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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`MULTIMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES PTE.
`LTD.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Civil Action No. 2:22-CV-00494-JRG-RSP
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`v.
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`LG ELECTRONICS INC. and
`LG ELECTRONICS U.S.A., INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`DEFENDANTS’ INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Pursuant to Rule 3-3 of the Local Patent Rules (“P. R.”) of the Eastern District of Texas
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`and to Standing Order Regarding Subject-Matter Eligibility Contentions (“Standing Order”),
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`Defendants LG Electronics Inc. and LG Electronics USA, Inc. (collectively, “LG” or
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`“Defendants”) hereby provide their Invalidity Contentions and Subject-Matter Eligibility
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`Contentions with respect to the claims identified by Plaintiff Multimedia Technologies Pte. Ltd.
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`(“MMT” or “Plaintiff”) in its Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions under
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`Patent Rule 3-1, served on June 5, 2023 (“Infringement Contentions”), in the above captioned
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`case. Plaintiff asserts infringement of the following claims:
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`U.S. Patent No.
`9,055,255 (“’255 Patent”)
`9,232,168 (“’168 Patent”)
`9,247,174 (“’174 Patent”)
`9,510,040 (“’040 Patent”)
`9,578,384 (“’384 Patent”)
`10,419,805 (“’805 Patent”)
`9,426,527 (“’527 Patent”)
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`Asserted Claims
`1-4, 6-13, 15-20
`1-7, 10-15
`1-5, 7, 10-13
`1-4, 11-15, 21
`1, 3-4, 6-9
`1-4, 6-18
`1-11
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`MULTIMEDIA EXHIBIT 2006
`LG v. Multimedia, IPR2024-00352
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`U.S. Patent No.
`9,185,325 (“’325 Patent”)
`9,237,291 (“’291 Patent”)
`9,055,254 (“’254 Patent”)
`9,829,003 (“’003 Patent”)
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`Asserted Claims
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`1-8
`1-4, 9-12
`1, 3, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14-16, 19
`1-5, 8-13, 16-19
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`Pursuant to P. R. 3-3 and 3-4, Defendants hereby provide their invalidity contentions and
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`related documents pertaining only to the asserted claims as identified by Plaintiff in its
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`Infringement Contentions. With respect to each asserted claim and based on its investigation to
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`date, Defendants hereby: (a) identify each currently known item of prior art that either
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`anticipates or renders obvious each asserted claim; (b) specify whether such prior art anticipates
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`each asserted claim or renders it obvious; (c) submit a chart identifying where each element in
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`each asserted claim is disclosed, described, or taught in the prior art, including for each element
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`that is governed by pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6 and/or 35 U.S.C. § 112(f), the identity of the
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`structure(s), act(s), or material(s) in each item of prior art (if any) that performs the claimed
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`function; and (d) identify the grounds for invalidating asserted claims based on indefiniteness
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`under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 2 and/or 35 U.S.C. § 112 (b), or non-enablement or lack of
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`written description under pre-AIA 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 1 and/or 35 U.S.C. § 112 (a). Defendants
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`further rely on and incorporates all prior art references cited in and/or on the cover of the
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`Asserted Patents and their respective prosecution histories, including, for supporting the
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`obviousness of any asserted claim, as well as any references or documents incorporated by
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`reference into any of the below identified references.
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`Also, pursuant to the Standing Order, Defendants hereby provide their Subject-Matter
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`Eligibility Contentions and related documents pertaining only to the asserted claims as identified
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`by Plaintiff in its Infringement Contentions. With respect to each asserted claim and based on its
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`investigation to date, Defendants hereby provide a chart: (1) identifying each exception to
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`eligibility to which each asserted claim is directed and the factual and legal basis therefor; (2)
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`identifying (A) a description of the industry, at the relevant time, in which each asserted claim is
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`well understood, routine, and conventional, and the factual and legal basis therefor, and (B) a
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`description of how each element of each asserted claim was well understood, routine, and
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`conventional in the relevant industry at the relevant time, and the legal and factual basis therefor;
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`(3) and identifying any other factual or legal basis for how each asserted claim is otherwise
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`ineligible for patent protection.
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`In addition, based on its investigation to date, Defendants hereby produce, or have
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`produced, the documents currently in their possession, custody, or control required to accompany
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`these Invalidity and Subject-Matter Eligibility Contentions pursuant to P. R. 3-4.
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`II.
