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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`ALMONDNET, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`AMAZON.COM, INC., AMAZON.COM
`SERVICES LLC, and AMAZON WEB SERVICES,
`INC.,
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`Civil Action No. 6:21-cv-00898-ADA
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`Jury Trial Demanded
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`Defendants.
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`DEFENDANTS’ NONINFRINGEMENT AND INVALIDITY DISCLOSURES
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 282
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`Case 6:21-cv-00898-ADA Document 233 Filed 01/02/24 Page 2 of 15
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 282, Defendants Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon.com Services LLC
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`and Amazon Web Services, Inc. (“Defendants”) hereby incorporate by reference their prior written
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`notice of patents and publications to be relied upon for anticipation or obviousness of the asserted
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`patents or “as showing the state of the art” pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and orders
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`of this Court, including without limitation through discovery responses, initial disclosures,
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`invalidity contentions, briefing, exhibit lists, and expert reports. Defendants reserve the right to
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`rely upon all pages of the patents and publications identified in any such disclosures identified
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`herein. Defendants also reserve the right to rely on any description of the prior art within the
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`specification of the asserted patents or items of prior art cited on their face, on prior art material
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`cited either by Plaintiff, its predecessors-in-interest in the asserted patents, or by the Patent Office
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`during prosecution of the asserted patents, Defendants’ own selected prior art in the disclosures
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`above, as well as prior art that is incorporated by reference into any of that cited material.
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`Defendants further incorporate by reference their prior written notice of the “the name and
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`address of any person who may be relied upon as the prior inventor or as having prior knowledge
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`of or as having previously used or offered for sale the invention of the patent[s] in suit,” as listed
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`in the above disclosures. 35 U.S.C. § 282. Defendants reserve the right to amend and/or
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`supplement this notice to add items that were inadvertently omitted.
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`I.
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`PATENTS AND PUBLICATIONS ON WHICH DEFENDANTS MAY RELY AS
`ANTICIPATION OF THE PATENTS-IN-SUIT OR AS SHOWING THE STATE
`OF THE ART
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`In addition to the prior written notice already provided, Defendants identify the patents and
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`other publications on which it may rely to show anticipation of the patents-in-suit or as showing
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`the state of the art:
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`Case 6:21-cv-00898-ADA Document 233 Filed 01/02/24 Page 3 of 15
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`Description
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`/knowledge/default.htm (May 8, 1999)
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`Description
`DoubleClick - Welcome to DoubleClick (Aug. 5, 1996)
`DoubleClick - Targeting Filters (Internet Archive 19981202110751) (Dec. 2,
`1998)
`Pathfinder Advertising Requirements Functional Specification (Mar. 16, 1998)
`Defining Your Site's Targeting Capabilities (1998)
`“Ad Networks vs Ad Exchanges: The History of Programmatic Advertising,”
`AdButler (Mar. 15, 2021)
`A. Jefferies, “Right Media, Creators of the First Ad Exchange: How to Succeed in
`Advertising (and Transform the Internet While You're At It),” New York
