`EXHIBIT 1011
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`Ex. 1011 — TCL Indus Holdings Co., Ltd.
`TCL Indus Holdings Co., Ltd. v. LGE — IPR2023-00240
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`Ex. 1011 – TCL Indus Holdings Co., Ltd.
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`LG Electronics Inc.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`TCL Electronics Holdings Ltd. (f/k/a TCL
`Multimedia Technology Holdings, Ltd.); TCL
`Industries Holdings Co., Ltd.; TCL Industries
`Holdings (H.K.) Limited; TTE Technology,
`Inc. (d/b/a TCL North America); TTE
`Corporation; TCL Moka International
`Limited; TCL Moka Manufacturing S.A. de
`C.V.; TCL King Electrical Appliances
`(Huizhou) Co. Ltd.; Manufacturas Avanzadas
`S.A. de C.V.; TCL Smart Device (Vietnam)
`Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen TCL New Technology
`Co., Ltd.; TCL Optoelectronics Technology
`(Huizhou) Co., Ltd.; TCL Overseas
`Marketing Ltd.; and TCL Technology Group
`Corporation (f/k/a TCL Corp.),
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`Defendants.
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`Civil Action No. 2:22-cv-00122
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`PLAINTIFF LG ELECTRONICS
`INC.’S PATENT L.R. 3-1 AND 3-2
`DISCLOSURE OF ASSERTED
`CLAIMS AND INFRINGEMENT
`CONTENTIONS
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`PLAINTIFF’S LOCAL PATENT RULES 3-1 AND 3-2 DISCLOSURES
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`Plaintiff LG Electronics Inc. (hereinafter, “LGE” or “Plaintiff”), pursuant to Local Patent
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`Rule 3-1 and Local Patent Rule 3-2 and the Scheduling Orders entered in this case (Dkt. No. 41),
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`submits its Disclosure of Asserted Claims, Infringement Contentions, and contentions regarding
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`LGE products, as well as the required document production with respect to Defendants TCL
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`Electronics Holdings Ltd. (f/k/a TCL Multimedia Technology Holdings, Ltd.); TCL Industries
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`Holdings Co., Ltd.; TCL Industries Holdings (H.K.) Limited; TTE Technology, Inc. (d/b/a TCL
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`North America); TTE Corporation; TCL Moka International Limited; TCL Moka Manufacturing
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`S.A. de C.V.; TCL King Electrical Appliances (Huizhou) Co. Ltd.; Manufacturas Avanzadas S.A.
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`de C.V.; TCL Smart Device (Vietnam) Co., Ltd.; Shenzhen TCL New Technology Co., Ltd.; TCL
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`Optoelectronics Technology (Huizhou) Co., Ltd.; TCL Overseas Marketing Ltd.; and TCL
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`Technology Group Corporation (f/k/a TCL Corp.) (collectively “TCL” or “Defendants”).
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Based on LGE’s review of publicly available information and an analysis of Defendants’
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`accused systems and methods, LGE presents these Infringement Contentions. In making these
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`disclosures and preliminary infringement contentions, LGE notes that it has not yet received any
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`discovery from any Defendant regarding their accused products, or their methods and systems.
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`Accordingly, all information contained in this Disclosure and accompanying Exhibits is the result
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`of publicly available information and independent examination and analysis of the accused
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`instrumentalities of each Defendant. Certain information about the operation of such accused
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`instrumentalities is not available without engaging in further discovery.
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`Accordingly, LGE reserves the right to modify, amend, and/or supplement any of its
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`Disclosures of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions to the extent permitted by the
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`Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Local Patent Rules of this Court, and any Order of this Court.
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`LGE specifically reserves the right to modify, amend, and/or supplement any of its identification
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`of asserted claims and/or infringement contentions due not only to discovery obtained from any
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`Defendants, but also discovery obtained from any third parties, voluntary disclosures by any
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`Defendants or third parties, any of Defendants’ contentions and pleadings/briefs/declarations (and
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`exhibits thereto), the issuance of a claim construction ruling by the Court, or for any other reason
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`permitted under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or the Local Patent Rules of this Court
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`and/or any Order of this Court.
