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Case 2:15-cv-00341-JRG-RSP Document 114-27 Filed 02/03/16 Page 1 of 4 PageID #:
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`Exhibit 26
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`Case 2:15-cv-00341-JRG-RSP Document 114-27 Filed 02/03/16 Page 2 of 4 PageID #:
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`Fryer, Jennifer
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`From:
`Sent:
`To:
`Cc:
`Subject:
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`Stringfield, Daniel
`Friday, October 30, 2015 5:01 PM
`'Walker, Cy'; ddacus@dacusfirm.com; Billah, Zaed; Hails, Robert; ~~Sony-Raytheon
`Steptoe Raytheon 678 Litigation; Bo Davis; Sue Mellinger
`RE: Raytheon v. Samsung, et al., Lead Case No. 2:15-cv-00341-JRG-RSP - Sony
`Discovery Deficiencies
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`Cy, 

`Thank you for your letter of October 27. 

`First, regarding the 73 enumerated categories of documents listed in our October 13 letter, we disagree that they are 
`overly broad, duplicative or inconsistent with the Court’s Discovery Order.  To the contrary, the Court’s Discovery Order 
`required Sony to produce—without any prompting from Raytheon—all documents and things that are relevant to the 
`pleaded claims and defenses involved in this case.   

`As your letter acknowledges, we provided these categories well in advance of Sony’s document production as a courtesy 
`to assist Sony with its document collection and production efforts.  When we received and reviewed Sony’s document 
`production, and determined that none of the 73 categories were completely satisfied (and most were not even 
`addressed), we wrote on October 13 to seek the clarification from Sony to which we are entitled under Paragraph 9(a) of 
`the Discovery Order: for each category, Sony must either agree to provide the requested information or provide a basis 
`for why it will not produce the requested information.   

`Contrary to the assertion in your letter, we were willing to discuss, and in fact did discuss, these topics during our 
`call.  We specifically discussed many of the categories (e.g., chip samples, SIMS analyses, videos and images of the 
`processes, etc.) with the understanding that your October 27 letter would address all of the categories.  Your responsive 
`letter, however, fails to address the specific items we identified as missing from Sony’s production.   

`Turning to the remainder of your letter, we appreciate Sony’s candor in acknowledging that its technical document 
`production is incomplete and further appreciate Sony’s willingness to collect and provide these materials as soon as 
`possible.  However, Sony has failed to provide an unequivocal commitment to provide the requested items and by a 
`date certain.  As I explained during our call, because Sony requires Raytheon and its experts to come inspect these 
`documents at your DC office, a piecemeal “rolling basis” production is extremely burdensome and costly.  You admitted 
`that the collection of materials presently available for review was not yet of a sufficient quality or quantity to warrant 
`our visit and further indicated your belief that the collection of documents presently available for review were not 
`sufficient to make a determination of infringement.  As you are aware, P.R. 3‐4(a) required a complete production of 
`technical documentation sufficient to show the operation of any aspects of an Accused Instrumentality for this very 
`reason.  Sony was required to make that production six (6) weeks ago, on September 17, 2015.  Sony’s failure to timely 
`make that production prejudices Raytheon and Raytheon cannot continue to allow Sony to ignore the deadlines in this 
`case and its discovery obligations.  We therefore request an in‐person meet and confer with lead and local counsel on 
`these issues by November 6, 2015.  We suggest that we meet in Dallas, but are open to other locations on a mutually 
`agreeable date.   

`Regarding your claim that the number of sensor models at issue in this case makes it “impractical to collect the 
`requested fabrication‐related documents on all the different models within a reasonable period of time,” we 
`disagree.  Sony has had ample time to collect the requested documents and, in any event, has not sought an extension 
`of any deadlines or previously raised this issue with Raytheon or the Court.  Your letter appears to suggest that Sony will 
`propose certain microelectronic devices to act as representatives for all accused devices in the case.  So that we may 
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`fully understand and consider Sony’s proposal, please provide us Sony’s proposed representative‐device framework, 
`including the stipulations Sony is willing to make as to the typicality of the representatives, the nature and significance 
`of the variations between the representatives and the non‐representatives, and the relative completeness of the 
`technical documentation available for the representatives as compared to the non‐representatives. 

`Regarding the sales, financial and marketing documents as they relate to any accused sensor, whether or not 
`manufactured, imported or sold in the U.S., please provide a date certain by which these documents will be produced.  If 
`we do not have a date certain, we can include this issue in our in‐person meet and confer on the technical documents. 

`We look forward to working through these issues at our in‐person meet and confer and avoiding motion practice on 
`these basic discovery issues. 

`Best regards, 

`Dan 
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`From: Walker, Cy [mailto:CWalker@kenyon.com]
`Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2015 6:05 PM
`To: Stringfield, Daniel; ddacus@dacusfirm.com; Billah, Zaed; Hails, Robert; ~~Sony-Raytheon
`Cc: Steptoe Raytheon 678 Litigation; Bo Davis; Sue Mellinger
`Subject: RE: Raytheon v. Samsung, et al., Lead Case No. 2:15-cv-00341-JRG-RSP - Sony Discovery Deficiencies

`Counsel for Raytheon, 

`Please see the attached correspondence. 

`Best, 
`Cy 

`Cy Walker 
`Kenyon & Kenyon LLP 
`1500 K Street, NW | Washington, DC 20005‐1257 
`202.220.4218 Phone | 202.220.4201 Fax 
`cwalker@kenyon.com | www.kenyon.com 
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`From: Stringfield, Daniel [mailto:dstringfield@Steptoe.com]
`Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2015 5:02 PM
`To: ddacus@dacusfirm.com; Walker, Cy; Billah, Zaed; Hails, Robert; ~~Sony-Raytheon
`Cc: Steptoe Raytheon 678 Litigation; Bo Davis; Sue Mellinger
`Subject: Raytheon v. Samsung, et al., Lead Case No. 2:15-cv-00341-JRG-RSP - Sony Discovery Deficiencies

`Counsel for Sony, 

`Please see the attached correspondence. 

`Best regards, 

`Daniel S Stringfield
`dstringfield@Steptoe.com
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`Steptoe
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