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`RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
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`As stated above, pursuant to P. R. 3-3 and 3-4 and the Standing Order, Defendants hereby
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`provide disclosures and related documents pertaining only to the asserted claims identified by
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`Plaintiff in its Infringement Contentions. Defendants reserve the right to modify, amend, or
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`supplement these Invalidity Contentions to show the invalidity and/or subject-matter ineligibility
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`of any additional claims that the Court may allow Plaintiff to later assert. The Local Patent Rules
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`and the Court’s Docket Control Order contemplate that these Invalidity Contentions and Subject-
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`Matter Eligibility Contentions be prepared and served in response to Plaintiff’s Infringement
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`Contentions, but Plaintiff’s Infringement Contentions are insufficient in that they lack proper and
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`complete disclosure as to how Defendants allegedly infringes each element of the asserted
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`claims. As such, Defendants reserve the right to modify, amend, and/or supplement these
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`Invalidity Contentions and Subject-Matter Eligibility Contentions should the Court permit
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`Plaintiff to correct, clarify, amend, and/or supplement its Infringement Contentions.
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`Defendants’ Invalidity Contentions and Subject-Matter Eligibility Contentions and
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`selection of documents accompanying them are based on information currently available to
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`Defendants and are subject to further revision. For example, Plaintiff (or its counsel) may be in
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`possession of prior art that has not been disclosed to Defendant. As another example, because
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`discovery has only recently begun, Defendants reserve the right to amend or supplement the
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`information provided herein, including identifying and relying on additional references.
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`To the extent that these Invalidity Contentions and Subject-Matter Eligibility Contentions
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`reflect or otherwise embody particular constructions of terms or phrases in the asserted claims,
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`Defendants are not proposing any such constructions as proper constructions of those terms or
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`phrases. Various positions put forth in these Invalidity Contentions and Subject-Matter
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`Eligibility Contentions are predicated on Plaintiff’s incorrect and/or overbroad interpretation of
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`its claims in its Infringement Contentions provided to Defendants. These Invalidity Contentions
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`and Subject-Matter Eligibility Contentions are not intended to, and do not necessarily, reflect
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`Defendants’ interpretation of the true and proper scope of the asserted claims. Defendants
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`reserve the right to adopt claim construction positions that differ from any position in this
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`document. Defendants also object to any attempt by Plaintiff to infer any purported claim
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`constructions from any identification of potential prior art.
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`In those instances where Defendants assert that the asserted claims are invalid under 35
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`U.S.C. § 112 (e.g., no written description, not enabled, and/or indefinite), Defendants have
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`applied the prior art in accordance with its assumption that Plaintiff contends such asserted
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`claims (1) are definite, (2) have written description support, and (3) are enabled, as evidenced by
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`Plaintiff’s Infringement Contentions. As such, Defendants’ Invalidity Contentions do not
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`represent an agreement or view as to the meaning, definiteness, written description support for,
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`or enablement of any asserted claim.
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`For the avoidance of doubt, these Invalidity Contentions and Subject-Matter Eligibility
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`Contentions and accompanying documents are not intended to reflect Defendants’ claim
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`construction contentions, which will be disclosed in accordance with the Court’s Docket Control
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`Order.
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`Defendants’ Invalidity Contentions and Subject-Matter Eligibility Contentions may
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`change depending on the Court’s construction of the asserted claims, any findings as to the
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`priority date of the asserted claims, and/or positions that Plaintiff or its experts may take
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`concerning claim construction, infringement, and/or invalidity issues. Prior art not included in
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`this disclosure, whether known or unknown to Defendants, may become relevant. In particular,
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`Defendants are currently unaware of the extent, if any, to which Plaintiff will contend that
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`limitations of the asserted claims are not disclosed in the prior art identified by Defendants, or
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`will contend that any of the identified references do not qualify as prior art. To the extent that
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`such an issue arises, Defendants reserve the right to identify other references that, inter alia,
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`would have made the addition of the allegedly missing limitation to the disclosed device or
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`method obvious.
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`The identification of any patent or patent publication shall be deemed to include any
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`counterpart patent or application filed, published, or issued anywhere in the world. The citation
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`to any specifications published by standard-setting organizations shall be deemed to include any
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`product that implements such specifications and that would qualify as prior art under 35 U.S.C. §
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`102, e.g., under Sections 102(a), 102(b), or 102(g)(2).
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`Defendants’ claim charts cite to particular teachings and disclosures of the prior art as
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`applied to features of the asserted claims. Persons having ordinary skill in the art, however, may
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`view an item of prior art in the context of other publications, literature, products, and
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`understanding. As such, the cited portions are only exemplary, and Defendants reserve the right
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`to rely on uncited portions of the prior art references and on other publications and expert
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`testimony as aids in understanding and interpreting the cited portions, as providing context
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`thereto, and as additional evidence that the prior art discloses a claim limitation. Defendants
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`further reserve the right to rely on uncited portions of the prior art references, other publications,
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`and testimony to establish bases for combinations of certain cited references that render the
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`asserted claims obvious. Further, for any combination, Defendants reserve the right to rely
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`additionally on information generally known to those skilled in the art or common sense.