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`II.
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`LOCAL PATENT RULE 3-1 DISCLOSURES AND CONTENTIONS
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`A.
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`CLAIMS INFRINGED (Local Patent Rule 3-1(a))
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`Pursuant to Local Patent Rule 3-1(a), LGE identifies the following patents (hereinafter,
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`the “Patents-in-Suit”) and the following claims of the Patents-in-Suit (hereinafter, “Asserted
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`Claims”) that the Defendants have infringed and continue to infringe:
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`U.S. Patent No.
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`7,982,803
`(the “’803 patent”)
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`7,839,452
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`10,334,311
`(the “’311 patent”)
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`9,080,740
`(the “’740 patent”)
`9,788,346
`(the “’346 patent”)
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`10,499,431
`(the “’431 patent”)
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`Asserted Claims
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`1, 2, 6-10, 13, 14, 16
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`1-3, 5-17, 19-21, 23
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`1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14,
`15, 16, 18, 20, 21
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`1-3, 7-29, 31
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`9-10, 12-14, 16
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`1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-16
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`Title
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`Audio and Video
`Synchronizing Apparatus and
`Method
`Image Display Device in
`Digital TV
`Method of Providing External
`Device List and Image
`Display Device
`Planar Lighting Device
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`Channel Access Method for
`Very High Throughput
`(VHT) Wireless Local Access
`Network System and Station
`Supporting the Channel
`Access Method
`Channel Access Method for
`Very High Throughput
`(VHT) Wireless Local Access
`Network System and Station
`Supporting the Channel
`Access Method
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`B.
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`ACCUSED INSTRUMENTALITIES (Local Patent Rule 3-1(b))
`1. U.S. Patent No. 7,982,803
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`For U.S. Patent No. 7,982,803, the Accused Instrumentalities include TCL televisions that
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`include an infringing audio passthrough feature, including but not limited to the TCL model
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`numbers identified in the chart below. Each of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in the chart
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`below infringes claims 1, 2, 6-10, 13, 14, and 16 of the ’803 patent, as explained in more detail in
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`LGE’s Patent L.R. 3-1(c) Disclosures and attached claims charts. LGE also accuses all other TCL
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`televisions (made, used, sold, imported, or offered for sale by or for TCL during the damages
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`period for the ’803 patent) that are insubstantially different (or which have substantially the same
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`structure and/or operation and achieve substantially the same function and/or result), with respect
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`to the asserted claims of the ’803 patent, from any of the TCL model televisions set forth below.
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`Series
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`Model(s)
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`3-Series
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`32S331; 32S335
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`4-Series
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`43S435; 50S435; 55S435; 65S435; 75S435; 85S435; 43S431; 50S431; 55S431;
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`65S431; 75S431; 43S433; 75S433; 43S455; 55S455; 65S455; 75S455; 50S455;
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`55S21
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`5-Series
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`55S531; 65S531; 50S535; 55S535; 65S535; 75S535
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`6-Series
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`55R635; 65R635; 75R635; 65R648; 75R648
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`7-Series
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`85R745
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`2. U.S. Patent No. 7,839,452
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`For U.S. Patent No. 7,839,452, each of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in Chart
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`452A below infringes claims 1-3, 5, 7, 9-12, 14, 16, 17, 19-21, and 23 of the ’452 patent, and each
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`of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in Chart 452B below infringes claims 6, 8, 13, and 15
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`of the ’452 patent. The Accused Instrumentalities include all TCL televisions that include the
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`infringing 4K upscaling operation, including but not limited to the TCL model numbers identified
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`in the chart below. The infringement of claims 1-3, 5-17, 19-21, and 23 of the ’452 patent is
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`explained in more detail in LGE’s Patent L.R. 3-1(c) Disclosures and attached claims charts. LGE
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`also accuses all other TCL televisions (made, used, sold, imported, or offered for sale by or for
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`TCL during the damages period for the ’452 patent) that are insubstantially different (or which
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`have substantially the same structure and/or operation and achieve substantially the same function
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`and/or result), with respect to the asserted claims of the ’452 patent, from any of the TCL model
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`televisions set forth below.
