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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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`vs.
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:17-cv-514-JRG
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`HTC CORPORATION,
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`Defendant.
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`DECLARATION OF KYLE R. CANAVERA IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANT
`HTC CORPORATION’S MOTION TO RECONSIDER DENIAL OF MOTION TO
`TRANSFER VENUE PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C. § 1404(A) TO THE NORTHERN
`DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`Case 2:17-cv-00514-JRG Document 98-1 Filed 12/27/18 Page 2 of 4 PageID #: 3608
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`I, Kyle R. Canavera, hereby declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am an attorney at the law firm of Perkins Coie LLP and counsel of record for
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`HTC Corporation (“HTC Corp.”) in the above entitled matter. I am a member of good standing
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`of the California and United States Patent and Trademark Bar and am admitted to practice in the
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`Eastern District of Texas.
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`2.
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`I make this declaration in support of HTC Corp.’s Motion to Reconsider Denial of
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`the Motion to Transfer Venue to the Northern District of California.
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`3.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of excerpts from the
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`transcript of the deposition of Eric Armstrong.
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`4.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of excerpts from the
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`transcript of the deposition of Rebecca Clark.
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`5.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of excerpts from the
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`transcript of the deposition of Ronald Wisneski.
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`6.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of excerpts from the
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`transcript of the deposition of Sandel Blackwell.
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`7.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of excerpts from the
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`transcript of the deposition of Malcolm Beyer.
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`8.
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` On October 16, 2018, Vincent Rubino, counsel for AGIS Software Development
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`LLC (“AGIS”), reported by email to counsel for HTC Corp. and other defendants that
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`Mr. Sietsema would not at that time be available for deposition, and that AGIS would not call
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`him as a witness at trial unless they did make him available. Attached hereto as Exhibit 6 is a
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`true and correct copy of Mr. Rubino’s October 16, 2018 email (email chain removed for brevity).
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`AGIS has not made Mr. Sietsema available for deposition.
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`9.
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`On October 14, 2018, Amy Park, counsel for AGIS, reported by email to counsel
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`for HTC Corp. and other defendants that Ms. Clark would no longer be designated for the
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`“testing” portion of Rule 30(b)(6) topic 74: “The structure, operation, design, development,
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`functionality, use, and testing of any AGIS Practicing Product.” Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is
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`a true and correct copy of Ms. Park’s October 14, 2018 email (email chain removed for brevity).
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`With this de-designation, Ms. Clark was no longer designated for any topics.
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`10.
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`On September 21, 2018, Enrique Iturralde, counsel for AGIS, provided
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`designations of AGIS’s witnesses for the Rule 30(b)(6) topics. The designees were: Ronald
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`Wisneski, Malcolm Beyer, Sandel Blackwell, and Rebecca Clark. Attached hereto as Exhibit 8
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`is a true and correct copy of Mr. Iturralde’s September 21, 2018 email (email chain removed for
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`brevity). Though some designations were subsequently changed, no witnesses other than these
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`four were ever designated for any topics.
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`11.
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`On November 26, 2018, Mr. Iturralde informed counsel for HTC Corp. that
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`Google had made source code available for inspection in Palo Alto, that AGIS’s expert had
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`inspected the source code, and that AGIS’s counsel had requested printouts of some of the source
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`code. Attached hereto as Exhibit 9 is a true and correct copy of Mr. Iturralde’s November 26,
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`2018 email. AGIS requested printing of 422 pages of source code, identified by production
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`numbers in the range Google_SC_00000001 to Google_SC_00000422.
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`12.
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`On December 13, 2018, Mr. Iturralde informed counsel for HTC Corp. that
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`AGIS’s technical expert, Mr. McAlexander, had reviewed Google’s source code in Palo Alto.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 10 is a true and correct copy of Mr. Iturralde’s December 13, 2018
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`email.
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`13.
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`On October 3, 2018, Omid Kia, on behalf of AGIS, reviewed source code made
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`available by HTC Corp. at the office of HTC Corp.’s counsel in San Diego, California. Mr. Kia
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`reviewed the source code only on October 3, 2018, and he did not request any printouts. AGIS
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`has not sent any further representatives to review HTC Corp.’s source code.
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`14.
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`HTC Corp. served interrogatories on AGIS, of which Interrogatory No. 8 related
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`to damages claimed by AGIS. In its Second Supplemental Responses, AGIS has not provided
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`any substantive response to Interrogatory No. 8. Attached hereto as Exhibit 11 is a true and
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`correct copy of excerpts from AGIS’s Second Supplemental Responses, including AGIS’s
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`response to Interrogatory No. 8.
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`15.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 12 is a true and correct copy of Uniloc USA, Inc. et al
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`v. Apple Inc., No. 2:17-cv-00258-JRG, D.I. 104 (E.D. Tex. 2017).
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed this 20th day of December, 2018, in San Diego, California.
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`/s/ Kyle R. Canavera
`Kyle R. Canavera
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