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`Apple’s Motion for Leave to
`Supplement Invalidity Contentions
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`January 8, 2020
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`Good Cause Factors
`1. The length of and reason for the delay, including whether
`the moving party has been diligent
`2. The importance of the amendment
`3. The potential prejudice in allowing the amendment
`4. The availability of a continuance to cure such prejudice
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`See, e.g., Allure Energy, Inc. v. Nest Labs, Inc., 84
`F.Supp.3d 538, 540-41 (E.D. Tex. 2015)
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`Good Cause Factors
`1. The length of and reason for the delay, including
`whether the moving party has been diligent
`2. The importance of the amendment
`3. The potential prejudice in allowing the amendment
`4. The availability of a continuance to cure such prejudice
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`See, e.g., Allure Energy, Inc. v. Nest Labs, Inc., 84
`F.Supp.3d 538, 540-41 (E.D. Tex. 2015)
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 4 of 27 PageID #: 8152
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
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`Second, Appl s discovery of th Casio Camera prior art aft r s rvice of its invalidity
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`contentions was excusabl b cause of the significant difficulty associated with locating t chnical
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`information about prior art products sold twenty years ago. Th Casio Camera was a digital
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`Apple Mot. at 2
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`literatur for the Casio Camera. Id.
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`5. Following th 1 ads from cam ra enthusiasts w bsites
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`to try to locat product information was tim consuming b caus manufactur rs lik Casio
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`cifications w r not
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`always archi ed from so long ago and ev n if found, frequ ntly did not contain sufficient
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`technical detail. Id.
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 5 of 27 PageID #: 8153
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
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`On or about October 16 a technical analyst working under th dir ction of Apple s
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`couns 1 at Eris IP disco
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`· publish d by an indi idual cam ra nthusiast
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`that contained information relating to old models of digital cam ras. See Gibson Deel. ,r 3 ..
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`Apple Mot. at 3
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`Oct. 16
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`Digital Camera Museum
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
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`3.
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`In the context of my investigation into rele ant prior art, on or around October 16
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`2019 I found a German website of a digital camera enthusiast, http://digitalkameramuse~de.).
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`that contains information about certain model of digital cameras old between 1973 and 2003.
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`Gibson Decl. at ¶ 3
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`Home
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`News
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`History
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`ESVC
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`Digicams
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`OEM models
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`Prototypes Rarities
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`Memorycards
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`360°
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`Welcome to the Digital Camera Museum
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`• Pnnt
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`Vint.11ge digit.111 C-.11me r,1s .11re not j ust some p~ces of o utd.11ted technology!
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`Jurk 10 some collec:ib e ~e,ns to otrl•rs Everybody hu ,1 diferent op non whe-, tt comes IO e,1rty d,g II c.11mer,1s from ~rn. f.11•t century"
`Therefor• !he p\.rpose iimd go1 ' of tt-1s s~e u. to no1 on~ create .ll'"!Olher websr.e for collectors 1'Kf enthus1uts bul .1 port11J and perm.1ren1
`reso.xce for vrnuge d g,u1 c.1mer.1s -o prov,de .1 "v111uat d1g1Uil f1'\1.1seum" ror d gna camern from 1975. 2000 To preseTVe lulowledg• be'or• : 1s
`lost. n 1975, when S.1ss;on d41s,gned the firs: porub e .1'H!lectron.c, so'td•st,11e c.1mer.1, there w .1s no world wide w.t>, no pub ,c 1nwmet, not even
`BBS Bu et.n boards .ard newsgroups e-r,.erged ,n the e ght;es. Even 11'\ the n11d to tate nineties tMre were only zew s te s proV)([rg .aCC1Jrate deta Is
`on d,g ta cameras. Even bcac,c then those s tes were incomp ete With the 1n1emet g,owuig and newer cameras surfaang on the market. most
`manu~acturers dele:ed their web COl\tert of discontinued cam.er.as A.so. not e11ery car,,er,1 on the maflc:et was cover.a ,n a reve-.111. test or ne\MS
`column. Some were on y seen on tech taus or mentior-ed bl'le'ly 1n ,1 footnote Apart fro"l'I only one or two very good webs,tes. th.ere 1s rio