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`The references discussed in the claim charts may disclose the elements of the asserted
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`claims explicitly or inherently, or they may be relied upon to show the state of the art in the
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`relevant time frame. The suggested obviousness combinations are provided in the alternative to
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`Defendants’ anticipation contentions and are not to be construed to suggest that any reference
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`included in the combinations is not by itself anticipatory.
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`Defendants reserve the right to challenge patentability of the asserted claims under pre-
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`AIA 35 U.S.C. § 102(f) and/or 35 U.S.C. § 102(b) in the event Defendants obtain evidence that
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`the named inventor of the Asserted Patents did not invent the subject matter claimed in the
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`Asserted Patents or is not the sole inventor of the Asserted Patents. Should Defendants obtain
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`such evidence, it will provide the name of the person(s) from whom and the circumstances under
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`which the invention or any part of it was derived. Defendants further reserve the right to assert
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`that the Asserted Patents are unenforceable due to inequitable conduct.
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`Because discovery has just recently begun, Defendants anticipate that additional prior art
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`and invalidity bases may be found. Defendants’ investigation and analysis of the prior art is
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`continuing, and thus Defendants reserve the right to supplement, amend, and/or revise the
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`information provided herein as Defendants conduct further investigation and/or analysis,
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`including identifying, charting, and relying on additional references.
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`Additionally, in view of likely third-party discovery that will be taken, Defendants
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`reserve the right to present additional items of prior art under 35 U.S.C. §§ 102 (pre-AIA or post-
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`AIA) and/or § 103 located during discovery or further investigation, and to assert contentions of
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`invalidity under, for example, 35 U.S.C. §§ 102(c), (d), or (f). For example, Defendants may
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`issue subpoenas to third parties believed to have knowledge, documents, and/or other evidence
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`concerning invalidity of one or more of the Asserted Claims.
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`In addition to the positions and prior art identified in these Invalidity Contentions and
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`Subject-Matter Eligibility Contentions (including the accompanying invalidity claim charts),
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`Defendants also incorporate by reference all invalidity contentions, prior art1, and invalidity
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`claim charts (including, without limitation, all anticipation positions, obviousness positions
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`(including all prior art combinations and motivations to combine), indefiniteness positions,
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`written description positions, and nonenablement positions) concerning one or more of the
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`Asserted Patents, as disclosed at any time. This includes without limitation disclosures in
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`previous or related litigation, in United States Patent & Trademark Office (“USPTO”)
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`proceedings, by the Plaintiff, by any other parties accused of patent infringement by the Plaintiff,
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`1 Prior art appearing in the file histories of the Asserted Patents is not required to be separately
`produced by Defendants under P.R. 3-4(b).
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`or by the named inventors or any individuals associated with the prosecution and/or post-grant
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`review of the Asserted Patents.
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`IDENTIFICATION OF PRIOR ART PURSUANT TO P.R. 3-3(A)
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`III.
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`Pursuant to P. R. 3-3(a), and subject to Defendants’ reservation of rights, Defendants
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`identify each item of prior art that at least evidences the obviousness of one or more of the
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`asserted claims. In its Infringement Contentions, Plaintiff provided the following priority dates
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`for the Asserted Patents: August 17, 2012. Without admitting the validity of this priority date,
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`Defendants use this priority date for the purposes of these Invalidity Contentions.
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`In the following sections, Defendants identify each prior art patent by its number, country
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`of origin, and date of issue, each non-patent prior art publication by, where possible, its title, date
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`of publication, and author and/or publisher, and each prior art system currently known to
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`Defendants by, where possible, its name and date of sale, use, or knowledge. Defendants reserve
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`the right to identify additional non-patent and non-publication prior art systems that were sold,
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`offered for sale, used, etc. prior to the priority date to the extent any such systems become known
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`during discovery.
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`Defendants further rely on and incorporates all prior art references cited in and/or on the
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`cover of the Asserted Patents and their respective prosecution histories, including for supporting
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`the obviousness of any asserted claim. Defendants further rely on and incorporates by reference,
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`as if originally set forth herein, all invalidity positions, and all associated prior art and claim
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`charts, disclosed to Plaintiff by present or former defendants in any lawsuits or other proceedings
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`or by potential or actual licensees to any of the asserted claims. Defendants hereby disclose and
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`identifies as if originally set forth herein, all prior art references listed and/or asserted in the
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`above as invalidating prior art against each of the asserted claims.
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`A.
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`Identification of Prior Art to the Asserted Patents2
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`1.
