that document is
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` Q Okay. What is the URL?
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` A If you go to www.DTgroup.com, and
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`link to expert witness experience document.
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` Q WWW what?
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` A Www.DTgroup.com.
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` Q DP, like data processing?
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` A DT, as in deadless technology.
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` Q Ah, DT. DP was something that was,
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`quote, "Not secure." DT group. Here we go.
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` And then, "Contact us," "How we
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` A If you look on that main page, part
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` Q Ah, okay. Is that up to date?
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` A Yes, at least there's a date at the
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` MR. ABRAMSON: Okay. All right.
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` While we do that, I'm going to upload --
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` so let me kill this. One second. I
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` Okay. So I'm going to give you
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` Q And what this is, this is your
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` A Okay.
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` Q The reason why I've numbered it
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`that way -- because otherwise we will have
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` You probably have that -- you
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` There's no list -- there's no list
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` Right?
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` A (Witness reviewing.)
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` Q The last page is your signature?
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` A (Witness reviewing.)
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` Q I want to make a clear record.
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`That's all. I'll download and print this out
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`and put an exhibit number on it, and we can
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`have this -- have the CV.
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` A Sure. Right.
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` The only thing that's referenced in
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`here is Exhibit 1067, my CV, and then my CV
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`has the reference that I just mentioned to
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`documents, but there's no expert witness list
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`within this declaration. That's correct.
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` Q All right. Let's see. Let's
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` MR. ABRAMSON: Call this Exhibit
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` 2017.
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` MR. ABRAMSON: MP litigation list,
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` it's -- it's going to be Exhibit 2017.
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` (Whereupon a discussion was held
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` the chat.
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` Does everybody have that?
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` THE WITNESS: I do.
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` MR. ABRAMSON: I will open it
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` myself. I will make a copy of it and
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` put it where it's supposed to be.
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` Q All right. So looking at this
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`list, this list says it's current as of
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`February of 2023.
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` A Yes.
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` Q And is that accurate?
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` A I try to be.
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` The issue is some of these matters,
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`my involvement is confidential -- some
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`matters, my involvement is confidential.
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` When matters are -- where I've been
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` Q How many of these cases did you
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`represent the patent owner or you appear on
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`behalf of the patent owner?
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`behalf of the patent owner?
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` A So the way this list works is that
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`on the case and jurisdiction column, there's
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`is the case that I was working on behalf of.
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` Q Okay.
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` A Now, of course, some of these
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`owners, it's on the defense, but in some
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`you can see which side I was on based on
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`that.
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` You know, I think generally I'm --
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`you know, I'm pretty equal between, you know,
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`you know -- I'm, generally speaking, pretty
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`even between for the patent and against the
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`patent.
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` Q Okay.
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` A If there's an imbalance, it's not
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` Q Okay. I see in your declaration
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`you show your hourly rate, I believe 700 an
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`hour?
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` A Yes.
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` Q On how much of the -- strike that.
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` When were you retained in this
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` A I think I was retained something
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`like around a year ago, about June of last
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`year. I think. I haven't looked at it in a
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` Q And approximately how much have you
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`billed on this case since then?
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` A Oh, I don't know. I haven't looked
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`in a while.
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` You know, most of the work went
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` I couldn't tell you. It's got to
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` Q Okay. In the area of streaming,
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`are you familiar with the terms "push" and
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`"pull"?
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` A Broadly speaking, yes.
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` Q Can you explain how you understand
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` A Sure. I think there's a couple of
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`places I explain in my declaration.
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` I think there's an example I give
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`I used in the declaration --
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` Q Okay.
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` A -- in the situation where you've
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`that's a push system where the newspaper
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`company has pushed it to your door. Whether
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` And, alternatively, you can go to
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`the newsstand and buy one when you want it,
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`maybe on the way to work or something, and
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` So that's -- you know, that's an
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`analogy for what it is in streaming, where
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`instead of newspapers you're talking about
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`quantities of mulled media content.
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` Q Okay. You said -- you give the
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`example of a newspaper, where the newspaper
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`company pushed it to your door.
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` What about the food delivery guys
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`who push menus under your door? That's push,
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`too?
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` MR. GARDNER: Objection to form.
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` A Well, so that could be considered
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`for delivery, you have the misfortune of
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` Q How about a -- how about a bot that
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`sends out spam to recipients, recipients,
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`from their end? That would be a push.
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` Correct?
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` A Again, that's not precisely the
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`same, but I think receiving something that
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` I can answer -- go ahead.
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` Q Okay. In the case of the
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` A That's right.
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` I mean, there's a subscription, and
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`I'm going to be sent newspapers on a regular
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` Q Right. But either of those could
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` A Yes.
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` Q Okay. Let me ask you another
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` Are you familiar with the term
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`"download"?
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` A Well, I mean broadly, yes, of
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`course.
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` Q How do you understand that?
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` A Well, just for example, on this
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` So that was a -- presumably a
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` Q Okay. Okay. All right. Okay.
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` So in order for you to do that, I
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`click a little button to send it.
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` Right?
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` A Yeah, I presume so. Yeah.
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` There may be other ways to get it
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`into the chat. I don't know, but that sounds
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`right for that particular example of Zoom.
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` Q And it went -- before you got it,
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`it went somewhere.
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` Right?
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` Q Let's assume that that's what
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`chat and clicked on it. Let's assume that
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` A Yeah.
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` Q So, would it be proper to say that
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` A Yes, that's -- I think that's a
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` Q Okay. Let's turn to your
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`paragraph 79, which is on page 46.
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` Are you there?
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` A Note quite. Just a second.
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` Q Okay. Take a minute. Let me know
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`when you're ready.
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` A (Witness reviewing.)
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` Sorry. Paragraph 79, you said?
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` Q Yeah.
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` A Okay. I'm there.
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` Q Okay. So this is -- I'm going to
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` You're referring here to a
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` Correct?
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` A Yes.
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` MR. ABRAMSON: And that was --
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` doesn't say so here, but it was Exhibit
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` All right. Rather than make that
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` Let me find that one. Sorry. It's
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` This one, the one that I'm
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` Let me see what case that was from. It
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` Just give me a minute off the
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` the -- in the numbering, so this will
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` take me about a minute. Okay?
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` MR. GARDNER: I think you will find
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` that 1003 is the same, Carmel 1003 is
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` the same in all three IPRs.
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` (Whereupon a discussion was held
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` off the record.)
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` MR. ABRAMSON: I'll accept that.
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` I'll accept that. Here we go.
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` MR. GARDNER: I'm not trying to
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` trick you. I'm just trying to -- like I
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` said, our intent was to try to make it
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` so that the same exhibit numbers follow
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` through.
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` MR. ABRAMSON: I appreciate that.
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` And, you know, sometimes it's hard to do
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` that, and that's fine. And -- that's
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` fine.
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` This is one of those examples where
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` the document has to be the same anyway,
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` so I'm not too concerned, but thank you.
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` It's always tricky when you have
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` declarations that are different.
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` Q By anyway, I sent you Exhibit 1003,
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