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`Case 1:20-cv-00034-ADA Document 49-8 Filed 04/10/20 Page 2 of 4
`Case 2:16-cv-01919-RAJ Document 60 Filed 09/23/19 Page 1 of 29
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`Honorable Richard A. Jones
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
`AT SEATTLE
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`Civil Action No. 2:16-cv-01919 -RAJ
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`DEFENDANTS’ CLAIM
`CONSTRUCTION BRIEF
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`ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`HTC AMERICA, INC., a Washington
`Corporation, HTC CORPORATION, a
`Taiwanese corporation,
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`DEFENDANTS’ CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF
`Case No. 2:16-cv-1919-RAJ
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`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`925 Fourth Ave, Suite 2500, Seattle, WA 98104
`(206) 405-2000
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`Case 1:20-cv-00034-ADA Document 49-8 Filed 04/10/20 Page 3 of 4
`Case 2:16-cv-01919-RAJ Document 60 Filed 09/23/19 Page 9 of 29
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`at 1311 (citing B. Braun Med., Inc. v. Abbott Labs., 124 F.3d 1419, 1424 (Fed. Cir. 1997)). Even
`if the specification discloses corresponding structure, the disclosure must be of “adequate”
`corresponding structure to achieve the claimed function. Noah, 675 F.3d at 1311–12 (citing In re
`Donaldson Co., 16 F.3d 1189, 1195 (Fed. Cir. 1994) (en banc)). Therefore, if a person of
`ordinary skill in the art would be unable to recognize the structure in the specification and
`associate it with the corresponding function in the claim, a means-plus-function clause is
`indefinite. Id. at 1312.
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`V. AGREED CONSTRUCTIONS
`The parties agree on the construction of the following terms of the ’941 Patent:
`Claim Term
`Agreed Construction
`volatile memory area
`memory area whose data is not maintained
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`when power is removed
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`erasable non-volatile memory area of a BIOS
`(Claim 1)
`the verification structure from the erasable
`non-volatile memory of the BIOS
`(Claim 1)
`verification structure accommodating data that
`includes at least one license record
`(Claim 1)
`verifying the program using at least the
`verification structure
`(Claim 1)
`the verification
`(Claim 1)
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`erasable memory area of a BIOS whose data is
`maintained when the power is removed
`plain and ordinary meaning
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`data structure for verifying whether a program
`is licensed, with the data structure including at
`least one license record
`confirming whether a program is licensed
`using at least the verification structure
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`The antecedent basis for “the verification” is
`the earlier step of “verifying the program using
`at least the verification structure from the
`erasable non-volatile memory of the BIOS”
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` “license”
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`VI. DISPUTED CONSTRUCTIONS
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`Defendants’ Construction
`Permission granted by another entity to use a
`program
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`Ancora’s Construction
`Plain and ordinary meaning /
`Preamble non-limiting
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` The parties dispute whether the preamble is limiting and the meaning of “license.”
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`Ancora proposes no construction. However, HTC believes that construction of the term by
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`evidence shows that agent does not refer to any particular software and is not described in the
`patent. Ancora should not be permitted to avoid the quid pro quo for using functional language.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
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`Dated: September 23, 2019
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`By: s/ Colin B. Heideman
`Colin B. Heideman (SBN 44,873)
`colin.heideman@knobbe.com
`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`925 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2500
`Seattle, WA 98104
`Phone: (206) 405-2000
`Facsimile: (206) 405-2001
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`Craig S. Summers (Pro Hac Vice)
`craig.summers@knobbe.com
`Irfan A. Lateef (Pro Hac Vice)
`Irfan.lateef@knobbe.com
`Brian C. Claassen (Pro Hac Vice)
`brian.claassen@knobbe.com
`Daniel C. Kiang (Pro Hac Vice)
`daniel.kiang@knobbe.com
`KNOBBE, MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`2040 Main Street, 14th Floor
`Irvine, CA 92614
`Phone: (949) 760-0404
`Facsimile: (949) 760-9502
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`HTC AMERICA, INC. and HTC CORPORATION
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`DEFENDANTS’ CLAIM CONSTRUCTION BRIEF
`Case No. 2:16-cv-1919-RAJ
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