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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:21-cv-665-ADA
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`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.
`
`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`FACEBOOK, INC, and
`WHATSAPP, INC.
`
`Defendants.
`
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`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.
`
`
`Plaintiff,
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`
`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:21-cv-667-ADA
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`
`
`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:21-cv-668-ADA
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`
`
`v.
`
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`GOOGLE LLC,
`
`
`Defendant.
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`
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`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`AMAZON.COM, INC.;
`AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC; and
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.,
`Defendants.
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`
`
`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:21-cv-665-ADA
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`
`
`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`
`FACEBOOK, INC, and
`WHATSAPP, INC.
`
`Defendants.
`
`
`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.
`
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`
`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:21-cv-667-ADA
`
`
`
`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:21-cv-668-ADA
`
`
`
`v.
`
`
`GOOGLE LLC,
`
`
`Defendant.
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`
`
`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`AMAZON.COM, INC.;
`AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC; and
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.,
`Defendants.
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`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
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`VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.;
`CELLCO PARTNERSHIP d/b/a VERIZON
`WIRELESS;
`VERIZON SERVICES, CORP.; and
`VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK
`SERVICES, INC.,
`
`Defendants.
`
`
`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.
`
`Plaintiff,
`
`v.
`
`T-MOBILE USA, INC.
`
`Defendant.
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`
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`
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:21-cv-672-ADA
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 6:21-cv-674-ADA
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`JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT
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`Under the Scheduling Order (Case No. 6:21-cv-665, Dkt. No. 38), Plaintiff and
`
`Defendants submit this Joint Claim Construction Statement with respect to U.S. Patent Nos.
`
`8,630,234 and 10,880,721.
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`I. AGREED-UPON CLAIM TERMS:
`
`Claim Term
`“access server”
`
`’234 patent, claims 1, 11, 19-21, 25, 28;
`’721 patent, claims 1, 16, 20, 34, 38, 39, 46,
`49, 50
`“routing controller”
`
`’234 patent, claims 10, 19, 28, 32, 48, 62,
`64;
`’721 patent, claims 15, 16, 34, 49, 51, 77,
`103, 109, 110, 124
`“means for receiving, from a user of the
`mobile telephone, a callee identifier”
`
`’234 patent, claim 11
`
`“means for transmitting an access code
`request message to an access server”
`
`’234 patent, claim 11;
`’721 patent, claim 20
`
`“means for receiving an access code reply
`message from the access server in response
`to [said/the] access code request message”
`
`’234 patent, claim 11;
`’721 patent, claim 20
`
`
`
`
`Agreed Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6
`
`Function: receiving, from a user of the mobile
`telephone, a callee identifier
`
`Structure: a dialing input, which is a key pad, a
`voice recognition unit, or a parameter memory
`with prestored callee identifiers
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6
`
`Function: transmitting an access code request
`message to an access server
`
`Structure: a network interface
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6
`
`Function: receiving an access code reply
`message from the access server in response to
`[said/the] access code request message
`
`Structure: a network interface
`3
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`
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`Claim Term
`“means for receiving from the mobile
`telephone [said/an] access code request
`message”
`
`’234 patent, claims 19, 46
`
`“means for transmitting [said/an/the] access
`code reply message including [said/the]
`access code to the [mobile
`telephone/wireless apparatus]”
`
`’234 patent, claims 19, 46;
`’721 patent, claims 34, 77
`“means for receiving from a user of the
`wireless apparatus a destination node
`identifier”
`
`’721 patent, claim 20
`
`“means for receiving from the wireless
`[apparatus/device] [the/an] access code
`request message”
`
`’721 patent, claims 34, 77
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`
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`II. DISPUTED CLAIM TERMS:
`
`Agreed Construction
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6
`
`Function: receiving from the mobile telephone
`[said/an] access code request message
`
`Structure: a network interface
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6
`
`Function: transmitting [said/an/the] access code
`reply message including [said/the] access code
`to the [mobile telephone/wireless apparatus]
`
`Structure: a network interface
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6
`
`Function: receiving from a user of the wireless
`apparatus a destination node identifier
`
`Structure: a dialing input, which is a key pad, a
`voice recognition unit, or a parameter memory
`with prestored callee identifiers
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. § 112, ¶ 6
`
`Function: receiving from the wireless
`[apparatus/device] [the/an] access code request
`message
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`Structure: a network interface
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`Claim Term
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`Plaintiff’s Construction
`
`Defendants’ Construction
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`“roaming”
`
`
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning1
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`Preamble is limiting.
