Ward v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et al

Filing 101

MOTION to Compel Responses to Cisco System, Inc.'s First Request for Production and Brief in Support Thereof by Cisco Systems, Inc.. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit B, # 3 Exhibit C, # 4 Exhibit D, # 5 Exhibit E, # 6 Exhibit F, # 7 Exhibit G, # 8 Exhibit H, # 9 Exhibit I, # 10 Proposed Order)(Babcock, Charles)

Ward v. Cisco Systems, Inc. et al

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EXHIBIT "C"

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS TEXARKANA DIVISION

JOHN WARD, JR
C.A.
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NO, 08 -4022

JURY

CISCO SYSTEMS, INC

PLAINTIFF'S SUPPLEMENTAL OBJECTIONS AND RESPONSES TO DEFENDANT'S FIRST REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION TO: Cisco Systems, Inc., by and through its attorneys of record, Mr. Charles Babcock, Mr. Richard Griffin and Ms. Crystal Parker, JACKSON WALKER, LLP, 1401 McKinney, Suite 1900, Houston, Texas 77010. COMES NOW, John Ward, Jr., Plaintiff, and submits these supplemental objections and responses, to the Request for Production propounded to him by Cisco Systems, Inc., in accordance with Rule 34 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and in response to the parties' meet and confer wherein Ward agreed to withdraw his general objections, clarify his specific objections, identify the production numbers of specific documents sought in Cisco's request, and to identify where Plaintiff has no documents to produce.

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Nicholas H. Patton State Bar No. 63035 Patton, Tidwell & Schroeder, LLP 4605 Texas Boulevard Texarkana, Texas 75503 903.792.7080 / 903.792.8233 (Fax)

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Patricia L. Peden California Bar No. 206440 LAW OFFICE OF PATRICIA L. PEOEN 1316 67`1' Street, Suite 6 Emeryville, California 94608 Telephone : [phone] ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that on this 19'" day of June, 2009, a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served electronically via email: Richard E. Griffin Charles Babcock Crystal Parker JACKSON WALKER, LLP 1401 McKinney Suite 1900Houston, Texas 77010

Nicholas H. Patton

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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. t: Produce all documents evidencing your contention in paragraph l t of the Complaint that "Frenkel ' s statements were purposefully calculated by Frenkel and Cisco to damage Plaintiffs reputation and business , to expose plaintiff to financial injury, and to impeach Plaintiff's honesty , integrity , virtue , or reputation , exposing Plaintiff to public hatred, shame and ridicule." RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) Defendant's request for documents evidencing Plaintiff's legal contentions is overly broad and can be read to seek production of documents that relate to the analysis and development of Plaintiff's legal strategy. Plaintiff will not produce those documents as they are attorney-client and/or work product privileged. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The requests asks for documents evidencing Frenkel and Cisco's state of mind and conduct and therefore seeks documents that are in Cisco and Frenkel's custody, possession and control and not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control. Plaintiff has sought to discover the documents Cisco seeks from Cisco, but those documents have not yet been produced. Documents including the Articles at issue in this case and other Troll Tracker Blog posts discussing the Troll Tracker's readership, both numerically and geographically, and email exchanges evidencing Cisco and Frenkel's malicious intent and/or negligence in publishing the accused articles are already in Cisco's possession. The documents Cisco seeks are available from Cisco, Frenkel and Baker Botts from whom Cisco has the practical ability to obtain those documents. (3) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Ward has not yet had sufficient discovery.

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(4) The Request is premature to the extent it seeks documents that may be related to expert reports , the schedule for which is set forth in the Court's Case Management and Scheduling Orders . Should responsive documents not yet produced be obtained by any expert retained by Ward for use in his/ her expert report, they will be produced at the time required under the Court ' s Scheduling Order. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections , Ward responds as follows: Plaintiff has produced all non-privileged , relevant and responsive documents currently in his possession, custody or control as they are kept in the usual course of business. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 2: Produce all documents relating to your contention in paragraph 13 of the Complaint that "Frenkel and Cisco purposefully maximized the dissemination of the (sic) Frenkel ' s false, scandalous , and defamatory statements." RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) Defendant's request for documents relating to Plaintiff's legal contentions is overly broad and can be read to seek production of documents that relate to the analysis and development of Plaintiff's legal strategy. Plaintiff will not produce those documents as they are attorney-client and/or work product privileged. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The Request seeks documents concerning Cisco and Frenkel's intentions and actions that are uniquely in Cisco and Frenkel's custody, possession and control and not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control. Plaintiff has requested the documents that Cisco seeks from Cisco. Cisco can obtain the documents it seeks from Cisco employees, Frenkel and Baker Botts; parties over which it has the practical ability to obtain the documents requested.