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`Chart 452A – Accused Instrumentalities for Claims 1-3, 5, 7, 9-12, 14, 16, 17, 19-21, and 23
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`Series
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`Model(s)
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`4-Series
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`43S403; 43S405; 43S421; 43S423; 43S425; 43S431; 43S433; 43S434; 43S435;
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`43S446; 43S455; 49S403; 49S405; 49S425; 50S421; 50S423; 50S425; 50S431;
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`50S434; 50S435; 50S446; 50S455; 55S20; 55S21; 55S401; 55S403; 55S405;
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`55S421; 55S423; 55S425; 55S431; 55S433; 55S434; 55S435; 55S446; 55S455;
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`65S401; 65S403; 65S405; 65S421; 65S423; 65S425; 65S431; 65S434; 65S435;
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`65S446; 65S455; 70S430; 70S434; 75S421; 75S423; 75S425; 75S431; 75S433;
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`75S434; 75S435; 75S446; 75S455; 85S435; 85S446
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`5-Series
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`43S513;43S515; 43S517; 43S525; 49S513; 49S515; 49S517; 50S525; 50S535;
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`50S546; 55S513; 55S515; 55S517; 55S525; 55S531; 55S535; 55S546; 65S513;
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`65S515; 65S517; 65S525; 65S531; 65S535; 65S546; 75S535; 75S546
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`6-Series
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`55R613; 55R615; 55R617; 55R625; 55R635; 55R646; 65R615; 65R617;
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`65R625; 65R635; 65R646; 75R615; 75R617; 75R635; 75R646
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`7-Series
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`85R745
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`8-Series
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`65Q825; 75Q825.
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`Chart 452B – Accused Instrumentalities for Claims 6, 8, 13 and 15
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`Series
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`Model(s)
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`4-Series
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`43S403; 43S405; 43S421 ; 43S423; 43S425; 43S431; 43S433; 43S435; 43S455;
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`49S403; 49S405; 49S425; 50S421; 50S423; 50S425; 50S431; 50S435; 50S455;
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`55S20; 55S21; 55S401; 55S403; 55S405; 55S421; 55S423; 55S425; 55S431;
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`55S433; 55S435; 55S455; 65S401; 65S403; 65S405; 65S421; 65S423; 65S425;
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`65S431; 65S435; 65S455; 75S421; 75S423; 75S425; 75S431; 75S433; 75S435;
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`75S455; 85S435
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`5-Series
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`43S513; 43S515; 43S517; 43S525; 49S513; 49S515; 49S517; 50S525; 50S535;
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`55S513; 55S515; 55S517; 55S525; 55S531; 55S535; 65S513; 65S515; 65S517;
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`65S525; 65S531 ; 65S535; 75S535
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`6-Series
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`55R613; 55R615; 55R617; 55R625; 55R635; 65R615; 65R617; 65R625;
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`65R635; 75R615; 75R617; 75R635
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`7-Series
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`85R745
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`8-Series
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`65Q825; 75Q825
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`3. U.S. Patent No. 10, 334,311
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`For U.S. Patent No. 10,334,311, each of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in the
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`chart below infringes all of the asserted claims of the ’311 patent as identified above in section 3-
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`1(a). The Accused Instrumentalities include TCL Roku television models which include the
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`infringing icon feature, including but not limited to the model numbers identified in the chart
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`below. Each of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in the chart below infringes claims 1, 3,
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`4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 20, and 21 of the ’311 patent, as explained in more detail in
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`LGE’s Patent L.R. 3-1(c) Disclosures and attached claims charts. LGE also accuses all other TCL
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`televisions (made, used, sold, imported, or offered for sale by or for TCL during the damages
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`period for the ’311 patent) that are insubstantially different (or which have substantially the same
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`structure and/or operation and achieve substantially the same function and/or result), with respect
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`to the asserted claims of the ’311 patent, from any of the TCL model televisions set forth below.