`
`’255 Patent
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`Prior Art Patents, Applications, and Publications
`
`Country
`of
`Origin
`KR
`
`Filing
`First
`Date/Priority
`Named
`Date
`Inventor
`Song et al. 12/30/2004
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`Short
`Name
`
`07/05/2006
`
`KR2006 /
`0078225
`
`US
`
`Latif
`
`07/05/2012
`
`12/23/2014
`
`Latif
`Provisional
`
`08/07/2013
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed
`07/05/2012
`10/28/2011
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed
`04/29/2011
`04/05/2013
`08/30/2005
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed
`07/27/2005
`01/05/2007
`03/22/2011
`
`12/23/2014
`
`Latif
`
`01/19/2016
`
`Chardon
`
`04/19/2016
`02/01/2007
`
`Hong
`Ostojic
`
`07/10/2008
`09/22/2011
`
`Turkstra
`Burgess
`
`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`Korean Patent
`Application
`Publication
`KR2006/0078225
`61/668054
`Provisional
`Appl’n to US
`8,918,411
`8,918,411
`
`US
`
`Latif
`
`9,239,837
`
`US
`
`Chardon
`
`9,319,734
`2007/0028183
`
`US
`US
`
`Hong
`Ostojic
`
`2008/0167127
`2011/0231484
`
`US
`US
`
`Turkstra
`Burgess
`
`
`2 To the extent a reference listed in Section II(A) is not referred to specifically in the charts
`accompanying this disclosure, such reference is included as at least being indicative of the state
`of the art as of the priority date of the patent for which it is listed.
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`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`2012/0096355
`
`Country
`of
`Origin
`US
`
`First
`Named
`Inventor
`Vallone
`
`2013/0135357
`
`2011/0219395
`
`US
`
`US
`
`Rhee
`
`Moshiri
`
`WO 01/82596
`WO 12/102568
`
`PCT
`PCT
`
`Simons
`Choi
`
`Non-Patent Prior Art Publications
`
`Filing
`Date/Priority
`Date
`12/22/2011
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
`application
`filed
`12/19/2007
`08/03/2011
`(PCT filed)
`05/20/2011
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed
`08/29/2006
`04/25/2000
`01/27/2011
`(PCT filed)
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`Short
`Name
`
`04/19/2012
`
`Vallone
`
`05/30/2013
`
`Rhee
`
`09/08/2011
`
`Moshiri
`
`11/01/2001
`08/02/2012
`
`Simons
`Choi
`
`Author /
`Publisher
`aTV Flash
`
`Reference Title
`
`aTV Flash (black) 1.2 Now Available (Apple TV)
`
`Healing Digital HSS852 Owner’s Manual
`
`Healing
`Digital -
`Lee - ACM Balancing the Power of Multimedia Information
`Retrieval and Usability in Designing Interactive TV
`The Future of Television
`Entertainment has Arrived –
`PRTC Digital TV: Your Guide to PRTC’s Digital TV
`& Whole Home DVR Service, Powered By
`Microsoft Mediaroom.
`
`SnapStream’s Beyond TV 3 0 The Must-have Home
`Multimedia Software - The TV in Beyond TV - Live
`TV & Timeshifting
`Plasma TV Service Manual, Model 50PZ550
`
`Palmetto
`Rural
`Telephone
`Cooperativ
`e Inc.
`(PRTC)
`Ku
`
`LG
`
`Publication
`Date
`01/17/2012
`
`2010
`
`Short
`Name
`aTV
`Flash
`HSS852
`
`10/22/2008
`
`Lee
`
`02/25/2012
`
`PRTC
`
`05/12/2004
`
`Ku
`
`2011
`
`Plasma
`TV
`Service
`Manual,
`Model
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`Author /
`Publisher
`
`LG
`
`LG
`
`Reference Title
`
`Publication
`Date
`
`Owner’s Manual, LED LCE TV / LCD TV Plasma
`TV
`
`2010
`
`LG PZ550 3D Plasma TV – Model 60PZ550 60”
`Class 3D 1080p Plasma TV
`
`05/16/2011
`
`Booredatw
`ork.com
`
`y2mate.is - LG PZ550 3D Plasma TV W_DLNA
`Review_ Booredatwork-sTKzYCK3AG8-720p-
`1694663361
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTKzYCK3AG
`8
`
`05/16/2011
`
`Short
`Name
`50PZ55
`0
`LG’s
`Owner’s
`Manual
`Model
`60PZ55
`0 60”
`Class
`3D
`Plasma
`TV
`LG
`PZ550
`3D
`Plasma
`TV
`
`Prior Art Systems
`
`System Name
`
`LG Smart TVs
`including LG PZ550
`3D Plasma TV
`LG TVs, e.g.,
`LG60LS5700,
`55LW5700.AAU, LG
`Smart TVs
`
`Date of Offer / Use /
`Disclosure
`At least y December
`2010
`
`At least as early as
`5/2012
`
`Relevant Person /
`Entity
`
`Short Name
`
`LG
`
`LG
`
`LG PZ550
`
`LG Product(s)
`
`2.
`
`’168 Patent
`
`Prior Art Patents, Applications, and Publications
`
`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`7,190,478
`
`Country
`of Origin
`
`US
`
`First
`Named
`Inventor
`Caffary, Jr.