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(3) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Ward has not yet had sufficient discovery. (4) The Request is premature in seeking documents that may be related to expert reports, the schedule for which is set forth in the Court's Case Management and Scheduling Orders. Should responsive documents not yet produced be obtained by any expert retained by Ward for use in his/her expert report, they will be produced at the time required under the Court's Scheduling Order. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Ward responds as follows: Plaintiff has produced all non-privileged relevant and responsive documents currently within his possession, custody and control as they are kept in the usual course of business. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 3: Produce all documents relating to your contention in paragraph 17 of the Complaint that "Defendants acted with knowledge that the statements were false or with negligence in failing to determine the truth of the statements prior to publication." RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) Defendant's request for documents relating to Plaintiffs legal contentions is overly broad and can be read to seek production of documents that relate to the analysis and development of Plaintiff's legal strategy. Plaintiff will not produce those documents as they are attorney-client and/or work product privileged. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The Request seeks documents that are in Cisco and Frenkel's custody, possession and control. Documents concerning Cisco and Frenkel's knowledge of the falsity of Frenkel's statements, reckless disregard for the truth and negligent conduct are uniquely in the possession

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of Defendant's employees, or in the possession of Frenkel, Baker Botts and others from whom Cisco has the practical ability to obtain those documents. Ward has sought those documents from Cisco as they are not in Plaintiff s possession, custody or control. (3) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Ward has not yet had sufficient discovery. (4) The Request is premature in seeking documents that may be related to expert reports, the schedule for which is set forth in the Court's Case Management and Scheduling Orders. Should responsive documents not yet produced be obtained by any expert retained by Ward for use in his/her expert report, they will be produced at the time required under the Court's Scheduling Order. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Ward responds as follows: Plaintiff has produced all non-privileged relevant and responsive documents currently in his possession, custody and control as they are kept in the ordinary course of business. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 4: Produce all documents relating to your contention in paragraph 19 of the Complaint that as a result of the complained-of Article, "Plaintiff sustained monetary damages," including all documents relating to the amount of such monetary damages. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) Defendant's request for documents relating to Plaintiffs legal contentions is overly broad and can be read to seek production of documents that relate to the analysis and development of Plaintiff's legal strategy. Plaintiff will not produce those documents as they are attorney-client and/or work product privileged. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log.

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(2) To the extent that the Request seeks financial documents from Ward, those documents are not relevant in light of Ward's Amended Complaint and his clarification that he is not seeking to recover lost-profit damages in this case. Plaintiff has filed an Amended Complaint clarifying that he is only seeking to recover general damages, including harm to his reputation and damages for his mental anguish, and punitive damages. Any minimal relevance of Ward's financial documents is outweighed by his legitimate privacy interests, his qualified privilege to keep his tax returns confidential, the public policy against disclosing tax returns (See LR.C. §6103), need to protect his trade secret and proprietary business information, and need to protect the attorney-client privilege and work product information of his clients. Because Ward's financial documents are not relevant, Cisco does not have a compelling need for those documents sufficient to overcome Ward's privacy interests. Cisco can obtain the information it seeks through less intrusive discovery. (3) Cisco's request is overly broad, vexatious, harassing, and an improper attempt to delve into personal and private issues having no proper connection to the issues in this case. Given the lack of relevance, any attempt to obtain those documents is objectionable as an attempt to annoy, embarrass and/or harass Plaintiff. (4) The request seeks documents that are not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control. Plaintiff cannot know the identities of persons who did not retain Plaintiff's services as a result of reading the accusations in the accused articles, and he doesn't have access to documents in the possession of those unknown persons. (S) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Plaintiff has not yet had sufficient discovery.