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`Series
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`Model(s)
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`3-Series
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`28S305; 32S305; 32S321; 32S323; 32S325; 32S327; 32S331; 32S335; 40S305;
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`40S325; 43S305; 43S325; 49S305; 49S325
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`4-Series
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`43S403; 43S405; 43S421; 43S423; 43S425; 43S431; 43S433; 43S435; 43S455;
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`49S403; 49S405; 49S425; 50S421; 50S423; 50S425; 50S431; 50S435; 50S455;
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`55S20; 55S21; 55S401; 55S403; 55S405; 55S421; 55S423; 55S425; 55S431;
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`55S433; 55S435; 55S455; 65S401; 65S403; 65S405; 65S421; 65S423; 65S425;
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`65S435; 75S421; 75S423; 75S425; 75S431; 75S433; 75S435; 75S455; 85S435
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`5-Series
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`43S513; 43S515; 43S517; 43S525; 49S513; 49S515; 49S517; 50S525; 50S535;
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`55S513; 55S515; 55S517; 55S525; 55S531; 55S535; 65S513; 65S515; 65S517;
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`65S535; 75S535
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`6-Series
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`55R613; 55R615; 55R617; 55R625; 55R635; 65R615; 65R617; 65R625;
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`65R635; 65R648; 75R615; 75R617; 75R635
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`7-Series
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`85R745
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`8-Series
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`65Q825
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`4. U.S. Patent No. 9,080,740
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`For U.S. Patent No. 9,080,740, each of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in Chart
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`740A below infringes claims 1 and 7-21 of the ’740 patent, each of the Accused Instrumentalities
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`identified in Chart 740B below infringes claims 2-3 and 22-29 of the ’740 patent, and each of the
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`Accused Instrumentalities identified in Chart 740C below infringe claim 31 of the ’740 patent. The
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`Accused Instrumentalities include TCL televisions with infringing backlight structures, including
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`but not limited to the model numbers identified in the chart below. The infringement of claims 1-
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`3, 7-29, and 31 of the ’740 patent is explained in more detail in LGE’s Patent L.R. 3-1(c)
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`Disclosures and attached claims charts. LGE also accuses all other TCL televisions (made, used,
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`sold, imported, or offered for sale by or for TCL during the damages period for the ’740 patent)
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`that are insubstantially different (or which have substantially the same structure and/or operation
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`and achieve substantially the same function and/or result), with respect to the asserted claims of
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`the ’740 patent, from any of the TCL model televisions set forth below.
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`Chart 740A – Accused Instrumentalities for Claims 1 and 7-21
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`Series
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`Model(s)
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`3-Series
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`28S305; 32S21; 32S305; 32S321; 32S323; 32S325; 32S327; 32S330; 32S331;
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`32S334; 32S335; 40S305; 40S325; 40S330; 40S334; 43S305; 43S325; 43S334
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`4-Series
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`43S403; 43S405; 43S421; 43S423; 43S425; 43S431; 43S433; 43S434; 43S435;
`43S446; 43S455; 50S434; 50S435; 50S446; 50S455; 55S20; 55S21; 55S431;
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`55S433; 55S434; 55S435; 55S446; 55S455; 65S434; 65S435; 65S446; 65S455;
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`70S434; 75S433; 75S434; 75S435; 75S446; 75S455; 85S435; 85S446
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`5-Series
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`43S525
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`Chart 740B – Accused Instrumentalities for Claims 2-3 and 22-29
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`Series
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`Model(s)
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`3-Series
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`40S305; 40S325; 40S330; 40S334; 43S305; 43S325; 43S334
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`4-Series
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`43S403; 43S405; 43S421; 43S423; 43S425; 43S431; 43S433; 43S434; 43S435;
`43S446; 43S455; 50S434; 50S435; 50S446; 50S455; 55S20; 55S21; 55S431;
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`55S433; 55S434; 55S435; 55S446; 55S455; 65S434; 65S435; 65S446; 65S455;
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`70S434; 75S433; 75S434; 75S435; 75S446; 75S455; 85S435; 85S446
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`5-Series
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`43S525
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`Chart 740C – Accused Instrumentalities for Claim 31
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`Series
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`Model(s)
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`4-Series
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`55S20; 55S21; 55S431; 55S433; 55S434; 55S435; 55S446; 55S455; 65S434;
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`65S435; 65S446; 65S455; 70S434; 75S433; 75S434; 75S435; 75S446; 75S455;
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`85S435; 85S446
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`5. U.S. Patent No. 9,788,346
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`For U.S. Patent No. 9,788,346, each of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in the chart
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`below infringes all of the asserted claims of the ’346 patent as identified above in section 3-1(a).