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`Short
`Name
`
`03/13/2007
`
`Caffary, Jr.
`
`Filing
`Date/Priority
`Date
`05/29/2002
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed
`05/25/2001
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`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`7,673,240
`
`Country
`of Origin
`
`US
`
`First
`Named
`Inventor
`Morgan
`
`US
`US
`US
`US
`
`8,243,017
`9,158,440
`9,456,130
`61/583609
`Provisional
`App’n to
`US9,456,130
`2007/0028183 US
`2008/0301734 US
`2009/0064020 US
`2009/0222771 US
`2010/0162319 US
`2010/0262995 US
`
`Brodersen
`Lider
`Kim
`Kim
`
`Ostojic
`Goldeen
`Morris
`Eibl
`Pipenbrink
`Woods
`
`2011/0035707 US
`2012/0117601 US
`2012/0229374 US
`2012/0304066 US
`
`Kitayama
`Yeh
`Kobayashi
`Brodersen
`
`2012/0311504 US
`2013/0019263 US
`2013/0174035 US
`2013/0347033 US
`2014/0137157 US
`
`Van Os
`Ferren
`Grab
`Grab
`Alba
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`Short
`Name
`
`03/02/2010
`
`Morgan
`
`08/14/2012
`10/13/2015
`09/27/2016
`09/27/2016
`
`Brodersen
`Lider
`Kim
`Kim
`
`02/01/2007
`12/04/2008
`03/05/2009
`09/03/2009
`06/24/2010
`10/14/2010
`
`Ostojic
`Goldeen
`Morris
`Eibl
`Pipenbrink
`Woods
`
`02/10/2011
`05/10/2012
`09/13/2012
`11/29/2012
`
`Kitayama
`Yeh
`Kobayashi
`Brodersen
`
`12/06/2012
`01/17/2013
`07/04/2013
`12/26/2013
`03/15/2014
`
`Van Os
`Ferren
`Grab
`Grab
`Alba
`
`Filing
`Date/Priority
`Date
`01/03/2007
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed
`12/30/2005
`10/12/2006
`08/01/2012
`01/04/2013
`01/06/2012
`
`08/30/2005
`05/28/2007
`08/30/2007
`03/03/2009
`12/23/2008
`09/30/2009
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed
`04/10/2009
`08/05/2010
`09/13/2011
`03/09/2012
`08/08/2012
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed
`09/11/2006
`02/16/2012
`06/29/2012
`12/30/2011
`06/22/2012
`10/01/2013
`(filed) / claims
`priority to
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`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`
`Country
`of Origin
`
`First
`Named
`Inventor
`
`WO
`2007/128394
`
`PCT
`
`Goebel
`
`Non-Patent Prior Art Publications
`
`Filing
`Date/Priority
`Date
`provisional
`application
`filed
`02/28/1997
`04/20/2007
`(PCT filed)
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`Short
`Name
`
`11/15/2007
`
`Goebel
`
`Author /
`Publisher
`Apple TV
`
`Samsung
`Smart TV
`
`SHARP
`AQUOS
`QUATTRO
`N TV
`
`Samsung
`55"
`UE55D7000
`3D LED TV
`
`Reference Title
`
`Video apple-tv-3rd-generation-1080p-unboxing-
`demo
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_GUuJyyyR
`Q
`Samsung SMART TV Review
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DUq8Bhs3By
`A
`
`y2mate.is - HOW TO SETUP SHARP AQUOS
`QUATTRON TV REVIEW PT4-2YmcQz83xQg-
`720p-1694662365
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YmcQz83x
`Qg
`y2mate.is - Unboxing Samsung 55 UE55D7000
`3D LED TV 2011 D7000 D8000 Part 2-
`zokiDtmClF8-480pp-1694662006
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zokiDtmClF8
`
`Short Name
`
`Publicatio
`n Date
`03/15/2012 Apple TV
`
`04/26/2011 Samsung
`Smart TV
`
`06/01/2012 SHARP
`AQUOS
`QUATTRO
`N TV
`
`08/06/2011 Samsung
`55"
`UE55D7000
`3D LED TV
`
`Prior Art Systems
`
`System Name
`
`Samsung Smart TVs
`including Samsung
`D8000 Smart TV
`Microsoft Office
`2007
`LG TVs, e.g.,
`LG60LS5700,
`55LW5700.AAU, LG
`Smart TVs, PZ550
`3D Plasma TV
`
`Date of Offer / Use /
`Disclosure
`at least by January
`2011
`
`at least as early as
`January 30, 2007
`At least as early as
`5/2012
`
`Relevant Person /
`Entity
`Samsung
`
`Short Name
`
`Samsung D8000
`
`Microsoft
`
`Office 2007
`
`LG
`
`LG Product(s)
`
`13
`
`

`

`3.
