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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`AIRE TECHNOLOGY LTD.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Case No. 6:21-cv-01101-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`PLAINTIFF’S PRELIMINARY DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED CLAIMS AND
`INFRINGEMENT CONTENTIONS TO DEFENDANT APPLE INC.
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`Aire Technology Ltd. (“Plaintiff” or “Aire”) submits the following Preliminary Disclosure
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`of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions to Defendant Apple Inc. (“Defendant” or
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`“Apple”). This disclosure is based on the information available to Aire as of the date of this
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`disclosure, and Aire reserves the right to amend this disclosure to the full extent consistent with
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`the Court’s Rules and Orders.
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`I.
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`Asserted Claims
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`Aire asserts that Apple has infringed and continue to infringe at least the following claims
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`of Aire’s patents (collectively, the “Asserted Claims”):
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`A. U.S. Patent No. 8,581,706 (“the ’706 Patent”): Claims 1, 2, 3, 11, 12, 16, 18, and 20.
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`B. U.S. Patent No. 8,205,249 (“the ’249 Patent”): Claims 1-12.
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`C. U.S. Patent No. 8,174,360 (“the ’360 Patent”): Claims 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 15.
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`Aire reserves the right to seek leave of court to add, delete, substitute, or otherwise amend
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`this list of asserted claims should further discovery, the Court’s claim construction, or other
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`circumstances so merit.
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`II.
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`Accused Products
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`Aire contends that the Asserted Claims are infringed by the various apparatuses used,
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`made, sold, offered for sale, or imported into the United States by Apple (the “Accused Products”).
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`The Accused Products include at least the following, as well as products with reasonably similar
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`functionality, and all varieties of these products:
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`•
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`’706 and ’360 Patents: iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, SE (first and second generation),
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`7, 7 Plus, 8, 8 Plus, X, XR, XS, XS Max, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro,
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`12 Pro Max, 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, 13 Pro Max, Watch Series 1, Watch Series 2, Watch
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`Series 3, Watch Series 4, Watch Series 5, Watch SE, Watch Series 6, and Watch Series
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`7.
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`•
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`’249 Patent: iPhone 6, 6 Plus, 6S, 6S Plus, SE (first and second generation), 7, 7 Plus,
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`8, 8 Plus, X, XR, XS, XS Max, 11, 11 Pro, 11 Pro Max, 12, 12 mini, 12 Pro, 12 Pro
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`Max, 13, 13 mini, 13 Pro, and 13 Pro Max.
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`Aire reserves the right to amend this list of accused instrumentalities, as well as other
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`information contained in this document and the exhibits hereto, to incorporate new information
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`learned during the course of discovery, including, but not limited to, the inclusion of newly
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`released products, versions, or any other equivalent devices ascertained through discovery.
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`Further, to the extent any accused infringing products have gone through or will go through name
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`changes, but were or will be used or sold with the same accused features, earlier corresponding
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`products under different names also are accused.
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`III. Claim Charts
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`Claim charts identifying a location of every element of every asserted claim of the asserted
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`Aire Patents within accused products are attached hereto as Exhibits A-C. Aire’s analysis of the
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`Accused Products is based on limited publicly available information and based on Aire’s own
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`investigation prior to any discovery in this action. In an effort to focus the issues, Aire identifies
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`exemplary evidence for each claim limitation. The evidence cited for a particular limitation should
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`be considered in light of the additional evidence cited for the other claim limitations. Aire reserves
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`the right to rely on evidence cited for any particular limitation of an asserted claim for any other
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`limitation asserted for that claim. Unless otherwise indicated, the information provided that
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`corresponds to each claim element is considered to indicate that each claim element is found within
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`each of the different variations of each respective Accused Products described above.
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`Aire reserves the right to amend these claim charts, as well as other information contained
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`in this document and the exhibits hereto. Aire further reserves the right to amend these claim
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`charts to incorporate new information learned during the course of discovery, including, but not
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`limited to, information that is not publicly available or readily discernible without discovery or
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`undue burden.
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`IV.
