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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Case No. 2:17-cv-513-JRG
`LEAD CASE
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`Case No. 2:17-cv-516-JRG
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`APPLE INC.,
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`OPPOSED MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE MOTION TO STRIKE EXPERT
`DECLARATION OF JOSEPH MCALEXANDER
`SUBMITTED WITH SUMMARY JUDGMENT BRIEFING
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`Defendant Apple Inc. respectfully requests leave to file a motion to strike new opinions in
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`Joseph McAlexander’s declaration that AGIS submitted with its opposition brief to Apple’s
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`Motion for Summary Judgment of Non-Infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,213,970 more than two
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`months after opening reports were due and more than two weeks after the deadline to file motions
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`to strike expert testimony. Dkt. No. 262.
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`The docket control order contains the following deadlines:
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`October 29, 2018
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`November 19, 2018
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`Serve Disclosures for Expert Witnesses by the Party
`with the Burden of Proof
`Serve Disclosures for Rebuttal Expert Witnesses
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`Case 2:17-cv-00513-JRG Document 310 Filed 01/18/19 Page 2 of 4 PageID #: 19503
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`December 7, 2018
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`December 14, 2018
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`December 14, 2018
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`Deadline to Complete Expert Discovery
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`*File Dispositive Motions
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`*File Motions to Strike Expert Testimony (including
`Daubert Motions)
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`No motion to strike expert testimony (including a
`Daubert motion) may be filed after this date without
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`Apple filed and a motion for summary judgment of noninfringement of the ’970 patent on
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`December 14, 2018. Dkt. No. 228. In responding to that motion, AGIS submitted an expert
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`declaration from Joseph McAlexander on January 4, 2018, as exhibit 4 to its opposition brief. Dkt.
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`No. 262-5. The declaration contains new opinions from Mr. McAlexander that were not included
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`in his opening report that was served two months earlier on October 29, 2018.
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`Apple’s motion to strike is the proper procedural device to address AGIS’ improper expert
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`declaration. Joe Andrew Salazar v. HTC Corp., No. 2:16-CV-1096 (E.D. Tex. May 18, 2018)
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`(granting a motion to strike the plaintiff’s expert’s declaration submitted in response to a summary
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`judgment motion). And because the McAlexander declaration was submitted more than two weeks
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`after the deadline to file motions to strike expert testimony, Apple respectfully requests leave to
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`file a motion to strike the declaration of Mr. Joseph McAlexander.
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`Case 2:17-cv-00513-JRG Document 310 Filed 01/18/19 Page 3 of 4 PageID #: 19504
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`DATED: January 18, 2019
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Melissa R. Smith
`Melissa R. Smith
`State Bar No. 24001351
`GILLAM & SMITH, LLP
`303 South Washington Ave.
`Marshall, TX 75670
`Tel: (903) 934-8450
`Fax: (903) 934-9257
`melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
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`John M. Desmarais
`Paul A. Bondor
`Ameet A. Modi
`Cosmin Maier
`Kerri-Ann Limbeek
`Brian Matty
`Tom BenGera
`Kathryn Bi
`Francesco Silletta
`DESMARAIS LLP
`230 Park Avenue
`New York, NY 10169
`Telephone: (212) 351-3400
`Facsimile: (212) 351-3401
`Email: jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com
`Email: pbondor@desmaraisllp.com
`Email: amodi@desmaraisllp.com
`Email: cmaier@desmaraisllp.com
`Email: klimbeek@desmaraisllp.com
`Email: bmatty@desmaraisllp.com
`Email: tbengera@desmaraisllp.com
`Email: kbi@desmaraisllp.com
`Email: fsilletta@desmaraisllp.com
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`Case 2:17-cv-00513-JRG Document 310 Filed 01/18/19 Page 4 of 4 PageID #: 19505
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing document was filed electronically in compliance with
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`Local Rule CV-5(a). Counsel of record for AGIS were served with a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing document by electronic mail on January 18, 2019.
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`/s/ Melissa R. Smith
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
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`I hereby certify that counsel for Apple conferred with counsel for AGIS regarding the
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`foregoing motion on January 18, 2019. Counsel for AGIS indicated that they are opposed to the
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`relief sought in this motion.
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