`
`’174 Patent
`
`Prior Art Patents, Applications, and Publications
`
`Country
`of Origin
`
`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`2003/0162493 US
`2009/0089835 US
`2009/0094643 US
`2010/0281500 US
`2010/0319028 US
`2011/0004904 US
`2011/0055871 US
`2011/0219395 US
`2013/0290848 US
`WO 98/37695 PCT
`
`First Named
`Inventor
`
`Kim
`Watanabe
`Pickelsimer
`Uemichi
`Park
`Green
`Bi
`Moshiri
`Billings
`Defreese
`
`Filing
`Date/Priority
`Date
`01/09/2003
`05/01/2008
`05/23/2008
`05/28/2008
`05/12/2010
`09/15/2010
`08/28/2009
`05/20/2011
`08/16/2012
`02/19/1997
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`Short
`Name
`
`08/28/2003
`04/02/2009
`04/09/2009
`11/04/2010
`12/16/2010
`01/06/2011
`03/03/2011
`09/08/2011
`10/31/2013
`08/27/1998
`
`Kim
`Watanabe
`Pickelsimer
`Uemichi
`Park
`Green
`Bi
`Moshiri
`Billings
`Defreese
`
`Non-Patent Prior Art Publications
`
`Reference Title
`
`VIZIO Inc.
`
`Author /
`Publisher
`VIZIO Inc. VIZIO Models E3D320VX, E3D420VX,
`E3D470VX User Guide
`[YT2mp3.info] - 3183. VIZIO E3D320VX 32-Inch
`Class Theater 3D LCD HDTV Review _ VIZIO
`E3D320VX 32-Inch Class...
`
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTE1gdYBoT0
`Lee/ACM Balancing the Power of Multimedia Information
`Retrieval and Usability in Designing Interactive TV
`Magic TV Owner’s Guide
`
`Magic TV /
`Pixel
`Magic
`Systems,
`Ltd.
`Redondo-
`Garcia /
`Int’l J of
`Semantic
`Computing
`CurioView: TV Recommendations Related to
`Sumiyoshi
`Content Being Viewed
`/ IEEE
`Panasonic Owner’s Manual for TC-L37E5X, TC-L42E5X,
`and TC-L47E5X
`
`ONTOTV: An Ontology-Based System for the
`Management of Information About Television
`Contents
`
`14
`
`Publication
`Date
`2012
`
`Short
`Name
`VIZIO
`E3D420VX
`05/05/2010 VIZIO
`E3D320VX
`
`10/22/2008 Lee
`
`2009
`
`Magic TV
`
`2012
`
`ONTOTV
`
`2010
`
`2012
`
`CurioView
`
`Panasonic
`
`

`

`Author /
`Publisher
`VIZIO
`
`Reference Title
`
`VIZIO M420NV User Manual
`
`Western
`Digital
`
`WD TV Live; WD TV Live Plus HD Media
`Players, User Manual
`
`Short
`Publication
`Name
`Date
`02/23/2010 VIZIO
`M420NV
`WD TV
`Live
`
`2010
`
`Prior Art Systems
`
`System Name
`
`VIZIO Smart TVs
`including VIZIO
`E3D320VX/
`E3D420VX/
`D470VXTV
`VIZIO Smart TVs
`including M420NV TV
`Panasonic TC-L37E5X.
`TC-L42E5X. TC-
`L47E5X TV
`WD TV Live/Live Plus
`HD Media Players
`Magic TV
`
`LG TVs, e.g.,
`LG60LS5700,
`55LW5700.AAU, LG
`Smart TVs, PZ550 3D
`Plasma TV
`
`Date of Offer /
`Use / Disclosure
`At least as early as
`March 2011
`
`Relevant Person /
`Entity
`VIZIO
`
`Short Name
`
`VIZIO E3D320VX/
`E3D420VX/E3D470VX
`TV
`
`At least as early as
`02/23/2010
`At least as early as
`2011
`
`At least as early as
`2012
`At least as early as
`2009
`At least as early as
`5/2012
`
`VIZIO
`
`VIZIO M420NV TV
`
`Panasonic
`
`Panasonic TV
`
`Western Digital
`
`WD TV
`
`Magic TV
`
`Magic TV
`
`LG
`
`LG Product(s)
`
`4.