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(6) The Request is premature in seeking documents that may be related to expert reports, the schedule for which is set forth in the Court's Case Management and Scheduling Orders. Should responsive documents not yet produced be obtained by any expert retained by Ward for use in his/her expert report, they will be produced at the time required under the Court's Scheduling Order. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Ward responds as follows: Plaintiff declines to produce his private financial documents. Plaintiff has no other responsive documents to produce because those documents would be in the possession, custody, and control of unidentified third-parties. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 5: Produce all documents relating to your contention in paragraph 19 of the Complaint that as a result of the complained -of Article, plaintiff has suffered " damages to his business," including all documents relating to the amount of such damage. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) Defendant's request for documents relating to Plaintiffs legal contentions is overly broad and can be read to seek production of documents that relate to the analysis and development of Plaintiff"s legal strategy. Plaintiff will not produce those documents as they are attorney-client and/or work product privileged. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) To the extent that the Request seeks financial documents from Ward, those documents are not relevant in light of Ward's Amended Complaint and his clarification that he is not seeking to recover lost-profit damages in this case. Plaintiff has filed an Amended Complaint clarifying that he is only seeking to recover general damages, including harm to his reputation

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and damages for his mental anguish, and punitive damages. Any minimal relevance of Ward's financial documents is outweighed by his legitimate privacy interests, his qualified privilege to keep his tax returns confidential, the public policy against disclosing tax returns (.fee I.R.C. §6103), need to protect his trade secret and proprietary business information, and need to protect the attorney-client privilege and work product information of his clients. Those documents also implicate privacy rights belonging to third-parties with no connection to this case. Because Ward's financial documents are not relevant, Cisco does not have a compelling need for those documents sufficient to overcome Ward's privacy interests. (3) Cisco's request is overly broad, vexatious, harassing, and an improper attempt to delve into personal and private issues having no proper connection to the issues in this case. Given the lack of relevance, any attempt to obtain those documents is objectionable as an attempt to annoy, embarrass and/or harass Plaintiff Defendant can obtain the information it needs through less intrusive discovery. (4) The request seeks documents that are not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control. Plaintiff cannot know the identities of persons who did not retain Plaintiff's services as a result of reading the accusations in the accused articles, and he doesn't have access to documents in the possession of those unknown persons. (5) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Plaintiff has not yet had sufficient discovery. (6) The Request is premature in seeking documents that may be related to expert reports, the schedule for which is set forth in the Court's Case Management and Scheduling Orders. Should responsive documents not yet produced be obtained by any expert retained by Ward for

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use in his/her expert report, they will be produced at the time required under the Court's Scheduling Order. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Ward responds as follows: Plaintiff declines to produce his private financial documents. Plaintiff has no other responsive documents to produce because those documents would be in the possession, custody, and control of unidentified third-parties. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 6: Produce all documents relating to your contention in paragraph 19 of the Complaint that as a result of the complained -of Article, plaintiff has suffered " harm to his reputation." RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) Defendant's request for documents relating to Plaintiff s legal contentions is overly broad and can be read to seek production of documents that relate to the analysis and development of Plaintiff's legal strategy. Plaintiff will not produce those documents as they are attorney-client and/or work product privileged. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) To the extent that the Request seeks financial documents from Ward, those documents are not relevant in light of Ward's Amended Complaint and his clarification that he is not seeking to recover lost-profit darnages in this case. Any minimal relevance of Ward's financial documents is outweighed by his legitimate privacy interests, his qualified privilege to keep his tax returns confidential, the public policy against disclosing tax returns (See I.R.C. §6103), need to protect his trade secret and proprietary business information, and need to protect the attorneyclient privilege and work product information of his clients. The documents also implicate the

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privacy rights of third-parties. Because Ward's financial documents are not relevant, Cisco does not have a compelling need for those documents sufficient to overcome Ward's privacy interests. (3) Cisco's request is overly broad, vexatious, harassing, and an improper attempt to delve into personal issues having no proper connection to the issues in this case. Given the lack of relevance, any attempt to obtain those documents is objectionable as an attempt to annoy, embarrass and/or harass Plaintiff. Defendant can obtain this information through less intrusive discovery. (4) The request seeks documents that are not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control. Plaintiff cannot know the identities of persons who believe that he has engaged in criminal conduct or unprofessional conduct as a result of reading the accusations in the accused articles, and he doesn't have access to documents in the possession of those unknown persons. (5) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Plaintiff has not yet had sufficient discovery. (6) The Request is premature in seeking documents that may be related to expert reports, the schedule for which is set forth in the Court's Case Management and Scheduling Orders. Should responsive documents not yet produced be obtained by any expert retained by Ward for use in his/her expert report, they will be produced at the time required under the Court's Scheduling Order. (7) The Request seeks documents that are in Cisco and Frenkel's custody, possession and control, in particular the three Troll Tracker posts dated October 17, 2007, October 18, 2007 (one of which was revised on October 19, 2007), and November 7, 2007, correspondence the Troll Tracker received from readers who understood him to accuse Ward of criminal conduct, communications between Cisco and Baker Botts, declarations submitted in the Albritton v. Cisco

