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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
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`Case No.: 1:22-cv-22706-SCOLA/GOODMAN
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`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`HMD AMERICA, INC., HMD GLOBAL OY,
`SHENZHEN CHINO-E COMMUNICATION CO.
`LTD., WINGTECH TECHNOLOGY CO. LTD.,
`WINGTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC., BEST BUY
`CO., INC., BEST BUY STORES L.P., TARGET
`CORP., WALMART INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`JOINT STATUS REPORT
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Post-Discovery Hearing Administrative Order (ECF No. 158), the
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`parties hereby file this Joint Status Report.
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`1.
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`Plaintiff Bell Northern Research, LLC (“Plaintiff”) has made a proposal for the
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`content of supplemental infringement contentions that, if executed in the supplemental
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`infringement contentions as served, Defendants believe will resolve the disputes raised at the
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`hearing on March 15, 2023. See Defendants’ Notice of Hearing (ECF No. 142), and Minute
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`Entry (ECF No. 157).
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`2.
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`Plaintiff agrees to provide the supplemental infringement contentions by April 14,
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`2023.
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`3.
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`The parties disagree on whether Plaintiff’s proposal is sufficient to resolve the
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`dispute and the need for a hearing.
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`4.
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`Plaintiff contends that its description of how it proposes to supplement the
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`infringement contentions resolves the dispute and the need for a hearing.
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`5.
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`Defendants disagree.
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`Defendants’ Position
`6.
`Defendants cannot assess and confirm whether the dispute is resolved without
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`seeing the supplemental infringement contentions Plaintiff actually serves. Plaintiff’s latest
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`proposal describes the intended supplementation at a high level, for example, saying that
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`Plaintiff will “include indirect infringement allegations on a limitation-by-limitation basis,” serve
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`“a separate charts for each Accused Instrumentality,” “supplement [the means-plus-function]
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`limitations to reflect structure disclosed in the patent,” “specifically identify[] the method claims,
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`identifying the product applicable to that claim, and for each product, identifying the use of the
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`product by the defendant that allegedly results in the practice of the claimed method,” and
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`“identify each ‘function, way, and result that is equivalent [and] why any differences are not
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`substantial’ for each pertinent claim limitation.” Ex. A (Clayton March 28, 2023 Email, at 1–2).
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`7.
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`Plaintiff has provided no revised or new claim charts implementing the proposal.
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`While, in an earlier proposal, Plaintiff proposed language to supposedly justify its representative
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`claim charts (see Ex. B, Clayton March 22, 2023 letter, at 2), Defendants raised issues with the
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`proposed language (see Ex. C, Chajon March 27, 2023 email, at 1–2), the parties were unable to
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`resolve the issues, and Plaintiff has chosen to forgo representative charts and instead proposes
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`serving separate charts for each Accused Instrumentality.
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`8.
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`Because Defendants cannot at
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`this
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`time assess whether Plaintiff’s
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`supplementation will resolve the disputes, Defendants still need a discovery hearing and
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`Defendants will contact Chambers to schedule the hearing. Defendants will request a hearing on
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`a date after April 14, when Plaintiff proposes to serve the supplemental infringement contentions.
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`This scheduling will allow Defendants to review the supplemental infringement contentions in
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`the interim and inform the Court before the hearing date whether the disputes have been resolved.
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`Plaintiff Bell Northern Research, LLC’s Position
`9.
`As the record shows (see Exhibits A, B, and C), the disputes that were the
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`subjects of the discovery hearing before this Court on March 15, 2023 have been resolved and
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`Plaintiff Bell Northern Research, LLC will serve its supplemented initial infringement
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`contentions accordingly on April 14, 2023.
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`10.
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`Defendants have had an opportunity to fully review, assess, and critique what this
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`supplementation will include, and their last-minute attempt for a further “review” is unjustified
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`and should be rejected.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Paul Richter
`Alexander Frederick Rojas, Esq.
`Florida Bar No. 124232
`Jose Ignacio Rojas, Esq.