`
`’040 Patent
`
`Prior Art Patents, Applications, and Publications
`
`Country
`of Origin
`
`US
`KR
`
`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`61/583,609
`10-2011-
`0113883
`US
`8,307,302
`US
`8.365.230
`US
`9,270,963
`US
`9,779,097
`2002/0059610 US
`
`First Named
`Inventor
`
`Kim
`Hyeon
`
`Takaki
`Chane I
`Schmidt
`Arriola
`Ellis
`
`Filing
`Date/Priority
`Date
`01/06/2012
`10/04/2010
`
`05/14/2009
`09/19/2002
`04/30/2009
`04/09/2012
`05/23/2001
`
`15
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`Short
`Name
`
`01/06/2012
`10/04/2010
`
`11/06/2012
`01/29/2013
`02/23/2016
`10/03/2017
`05/16/2002
`
`Kim
`Hyeon
`
`Takaki
`Chane I
`Schmidt
`Arriola
`Ellis
`
`

`

`Country
`of Origin
`
`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`2008/0167127 US
`2009/0094197 US
`2009/0204929 US
`2010/0064318 US
`2011/0179139 US
`2011/0219395 US
`2012/0054794 US
`2012/0204201 US
`2013/0057764 US
`2013/0176415 US
`
`First Named
`Inventor
`
`Turkstra
`Fein
`Baurmann
`Tsou
`Starkenburg
`Moshiri
`Kim
`Cassidy
`Choi
`Kim
`
`Filing
`Date/Priority
`Date
`01/05/2007
`10/04/2007
`02/07/2008
`03/17/2009
`03/31/2011
`05/20/2011
`03/09/2011
`07/11/2011
`06/28/2012
`01/04/2013
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`Short
`Name
`
`07/10/2008
`04/09/2009
`08/13/2009
`03/11/2010
`07/21/2011
`09/08/2011
`03/01/2012
`08/09/2012
`03/07/2013
`07/11/2013
`
`Turkstra
`Fein
`Baurmann
`Tsou
`Starkenburg
`Mochiri
`Kim
`Cassidy
`Choi
`Kim
`
`Non-Patent Prior Art Publications
`
`Reference Title
`
`The Future of Television Entertainment has Arrived-
`PRTC Digital TV – Your Guide to PRTC’s Digital TC
`& Whole Home DVR Service
`
`Publicatio
`n Date
`05/2012
`
`Short
`Name
`PRTC
`
`WD TV Live Hub Media Center – User Manual
`
`05/2012
`
`WD TV
`
`Author /
`Publisher
`Palmetto
`Rural
`Telephone
`Cooperativ
`e (PRTC)
`Western
`Digital
`LG Smart
`TV
`
`LG Smart
`TV internet
`connected
`TV
`
`y2mate.is - LG Smart TV explained at CES 2011-
`IKjsVWwWhMU-720p-1694664111
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKjsVWwWhM
`U
`y2mate.is - LG Smart TV internet connected TVs at
`CES 2011 Which first look review-hKlqJm6nj_8-
`1080pp-1694664327
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKlqJm6nj_8
`
`Prior Art Systems
`
`System Name
`
`LG Smart TVs
`
`Date of Offer /
`Use / Disclosure
`at least as early as
`January 2011
`
`Relevant Person /
`Entity
`
`LG
`
`WD TV Live/Live Plus
`HD Media Players
`
`At least as early as
`May 2012
`
`Western Digital
`
`16
`
`01/07/2011 LG Smart
`TV
`
`01/06/2011 LG Smart
`TV
`internet
`connecte
`d TV
`
`Short Name
`
`LG Smart TV and/or
`LG Consumer Product
`Show
`WD TV
`
`

`

`System Name
`
`PRTC Digital TV
`
`LG TVs, e.g.,
`LG60LS5700,
`55LW5700.AAU, LG
`Smart TVs, PZ550 3D
`Plasma TV
`
`Date of Offer /
`Use / Disclosure
`At least as early as
`February 25, 2012
`
`At least as early as
`5/2012
`
`Relevant Person /
`Entity
`Palmetto Rural
`Telephone
`Cooperative
`LG
`
`Short Name
`
`PRTC Digital TV
`
`LG Product(s)
`
`5.
`
`’384 Patent
`
`Prior Art Patents, Applications, and Publications
`
`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`8,365,235
`
`Country
`of
`Origin
`US
`
`Inventor
`
`Hunt et
`al.
`
`2012/0233640
`
`US
`
`Odryna et
`al.
`
`2013/0285937
`
`US
`
`Billings
`et al.
`
`2013/0014159
`
`US
`
`Wiser et
`al.
`
`Filing
`Date/Priority
`Date
`September 5,
`2008 (filed)
`claiming
`priority to
`Provisional
`application
`filed
`December 18,
`2007
`March 8,
`2012 (filed) /
`claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed
`November 15,
`2011
`April 17,
`2012 (filed);
`claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed April 27,
`2012
`April 17,
`2012 (filed);
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`Short
`Name
`
`Hunt
`
`June 18, 2009
`(published) /
`January 29, 2013
`(issued)
`
`September 13,
`2012
`
`Odryna
`
`October 13, 2013 Billings
`
`January 10, 2013 Wiser
`
`17
`
`

`

`Filing
`Date/Priority
`Date
`claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed April 14,
`2008
`Ma et al. May 16, 2011
`(filed); claims
`priority to
`provisional
`application
`filed August
`31, 2010
`December 28,
`2010 (PCT
`filed)
`December 22,
`2006
`June 11, 2012 December 12,
`2013
`November 24,
`2011
`
`Patent/
`Application/
`Publication
`
`Country
`of
`Origin
`
`2012/0054679
`
`US
`
`2012/0266069
`
`2008/0155613
`
`2013/0332838
`
`2011/0289067
`
`7,631,323
`
`2010/0199219
`2009/0177989
`
`US
`
`US
`
`US
`
`US
`
`US
`
`US
`US
`
`Non-Patent Prior Art Publications
`
`Moshiri
`et al.
