IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 6:23-cv-00314-ADA
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`THETA IP, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`DEFENDANT APPLE INC.’S PRELIMINARY INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`IPR2023-00817
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`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`Civil Action No. 6:23-cv-00314-ADA
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`THETA IP, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`DEFENDANT APPLE INC.’S PRELIMINARY INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
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`Defendant Apple Inc. (“Defendant” or “Apple”) by and through its counsel, hereby serves
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`its Preliminary Invalidity Contentions on Plaintiff Theta IP, LLC (“Plaintiff” or “Theta”).
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`These Invalidity Contentions are served pursuant to the Court’s Scheduling Order.
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`(Dkt. No. 25.) Pursuant to the Scheduling Order, Defendant also serves herewith the document
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`production accompanying these disclosures. These contentions set forth Defendant’s initial
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`Invalidity Contentions with respect to the claims currently asserted by Plaintiff. Discovery is
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`ongoing and Defendant reserves the right to amend and/or supplement these Invalidity Contentions
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`as the case proceeds.
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`A.
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`Asserted Patents and Asserted Claims
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`Plaintiff’s Complaint asserts the following patents: U.S. Patent Nos. 7,010,330 (the “’330
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`patent”); 10,129,825 (the “’825 patent”); 10,524,202 (the “’202 patent”); 11,564,164 (the “’164
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`patent”); and 11,638,210 (the “’210 patent”) (collectively the “asserted patents”). On July 21,
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`2023, Theta served its Initial Infringement Contentions. The Initial Infringement Contentions list
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`the following asserted claims (collectively the “asserted claims”):
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`’330 patent, claims 1, 23, and 29;
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`’825 patent, claims 3, 4, and 8;
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`’202 patent, claims 7-11 and 13;
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`’164 patent, claims 5, 7-9, and 20; and
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`’210 patent, claims 3, 6, and 10.
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`B.
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`Defendant’s Contentions are Preliminary and Exemplary
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`Pursuant to the Scheduling Order (Dkt. 25), Defendant serves invalidity contentions in the
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`form of “(1) a chart setting forth where in the prior art references each element of the asserted
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`claim(s) are found, (2) an identification of any limitations the Defendant contends are indefinite
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`Charted Primary and/or Secondary Reference
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`Short Name
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`U.S. Patent App. Pub. No. 2002/0160740 A1
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`Hatcher ’740
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`U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2003/0181181
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`Darabi ’181
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`U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2003/0080811
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`Nakatani ’811
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`U.S. Patent Pub. No. 2002/0193958
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`Underbrink ’958
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`Japanese Patent Pub. No. JP H10-290173
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`Sasho ’173
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`Japanese Patent Pub. No. 2003-069440
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`Kawamoto ’440
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`Japanese Patent Pub. No. JP H11-298348
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`Tagami ’348
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`Japanese Patent App. 2001-016121
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`Takashi ’121
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`Japanese Patent App. 1996-79108
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`Okubo ’108
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`European Patent Pub. No. EP1168645A2
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`Rohmer ’645
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`European Patent No. 0999649 B1
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`Rauhala ’649
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`WO 2000/19644
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`Cox ’644
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`Behbahani, “Adaptive Analog IF Signal
`Processor for a Wide-Band CMOS Wireless
`Receiver,” IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits,
`Vol. 36, No. 8, (Aug. 2001)
`Newman, X-Amp,™ A New 45-dB 500-MHz
`Variable Gain Amplifier (VGA) Simplifies
`Adaptive Receiver Designs, Analog Dialogue
`36-01 (2002)
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`B.
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`Identity of Each Item of Prior Art
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`Exhibit No.
`A-17; B-17; C-17;
`D-17; E-17
`A-12; B-12; C-12;
`D-12; E-12
`A-25; B-25; C-25;
`D-25; E-25
`A-37; B-37; C-37;
`D-37; E-37
`A-33; B-33; C-33;
`D-33; E-33
`A-22; B-22; C-22;
`D-22; E-22
`A-35; B-35; C-35;
`D-35; E-35
`A-36; B-36; C-36;
`D-36; E-36
`A-27; B-27; C-27;
`D-27; E-27
`A-31; B-31; C-31;
`D-31; E-31
`A-30; B-30; C-30;
`D-30; E-30
`A-10; B-10; C-10;
`D-10; E-10
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`A-4; B-4; C-4;
`D-4; E-4
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`Behbahani 2001
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`Newman 2002
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`A-26; B-26; C-26;
`D-26; E-26
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`Subject to Defendant’s reservation of rights, Defendant identifies each item of prior art that
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`anticipates or renders obvious one or more of the asserted claims in Section II.C, below, and in the
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`VIII. FURTHER RESERVATION OF RIGHTS
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`As noted above, the asserted claims are identified above. Should Plaintiff be permitted to
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`assert more or different claims or any other patents than it does now, Defendant will identify
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`additional/alternative invalidity grounds and prior art as appropriate and will amend or supplement
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`these invalidity contentions accordingly. Nothing in these contentions constitutes an admission of
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`validity as to any other non-asserted claims, or non-asserted patents.
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`IX. DOCUMENT PRODUCTIONS
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`Per the Scheduling Order, Defendant is concurrently producing: “(1) all prior art
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`referenced in the invalidity contentions, and (2) technical documents, including software where
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`applicable, sufficient to show the operation of the accused product(s).” (Dkt. 25 at 3.) Per
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`Rule 26, Defendant will supplement, as appropriate and as discovery continues.
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`Dated: September 29, 2023
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`/s/Eamonn Gardner
`Christa Anderson (CA 184325) (pro hac vice)
`COOLEY LLP
`3 Embarcadero Center
`20th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111-4004
`Telephone: (415) 693 2000
`Facsimile: (415) 693 2222
`canderson@cooley.com
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`Eamonn Gardner (CO 38088) (pro hac vice)
`COOLEY LLP
`1144 15th Street
`Suite 2300
`Denver, CO 80202-2686
`Telephone: (720) 566 4000
`Facsimile: (720) 566 4099
`egardner@cooley.com
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`Melissa R. Smith
`State Bar No. 24001351
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Avenue
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`Marshall, Texas 75670
`Telephone: (903) 934-8450
`Facsimile: (903) 934-9257
`Email: melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
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`James Travis Underwood
`Texas Bar No. 24102587
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`102 N. College, Suite 800
`Tyler, Texas 75702
`Telephone: (903) 934-8450
`Facsimile: (903) 934-9257
`Email: travis@gillamsmithlaw.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Apple, Inc.
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