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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
`ALEXANDRIA DIVISION
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`RAI STRATEGIC HOLDINGS, INC. and
`R.J. REYNOLDS VAPOR COMPANY,
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`Plaintiffs and Counterclaim Defendants,
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`ALTRIA CLIENT SERVICES LLC; PHILIP
`MORRIS USA INC.; and PHILIP MORRIS
`PRODUCTS S.A.,
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`Defendants and Counterclaim Plaintiffs.
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`Case No. 1:20-cv-00393-LO-TCB
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`REYNOLDS’S OPPOSITION TO PHILIP MORRIS’S MOTION TO INCLUDE A
`SUMMARY OF CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS IN THE JUROR NOTEBOOKS
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`ARGUMENT
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`The Court should deny Philip Morris’s request to provide jurors with a chart of claims for
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`which the Court has concluded that no construction is necessary, for three reasons.
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`First, the chart is unnecessary. The parties’ Joint Proposed Preliminary and Final Jury
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`Instructions jointly requested that the Court instruct the jury that “I have determined that all of the
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`claim terms should be given their plain and ordinary meaning.” (Dkt. 1204-2 at 9, 65). Those
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`joint proposed instructions are consistent with the Court’s claim construction order (Dkt. 360)
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`(“conclud[ing] that none of the fifteen terms in dispute should be modified”) as well as its ruling
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`denying Philip Morris’s Daubert Motion to Exclude Opinions of Experts Based on Rejected Claim
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`Constructions (Dkt. 1184 at 21 (“The Court previously held that … all terms should be given their
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`ordinary and customary meaning.”)). These rulings are law of the case, and Philip Morris’s
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`proposed chart merely repeats the already clear proposed instructions based upon them.
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`Second, Philip Morris’s additional chart will confuse the jurors. It would be confusing to
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`present a chart listing only some claims as having their plain and ordinary meaning when the parties
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`have jointly requested an instruction that “all of the claim terms should be given their plain and
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`ordinary meaning” (emphasis added). Nor does the proposed chart include all of the claim
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`limitations that the jury will be asked to consider for the questions of infringement and invalidity—
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`all of which will be given their plain and ordinary meaning. By selectively placing only a handful
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`of the asserted claim limitations before the jury, the chart poses a risk of creating an impression
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`that these limitations are somehow more important than the other claims or limitations.
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`Third, Philip Morris’s arguments improperly attempt to relitigate their already-rejected
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`Daubert motion (see Dkt. 1184 at 20-24), a ruling Philip Morris mentions nowhere in its brief but
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`which is law of the case. See June 2, 2022 Hr’g Tr. at 10:20-23. In rejecting Philip Morris’s
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`Daubert motion the Court concluded that “it is appropriate for the Parties to introduce evidence
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`regarding the plain and ordinary meaning of the claim terms during trial,” and Reynolds’s expert
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`testimony “will be appropriate for, and helpful to, the jury in understanding the plain meaning of
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`the terms.” Dkt. 1184 at 21-22. Indeed, the Court observed that Philip Morris “does not argue
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`that any of the characterizations in [Reynolds’s] expert reports contradict the plain meaning of a
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`term.” Id. at 21. Philip Morris’s suggestion that Reynolds intends to violate the Court’s Order by
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`eliciting improper testimony on claim construction is therefore unfounded. Reynolds will not
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`“improperly intrude on the Court’s obligation to construe the claims to the jury,” (Dkt. 1184 at
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`22), but rather explain the plain and ordinary meaning of claim terms to the jury, just as Judge
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`O’Grady has twice authorized. Raising an objection to Philip Morris’s superfluous chart does not
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`indicate otherwise.
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`CONCLUSION
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`The Court should deny Plaintiff Philip Morris’s motion to include a summary chart of claim
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`construction rulings in the juror notebooks.
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`Dated: June 7, 2022
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`Stephanie E. Parker
`JONES DAY
`1221 Peachtree Street, N.E.
`Suite 400
`Atlanta, GA 30361
`Telephone: (404) 521-3939
`Facsimile: (404) 581-8330
`Email: separker@jonesday.com
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`Anthony M. Insogna
`JONES DAY
`4655 Executive Drive
`Suite 1500
`San Diego, CA 92121
`Telephone: (858) 314-1200
`Facsimile: (844) 345-3178
`Email: aminsogna@jonesday.com
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`William E. Devitt
`JONES DAY
`77 West Wacker
`Suite 3500
`Chicago, IL 60601
`Telephone: (312) 269-4240
`Facsimile: (312) 782-8585
`Email: wdevitt@jonesday.com
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`Sanjiv P. Laud
`JONES DAY
`90 South Seventh Street
`Suite 4950
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Telephone: (612) 217-8800
`Facsimile: (844) 345-3178
`Email: slaud@jonesday.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /s/ David M. Maiorana
`David M. Maiorana (VA Bar No. 42334)
`Ryan B. McCrum
`JONES DAY
`901 Lakeside Ave.
`Cleveland, OH 44114
`Telephone: (216) 586-3939
`Facsimile: (216) 579-0212
`Email: dmaiorana@jonesday.com
`Email: rbmccrum@jonesday.com
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`John J. Normile
`JONES DAY
`250 Vesey Street
`New York, NY 10281
`Telephone: (212) 326-3939
`Facsimile: (212) 755-7306
`Email: jjnormile@jonesday.com
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`Alexis A. Smith
`JONES DAY
`555 South Flower Street
`Fiftieth Floor
`Los Angeles, CA 90071
`Telephone: (213) 243-2653
`Facsimile: (213) 243-2539
`Email: asmith@jonesday.com
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`Charles B. Molster
`THE LAW OFFICES OF
`CHARLES B. MOLSTER, III PLLC
`2141 Wisconsin Avenue, N.W. Suite M
`Washington, DC 20007
`Telephone: (202) 787-1312
`Email: cmolster@molsterlaw.com
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`Counsel for RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. and
`R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 7th day of June, 2022, a true and correct copy of the foregoing
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`was served using the Court’s CM/ECF system, with electronic notification of such filing to all
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`counsel of record.
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`/s/ David M. Maiorana
`David M. Maiorana (VA Bar No. 42334)
`JONES DAY
`901 Lakeside Ave.
`Cleveland, OH 44114
`Telephone: (216) 586-3939
`Facsimile: (216) 579-0212
`Email: dmaiorana@jonesday.com
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`Counsel for RAI Strategic Holdings, Inc. and
`R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company
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