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case, the expert report of Charles Herring offered on behalf of Cisco in the Albrittonz 1r. Cisco case, and the deposition testimony of Peter McAndrews in the Albritton v. Cisco case. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Ward responds as follows: Plaintiff has produced all non-privileged relevant and responsive documents currently in his possession, custody and control as they are kept in the ordinary course of business. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 7: Produce all documents relating to your contention in paragraph 19 of the Complaint that as a result of the complained-of Article, plaintiff has suffered "emotional distress and Plaintiffs relations with others have been detrimentally effected." RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) Defendant's request for documents relating to Plaintiffs legal contentions is overly broad and can be read to seek production of documents that relate to the analysis and development of Plaintiffs legal strategy. Plaintiff will not produce those documents as they are attorney-client and/or work product privileged. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The Request seeks documents that are in Cisco and Frenkel's custody, possession and control, in particular the three Troll Tracker posts dated October 17, 2007 and October 18, 2007, correspondence the Troll Tracker received from readers who understood him to accuse Ward of criminal conduct, communications between Cisco and Baker Botts, declarations submitted in the Albritton v. Cisco case, the expert report of Charles Herring offered on behalf of Cisco in the Albrillotr i). Cisco case, and the deposition testimony of Peter McAndrews in the Albriltoti v. Cisco case.

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(3) The request seeks documents that are not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control. Plaintiff cannot know the identities of persons who believe that he has engaged in criminal conduct or unprofessional conduct as a result of reading the accusations in the accused articles thereby affecting his relationship with those unidentified persons, and he doesn't have access to documents in the possession of those unidentified persons. (4) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Plaintiff has not yet had sufficient discovery. (5) The Request is premature in seeking documents that may be related to expert reports, the schedule for which is set forth in the Court's Case Management and Scheduling Orders. Should responsive documents not yet produced be obtained by any expert retained by Ward for use in his/her expert report, they will be produced at the time required under the Court's Scheduling Order. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff has produced all nonprivileged relevant and responsive documents currently in his possession, custody and control as they are kept in the ordinary course of business. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 8: Produce all documents relating to your contention in paragraph 22 of the Complaint that Defendant acted with actual malice. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) Defendant's request for documents relating to Plaintiff's legal contentions is overly broad and can be read to seek production of documents that relate to the analysis and development of Plaintiffs legal strategy. Plaintiff will not produce those documents as they are

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attorney-client and/or work product privileged. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The Request seeks documents that are in Cisco and Frenkel's custody, possession and control. Upon information and belief, Cisco, Frenkel, Baker Botts and others have documents that demonstrate that at the time Frenkel and Cisco made the false and defamatory statements about Ward, they knew that Frenkel's accusations were false and/or acted with reckless disregard as to the falsity of those statements. Plaintiff has sought production of those documents from Cisco, but they have not yet been produced to Plaintiff. Other documents, including the Notice of Electronic Filing associated with the ESN Complaint, documents on the Eastern District of Texas's Website, deposition testimony from the Eastern District of Texas court clerks, deposition testimony from Eric Albritton and Amie Mathis in the Albritton v. Cisco litigation, and filings by ESN in the ESN v. Cisco litigation, public statements made by Cisco and its counsel, are in Cisco's custody, possession, and control. (3) The request seeks documents that are not in Plaintiffs possession, custody or control. The Request seeks documents concerning Cisco and Frenkel's state of mind and conduct which are uniquely in Defendant's control. (4) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Plaintiff has not yet had sufficient discovery. (5) The Request is premature in seeking documents that may be related to expert reports, the schedule for which is set forth in the Court's Case Management and Scheduling Orders. Should responsive documents not yet produced be obtained by any expert retained by Ward for use in his/her expert report, they will be produced at the time required under the Court's Scheduling Order.

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Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff has produced all nonprivileged relevant and responsive documents currently in his possession, custody and control as they are kept in the ordinary course of business.

REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 9: Produce John Ward , Jr. and the Ward & Smith Law Firm's tax returns for 2002 through the present. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) The Request seeks tax returns from Ward and from Ward's law firm that are not relevant in light of Ward's Amended Complaint and his clarification that he is not seeking to recover lost-profit damages in this case. Ward has a qualified privilege to keep his tax returns confidential, and Cisco's request violates public policy which counsels against disclosing tax returns (See I.R.C. §6103). Production of Ward's tax returns would disclose proprietary and confidential business information of both Plaintiff and the partners in his firm who are not parties to the above-captioned litigation. Ward's financial documents are not relevant and, even if they were of some minimal relevance, the minimal relevance of Ward ' s tax returns are outweighed by his right to privacy and the right to privacy held by third-parties. Cisco does not have a compelling need for those documents sufficient to overcome those privacy interests. (2) The Request is over broad, unreasonable and overly burdensome in seeking Ward's tax returns, those of his business, which disclose confidential information of non-parties, and in seeking tax returns from 2002 to the present----five years before the events leading to this lawsuit. (3) The Request is vexatious , harassing , and an improper attempt to delve into personal financial records of both Plaintiff and persons having no connection to the damages issues in this

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case. Given the lack of relevance, any attempt to obtain those documents is objectionable as an attempt to annoy, embarrass and/or harass Plaintiff and third-parties. Cisco can obtain the information it seeks through less intrusive discovery. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff declines to produce the requested documents. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 10: Produce a copy of the credit card statement that shows the charge for the filing the Complaint in the ESN lawsuit on October 15 or 16, 2007 and all correspondence with any person regarding such credit card charge. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) The Request seeks documents protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable privileges by asking for "correspondence with any person," which includes Plaintiff s legal counsel. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The Request is vague, ambiguous, indefinite and overbroad in seeking "all correspondence with any person. (3) The Request seeks a credit card statement belonging to a third-party and thus expressly seeks documents that are not in Plaintiff's custody, possession and control. (4) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Ward has not yet had an opportunity to obtain through discovery. (s) The Request seeks information that is already in Cisco's possession, custody and control. Yee Albritton Trial Exhibits 208 and 209. Ward responds as follows:

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Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Ward responds as follows: The requested credit card statement, if it exists, is not in Plaintiffs possession, custody, or control and therefore Plaintiff has no responsive documents to produce.

REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 11: Produce all annual and interim balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows for the Ward & Smith Law Firm for 2002 through the present. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) The Request seeks financial records from Ward and from Ward's business that are not relevant in light of Ward's Amended Complaint and his clarification that he is not seeking to recover lost-profit damages in this case. Ward has a qualified privilege to keep his tax returns confidential, which includes the documents prepared for and used by his accountant to prepare his tax returns. Ward's business partners have a right to keep their financial information fi-om being publically disclosed. Cisco's request violates public policy which counsels against disclosing tax returns (See I.R.C. 56103). Production of Ward's financial documents would disclose proprietary, trade secret and confidential business information that Ward and his business partners have a legitimate right to keep private, particularly in light of the fact that Ward is not seeking to recover lost profit damages from Defendant. The documents Defendant seeks may implicate non-disclosure obligations that Ward and his law firm have to his clients. Ward's financial documents and those of his business and business partners are not relevant and., even if they were of some minimal relevance, the minimal relevance of those documents are outweighed by his right to privacy and the right to privacy held by third-parties and the trade secret and proprietary interests his law firm has in those documents. Cisco does not have a

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compelling need for those documents sufficient to overcome Ward and other third parties' privacy interests. Cisco can obtain the information it seeks from less intrusive sources. (2) The Request is over broad, unreasonable and overly burdensome in seeking a host of financial documents from both Plaintiff and from third-parties who have no connection to this case, and for seeking documents from 2002 to the present-five years before the events underlying this lawsuit occurred. (3) The Request is vexatious, harassing, and an improper attempt to delve into personal issues having no proper connection to relevant issues in this case. Given the lack of relevance, any attempt to obtain Ward's financial documents and those of his firm is objectionable as an attempt to annoy, embarrass and/or harass Plaintiff, his colleagues and clients. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff declines to produce the requested documents. REQUEST' FOR PRODUCIJON NO. 12: Produce a medical authorization for John Ward , Jr.'s medical records ( a form is attached). RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) The documents Cisco seeks are privileged under Ark. Rule Evid. 503. (2) The Request specifically seeks documents from Ward that are not relevant in light of Ward's Amended Complaint and his clarification that he is not seeking to recover damages for medical treatment. Plaintiff seeks only to recover general damages, including harm to his reputation and damages for his mental anguish, and punitive damages. Consequently, the documents sought in this request are not relevant_ Ward responds as follows:

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(3) The documents Defendant seeks are highly sensitive and private medical records that Plaintiff should not be compelled to produce absent an extraordinary demonstration of relevance that Defendant cannot make here. (4) The Request is over broad, unreasonable and overly burdensome in seeking a complete medial release for all medical treatment for an unlimited period of time. (5) Given the lack of relevance and the overreaching scope of Defendant's request, any attempt to obtain the requested documents is an objectionable attempt to annoy, embarrass and/or harass Plaintiff. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff declines to produce the requested documents. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 13: Produce all documents relating to the initial filing of the complaint and the filing of the amended complaint in the ESN Texas Case , including but not limited to all correspondence or relating to the initial filing and the filing of the amended complaint in the ESN Texas Case. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) Plaintiff objects to the request to the extent that it calls for information protected by the Attorney-Client privilege and/or Work Product privilege. In particular, the Request's use of the broad language "relating to" can be read to seek production of communication and documents between ESN and Ward, who is ESN's counsel in the ESN v. Cisco litigation. Ward has a duty to keep his communications and work product on behalf of ESN confidential to maintain his client's privilege. Thus, he specifically objects to the Request to the extent that it seeks attorney-client communications or work product in connection with the ESN v. Cisco litigation. The overly broad nature of this request may also seek documents exchanged between Ward responds as follows:

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Ward and his counsel in connection with this case. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The Request seeks information that is confidential, proprietary, covered by a protective order, protected by a confidentiality agreement, and/or is a trade secret or privileged information of a third-party, including his client ESN. (3) The Request seeks documents that are neither relevant to the subject matter involved in this litigation, nor reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence in that the Request seeks alt documents regarding the ESN Complaint without limitation and to subjectmatter and without any limitation as to time. (4) The Request seeks documents that are not within Plaintiff's custody, possession or control. (5) The Request seeks documents in Cisco's custody, possession and control. (6) The Request seeks documents that are a matter of public record equally available to or readily ascertainable by Defendant. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff has produced all nonprivileged relevant and responsive documents from October 15, 2007 that are currently in his possession, custody and control. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 14: Produce all documents relating to communications with the United States District Court or any of its employees (including clerks) regarding the filing of the ESN Lawsuit and/or whether subject- matter j urisdiction existed in the ESN Lawsuit. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco' s Request for the following reasons.

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(1) Plaintiff objects to the request to the extent that it calls for information protected by the Attorney-Client privilege and/or Work Product privilege. In particular, the Requests use of the broad language "all documents relating to" without limiting that request to Ward can be read to seek production of communication and documents between ESN and its attorneys, including Ward, in connection with the ESN v. Cisco litigation. Ward has a duty to keep his

communications and work product on behalf of ESN confidential to maintain his client's privilege. Thus, he specifically objects to the Request to the extent that it seeks attorney-client communications or work product in connection with the ESN v. Cisco litigation. The overly broad nature of this request may also seek documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel in connection with this case. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The interrogatory is overly broad, overly burdensome and oppressive and fails to limit the information sought to a reasonable number of persons or a reasonable time period. (3) The Request seeks all documents relating to "all" persons concerning the filing of the ESN Complaint and therefore expressly seeks documents that are not in Plaintiff's possession, custody, or control. (4) The request seeks documents that are a matter of public record and are equally Specifically, deposition testimony and documents provided in the The burden to Cisco of obtaining

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Albritton v. Cisco case are already in Cisco's possession.

documents already in its possession is less than the burden to Plaintiff of producing those documents to Cisco. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Ward responds as follows: The pleadings filed with the Court in the ESN v. Cisco lawsuit may be responsive to Defendant's

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Request .

Those documents are publically available on the Court's C14IIECF system, and are

equally accessible to Defendant . Plaintiff has no other non-privileged documents to produce. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 15: Produce all documents relating to communications between or among ESN, LLC (including i ts attorneys , agents , or anyone acting on its behalf) and any other person relating to the filing of the ESN Lawsuit . Include communications between ESN, LLC, Eric M. Albritton , Amie Mathis, T. John Ward , Jr., McAndrews Held & Malloy, Ltd., and anyone purporting to act on their behalf. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) The Request specifically calls for the production of documents protected by the attorney-client privilege and attorney work product doctrine. The Request seeks production of

communications and documents between ESN and its attorneys, including Ward, in connection with the ESN v. Cisco litigation. Ward has a duty to keep his communications and work product on behalf of ESN confidential to maintain his client's privilege. Thus, he specifically objects to the Request to the extent that it seeks attorney-client communications or work product in connection with the ESN v. Cisco litigation. The overly broad nature of this request may also seek documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel in connection with this case. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The Request seeks information that is confidential, proprietary, covered by a protective order, a confidentiality agreement, or obligations of privilege owed to a third-party. (3) The Request is unreasonable and overly broad in seeking all documents concerning a legal matter that Ward is handling for a client without making any attempt to narrow the request to the particular persons, relevant issues and the time frames relevant to the issues in this case.