`compete. let .alone ehronolog1cai '!y .accur,11e source on v,ntage d g tal cameras on the -,temet today. let's try arid ch.a.,ge tha:
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`Today you c.an go to a mall and buy any <;.rn:j o~ d g ta! camera yoJ I o:e Rega•d en of pt1ce color, features and t HO ut.on A new d g ca.m co.mes
`out a 'TIOSI every two Wff<S Snee the tum of '.tt1s oe"ltury almo1n every manu' acturer and company wanted a pece of !he pie wh ch 'ed to a real OEM model ch.aos. T.a,wan. Ma..aays1a .1nd otl-er countnes
`were mus producing cheap camera bathes '0< s-nan. med um and big compan,es The body was l11be'ed a,nd sold under the;, bra,nd Th• most popu ar of tnose OEM mode..s was th• Jenoptik JOH
`Entrance Th s small and s.,mp!e came!li wa.s man..i'actured by MINTON from 1998 • 2002 with VGA a.nd XGA resofut.on. There ;are at ea.st twenty rrode s from thtrt:Hn d fferent l•be s thu I kn.ow of
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`Nowadays ca'Tl•r-H ar• ava1 abl• 1n eel pt-ion••· hardhe:ds, toys, pens. pd.a's g HHS .and lo.so• other g acg•a Almost everyone can a!""ord ad g tal camera U>d.ay and m1M ons own a1 least one mod•I
`But et s ta-ce a look back to .he early days of d gta p'\Otography Bae< 10 the . i~ wt\en cameras were .above all e11:pensive Bae< to the time when cameras h ad sw-vel lenses a.nd attaci"lable monitors
`When blac-<. s ~er arid whl':e wt"tere the only ca Tera. body co o•s 'Nhen nash memory cards were almost as expensive as the carrera 11.self. Whel'I irrage tr.1nsfer to a computer requlf"ed tons of t!Te So
`why OIGICAMmuse ... m? Well. digfc.1m t-as beco-ne a popu ar abbrev1.1t,on for d;gital camera, both in engbh a nd german anguage II\ tl"e n neteen nineties Se'ore that, the cerm diglcam w as used for
`televrs on ca..,..eras in broadca.sc,ng - he earl est record I could fend •or the term d fg fc.1m goes baCK to th.e 1980 Ampex BCC-20 te ev sion c.1me•i11 dubbed 'OigiCam' because it l"tKI a 'compu:er in it'~
`head. The term df9ic.1m {in re•ere:nce to d,O Uil ca..,..eras) was ol'l'cially used at the Systems '91 fai f ,,, mun,ch :o promo:e the Dyc•m Modti 1 in germ.any ,ar,g before 11-e term became popu ar. Hence
`tt-e n.1me sttJc< wi1h me .and th.al's why I \.os.O ,t.
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
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`Bas d on bi r
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`i w of th webs it from Octob r 16 to October 22 that analyst identifi d s veral
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`doz n arly camera mod ls including th Casio Cam ra that pot ntially includ d both id o
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`recording and till imag capturing mod s-£ atur s r 1 vant to th
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`'493 Pat nt. See id.
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`4.
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`Apple Mot. at 3
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`Identified Casio Camera
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`Oct. 16
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` Oct. 22
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`Apple Analyst “discovers”
`Digital Camera Museum
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 9 of 27 PageID #: 8157
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
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`As a r sult of diligent searching th ana yst found a copy of the Casio Camera s product
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`manual. Id. , ,i 5-6. The product manual described the Casio Camera s technical features in
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`sufficient detail to confirm its r levanc to the 493 patent and thi ca e. Id. As soon as the
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`relevance of the Casio Camera became apparent on October 25, Apples counsel prepared a
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`Identified Casio Camera
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`Apple Mot. at 3-4
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`Oct. 16
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` Oct. 22 Oct. 25
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`Apple Analyst “discovers”
`Digital Camera Museum
`Website
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`Relevance of Casio
`Camera Apparent
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 10 of 27 PageID #: 8158
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
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`LCD Digital Camera
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`QV-BOOOSX
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`User's Guide
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`{"fj
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`DPOF
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`English
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`OVB000SX Manual at 1.
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`CASIO.
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`Casio Camera Product Manual, Excerpted
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
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`r 1 vance of th Casio Camera b came appar nt on Octob r 25, Appl s couns 1 pr par d a
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`supplemental in alidity claim chart and promptly-within six busin ss days of confirming the
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`rel vane ofth Casio Camera's product manual-provid d that chart to Max 11 on ovember 4,
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`2019. See id.
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`6· Simmons Deel. Exs. A-B.