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`The Accused Instrumentalities include all TCL televisions that comply with the 802.11ac
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`amendment to the Wi-Fi standard, including but not limited to the TCL model numbers identified
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`in the chart below. Each of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in the chart below infringes
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`claims 9-10, 12-14, 16 of the ’346 patent, as explained in more detail in LGE’s Patent L.R. 3-1(c)
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`Disclosures and attached claims charts. LGE also accuses all other TCL televisions (made, used,
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`sold, imported, or offered for sale by or for TCL during the damages period for the ’346 patent)
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`that are insubstantially different (or which have substantially the same structure and/or operation
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`and achieve substantially the same function and/or result), with respect to the asserted claims of
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`the ’346 patent, from any of the TCL model televisions set forth below.
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`Series
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`Model(s)
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`3-Series
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`32S321; 32S325; 32S327; 32S331; 32S335; 40S325; 43S325; 49S325
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`4-Series
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`43S455; 55S455; 65S455; 75S455; 43S403; 43S405; 43S421; 43S423; 43S425;
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`43S431; 43S433; 43S434; 43S435; 43S446; 49S403; 49S405; 49S425; 50S421;
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`50S423; 50S425; 50S431; 50S434; 50S435; 50S446; 55S401; 55S403; 55S405;
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`55S20; 55S21; 55S421; 55S423; 55S425; 55S431; 55S433; 55S434; 55S435;
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`55S446; 65S401; 65S403; 65S405; 65S421; 65S423; 65S425; 65S431; 65S434;
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`50S455; 65S435; 65S446; 70S430; 70S434; 75S421; 75S423; 75S425; 75S431;
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`75S433; 75S434; 75S435; 75S446; 85S435; 85S446
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`5-Series
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`55S531; 65S531; 43S513; 43S515; 43S517; 43S525; 49S513; 49S515; 49S517;
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`50S525; 50S535; 55S513; 55S515; 55S517; 55S525; 55S535; 65S513; 65S515;
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`65S517; 65S525; 65S535; 75S535
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`6-Series
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`55R613; 55R615; 55R617; 55R625; 55R635; 55R646; 65R615; 65R617;
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`65R625; 65R635; 65R646; 65R648; 75R615; 75R617; 75R635; 75R646;
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`75R648
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`7-Series
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`85R745; 98R754
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`8-Series
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`65Q825; 75Q825
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`9-Series
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`85X925
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`6. U.S. Patent No. 10,499,431
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`For U.S. Patent No. 10,499,431, each of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in the
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`chart below infringes all of the asserted claims of the ’431 patent as identified above in section 3-
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`1(a). The Accused Instrumentalities include TCL televisions which comply with the 802.11ac
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`amendment to the Wi-Fi standard, including but not limited to the model numbers identified in the
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`chart below. Each of the Accused Instrumentalities identified in the chart below infringes claims
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`1-2, 4-5, 7-8, 10-11, 13-16 of the ’346 patent, as explained in more detail in LGE’s Patent L.R. 3-
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`1(c) Disclosures and attached claims charts. LGE also accuses all other TCL televisions (made,
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`used, sold, imported, or offered for sale by or for TCL during the damages period for the ’431
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`patent) that are insubstantially different (or which have substantially the same structure and/or
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`operation and achieve substantially the same function and/or result), with respect to the asserted
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`claims of the ’346 patent, from any of the TCL model televisions set forth below.