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The over breadth of the request would require Ward to log his entire legal file for the ESN case on his privilege log. That result is unreasonable, overly burdensome, and harassing. Ward

cannot respond to this Request as it has been drafted by Cisco. (4) The Request specifically asks for "all communications" regarding a patent infringement suit involving multiple parties and therefore seeks documents that are not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Ward responds as follows: Plaintiff declines to produce the requested documents because the burden of responding to Cisco's unreasonably broad Request is outweighed by the minimal relevance of the non-specific and privilege information Cisco seeks, particularly in light of the fact that Cisco already has in its possession documents related to the filing of the ESN Complaint. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 16: Produce all documents relating to ESN, LLC's prefiling due diligence, investigation and analysis relating to ding the ESN Texas Case. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) The Request seeks information that is not relevant to any issue in this case. The above captioned case is a cause of action for defamation, outrage and invasion of privacy. The ESN case is a patent infringement case brought by a third-party, ESN. ESN's pre-ding

investigation, if any, of Cisco's products to determine whether or not they infringe the claims of ESN's asserted patent is not relevant to any of the defamation issues in this case. (2) The Request specifically seeks documents that are protected by the attorney-client privilege and attorney work product doctrine. The Request seeks production of communications and work product of ESN and its attorneys, in connection with the ESN v. Cisco litigation.

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Ward has a duty to keep his communications and work product on behalf of ESN confidential to maintain his client's privilege. Thus, he specifically objects to the Request to the extent that it seeks attorney-client communications or work product in connection with the ESN v. Cisco litigation. In particular, Courts, including the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals having exclusive jurisdiction over privilege issues as they related to patent infringement lawsuits, have routinely held that a pre-filing patent infringement investigation is privileged and work product. Moreover, Cisco's Request expressly seeks core work product in asking for ESN's pre-filing analysis. Cisco cannot use this case to obtain work product documents concerning the ESN v. Cisco litigation from Ward. If Cisco believes it is entitled to ESN's pre-filing investigation and pre-filing infringement analysis, it should brief that issue to Judge Folsom. (3) The Request seeks information that is confidential, proprietary, covered by a protective order, a confidentiality agreement, or obligations of privilege owed to a third-party, including Ward's client ESN. (4) The Request is unreasonably overbroad, oppressive, and harassing in seeking documents without limitation to identified persons, subject matter or with respect to time. (5) The Request specifically asks for "all communications" made by anyone connected with the ESN v. Cisco case for which Plaintiff does not have possession, custody or control. (6) Given the lack of relevance of the Request, the Request appears to be aimed at harassing Plaintiff by seeking documents from his client ESN in retribution for Ward's argument that Cisco has waived privilege regarding communications it had with Baker Botts because it put those communications at issue in this case. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Ward responds as follows: Plaintiff declines to produce the requested documents which are undeniably privileged.

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REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 17: Produce all documents relating to all of Plaintiff's new matters or clients since October 16, 2007, including but not limited to engagement letters concerning such clients and matters. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) The Request seeks documents protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine and common interest privilege. Plaintiff s work on behalf of any given client or for any particular matter is a fact that may not be publically known. In asking Plaintiff to produce documents identifying new clients and matters, Cisco asks Plaintiff to divulge client confidences that implicate attorney-clients communications, work product, common interest privileges and the duty of confidentiality that Ward has to his clients. (2) The Request seeks information that is confidential, proprietary, covered by a protective order, a confidentiality agreement, or obligations of privilege owed to a third-party. Ward has an obligation to his clients to keep information about pending cases confidential. The documents Defendant seeks implicate attorney-client communications and non-disclosure obligations that Ward has to his clients. Disclosure of that information before it is otherwise publically available will result in serious harm to third-parties who have no connection with the above captioned lawsuit. (3) The Request specifically seeks documents from Ward that are not relevant in light of Ward's Amended Complaint and his clarification that he is not seeking to recover lost-profit damages in this case. Plaintiff has filed an Amended Complaint clarifying that he is only seeking to recover general damages, including harm to his reputation and damages for his mental anguish, and punitive damages. Consequently, the documents sought in this request are not relevant. The Request specifically seeks not only the number of new matters opened by Ward,

