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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`HUAWEI DEVICE USA INC. ET AL.,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 2:17-CV-0513-JRG
`(LEAD CASE)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`FILED UNDER SEAL
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`APPLE, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. 2:17-CV-0516-JRG
`(CONSOLIDATED CASE)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`ORDER ON MOTIONS IN LIMINE
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`Before the Court are the Plaintiff AGIS Software Development LLC’s Motions in
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`Limine. The Court held a Pre-Trial Conference on February __, 2019. For the reasons explained
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`at the hearing, the Court rules as follows. A party must approach the bench before introducing
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`evidence or argument in the presence of the jury about the subject matter of a Motion in Limine
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`that has been granted.
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`PLAINTIFF’S MOTIONS IN LIMINE
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`1.
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`MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Apple from Introducing Testimony or Evidence
`Related to AGIS’s Finances:
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`GRANTED
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`Case 2:17-cv-00513-JRG Document 293-1 Filed 01/14/19 Page 2 of 4 PageID #: 19097
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`MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude the Use of Derogatory, Disparaging, and/or
`Pejorative References About Non-Practicing Entities Including AGIS Software
`Development LLC and AGIS, Inc.:
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`GRANTED
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`MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Disparaging the United States Patent and
`Trademark Office:
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`GRANTED
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`MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Apple from Referencing Pending Inter Partes
`Review Proceedings or Success Rates of Such Proceedings:
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`GRANTED
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`5.
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`MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Apple from Introducing Evidence or Testimony
`Regarding Unrelated Litigation Including Verdicts:
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`GRANTED
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`MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Applefrom Introducing Testimony, Evidence, or
`Argument Related to Litigation Funding:
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`GRANTED
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`Case 2:17-cv-00513-JRG Document 293-1 Filed 01/14/19 Page 3 of 4 PageID #: 19098
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`7.
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`MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Apple from Introducing Testimony, Evidence or
`Argument Related to Potential Targets for Litigation:
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`GRANTED
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`8.
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`MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Apple from Introducing Testimony or Evidence
`Related to AGIS’s Intellectual Property Monetization or Litigation Efforts
`Unrelated to the Current Lawsuit:
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`GRANTED
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`9.
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`MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Any References, Evidence, Suggestion,
`Testimony, or Elicitation of Any Testimony by Apple Comparing Any Accused
`Product to Any Purported Prior Art Device, a Prior Art Patent, or Any Other Prior
`Art:
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`GRANTED
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`10. MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Any Reference, Evidence, Suggestion, Testimony,
`or Elicitation of Any Testimony by Apple Regarding AGIS’s Election of Patent
`Claims to Streamline this Litigation:
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`GRANTED
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`11. MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Any Reference, Evidence, Suggestion, Testimony,
`or Elicitation of Any Testimony by Apple that Plaintiff Engaged in “Forum
`Shopping” or “Litigation Abuse,” or that this District is a Popular Venue for Patent
`Holders:
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`GRANTED
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`Case 2:17-cv-00513-JRG Document 293-1 Filed 01/14/19 Page 4 of 4 PageID #: 19099
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`12. MOTION IN LIMINE to Preclude Apple from Introducing Evidence of Prior Art
`Not Included in Apple’s Final Election of Prior Art:
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`GRANTED
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