`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-448-JRG
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`JURY TRIAL REQUESTED
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`CONSTELLATION DESIGNS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`LG ELECTRONICS INC.,
`LG ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC., AND
`LG ELECTRONICS ALABAMA, INC.
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`Defendants.
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`LG’S FINAL ELECTION OF ASSERTED PRIOR ART
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Order Focusing Patent Claims and Prior Art (Dkt. 39), Defendants
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`LG Electronics Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A., Inc., and LG Electronics Alabama, Inc. (collectively,
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`“LG”) hereby disclose their Final Election of Asserted Prior Art for the claims of the U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,842,761 (the “’761 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 10,567,980 (the “’980 patent”), U.S. Patent No.
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`10,693,700 (the “’700 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 11,019,509 (the “’509 patent”), U.S. Patent No.
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`11,018,922 (the “’922 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 9,743,290 (the “’290 patent”), and U.S. Patent No.
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`11,039,324 (the “’324 patent”) (collectively, the “Asserted Patents”) elected by Plaintiff
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`Constellation Designs, LLC (“CD”) on January 4, 2023. [See Mar. 7, 2023 5:53 PM EST Email
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`fr. B. DeFeo (“Constellation Designs v LG, 2:21-cv-448-JRG (EDTX) - Final Election of Asserted
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`Claims”).]
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`LG reserves the right to modify its election of asserted art, including to the extent CD
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`modifies or amends its Infringement Contentions and/or asserted claims, subject to and in
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`accordance with the Court’s Local Rules and any Orders issued by the Court.
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` Ngo et al., A New Iterative Decoder for Turbo Codes on the Nonlinear Channel
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`with Non-uniform 16QAM Modulation, Turbo-Coding-2006 (“Ngo 2”)
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` ETSI EN 302 307 V1.1.2, Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB); Second generation
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`framing structure, channel coding and modulation systems for Broadcasting,
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`Interactive Services, News Gathering and other broadband satellite applications
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`(“DVB S2”)
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` U.S. Patent No. 7,173,978 to Zhang et al. (“Zhang”)
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` Bauch et al., Turbo modulation and coding: Design and evaluation of iterative bit-
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`interleaved coded modulation methods for wireless systems beyond 3G, Wiley
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`InterScience (“Bauch”)
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` Barsoum, Jones, Fitz, Constellation Design via Capacity Maximization, ISIT2007,
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`Nice, France (“Fitz”)
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`International Published No. WO 2014/195303 A1 to Stadelmeier et al.
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`(“Stadelmeier”)
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` ATSC Standard: Physical Layer Protocol, Doc. A/322:2016, dated Sept. 7, 2016
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`(“A/322:2016”)1
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` ATSC Recommended Practice: Guidelines for the Physical Layer Protocol, Doc.
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`A/327:2018, dated Oct. 2, 2018 (“A/327:2018”)
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` U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2004/0252791 to Shen et al (“Shen ’791”)
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`1 A/322:2016 is listed as a prior art reference for each of the ’290, ’922, and ’324 patents. To
`the extent CD contests the prior art status of A/322:2016 with respect to any such patent, LG
`reserves the right to rely on a substantially similar version of this document, such as “ATSC
`Proposed Standard: Physical Layer Protocol (A/322),” Doc. S32-230r46, dated May 6, 2016, see,
`e.g., CD-INC-0000445, CD-INC-0000701, or “ATSC Proposed Standard: Physical Layer Protocol
`(A/322),” Doc. S32-230r56, dated June 29, 2016, see, e.g., LGCD_00031721.
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`International Published No. WO 2009/150500 A1 (“Thomson 1”)
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` Sommer et al., Signal Shaping by Non-Uniform QAM for AWGN Channels and
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`Applications Using Turbo Coding (“Sommer”)
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` Cronie, Superposition Coding for Power- and Bandwidth Efficient Communication
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`over the Gaussian Channel, ISIT2007, Nice, France, June 24 - June 29, 2007
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`(“Cronie 2007”)
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` Loghin et al., Non-Uniform Constellations for ATSC 3.0, IEEE Transactions on
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`Broadcasting, Vol. 62, No. 1, pp. 197-2003, March 2016 (“Loghin”)
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` U.S. Patent No. 8,503,550 to Ko et al. (“Ko”)
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`Date: March 14, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ R. Andrew Schwentker
`Michael J. McKeon (Lead Counsel)
`D.C. Bar No. 459780
`mckeon@fr.com
`Christian A. Chu (pro hac vice to be filed)
`D.C. Bar. No. 483948
`chu@fr.com
`R. Andrew Schwentker
`D.C. Bar No. 991792
`schwentker@fr.com
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`1000 Maine Ave., S.W., Suite 1000
`Washington, D.C. 20024
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`Thomas H. Reger II
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`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`1717 Main Street, Suite 5000
`Dallas, TX 75201
`Telephone: (214) 747-5070
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`Elizabeth G.H. Ranks
`Massachusetts Bar No. 693679
`ranks@fr.com
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`One Marina Park Drive
`Boston, MA 02210-1878
`Telephone: (617) 542-5070
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`Melissa Richards Smith
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Ave.
`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: (903) 934-8450
`Facsimile: (903) 934-9257
`melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`LG Electronics Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A.,
`Inc., and LG Electronics Alabama, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
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`document has been served on March 14, 2023 on all counsel of record via email.
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