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`Series
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`Model(s)
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`3-Series
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`32S321; 32S325; 32S327; 32S331; 32S335; 40S325; 43S325; 49S325
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`4-Series
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`43S455; 55S455; 65S455; 75S455; 43S403; 43S405; 43S421; 43S423; 43S425;
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`43S431; 43S433; 43S434; 43S435; 43S446; 49S403; 49S405; 49S425; 50S421;
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`50S423; 50S425; 50S431; 50S434; 50S435; 50S446; 55S401; 55S403; 55S405;
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`55S20; 55S21; 55S421; 55S423; 55S425; 55S431; 55S433; 55S434; 55S435;
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`55S446; 65S401; 65S403; 65S405; 65S421; 65S423; 65S425; 65S431; 65S434;
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`50S455; 65S435; 65S446; 70S430; 70S434; 75S421; 75S423; 75S425; 75S431;
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`75S433; 75S434; 75S435; 75S446; 85S435; 85S446
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`5-Series
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`55S531; 65S531; 43S513; 43S515; 43S517; 43S525; 49S513; 49S515; 49S517;
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`50S525; 50S535; 55S513; 55S515; 55S517; 55S525; 55S535; 65S513; 65S515;
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`65S517; 65S525; 65S535; 75S535
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`6-Series
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`55R613; 55R615; 55R617; 55R625; 55R635; 55R646; 65R615; 65R617;
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`65R625; 65R635; 65R646; 65R648; 75R615; 75R617; 75R635; 75R646;
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`75R648
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`7-Series
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`85R745; 98R754
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`8-Series
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`65Q825; 75Q825
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`9-Series
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`85X925
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`Further Accused Instrumentalities
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`LGE has compiled the preceding identification of the Accused Instrumentalities (for each
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`Asserted Patent) from the information currently available without the benefit of any discovery
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`from any Defendants or third parties in this action. There may be additional TCL products that
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`infringe the Asserted Claims, which are currently unknown to LGE, or additional TCL products
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`that are made, used, imported, sold, or offered for sale in the future and that infringe the Asserted
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`Claims, and for these reasons are not specifically identified above. LGE reserves the right to
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`modify, amend, and/or supplement
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`the above
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`identification with additional Accused
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`Instrumentalities.
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`C.
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`INFRINGEMENT CHARTS (Local Patent Rule 3-1(c))
`LGE attaches a set of charts identifying specifically where each element of each of the
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`Asserted Claims is found within Defendants’ Accused Instrumentalities as follows: Exhibit A (the
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`’803 patent), Exhibit B (the ’452 patent), Exhibit C (the ’311 patent), Exhibit D (the ’740 patent),
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`Exhibit E (the ’346 patent), Exhibit F (the ’431 patent), and the Appendices to those Exhibits.
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`LGE reserves the right to amend or supplement these charts, or to generate additional
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`charts, based on discovery from Defendants or any third parties, any of Defendants’ disclosures,
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`any voluntary disclosures from any third parties, facts or evidence learned during this case, any of
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`Defendants’ contentions, admissions, pleadings, briefs, or exhibits to any such filings, the issuance
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`of a claim construction ruling by the Court, or for any other reason permitted under the Federal
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`Rules of Civil Procedure and/or the Local Rules of this Court and/or any Order of this Court.
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`D.
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`STATEMENT OF INFRINGEMENT (Local Patent Rule 3-1(d))
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`Defendants directly infringe the Asserted Claims by importing, making, using, offering for
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`sale, and/or selling the Accused Instrumentalities. For example, in addition to selling Accused
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`Instrumentalities, Defendants’ direct infringement includes any testing, quality assurance, and/or
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`refurbishment of the Accused Instrumentalities performed in the United States.
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`Based on its current understanding of the claim language (prior to claim construction) and
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`publicly available information pertaining to the Accused Instrumentalities, and without notice of
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`any non-infringement positions from Defendants in this case to date, LGE asserts that Defendants
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`literally infringe each element, limitation, and/or step of the Asserted Claims as set forth herein
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`(including the claims charts attached hereto) and thus the Accused Instrumentalities literally
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`infringe the Asserted Claims.
