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Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 64-1 Filed 05/21/18 Page 1 of 5 PageID #: 838
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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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`ZTE CORPORATION, ET AL.,
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`Defendants.
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`Case No. 2:17-cv-517-JRG
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`DECLARATION OF VINCENT J. RUBINO, III IN SUPPORT OF
`PLAINTIFF AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT, LLC’S MOTION
`FOR ALTERNATIVE SERVICE OF DEFENDANT ZTE
`CORPORATION PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 4(f)(3)
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`I, Vincent J. Rubino, III, being duly sworn, hereby depose and state as follows:
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`1.
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`I am a member of Brown Rudnick, LLP, counsel of record for Plaintiff
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`AGIS Software Development, LLC (“AGIS”). I am a member of the Bar of the State of
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`New York and have been admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the
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`Eastern District of Texas. I make this declaration in support of AGIS’s Motion for
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`Alternative Service of Defendant ZTE Corporation Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
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`Procedure 4(f)(3).
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`2.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of an e-mail chain
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`between Enrique W. Iturralde, an attorney at Brown Rudnick, LLP and counsel for AGIS,
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`and employees of Process Service Network, LLC, dated August 9, 2017.
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`3.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of an e-mail chain
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`between Enrique W. Iturralde, an attorney at Brown Rudnick, LLP and counsel for AGIS,
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`and employees of Process Service Network, LLC, dated December 26, 2017.
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`4.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of an e-mail chain
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`between Enrique W. Iturralde, an attorney at Brown Rudnick, LLP and counsel for AGIS,
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`and employees of Process Service Network, LLC, dated between February 20, 2018 and
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`March 1, 2018.
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`5.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of a notice of
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`attorney appearance of Calli Turner, attorney at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 2501
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`North Harwood Street, Suite 1900, Dallas TX 75201-1664, on behalf of ZTE Corporation
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`submitted in Fundamental Innovation Sys. Int’l, LLC v. ZTE Corp., et al., No. 3:17-cv-
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`1827 (N.D. Tex.).
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`6.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of a notice of
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`attorney appearance of Charles M. McMahon, attorney at McDermott Will & Emery
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`LLP, 444 West Lake Street, Suite 4000, Chicago, IL 60606, on behalf of ZTE
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`Corporation submitted in Fundamental Innovation Sys. Int’l, LLC v. ZTE Corp., et al.,
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`No. 3:17-cv-1827 (N.D. Tex.).
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`7.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of a notice of
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`attorney appearance of Michael D. Hemes, attorney at McDermott Will & Emery LLP,
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`444 West Lake Street, Suite 4000, Chicago, IL 60606, on behalf of ZTE Corporation
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`submitted in Fundamental Innovation Sys. Int’l, LLC v. ZTE Corp., et al., No. 3:17-cv-
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`1827 (N.D. Tex.).
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`8.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of a notice of
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`attorney appearance of Jay H. Reiziss, attorney at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 500
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`North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, on behalf of ZTE Corporation
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`2
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 64-1 Filed 05/21/18 Page 3 of 5 PageID #: 840
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`submitted in Fundamental Innovation Sys. Int’l, LLC v. ZTE Corp., et al., No. 3:17-cv-
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`1827 (N.D. Tex.).
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`9.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of a notice of
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`attorney appearance of Michael S. Nadal, attorney at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 500
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`North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, on behalf of ZTE Corporation
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`submitted in Fundamental Innovation Sys. Int’l, LLC v. ZTE Corp., et al., No. 3:17-cv-
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`1827 (N.D. Tex.).
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`10.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 9 is a true and correct copy of a notice of
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`attorney appearance of Natalie A. Bennett, attorney at McDermott Will & Emery LLP,
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`500 North Capitol Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001, on behalf of ZTE Corporation
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`submitted in Fundamental Innovation Sys. Int’l, LLC v. ZTE Corp., et al., No. 3:17-cv-
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`1827 (N.D. Tex.).
