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`Case 2:12-cv-02769-JPM-tmp Document 71-3 Filed 11/27/13 Page 2 of 2 PageID 506
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`DANIEL WEINBERG
`(650) 730-5501
`DWEINBERG@FTKLAW.COM
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`October 24, 2013
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`(Via E-mail psauer@cooley.com)
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`Peter Sauer
`Cooley LLP
`380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900
`Broomfield, CO 80021-8023
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`Re:
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`B.E. Technology, L.L.C. v. Facebook, Inc.
`Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-02769-JPM-tmp
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`Dear Peter:
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`I write in response to your email of October 23 regarding B.E.’s doctrine of equivalents
`contentions and the parties’ discussions regarding a stay of the litigation.
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`Consistent with our prior discussions, B.E. hereby withdraws its contention that
`Facebook infringes U.S. Patent No. 6,628,314 under the doctrine of equivalents and such
`contention may be deemed withdrawn from B.E.’s January 7, 2013 initial infringement
`contentions. Should further discovery or events reveal a basis to contend infringement
`under the doctrine of equivalents, B.E. will take all necessary steps to amend its
`infringement contentions accordingly.
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`If the other B.E. defendants join Facebook’s request to stay litigation concerning the
`patents subject to the IPR petitions, B.E. consents to the stay. You wrote that “the stay
`cannot subject defendants who did not file an IPR to IPR estoppel.” The estoppel
`provisions apply to any requesting party and its privies. B.E. does not waive its rights
`under the statute. We think certain non-requesting parties are in privity with the
`requesting parties, including the two Samsung entities, the three Sony entities, and
`Google and Motorola. To be clear, however, B.E. does not contend that consent to the
`stay establishes privity.
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`If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
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`Sincerely,
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`/s/ Daniel Weinberg
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`Daniel Weinberg