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`Additionally, for any claim element, limitation, or step that is deemed to be not literally
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`infringed by any of the Accused Instrumentalities, LGE asserts that such claim element, limitation,
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`or step is also satisfied under the doctrine of equivalents because any difference between any such
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`claim element, limitation, or step and the Accused Instrumentalities is insubstantial. In other
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`words, the Accused Instrumentalities perform substantially the same function, in substantially the
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`same way, to achieve substantially the same result, as each such element, limitation, or step of the
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`Asserted Claims (and as set forth in the claim charts attached hereto). For example, with respect
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`to claim 3 of the ’740 patent, the Accused Instrumentalities comprise a spacer which performs
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`substantially the same function (e.g., exhibiting light transmission, refraction, or reflection), in
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`substantially the same way (e.g., a transparent or semi-transparent object which exhibits light
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`transmission, refraction, or reflection), to achieve substantially the same result (e.g., light is
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`transmitted, refracted, or reflected). As another example, with respect to claim 10 of the ’740
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`patent, the Accused Instrumentalities comprise a combination of an adhesive connecting the
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`reflection layer to the lower cover and a black adhesive connecting the circuit substrate to the lower
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`cover thereby fixing the reflection layer and the circuit substrate relative to each other, and
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`performing substantially the same function (e.g., fixing the reflection layer and circuit substrate
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`relative to each other), in substantially the same way (e.g., adhesives), to achieve substantially the
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`same result (e.g., the reflection layer is fixed to the circuit substrate). As discovery has not yet
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`begun and the Court has not issued a claim construction Order, LGE reserves the right to rely on
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`the doctrine of equivalents at trial.
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`Defendants also indirectly infringe the Asserted Claims in violation of §271(b) by taking
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`active steps to encourage and facilitate direct infringement by third parties, including users,
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`partners, affiliates, subsidiaries, and service providers, in the United States with knowledge and
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`the specific intent that its efforts would result in the direct infringement of the Asserted Claims.
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`For example, as discussed in the Complaint and Answer, Defendants licensed patents from
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`Plaintiff for several years, which confirms that Defendants understood that their products used
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`technology covered by Plaintiff’s patents. In addition, Defendants have been aware of the ’803
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`patent since at least June 4, 2021, and Defendants received a claim chart for the ’803 patent no
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`later than June 4, 2021. Defendants have been aware of the ’452 patent since at least January 16,
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`2019, and Defendants received a claim chart for the ’452 patent no later than March 9, 2020.
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`Defendants have been aware of the ’311 patent since at least January 20, 2020, and Defendants
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`received a claim chart for the ’311 patent no later than March 9, 2020. Defendants have been aware
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`of the ’740 patent since at least June 4, 2021, and Defendants received a claim chart for the ’740
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`patent no later than June 4, 2021. Defendants have been aware of the ’346 patent since at least
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`January 16, 2019, and Defendants received a claim chart for the ’346 patent no later than March
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`9, 2020. Defendants have been aware of the’431 patent, since at least March 9, 2020. After
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`receiving such notice and ceasing to pay for a license, Defendants continued to encourage others
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`to import, make, use, offer for sale, and/or sell televisions infringing upon the Asserted Claims.
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`Evidence of such ongoing activities includes Defendants’ participation in trade shows such as the
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`Consumer Electronics Show
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`in
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`January 2020
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`and
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`January 2022. See
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`e.g.,
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`https://www.tcl.com/eu/en/ces-2022;
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`https://www.tcl.com/ces2020;
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`and
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`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBTLalS_eyM. Further evidence of Defendants ongoing
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`efforts to encourage others to infringe the Asserted Claims may include (without limitation)
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`advertisements and promotional material for televisions that infringe the Asserted Claims, user
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`guides and manuals for such televisions, and/or agreements with distributors for such televisions.
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`Defendants further infringe the Asserted Claims in violation of §271(f) by exporting parts
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`from the United States to one or more facilities in other countries (e.g., a factory in Mexico), with
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`the intention that such parts be combined in a manner that would infringe the Asserted Claims if
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`done in the United States.