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`Literal Infringement / Doctrine of Equivalents
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`Aire asserts that Apple infringes the asserted claims listed above under at least 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 271(a), (b), (c), and/or (f). Aire contends that Apple has directly infringed and continues to
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`directly infringe the asserted claims by making, using, offering for sale, selling, and importing
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`into the United States the Accused Products. Aire also contends that Apple (i) induces end users
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`of the Accused Products to directly infringe the Asserted Claims and (ii) contributes to end users’
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`direct infringement of the Asserted Claims. Aire asserts that, under the proper construction of the
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`asserted claims and their claim terms, the limitations of the asserted claims of the asserted Aire
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`patents are literally present in the accused products, as set forth in the claim charts attached hereto
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`as Exhibits A-C. Aire contends that any and all elements found not to be literally infringed are
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`infringed under the doctrine of equivalents because the differences between the claimed inventions
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`and the accused instrumentalities, if any, are insubstantial.
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`Aire’s contention is that each limitation is literally met, and necessarily also would be met
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`under the doctrine of equivalents because there are no substantial differences between the Accused
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`Products and the claims, in function, way, or result. If Apple attempts to argue that there is no
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`infringement literally and also no infringement under doctrine of equivalents and attempts to draw
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`any distinction between the claimed functionality and the functionality in the Accused Products,
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`then Aire reserves its right to rebut the alleged distinction as a matter of literal infringement and/or
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`as to whether any such distinction is substantial under the doctrine of equivalents.
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`Aire reserves the right to amend its Infringement Contentions as to literal infringement or
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`infringement under the doctrine of equivalents in light of new information learned during the
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`course of discovery and the Court’s claim construction.
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`V.
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`Priority Dates
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`The Asserted Claims are entitled to a priority date of at least the following:
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`A.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,581,706: Each asserted claim of the ’706 Patent is entitled to at
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`least a priority date of June 12, 2006.
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`B.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,205,249: Each asserted claim of the ’249 Patent is entitled to at
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`least a priority date of October 24, 2002.
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`C.
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,174,360: Each asserted claim of the ’360 Patent is entitled to at
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`least a priority date of July 30, 2003.
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`VI.
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`Identification of Instrumentalities Practicing the Claimed Inventions
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`At this time, Aire is not relying on any assertion that any of its own instrumentalities
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`practice the claims of the Asserted Patents.
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`VII. Document Production Accompanying Disclosure
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`Aire submits the following Document Production Accompanying Disclosure, along with
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`an identification of the categories to which each of the documents corresponds.
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`Aire is presently unaware of any documents sufficient to evidence any discussion with,
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`disclosure to, or other manner of providing to a third party, or sale of or offer to sell, the inventions
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`recited in the Asserted Claims of the asserted patents prior to the application date or priority date
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`for the asserted patents. A diligent search continues for documents and Aire reserves the right to
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`supplement this response.
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`Aire is presently unaware of documents regarding the conception, reduction to practice,
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`design, and development of each claimed invention of the asserted patents, which were created
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`before the date of application for the asserted patents or the priority date identified above. A
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`diligent search continues for documents and Aire reserves the right to supplement this response.
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`Aire identifies the following documents as being the file histories for the Asserted Patents:
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`AIRE-APPLE-00000035 - AIRE-APPLE-00001549.
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`Dated: January 20, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Brett Cooper
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`Brett E. Cooper (NY SBN 4011011)
`bcooper@raklaw.com
`Reza Mirzaie (CA SBN 246953)
`rmirzaie@raklaw.com
`Marc A. Fenster (CA SBN 181067)
`mfenster@raklaw.com
`Seth Hasenour (TX SBN 24059910)
`shasenour@raklaw.com
`Drew B. Hollander (NY SBN 5378096)
`dhollander@raklaw.com
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`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
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`12424 Wilshire Blvd. 12th Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90025
`Phone: (310) 826-7474
`Facsimile: (310) 826-6991
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff Aire Technology
`Limited
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that this document is being served upon counsel of record for Defendants on
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`January 20, 2022 via electronic service.
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`/s/ Drew Hollander
` Drew B. Hollander
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