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`Identified Casio Camera
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`Completed Claim Chart
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`Apple Mot. at 4
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`Oct. 16
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` Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Nov. 4
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`Apple Analyst “discovers”
`Digital Camera Museum
`Website
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`Relevance of Casio
`Camera Apparent
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 12 of 27 PageID #: 8160
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
`• But, Apple could have discovered the Digital Camera
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`Museum Website much earlier
`• Website excerpts were produced by Maxell on July 10
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`Maxell Produces Digital
`Camera Museum Website
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`Identified
`Casio
`Camera
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`Completed
`Claim Chart
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` July 10 Oct. 16 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Nov. 4
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`Apple Analyst “Discovers”
`Digital Camera Museum
`Website
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`Camera Apparent
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 13 of 27 PageID #: 8161
`you wm1 nd the na•1lganon menu For your com,,n· nc11 I h-v11
`a pag To lh r ft nd abo
`i!tletlcally ~nd
`ing to ncil.lde m as that seiw:d a spedef puTP()se. ~ I
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`tanc , mlaoscope 01m1e1"a
`ind
`trial C111?1en1 • machine ,islon 1:a.meras.
`and su h This would not onf)' be Impossible lo cov~r bu al ob'°"" lhi ai oul cd pro po ·o~l Excepllan.s will be
`n as, s nrt rs: digili2
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`,11r
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`The Iii tJel fi. mentioned refers to the yea, in which !he c.an'lffl 1\1'&9 !lither an noun e&d or u n\lQillDd o tho public-. Why not lhEI ye-ar rt was mru, ufacturoo 'I' Easy n
`takes tim o dee lgn, de-vetop, budge , man
`a From II flip ch rt dr~.,Jng to a finished prod1Jci f r. a !ong haul. Toe e teg@ or
`cture and fie!~ test ii d"gitai co
`d 'llliopme111 IOoK onths. ometlmes years
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`o. ;i digillll C11mera announced ln 19'7 c-0utd or lnstam:e ha': b n l:luill In 19
`tell? I can't. efther ca 1ou, nor anyone else not l111'0tffld in lhe R&D
`. Who ca
`tn whid1 fl\!;! mera \I s buil , I use either U1e veaT In wnldi he camera ll'il5 announce-d by a pres:. reJease or,
`proc.-ss. Wlum I absolutely cannol ,d erm.Jne he ye
`if not a1tallabf(), t/1 year in whid1, lhB camua
`s ufll'8iled le Ille public. This is the oruy 11":f'i to property label 0 rnmilfa 1A11th a cQJ'lain year
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`(PIUSi¾ nora th.II( this:. sp&citfc site Is work fn progl"G$$ an<1 caml!l'llS w/11 he addr!!d aveJ' time!}
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`ADOONICS(1)
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`APPLE(4}
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`CASIO (1.9}
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`AGFA (11 )
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`ARGUS (31
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`CHICONY (1 l
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`ANSCO f3)
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`AXIS (1)
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`CHI ON 121
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`CANO (16)
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`ClAXAN{3)
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 14 of 27 PageID #: 8162
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
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`• Easy to find relied-upon website from produced document
`– Search for “The Digital Camera Museum” brings up website as first result
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`Go gle
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`The Digital Camera Museum
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`Q. All ~ Maps
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`I;;) Images @ News
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`() Shopping
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`About 131,000,000 results (0.68 seconds)
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`The Digital Camera Museum
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`Vintage digital cameras are not just some pieces of outdated technology! Junk to some, collectible
`items to others. Everybody has a di~ferent opinion when it ...
`History · OEM Models · Memorycards · About
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
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`• Easy to find relied-upon website from produced document
`– Entering “digicammuseum.com” into address bar automatically redirects to:
`https://www.digitalkameramuseum.de/en/.
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`digicam useu
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 16 of 27 PageID #: 8164
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
`• Casio Product Manual was not difficult to locate
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`• Available on Casio Website
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`LCD Digital Camera
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`QV-BOOOSX
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`User's Guide
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`t"j
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`OPOF
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`English
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 17 of 27 PageID #: 8165
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
`• In its Motion, Apple went from discovering website to charting reference
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`in less than three weeks
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`Maxell Produces Digital
`Camera Museum Website
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`< 3 weeks
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`Identified
`Casio
`Camera
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`Completed
`Claim Chart
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` July 10 Oct. 16 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Nov. 4
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`Apple Analyst “Discovers”
`Digital Camera Museum
`Website
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`Relevance of Casio
`Camera Apparent
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 18 of 27 PageID #: 8166
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
`• In its Reply, Apple states it could not go from discovering website to
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`charting reference in five weeks
`5 weeks
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`< 3 weeks
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`Maxell Produces
`Digital Camera
`Museum Website
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`Invalidity
`Contentions
`Due
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`Identified
`Casio
`Camera
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`Completed
`Claim Chart
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` July 10 Aug. 14
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`Oct. 16 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Nov. 4
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`Apple Analyst “Discovers”
`Digital Camera Museum
`Website
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 19 of 27 PageID #: 8167
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`Apple’s Explanation for Delay
`• What was Apple doing in all that time?