`Magazine (May 31, 2018), available at
`https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/05/right-media-creators-of-the-first-ad-
`exchange.html (May 31, 2018)
`S. Muthukrishnan, Bidding on Configurations in Internet Ad Auctions, COCOON
`2009, LNCS 5609, 1-6 (2009)
`Jun Wang et al., Display Advertising with Real-Time Bidding (RTB) and
`Behavioral Targeting, arXiv:1610.03013 [cs.GT] (July 18, 2017)
`U.S. Patent No. 7,039,699 (Narin et al.) (May 2, 2006)
`U.S. Patent Application Publication No. 2008/0077478 (Kim) (Mar. 27, 2008)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,289,318 (Barber) (Sept. 11, 2001)
`U.S. Patent No. 7,366,682 (Katiyar et al.) (Apr. 29, 2008)
`Working With Ads (1998)
`#2271 - AdServer 3.0 Targeting (1998)
`Declaration of Nathaniel E Frank-White, Internet Archive (IA), authenticating
`DoubleClick documentation (Mar. 17, 2023)
`Declaration of Nathaniel E Frank-White, Internet Archive (IA), authenticating
`DoubleClick documentation (Mar. 15, 2013)
`Declaration of Nathaniel E Frank-White, Internet Archive (IA), authenticating
`Engage documentation (Mar. 9, 2023)
`Declaration of Nathaniel E Frank-White, Internet Archive (IA), authenticating
`NetGravity documentation (Mar. 9, 2023)
`Declaration of Nathaniel E Frank-White, Internet Archive (IA), authenticating
`Engage documentation (May 8, 2023)
`Declaration of Nathaniel E Frank-White, Internet Archive (IA), authenticating
`Engage documentation (July 6, 2023)
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`Description
`Declaration of Rachel J. Watters on Authentication of Publication - Wisconsin
`TechSearch (WTS) - authentication of Mena, J. (1999), Data Mining Your
`Website (Mena) (Mar. 1, 2023)
`Declaration of Tony Corsini, British Library, authenticating availability of
`Advertising on the Internet by Robbin Zeff & Brad Aronson / New York: Wiley,
`1997 Shelf mark: YK.1998.b.1059 (Zeff '97) (Mar. 9, 2023)
`Declaration of Tony Corsini, British Library, authenticating availability of
`Advertising on the Internet: second edition by Robbin Zeff & Brad Aronson / New
`York: Wiley, 1997 (1999) Shelf mark: YC.2002.a.17435 (Zeff '99) (Mar. 9, 2023)
`Declaration of Rachel J. Watters on Authentication of Publication - Wisconsin
`TechSearch (WTS) - authentication of O'Connor, K., The Map of Innovation:
`Creating Something Out of Nothing (2003) (Apr. 20, 2023)
`Declaration of Rachel J. Watters on Authentication of Publication - Wisconsin
`TechSearch (WTS) - authentication of Hansell, S., Big Web Sites to Track Steps
`of their Users (Aug. 16, 1998), The New York Times pp. 1, 24 (Apr. 24, 2023)
`EngageTechnologiesInc_19990507_S-1 (May 7, 1999)
`DoubleclickInc_19971216_S-1 (Dec. 16, 1997)
`DoubleClick_19990304_10-K (FY 1998) (Mar. 4, 1999)
`DoubleClick_19990427_10-KA (FY 1998) (Apr. 27, 1999)
`DoubleClick_19991015_10-KA (FY 1998) (Oct. 15, 1999)
`DoubleClick_20000217_10-K (FY 1999) (Feb. 17, 2000)
`DoubleClick_20010313_10-K (FY 2000) (Mar. 13, 2001)
`DoubleClick_20020329_10-K (FY 2001) (Mar., 29, 2002)
`DoubleClick_20030327_10-K (FY 2002) (Mar. 27, 2003)
`DoubleClick_20040310_10-K (FY 2003) (Mar. 10, 2004)
`DoubleClick_20050316_10-K (FY 2004) (Mar. 16, 2005)
`DoubleClick_20050502_10-KA (FY 2004) (May 2, 2005)
`DoubleClick_19980430_10-Q (1998_0331) (Apr. 30, 1998)
`DoubleClick_19980814_10-Q (1998_0630) (Aug. 14, 1998)
`DoubleClick_19981110_10-Q (1998_0930) (Nov. 10, 1998)
`DoubleClick_19990514_10-Q (1999_0331) (May 14, 1999)
`DoubleClick_19990813_10-QA (1999_0630) (Aug. 13, 1999)
`DoubleClick_19991015_10-Q (1999_0331) (Oct. 15, 1999)
`DoubleClick_19991015_10-QA (1999_0630) (Oct. 15, 1999)
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`Description
`DoubleClick_19991115_10-Q (1999_0930) (Nov. 15, 1999)
`DoubleClick_20000512_10-Q (2000_0331) (May 12, 2000)
`DoubleClick_20000811_10-Q (2000_0630) (Aug. 11, 2000)
`DoubleClick_20001114_10-Q (2000_0930) (Nov. 14, 2000)
`DoubleClick_20010515_10-Q (2001_0331) (May 15, 2001)
`DoubleClick_20010814_10-Q (2001_0630) (Aug. 14, 2001)
`DoubleClick_20011114_10-Q (2001_0930) (Nov. 14, 2001)
`DoubleClick_20020515_10-Q (2002_0331) (May 15, 2002)
`DoubleClick_20020814_10-Q (2002_0630) (Aug. 14, 2002)
`DoubleClick_20021114_10-Q (2002_0930) (Nov. 14, 2002)
`DoubleClick_20030515_10-Q (2003_0331) (May 15, 2003)
`DoubleClick_20030811_10-Q (2003_0630) (Aug. 11, 2003)
`DoubleClick_20031114_10-Q (2003_0930) (Nov. 14, 2003)
`DoubleClick_20040510_10-Q (2004_0331) (May 10, 2004)
`DoubleClick_20040809_10-Q (2004_0630) (Aug. 9, 2004)
`DoubleClick_20041109_10-Q (2004_0930) (Nov. 9, 2004)
`DoubleClick_20050510_10-Q (2005_0331) (May 10, 2005)
`DoubleClick System (1999)
`Engage System (1999)
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`II.
