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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`DEFENDANTS’ P.R. 4-2 DISCLOSURES
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`Defendants American Honda Motor Co., Inc., Honda of America Mfg., Inc., Honda
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`BLITZSAFE TEXAS, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.; AMERICAN
`HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.; HONDA OF
`AMERICA MFG., INC.; HONDA
`MANUFACTURING OF ALABAMA, LLC;
`AND HONDA MANUFACTURING OF
`INDIANA, LLC,
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`Defendants.
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`NO. 2:15-CV-01274 (LEAD CASE)
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`Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC, and Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC (collectively,
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`“Honda”), Hyundai Motor America and Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama, LLC
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`(collectively, “Hyundai”), Kia Motor America, Inc. and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia, Inc.
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`(collectively, “Kia”), Nissan North America, Inc. and Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (collectively,
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`“Nissan”), Toyota Motor Corporation, Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A., Inc., Toyota Motor
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`Manufacturing, Texas, Inc., Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky, Inc., and Toyota Motor
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`Manufacturing Mississippi, Inc. (collectively, “Toyota”), and Volkswagen Group of America,
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`Inc. and Volkswagen Group of America Chattanooga Operations, LLC (collectively,
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`“Volkswagen”) (all of the foregoing are collectively referred to herein as “Defendants”) hereby
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`submit their preliminary claim constructions and extrinsic evidence for the claims Defendants
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`propose to be construed in U.S. Patent No. 7,489,786 (“the ’786 patent”) and U.S. Patent No.
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`8,155,342 (“the ’342 patent”).
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`These preliminary claim constructions are based on the asserted claims identified in
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`Plaintiff’s Disclosure of Asserted Claims and Infringement Contentions, served separately on
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`each of the respective Defendants on November 24, 2015 (“Infringement Contentions”).
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`Plaintiff has asserted one or more claims of the ’786 patent and the ’342 patent.
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`If Plaintiff asserts that other claims are infringed, modifies its Local Patent Rule
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`disclosures, or if other claims otherwise become relevant, Defendants reserve the right to modify,
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`supplement, or amend their list of terms and/or revise their constructions set forth below in light
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`of such information. Defendants submit their disclosure of preliminary claim constructions
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`without the benefit of complete discovery, and reserve the right to supplement or amend their
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`proposed claim constructions after reviewing Plaintiff’s proposed constructions, further
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`analyzing the intrinsic and extrinsic evidence, and meeting and conferring with Plaintiff
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`regarding the parties’ proposed constructions or as further evidence is discovered.
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`Pursuant to P.R. 4-2(a), Defendants propose in Exhibit A constructions for each claim
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`term, phrase, or clause (“claim term”) collectively identified for claim construction purposes.
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`For some claim terms, Defendants propose alternative constructions, or propose that the claim
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`terms are indefinite and provide an alternative construction if the claim terms are found not to be
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`indefinite. As with the other proposed claim constructions, Defendants will work cooperatively
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`together and with Plaintiff in an effort to reach agreement on the claim construction issues to be
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`presented to the Court.
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`Pursuant to P.R. 4-2(b), Defendants identify in Exhibit A their preliminary identification
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`of extrinsic evidence. In addition to the extrinsic evidence identified herein, Defendants reserve
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`the right to rely on any extrinsic evidence identified by Plaintiff in this matter or by any party in
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`any related litigation. Defendants reserve their right to call on experts or other witnesses for the
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`purposes of rebutting the constructions proffered by Plaintiffs, or to rebut any extrinsic evidence
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`offered by Plaintiffs, including any expert opinions.
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`Pursuant to P.R. 4-2(c), Defendants are prepared to meet and confer with Plaintiff at a
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`mutually agreeable time to finalize preparation of a Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing
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`Statement.
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`Defendants also plan to argue in their claim construction briefing that claims 13 and 63 of
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`the ’786 patent and all asserted claims of the ’342 patent are indefinite for impermissibly mixing
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`both an apparatus and a method in a single claim, under IPXL Holdings, LLC, v. Amazon.com,
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`Inc., 430 F.3d 1377 (Fed. Cir. 2005). Each of claims 13 and 63 of the ’786 patent impermissibly
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`recites an apparatus (i.e., “the apparatus of [claim 1/claim 60]”) and a use of the apparatus (i.e.,
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`“wherein commands are input by a user using one or more control buttons or presets on the car
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`stereo.”). Each of claims 49, 73, 97, and 120 of the ’342 patent recites an apparatus (i.e., “a
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`multimedia device integration system”) and a use of the apparatus (e.g., in claim 49, “wherein
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`said integration subsystem obtains, using said wireless communication link, information about
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`an audio file . . . , transmits the information . . . , instructs the portable device . . . , and receives
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`audio generated by the portable device . . . .”).
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`Dated: March 11, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Joseph M. Beauchamp
`Joseph M. Beauchamp
`Texas State Bar No. 24012266
`Email: jmbeauchamp@jonesday.com
`H. Albert Liou
`Texas State Bar No. 24061608
`Email: aliou@jonesday.com
`Erin C. Dickerman 24087358
`Texas State Bar No.