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`
`Proposing
`Party
`Defendants
`
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`1 Plaintiff disputes that it has made any assertion about how the plain and ordinary meaning of
`“roaming” should be construed.
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`4
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`Claim Term
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`Plaintiff’s Construction
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`Defendants’ Construction
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`Proposing
`Party
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`’234 patent, claims
`1, 19, 28, 30, 46,
`62;
`’721 patent, claims
`34, 49
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`“callee identifier”
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`’234 patent, claims
`1, 11, 20, 25, 28,
`30, 46, 62
`“access code”
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`’234 patent, claims
`1, 10, 11, 19-21, 25,
`28, 30-33, 38, 40,
`43, 45-48, 54, 61,
`62, 64, 65, 70, 72,
`75;
`’721 patent, claims
`1, 14, 16, 20, 34,
`38, 39, 46, 49-51,
`57, 63, 77, 103,
`104, 109, 110, 124,
`130, 135, 138-40
`“access code
`request message”
`
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`of “roaming” is “being in
`another mobile telephone
`service provider’s network
`and not the mobile
`telephone’s home network.”
`
`This contrasts with
`Plaintiff’s assertion that the
`plain and ordinary meaning
`of “roaming” is “use [of a
`communication device]
`over a geographical area.”
`“telephone number, and not
`a username”2
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`Defendants
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`“code used by the [mobile
`telephone / wireless device /
`wireless apparatus] in place
`of the callee identifier”
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`Defendants
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`“message sent from the
`[mobile device / wireless
`device / wireless apparatus]
`
`Plaintiff
`
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`2 Defendant Google LLC (“Google”) does not join the other Defendants’ proposed construction
`and instead believes that this term does not require construction.
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`5
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`Claim Term
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`Plaintiff’s Construction
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`Defendants’ Construction
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`Proposing
`Party
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`and received by the access
`server”3
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`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`Plaintiff
`
`“message sent from the
`access server and received
`by the [mobile device /
`wireless device / wireless
`apparatus]”4
`
`Plain and ordinary meaning
`
`Defendants
`
`“table containing access
`codes for exclusive
`association with a [callee
`identifier / destination node
`identifier]”5
`
`’234 patent, claims
`1, 10, 11, 19-21, 28,
`30, 31,
`40, 46, 47, 62, 72;
`’721 patent, claims
`1, 16, 20, 34, 38,
`39, 49-51, 77, 103,
`104, 135
`“access code reply
`message”
`
`’234 patent, claims
`1, 10, 11, 19, 20,
`25, 28, 30, 43, 45,
`46, 61, 62, 75;
`’721 patent, claims
`1, 16, 20, 34, 38,
`46, 49-51, 77, 103,
`124, 135, 138-40
`“pool of access
`codes”
`
`’234 patent, claims
`1, 11, 20, 30, 38,
`46, 54, 57, 62, 70;
`’721 patent, claims
`63, 109
`“local call”
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`’234 patent, claims
`1, 11, 20
`“means for
`initiating a call
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`
`
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`6
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`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`which is “call within the
`PSTN local calling area of
`the mobile telephone”
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. §
`112, ¶ 6
`
`Defendants
`
`Defendants
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`“A call that is made in a
`geographical area
`associated with the caller’s
`device”
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. §
`112, ¶ 6
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`3 Google and Amazon do not join the other Defendants’ proposed construction and instead agree
`with Plaintiff’s proposed construction.
`4 Google and Amazon do not join the other Defendants’ proposed construction and instead agree
`with Plaintiff’s proposed construction.
`5 Google does not join the other Defendants’ proposed construction and instead believes that this
`term does not require construction.