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`PERSONS DEFENDANTS MAY RELY UPON AS THE PRIOR INVENTOR, AS
`HAVING PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF, OR AS HAVING PREVIOUSLY USED OR
`OFFERED FOR SALE THE ALLEGED INVENTIONS CLAIMED IN THE
`PATENTS-IN-SUIT
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`In addition to the prior written notice already provided, including in the parties’ trial
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`witness lists, Defendants identify the inventors and authors of the patents-in-suit and the references
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`cited above, as well as individuals identified in Defendants’ prior written disclosures as persons
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`that may be relied upon as the prior inventor, as having prior knowledge of, or as having previously
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`used or offered for sale the alleged inventions claimed in the patents-in-suit.
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`Case 6:21-cv-00898-ADA Document 233 Filed 01/02/24 Page 14 of 15
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`Dated: January 2, 2024
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`Of Counsel:
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`Deron R. Dacus (TX Bar #00790553)
`ddacus@dacusfirm.com
`THE DACUS FIRM, P.C.
`821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430
`Tyler, TX 75701
`Tel: (903) 705-1117
`Fax: (903) 581-2543
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Saina S. Shamilov
`J. David Hadden (CA Bar No. 176148)
`Email: dhadden@fenwick.com
`Saina S. Shamilov (CA Bar No. 215636)
`Email: sshamilov@fenwick.com
`Ravi R. Ranganath (CA Bar No. 272981)
`Email: rranganath@fenwick.com
`Johnson K. Kuncheria (TX Bar No. 24070092)
`Email: jkuncheria@fenwick.com
`Johnathan L. Chai (CA Bar No. 339315)
`Email: jchai@fenwick.com
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`801 California Street
`Mountain View, CA 94041
`Tel: (650) 988-8500
`Fax: (650) 938-5200
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`Todd R. Gregorian (CA Bar No. 236096)
`Email: tgregorian@fenwick.com
`Eric B. Young, (CA Bar No. 318754)
`Email: eyoung@fenwick.com
`Dargaye Churnet (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
`Email: dchurnet@fenwick.com
`Christopher L. Larson (CA Bar No. 308247)
`Email: clarson@fenwick.com
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`555 California Street, 12th Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94104
`Tel: (415) 875-2300
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`Jeffrey A. Ware (WA Bar No. 43779)
`Email: jware@fenwick.com
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`401 Union Street, 5th Floor
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Tel: (206) 389-4510
`
`James S. Trainor (Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
`Email: jtrainor@fenwick.com
`Jessica Lin (NY Bar No. 5035860)
`Email: jessica.lin@fenwick.com
`Eric Menist (NY Bar No. 5721568)
`Email: emenist@fenwick.com
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`902 Broadway, 18th Floor
`New York, NY 10010
`Tel: (212) 921-2001
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`Counsel for Defendants
`AMAZON.COM, INC., AMAZON.COM SERVICES
`LLC, and AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was filed electronically in
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`compliance with Local Rule CV-5(a). All other counsel of record not deemed to have consented
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`to electronic service were served with a true and correct copy of the foregoing by first class mail.
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`/s/ Saina S. Shamilov
`Saina S. Shamilov
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