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`11.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 10 is a true and correct copy of a notice of
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`attorney appearance of Hersh H. Mehta, attorney at McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 444
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`West Lake Street, Suite 4000, Chicago, IL 60606, on behalf of ZTE Corporation
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`submitted in Fundamental Innovation Sys. Int’l, LLC v. ZTE Corp., et al., No. 3:17-cv-
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`1827 (N.D. Tex.).
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`12.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 11 is a true and correct copy of a power of
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`attorney submitted by J. Ray Wood, Chief Patent Counsel on behalf of ZTE Corporation
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`and ZTE (USA) Inc. appointing the following counsel as lead and back-up counsel to
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`transact business before the Patent Trial & Appeal Board of the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office in connection with an inter partes review proceeding regarding for
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`IPR2018-00235 in ZTE Corp., et al. v. Hitachi Maxell, Ltd.: (1) Steven A. Moore,
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`3
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`Case 2:17-cv-00517-JRG Document 64-1 Filed 05/21/18 Page 4 of 5 PageID #: 841
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`Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 501 West Broadway, Suite 1100, San Diego, CA
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`92101; (2) Cheng (Jack) Ko, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 501 West
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`Broadway, Suite 1100, San Diego, CA 92101; (3) Howard N. Wisnia, Pillsbury Winthrop
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`Shaw Pittman LLP, 501 West Broadway, Suite 1100, San Diego, CA 92101; and (4)
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`Brian Nash, Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, 111 Congress Avenue, Suite 400,
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`Austin, TX 78701.
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`13.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 12 is an email chain between Danielle A.
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`D’Aquila, an attorney at Brown Rudnick, LLP and counsel for AGIS, and counsel at
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`McDermott Will & Emery LLP, dated between April 21, 2018 and May 11, 2018.
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`14.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 13 is an email chain between Danielle A.
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`D’Aquila, an attorney at Brown Rudnick, LLP and counsel for AGIS, and counsel at
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`Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, dated between April 21, 2018 and May 2, 2018.
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`15.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 14 is a press release titled, “ZTE corporation
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`Appoints New Chief Export Compliance Officer to Enhance Regulatory Compliance
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`Program,” published on November 14, 2016 on ZTE Corporation’s website, located at
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`https://web.archive.org/web/20161118024953/http://www.zte.com.cn/global/about/press-
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`center/news/201611ma/1115 (last accessed May 21, 2018).
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`16.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 15 is a true and correct copy of the LinkedIn
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`profile of Matt Bell, the Chief Compliance Officer and Legal Counsel at ZTE (USA), Inc.
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`and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer, Chief Export Compliance Officer, and Legal
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`Counsel at ZTE Corporation, located at https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattkbell/ (last
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`accessed May 21, 2018).
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`17.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 16 is a true and correct copy of the profile of
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`Lixin Cheng, Senior Vice President of ZTE Corporation and Chairman and CEO of ZTE
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`(USA), Inc., on ZTE (USA), Inc.’s website, located at
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`https://www.zteusa.com/lixincheng (last accessed May 21, 2018).
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`18.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 17 is a true and correct copy of the civil docket
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`for Fundamental Innovation Sys. Int’l, LLC v. ZTE Corp., et al., No. 3:17-cv-1827 (N.D.
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`Tex. Feb. 13, 2017), located at https://ecf.txnd.uscourts.gov/cgi-
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`bin/DktRpt.pl?562410715833221-L_1_0-1 (last accessed May 21, 2018).
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`19.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 18 is a true and correct copy of print screens of
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`the docket entries for IPR2018-00235 in ZTE Corp., et al. v. Hitachi Maxell, Ltd., located
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`at https://ptab.uspto.gov/#/login (last accessed May 21, 2018).
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`20.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 19 is a true and correct copy of the S&P
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`Capital IQ report for ZTE (USA), Inc. as it was filed in Fundamental Innovation Sys.
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`Int’l, LLC v. ZTE Corp., et al., No. 3:17-cv-1827 (N.D.T.X Feb. 13, 2017), Dkt. 53-4.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Executed on May 21, 2018 in New York, N.Y.
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`/s/ Vincent J. Rubino, III
` Vincent J. Rubino, III
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