`
`Benya et
`al.
`Naggar et
`al.
`Jordan et
`al.
`
`Green et
`al.
`Robert
`Jeffrey
`
`September 3,
`2010; claims
`priority to
`provisional
`applications
`filed May 18,
`2010
`December 7,
`2005
`2009-12-30
`2008-01-14
`
`Reference Title
`
`Author /
`Publisher
`Boxee Box The Boxee Box By D-link
`Metuki, et
`Infinite Content Within Reach_Using 3D Body-
`al.
`Based Interaction to Enhance Content Discovery
`Mitchell
`LG 55LW9800 Nano Full LED THX 3D LCD
`HDTV - ecoustics.com
`NeoTV PRO ™ Streaming Player
`
`Netgear
`
`18
`
`Inventor
`
`Published/Issued
`Date
`
`March 1, 2012
`
`Short
`Name
`
`Ma
`
`Benya
`
`Naggar
`
`Jordan
`
`October 18, 2012 Moshiri
`
`June 26, 2008
`
`December 8,
`2009
`2010-08-05
`2009-07-09
`
`Green
`
`Robert
`Jeffrey
`
`Short
`Publication
`Name
`Date
`Boxee Box
`2010
`05/05/2012 Metuki, et
`al.
`09/12/2011 Mitchell
`
`04/20/2012 Netgear
`
`

`

`Reference Title
`
`Publication
`Date
`02/2012
`
`Short
`Name
`Netgear II
`
`10/26/2011 Cattaneo -
`NoTube
`04/20/2012 Netgear III
`06/16/2011 Panasonic
`
`Author /
`Publisher
`Netgear II Netgear NeoTV Streaming Player NTV200 User
`Manual
`D6.4 NoTube Integrated System
`Cattaneo -
`3rd Prototype
`NoTube
`Netgear III NTV200S_DS_20Apr12
`Panasonic
`Panasonic TH-L32C30K;
`TH-L32C30M; TH-L32C30T;
`TH-L32C30X; – Operating Instructions LCD TV
`05/24/2011 Rettinger -
`Samsung D8000 Smart TV SmartHub Demo -
`Samsung
`YouTube
`03/12/2011 TiVo
`TiVo_Brochure_Generic_75HD
`UnoTelly_Guide: How to use Netflix outside the US 07/06/2011 Netflix
`WD_TV_Hub - User Manual
`2012
`Western
`Digital
`12/30/2011 Netgear
`NeoTV
`NTV200
`07/14/2012 Netgear
`NeoTV
`
`Rettinger -
`Samsung
`TiVo
`Netflix
`Western
`Digital
`Netgear
`NeoTV
`NTV200
`Netgear
`NeoTV
`
`Netgear
`NTV200
`NeoTV
`Apple TV
`
`Video netgear-neotv-ntv200-streaming-player-first-
`time-power-up-setup-overview
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mY43B1Vhv1w
`Video netgear-neotv-pro-streaming-player-ntv200s-
`walkthrough-first-time-power-up
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DXyN1rzft1A
`Video netgear-ntv200-neotv-streaming-player
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cauleDEkkaY
`
`y2mate.is - Apple TV Netflix-a-5QP69VQQ8-720p-
`1694736656
`https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-5QP69VQQ8
`
`
`10/06/2011 Netgear
`NTV200
`NeoTV
`09/30/2010 Apple TV
`
`Prior Art Systems
`
`System Name
`
` VIZIO TVs having applications
`such as Netflix and Vudu including
`VIZIO TVs identified in
`https://hdguru.com/vizios-2011-
`hdtv-line/ including VIZIO Internet
`Apps and
`https://www.zdnet.com/article/vizio-
`introduces-new-line-of-led-backlit-
`lcd-hdtvs-sizes-range-from-16-to-
`72/ including VIZIO Internet Apps.
`Samsung TVs having applications
`such as Netflix and Vufu including
`
`Date of Offer /
`Use / Disclosure
`at least as early
`as January 20,
`2011
`
`Relevant
`Person / Entity
`VIZIO
`
`Short Name
`
`VIZIO HDTVs
`
`At least as early
`as April 18, 2011
`
`Samsung
`
`S

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