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`• This is not diligence
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`2 months
`a
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`•
`Invalidity
`Contentions
`Due
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`Maxell Produces
`Digital Camera
`Museum Website
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`i
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`Identified
`Casio
`Camera
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`Completed
`Claim Chart
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` July 10 Aug. 14
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`Oct. 16 Oct. 22 Oct. 25 Nov. 4
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`Apple Analyst “Discovers”
`Digital Camera Museum
`Website
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 20 of 27 PageID #: 8168
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`Good Cause Factors
`1. The length of and reason for the delay, including whether
`the moving party has been diligent
`2. The importance of the amendment
`3. The potential prejudice in allowing the amendment
`4. The availability of a continuance to cure such prejudice
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`See, e.g., Allure Energy, Inc. v. Nest Labs, Inc., 84
`F.Supp.3d 538, 540-41 (E.D. Tex. 2015)
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 21 of 27 PageID #: 8169
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`Importance of Amendment
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`The importance of the reference must be considered
`in view of the invalidity contentions as a whole,
`including whether the new prior art discloses
`features not present in the previously identified art.
`See, e.g., Tech Pharmacy Servs., LLC v. Alixa Rx LLC, No.4:15-CV-766, 2017 WL 2833460, at *5 (E.D. Tex. Jan.
`19, 2017)
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 22 of 27 PageID #: 8170
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`Apple Has Not Attempted to Show Importance
`• “demonstrates prior invention, knowledge, and/or use” Mot. at 4.
`• “one of skill in the art would have found the ’493 patent’s alleged inventions obvious” Mot.
`at 4.
`• “renders the remaining asserted claims obvious” Mot. at 4-5.
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`No explanation of why or how the reference is important in light of the current
`Invalidity Contentions
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 23 of 27 PageID #: 8171
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`Apple Has Not Attempted to Show Importance
`• For the most part, Apple asserts the Casio Camera anticipates or renders obvious claims 1, 3,
`5, and 10.
`• But Apple already says the following references anticipate or render obvious claims 1, 3, 5,
`and 10:
`Apple QuickTake
`Hitachi MPEG
`Inoue
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`VCGRDVL9500
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`DCRTRV900
`Horii (1, 3, 5 only)
`Juen
`MVCFD83
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`• This new reference adds nothing new
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 24 of 27 PageID #: 8172
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`Good Cause Factors
`1. The length of and reason for the delay, including whether
`the moving party has been diligent
`2. The importance of the amendment
`3. The potential prejudice in allowing the amendment
`4. The availability of a continuance to cure such prejudice
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`See, e.g., Allure Energy, Inc. v. Nest Labs, Inc., 84
`F.Supp.3d 538, 540-41 (E.D. Tex. 2015)
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`Lack of Prejudice Cannot Alone Establish Good
`Cause
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`“A lack of prejudice [ ], supposing that there was truly no
`prejudice, is not sufficient to demonstrate good cause
`without more; to hold otherwise would change the showing
`from one of good cause to one of no prejudice and absolve
`the movant from a failure based on harm to the opposing
`party alone.”
`SEVEN Networks, LLC v. Google LLC, 2:17-cv-442-JRG, Dkt. No. 198, slip copy at 2 (E.D. Tex. June 8, 2018)
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 26 of 27 PageID #: 8174
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`Apple’s Delay Causes Prejudice
`• Limited time for third party discovery
`• Limited time to acquire samples
`• Limited time for Maxell to test and analyze samples
`• Limited time for experts to analyze and opine on the reference
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`• A continuance (delaying trial) would prejudice Maxell more
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`Case 5:19-cv-00036-RWS Document 185-2 Filed 01/17/20 Page 27 of 27 PageID #: 8175
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`Lack of Prejudice Cannot Alone Establish Good
`Cause
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`• Apple itself has argued the importance of early disclosure
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`to provide its P.R. 3-l(g) contentions. Maxell's refusal to supplement contravenes the purpose
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`of the Local Patent Rules, which are designed to provide "all parties with adequate notice and
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`information with which to litigate their cases" and deter "litigation by ambush." Computer
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`Acceleration Corp. v. Microsoft Corp. , 503 F. Supp. 2d 819, 822 (E.D. Tex. 2007).
`Apple Motion to Compel Infringement Contentions, D.I. 129 at 1.
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