`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 135-2 Filed 01/29/19 Page 1 of 3 PageID #: 9677
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
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`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LLC
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2: 17-cv-514-JRG
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`Plaintiff,
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`(Lead Case)
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2: 17-cv—515-JRG
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`HTC CORPORATION, LG ELECTRONICS
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`Defendants.
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`(Consolidated Case)
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`DECLARATION OF JUSEONG RYU IN SUPPORT OF
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`LG ELECTRONICS, INC.’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
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`I, Juseong Ryu, state and declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am a Senior Manager for LG Electronics Inc. (“LGEKR”).
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`I work out of
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`LGEKR’S IP Center in Seoul, South Korea. As a Senior Manager at LGEKR, my job
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`responsibilities include patent licensing and patent litigation support.
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`I submit this declaration
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`based upon my best and current knowledge regarding the subject matters addressed in this
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`declaration. If called as a Witness, I could and would testify competently to the information
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`contained herein.
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`2.
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`I understand that the plaintiff in the above—referenced action has asserted claims
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`of patent infringement against certain LG-branded mobile devices that utilize the Android
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`operating system (“OS”) developed by Google LLC (“Google”) (the “Accused Devices”).
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`I also
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`understand that the plaintiff‘s infringement claims are based on the pre-installation by LGEKR
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`of certain Google Mobile Services (“GMS”) applications on the Accused Devices, including
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`Google Mobile Maps (the “Accused Applications”).
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`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 135-2 Filed 01/29/19 Page 2 of 3 PageID #: 9678
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`3.
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`LGEKR is a South Korean corporation headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
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`LGEKR designs, engineers, tests, and manufactures the mobile devices the Accused Devices
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`outside the United States, mostly in Korea. LGEKR obtains the Android OS and Accused
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`Applications from Google, and installs them on the Accused Devices outside the United-States in
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`Korea. LGEKR does not perform any activities with respect to the Accused Devices within the
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`United States, including, without limitation, manufacturing, marketing, testing, using,
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`distributing, selling or offering for sale of the Accused Devices within the United States.
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`4.
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`LG Electronics MobileComm USA. Inc. (“LGEMU”) was a wholly owned
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`subsidiary of LG Electronics USA, Inc. (“LGEUS”), which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
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`LGEKR. As of August 1, 2018, LGEMU was merged into LGEUS. LGEMU was a California
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`corporation with offices in California. LGEUS is a Delaware corporation headquartered in
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`Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey.
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`5.
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`LGEUS is solely responsible for importing, offering for sale, and selling the
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`Accused Devices in the United States. Prior to its merger with LGEUS, LGEMU was solely
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`responsible for importing, offering for sale, and selling the Accused Devices in the United States.
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`6.
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`LGEUS (and before August 1, 2018, LGEMU) acquires the Accused Devices
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`from LGEKR outside the United States and imports them into the United States for sale to
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`national phone carriers, retailers, and distributors, who in turn sell those devices to end users
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`throughout the United States. LGEUS (and before August 1, 2018, LGEMU) is the only entity
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`authorized by LGEKR to import, offer to sell, or sell, LG branded mobile devices in the United
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`States.
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`7.
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`LGEKR does not sell or offer to sell any mobile devices, including the Accused
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`Devices, in the United States. Sales of the Accused Devices in the United States are handled
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`exclusively by LGEUS, including all associated marketing and distribution activities in the
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`United States.
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`8.
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`LGEUS (and, before August 1, 2018, LGEMU) purchases the Accused Devices
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`not have any ownership of or title to the Accused Devices at any point within the United States.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed in
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`Seoul, South Korea on January g 2019
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`in S eon?
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`RYK
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`Juseong Ryu
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