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`Claim Term
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`Plaintiff’s Construction
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`Defendants’ Construction
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`Proposing
`Party
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`using said access
`code to identify the
`callee”
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`’234 patent, claim
`11
`
`“means for
`selecting said
`access code from a
`pool of access
`codes”
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`’234 patent, claim
`46
`
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`Function: initiating a call
`using said access code to
`identify the callee
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`Structure: Mobile wireless
`device 12 having a
`microprocessor 52
`programmed to implement
`the algorithm illustrated in
`FIG. 3, which includes
`block 149 labeled “Initiate
`voice/video call using
`access code.” The wireless
`device 12 includes I/O
`port(s) 56 capable of acting
`as an interface to external
`networks (70, 72, 15, 16).
`See FIG. 2.
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. §
`112, ¶ 6
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`Function: selecting said
`access code from a pool of
`access codes
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`Structure: Access server 14
`and/or a routing controller
`30 having a microprocessor
`(152 or 232) programmed to
`implement the algorithm
`illustrated in FIG. 7
`including step 196, FIG. 12
`and/or disclosed alternative
`embodiments or equivalents
`thereof. Various
`
`
`Function: initiating a call
`using said access code to
`identify the callee
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`Structure: a network
`interface, including
`switched line channels in a
`public switched telephone
`network (PSTN)6
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`Defendants
`
`Governed by 35 U.S.C. §
`112, ¶ 6
`
`Function: selecting said
`access code from a pool of
`access codes
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`Structure: a processor (of
`the routing controller), a
`memory storing table
`memory in a form given in
`FIG. 10, a temporary
`memory containing a local
`calling area identifier and
`an access code store, and a
`clock for selecting an access
`code from a pool of access
`
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`6 Google does not join the other Defendants’ proposed structure and instead offers as a proposed
`structure “a network interface.”
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`7
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`Claim Term
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`Plaintiff’s Construction
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`Defendants’ Construction
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`Proposing
`Party
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`embodiments of a routing
`controller producing an
`access code are disclosed at
`col. 15, line 7 to col. 22 line
`60, for example. In some
`embodiments, the routing
`controller is part of or
`integrated with the access
`server; see col. 17 lines 19-
`30.
`Plain and ordinary
`meaning8
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`codes using the algorithm
`given in FIG. 127
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`Defendants
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`Plain and ordinary meaning,
`which is “device that
`connects networks that use
`different communication
`protocols.”
`
`This contrasts with
`Plaintiff’s assertion that the
`plain and ordinary meaning
`of “gateway” is “a device
`that connects at least two
`networks.”
`
`“gateway”
`
`’721 patent, claims
`1, 20, 38, 51, 77,
`103, 133
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`
`
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`7 Google does not join the other Defendants’ proposed structure and instead offers as a proposed
`structure “a processor (of the routing controller) with searching access to a pool of access codes.”
`8 Plaintiff disputes that it has made any assertion about how the plain and ordinary meaning of
`“gateway” should be construed.
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`8
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`Case 6:21-cv-00667-ADA Document 57 Filed 05/06/22 Page 9 of 14
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`Dated: May 6, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`
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`/s/Lewis E. Hudnell, III
`Lewis E. Hudnell, III
`lewis@hudnelllaw.com
`Nicolas S. Gikkas
`nick@gikkaslaw.com
`Hudnell Law Group P.C.
`800 W. El Camino Real Suite 180
`Mountain View, California 94040
`T: 650.564.3698
`F: 347.772.3034
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
`VOIP-PAL.COM, INC.
`
`
`/s/ Joshua Glucoft
`Michael E. Jones
`State Bar No. 10929400
`mikejones@potterminton.com
`POTTER MINTON
`110 N. College Ave., Suite 500
`Tyler, Texas 75702
`Tel: (903) 597-8311
`Fax: (903) 593-0846 (Facsimile)
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`Ellisen Shelton Turner (Pro Hac Vice)
`ellisen.turner@kirkland.com
`Joshua Popik Glucoft (CA Bar No.
`301249)
`josh.glucoft@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`2049 Century Park East, Suite 3700
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`Tel: (310) 552-4220
`Fax: (310) 552-5900
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`Kristina R. Cary
`Massachusetts BBO No. 688759
`kristina.cary@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`200 Clarendon Street
`Boston, MA 02116
`Tel: (617) 385-7500
`Fax: (617) 385-7501
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`FACEBOOK, INC. AND WHATSAPP,
`INC.