`Florida Bar No. 331546
`ROJASLAW
`201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Ste 28th Floor
`Miami, FL 33131
`Telephone: (305) 446-4000
`Facsimile: (305) 985-4146
`Email: arojas@rojaslawfirm.com;
`jrojas@rojaslawfirm.com
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`Christopher Clayton, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Paul Richter, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Adam Woodward (No. 1029147)
`DEVLIN LAW FIRM LLC
`1526 Gilpin Avenue
`Wilmington, DE 19806
`Telephone: (302) 449-9010
`Facsimile: (302) 353-4251
`Email: cclayton@devlinlawfirm.com
`prichter@devlinlawfirm.com
`awoodward@devlinlawfirm.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC
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`/s/Jodi-Ann Tillman
`JOSEPH W. BAIN, Esq.
`Florida Bar No. 860360
`Email: jbain@shutts.com
`SHUTTS & BOWEN LLP
`1100 City Place Tower
`525 Okeechobee Boulevard
`West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
`Telephone: (561) 835-8500
`Facsimile: (561) 650-8530
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`JODI-ANN TILLMAN, ESQ.
`Florida Bar No. 1022214
`Email: jtillman@shutts.com
`SHUTTS & BOWEN LLP
`200 East Broward Blvd.
`Suite 2100
`Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33301
`Telephone: (561) 671-5822
`Facsimile: (561) 650-8530
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`DEFENDANTS
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`ATTORNEYS
`HMD AMERICA, INC., HMD GLOBAL
`OY, BEST BUY, BEST BUY STORES, L.P.,
`TARGET CORP. and WALMART INC.
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`/s/Matthew J. Moffa
`MATTHEW J. MOFFA, ESQ. (pro hac vice)
`Email: MMoffa@perkinscoie.com
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`1155 Avenue of the Americas, 22nd floor
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: (212) 262-6900
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`KEVIN PATARIU, ESQ. (pro hac vice)
`Email: kpatariu@perkinscoie.com
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`11452 El Camino Real
`Suite 300
`San Diego, CA 92013
`Telephone: (858) 720-5700
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`MICHAEL A. CHAJON, ESQ. (pro hac vice)
`Email: MChajon@perkinscoie.com
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`700 13th Street, NW
`Suite 800
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3960
`Telephone: (202) 654-6200
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`HMD AMERICA, INC., HMD GLOBAL
`OY, BEST BUY, BEST BUY STORES, L.P.,
`and TARGET CORP.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 31st day of March, 2023, I electronically filed the
`foregoing with the Clerk of Court by using the CM/ECF system which served a copy on the
`following Service List:
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`By:
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`/s/Jodi-Ann Tillman
` Jodi-Ann Tillman
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`Alexander Frederick Rojas, Esq.
`Florida Bar No. 124232
`Jose Ignacio Rojas, Esq.
`Florida Bar No. 331546
`ROJASLAW
`201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Ste 28th Floor
`Miami, FL 33131
`Telephone: (305) 446-4000
`Facsimile: (305) 985-4146
`Email: arojas@rojaslawfirm.com
`jrojas@rojaslawfirm.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC
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`Andrew J. Fuller, Esq.
`Florida Bar No. 1021164
`NELSON MULLINS RILEY &
`SCARBOROUGH LLP
`2 South Biscayne Blvd.
`Suite 21st Street
`Miami, Florida 33131
`Tel: 305-373-9487
`Email: Andrew.fuller@nelsonmullins.com
`Vicki.mattison@nelsonmullins.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`WINGTECH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
`WINGTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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`WPBDOCS 11603726 1
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`SERVICE LIST
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`Christopher Clayton, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Paul Richter, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Adam Woodward (No. 1029147)
`DEVLIN LAW FIRM LLC
`1526 Gilpin Avenue
`Wilmington, DE 19806
`Telephone: (302) 449-9010
`Facsimile: (302) 353-4251
`Email: cclayton@devlinlawfirm.com
`prichter@devlinlawfirm.com
`awoodward@devlinlawfirm.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF
`BELL NORTHERN RESEARCH, LLC
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`David M. Airan, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Christopher Gass, Esq. (pro hac vice)
`Nicole E. Kopinski Esq. (pro hac vice)
`LEYDIG, VOIT & MEYER, LTD.
`Two Prudential Plaza - Suite 4900
`180 North Stetson Avenue
`Chicago, IL 60601
`Tel: 312-616-5600
`Email: dairan@leydig.com
`cgass@leydig.com; nkopinski@leydig.com
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`ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
`WINGTECH TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
`WINGTECH INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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