`Email: edickerman@jonesday.com
`JONES DAY
`717 Texas Street, Suite 3300
`Houston, Texas 77002-2712
`Telephone: (832) 239-3939
`Facsimile: (832) 239-3600
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`Joseph Melnik
`California State Bar No. 255601
`Email: jmelnik@jonesday.com
`JONES DAY
`1755 Embarcadero Road
`Palo Alto, California 94303
`Telephone: (650) 739-3939
`Facsimile: (650) 739-3900
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`Randy Akin
`Texas State Bar No. 00954900
`Email: gra@randyakin.com
`G.R. (Randy) Akin, P.C.
`3400 W. Marshall Avenue, Suite 300
`Longview, Texas 75604
`Telephone: (903) 297-8929
`Facsimile: (903) 297-9046
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`AMERICAN HONDA MOTOR CO., INC.;
`HONDA OF AMERICA MFG., INC.;
`HONDA MANUFACTURING OF
`ALABAMA, LLC; AND HONDA
`MANUFACTURING OF INDIANA, LLC
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`/s/ Paul R. Steadman
`Paul R. Steadman
`Illinois Bar No. 6238160
`paul.steadman@dlapiper.com
`Matthew D. Satchwell
`Illinois Bar No. 6290672
`matthew.satchwell@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP
`203 N. LaSalle St., Suite 1900
`Chicago, IL 60601-1293
`Telephone: 312.368.2111
`Facsimile: 312.236.7516
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`Patrick S. Park
`California Bar No. 246348
`patrick.park@dlapiper.com
`DLA PIPER LLP
`20000 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 400
`North Tower
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`Telephone: 310.595.3000
`Facsimile: 310.595.3300
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA,
`HYUNDAI MOTOR MANUFACTURING
`ALABAMA, LLC, KIA MOTORS
`AMERICA, INC., and KIA MOTORS
`MANUFACTURING GEORGIA, INC.
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`/s/ Sean N. Hsu
`Jeffrey S. Patterson
`Texas Bar No. 15596700
`jpatterson@hdbdlaw.com
`Sean N. Hsu
`Texas Bar No. 24056952
`shsu@hdbdlaw.com
`Theresa M. Dawson
`Texas Bar No. 24065128
`tdawson@hdbdlaw.com
`HARTLINE DACUS BARGER DREYER
`LLP
`8750 North Central Expressway
`Suite 1600
`Dallas, Texas 75231
`Telephone: (214) 369-2100
`Facsimile: (214) 369-2118
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. and
`NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
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`/s/ William H. Mandir
`J. Thad Heartfield
`Texas Bar No. 09346800
`thad@heartfieldlawfirm.com
`THE HEARTFIELD LAW FIRM
`2195 Dowlen Road
`Beaumont, TX 77706
`Telephone: (409) 866-3318
`Facsimile: (409) 866-5789
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`William H. Mandir (pro hac vice)
`wmandir@sughrue.com
`John F. Rabena (pro hac vice)
`jrabena@sughrue.com
`Brian K. Shelton (pro hac vice)
`bshelton@sughrue.com
`Fadi N. Kiblawi (pro hac vice)
`fkiblawi@sughrue.com
`Margaret M. Welsh (pro hac vice)
`mwelsh@sughrue.com
`SUGHRUE MION PLLC
`2100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20037
`Telephone: (202) 293-7600
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION,
`TOYOTA MOTOR SALES U.S.A., INC.,
`TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING,
`TEXAS, INC., TOYOTA MOTOR
`MANUFACTURING KENTUCKY, INC.,
`and TOYOTA MOTOR
`MANUFACTURING MISSISSIPPI, INC.
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`/s/ Sheila Mortazavi
`Deron R. Dacus
`Texas State Bar No. 00790553
`Peter A. Kerr
`Texas State Bar No. 24076478
`THE DACUS FIRM, P.C.
`821 ESE Loop 323
`Suite 430
`Tyler, TX 75701
`Telephone: (903) 705-1117
`Facsimile: (903) 705-1117
`Email: ddacus@dacusfirm.com
`Email: pkerr@dacusfirm.com
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`Michael J. Lennon (admitted pro hac vice)
`Sheila Mortazavi (admitted pro hac vice)
`KENYON & KENYON LLP
`One Broadway
`New York, NY 10004-1007
`Telephone: (212) 425-7200
`Facsimile: (212) 425-5288
`Email: mlennon@kenyon.com
`Email: smortazavi@kenyon.com
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`Susan A. Smith (admitted pro hac vice)
`KENYON & KENYON LLP
`1500 K Street, N.W.
`Washington D.C. 20005
`Telephone: (202) 220-4200
`Facsimile: (202) 220-4201
`Email: ssmith@kenyon.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA,
`INC. AND VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF
`AMERICA CHATTANOOGA
`OPERATIONS, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned hereby certifies that on March 11, 2016, a copy of the foregoing
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`document was served on the following counsel for Plaintiff, via electronic mail.
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`/s/ H. Albert Liou
`H. Albert Liou
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`Alfred R. Fabricant
`afabricant@brownrudnick.com
`Lawrence C. Drucker
`ldrucker@brownrudnick.com
`Peter Lambrianakos
`plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
`Alessandra Carcaterra
`amessing@brownrudnick.com
`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: (212) 209-4800
`Facsimile: (212) 209-4801
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