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`/s/ Robert W. Unikel
`Paige Arnette Amstutz
`State Bar No.: 00796136
`pamstutz@scottdoug.com
`SCOTT, DOUGLASS & MCCONNICO,
`LLP
`303 Colorado Street, Suite 2400
`Austin, TX 78701
`Telephone: (512) 495-6300
`Facsimile: (512) 495-6399
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`Robert W. Unikel (Admitted Pro Hac
`Vice)
`robertunikel@paulhastings.com
`Matthew Lind (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
`matthewlind@paulhastings.com
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`71 South Wacker Drive, 45th Floor
`Chicago, IL 60606
`Telephone: (312) 499-6000
`Facsimile: (312) 499-6100
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`Robert R. Laurenzi (Admitted Pro Hac
`Vice)
`robertlaurenzi@paulhastings.com
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`200 Park Avenue
`New York, NY 10166
`Telephone: (212) 318-6000
`Facsimile: (212) 319-4090
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`Ariell N. Bratton (Admitted Pro Hac
`Vice)
`ariellbratton@paulhastings.com
`Cole D. Malmberg (Admitted Pro Hac
`Vice)
`colemalmberg@paulhastings.com
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`4747 Executive Drive, 12th Floor
`San Diego, CA 92121
`Telephone: (858) 458-3000
`Facsimile: (858) 458-3005
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT
`GOOGLE LLC
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`Case 6:21-cv-00667-ADA Document 57 Filed 05/06/22 Page 11 of 14
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`/s/ Daniel T. Shvodian
`M. Craig Tyler, Bar No. 00794762
`CTyler@perkinscoie.com
`Perkins Coie LLP
`500 W 2nd St, Suite 1900
`Austin, TX 78701-4687
`Tel. No. 737.256.6113
`Fax No. 737.256.6300
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`Daniel T. Shvodian, Admitted Pro Hac
`Vice
`dshvodian@perkinscoie.com
`Perkins Coie LLP
`3150 Porter Drive
`Palo Alto, CA 94304-1212
`Tel No. 650.838.4300
`Fax No. 650.838.4350
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`AMAZON.COM, INC.;
`AMAZON.COM, SERVICES LLC;
`AND
`AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.
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`/s/ William Hector
`J. Mark Mann
`State Bar No. 12926150
`mark@themannfirm.com
`MANN | TINDEL | THOMPSON
`201 E. Howard Street
`Henderson, TX 75654
`(903) 657-8540
`(903) 657-6003 (fax)
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`Frank C. Cimino, Jr. (pro hac vice)
`Megan S. Woodworth (pro hac vice)
`VENABLE LLP
`600 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001
`(202) 344-4569
`FCCimino@Venable.com
`MSWoodworth@Venable.com
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`William Hector (pro hac vice)
`VENABLE LLP
`101 California Street
`Suite 3800
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`(415) 653-3750
`WAHector@Venable.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS
`INC., CELLCO PARTNERSHIP
`D/B/A VERIZON WIRELESS,
`VERIZON SERVICES CORP., AND
`VERIZON BUSINESS NETWORK
`SERVICES LLC
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`/s/ Amanda Tessar
`Amanda Tessar, Colorado Bar #33173
`ATessar@perkinscoie.com
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`1900 Sixteenth Street, Suite 1400
`Denver, Colorado 80202-5255
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`Martin E. Gilmore, Pro Hac Vice Pending
`MGilmore@perkinscoie.com
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`500 W 2nd St 1900
`Austin, Texas 78701
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`Melissa Richards Smith
`Texas Bar No. 24001351
`melissa@gillamsmithlaw.com
`GILLAM AND SMITH, L.L.P.
`303 South Washington Avenue
`Marshall, TX 75670
`(903)934-8450
`Fax: (903)934-9257
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS T-
`MOBILE US, INC. AND T MOBILE
`USA, INC.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to
`electronic service are being served with a copy of
`the forgoing JOINT CLAIM
`CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT via the Court’s CM/ECF system pursuant to the Federal
`Rules of Civil Procedure and Local Rule CV-5(b)(1) this 6th day of May, 2021.
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`By: /s/Lewis E. Hudnell, III
`Lewis E. Hudnell, III
`lewis@hudnelllaw.com
`Hudnell Law Group P.C.
`800 W. El Camino Real Suite 180
`Mountain View, California 94040
`T: 650.564.3698
`F: 347.772.3034
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