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`LGE reserves the right to amend or supplement its infringement statement and this
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`disclosure, based on or in response to Defendants’ P.R. 3-4 production and disclosures, after claim
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`terms are construed, after receiving Defendants’ source code and other confidential document
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`productions, after receiving Defendants’ non-infringement contentions, after receiving
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`Defendants’ disclosures and any voluntary disclosures from any third parties, after receiving
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`discovery of additional information regarding Defendants’ infringement from either Defendants
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`or any third parties, after receiving any pleadings, briefs, or exhibits to any such filings, or as
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`permitted under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and/or the Local Patent Rules of this Court
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`and/or any Order of this Court.
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`E. PRIORITY DATE (Local Patent Rule 3-1(e))
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`Based on the presently available information and its investigations to date, LGE contends
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`that conception of the subject matter of the Asserted Claims occurred as follows:
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`The ’803 patent issued from U.S. application No. 11/401,798 that was filed on April 10,
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`2006, properly claims priority to Korean application No. 10-2005-0031350 that was filed on April
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`15, 2005. Therefore, the asserted claims of the ’803 patent are entitled to a priority date of at least
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`no later than April 15, 2005. Furthermore, the date of conception for the asserted claims of the
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`’803 patent is at least October 14, 2004, as demonstrated in documents being produced as part of
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`this disclosure. Thus, LGE asserts that the priority date of the asserted claims of the ’803 patent is
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`at least as early as October 14, 2004.
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`The ’452 patent, issued from U.S. application No. 11/785,524 that was filed on April 18,
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`2007, properly claims priority to U.S. application No. 11/374,112 that was filed on March 14,
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`2006, which properly claims priority to U.S. application No. 09/922,863 that was filed on August
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`7, 2001, which properly claims priority to Korean application No. 2000-45807 that was filed on
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`August 8, 2000. Therefore, the asserted claims of the ’452 patent are entitled to a priority date of
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`at least no later than August 8, 2000.
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`The ’311 patent, issued from U.S. application No. 15/788,510 that was filed on October
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`19, 2017, properly claims priority to U.S. application No. 15/390,198 that was filed on December
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`23, 2016, which properly claims priority to U.S. application No. 13/535,735 that was filed on June
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`28, 2012, which properly claims priority to Korean application No. 10-2011-0088863 that was
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`filed on September 2, 2011. Therefore, the asserted claims of the ’311 patent are entitled to a
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`priority date of at least no later than September 2, 2011. Furthermore, the date of conception for
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`the asserted claims of the ’311 patent is at least May 25, 2011, as demonstrated in documents being
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`produced as part of this disclosure. Thus, LGE asserts that the priority date of the asserted claims
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`of the ’311 patent is at least as early as May 25, 2011.
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`The ’740 patent, issued from application No. 14/455,569 that was filed on August 8, 2014,
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`properly claims priority to U.S. application No. 14/161,284 that was filed on January 22, 2014,
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`which properly claims priority to Korean application No. 10-2013-0007294 that was filed on
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`January 23, 2013. Therefore, the asserted claims of the ’740 patent are entitled to a priority date of
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`at least no later than January 23, 2013. Furthermore, the date of conception for the asserted claims
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`of the ’740 patent is at least September 7, 2012, as demonstrated in documents being produced as
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`part of this disclosure. Thus, LGE asserts that the priority date of the asserted claims of the ’740
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`patent is at least as early as September 7, 2012.
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`The ’346 patent, issued from application No. 15/357,438 that was filed on November 21,
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`2016, properly claims priority to U.S. application No. 14/800,425 that was filed on July 15, 2015,
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`which properly claims priority to U.S. application No. 14/579,286 that was filed on December 22,
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`2014, which properly claims priority to U.S. application 12/999,836 that was filed as application
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`No. PCT/KR2009/003264 on June 18, 2009, which properly claims priority to Korean application
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`No. 10-2008-0057246 that was filed on June 18, 2008. Therefore, the asserted claims of the ’346
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`patent are entitled to a priority date of at least no later than June 18, 2008. Furthermore, the date
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`of conception for the asserted claims of the ’346 patent is at least June 4, 2008, as demonstrated in
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`documents being produced as part of this disclosure. Thus, LGE asserts that the priority date of
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`the asserted claims of the ’346 patent is at least as early as June 4, 2008.
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`The ’431 patent, issued from application No. 15/708,50