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but the identities of his clients and pending matters. The identity of Ward's clients and cases is not relevant to any issue in this case. (4) The documents Defendant seeks are highly sensitive, proprietary, and trade secret information of Ward, his business partners, and his clients. The documents Defendant seeks implicate serious privacy considerations, including the disclosure of financial information that is prohibited absent a showing of compelling need that cannot be made by Cisco because the documents are not relevant. Cisco can obtain the information it seeks through less intrusive means. (5) The Request is over broad, unreasonable and overly burdensome in seeking documents " relating to all new matters" since 2007. (6) Given the lack of relevance and the serious implications producing the requested information would have for Ward and third-parties , any attempt to obtain the requested documents is objectionable as an attempt to annoy, embarrass and/or harass Plaintiff and an to intimidate him into not pressing his claim against Cisco because he will have to do so as his clients' detriment. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections , Ward responds as follows: Plaintiff declines to produce the requested documents. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 18· Produce all documents that show or tend to show the truth or falsity of any statement in complained-of article. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) The Request is written broadly enough that it may call for documents protected by the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable privileges by asking for

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documents exchanged between Plaintiff and his legal counsel. Per party agreement, documents exchanged between Ward and his counsel need not be included on Ward's privilege log. (2) The Request seeks documents that are in Cisco, Frenkel, Baker Botts and other agents of Cisco's custody, possession and control, including court documents, documents and testimony produced in the Albritton v. Cisco litigation that Cisco has produced in this case, and email correspondence that has not been produced to Ward in this case. (3) The Request seeks documents not in Plaintiff s possession, custody or control(4) The Request seeks documents that are publically available including the Court's Notice of Electronic Filing, the Civil Cover Sheet associated with the ESN Complaint, documents on the Court's website, archived documents from the Court's website available from the Internet Archive or "Wayback Machine" and documents and testimony provided in the Albritton v. Cisco litigation. (5) The Request is premature in seeking documents for which Ward has not yet had ample discovery. (6) The Request is premature to the extent it seeks documents that may be related to expert reports, the schedule for which is set forth in the Court's Case Management and Scheduling Order. To the extent. that documents not yet in Ward's possession, custody or control are used by any expert retained on Plaintiff's behalf, those documents will be produced at the appropriate time as set forth in the Court's Scheduling Order. (7) The Request is over broad in requesting "all documents that show or tend to show" and impermissibly requires Plaintiff to make a judgment call about what information is or is not responsive to this Request.

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Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections,

Ward responds as follows:

Plaintiff has used his best efforts to construe Defendant's request and has produced all nonprivileged, relevant and responsive documents currently within his possession, custody and control. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 19: Produce all attachments to the document produced as Ward 000088. RESPONSE: Plaintiff produced the document requested at Ward 000247 - Ward 000255. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 20: Produce all attachments to the documents produced as Ward 000089-90. RESPONSE: Please see Bates numbered documents Ward 000378 - Ward 000386 attached hereto. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 21: Produce all attachments to the document produced as Ward 000097. RESPONSE: Plaintiff produced the document requested at Ward 000225 - Ward 000227. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 22: Produce all attachments to the document produced as Ward 000098. RESPONSE: Plaintiff produced the document requested at Ward 256. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 23: Produce a video or other electronic copy of all instances in which John Ward, Jr, has served as a guest commentator or speaker at any seminar, event or meeting relating to patent litigation or practicing law in the Eastern District of Texas.

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RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request to the extent that it calls for documents not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control, seeks documents that are a matter of public record equally available to or readily ascertainable by Defendant, or impose obligations upon Plaintiff that are beyond the scope of the Federal Rules, the Court's Scheduling Orders or Docket Control Orders, and/or the Local Rules. Plaintiff also objects that the Request is unreasonably overbroad in that it is unlimited with respect to time. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff does not have any responsive documents within his possession, custody and control to produce. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 24: Produce a copy of all brochures and materials provided at seminars at which John Ward, Jr, has spoken. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request to the extent that it calls for documents not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control, seeks documents that are a matter of public record equally available to or readily ascertainable by Defendant, or impose obligations upon Plaintiff that are beyond the scope of the Federal Rules, the Court's Scheduling Orders or Docket Control Orders, and/or the Local Rules. Plaintiff also objects that the Request is unreasonably overbroad in that it is unlimited with respect to time. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff does not have any responsive documents within his possession, custody and control to produce. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 25: Produce all articles written by you (alone or with a co-author) in the past five years.

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RESPONSE:

Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request to the extent that it calls for documents not in Plaintiff's possession, custody or control, seeps documents that are a matter of public record equally available to or readily ascertainable by Defendant; or impose obligations upon Plaintiff that are beyond the scope of the Federal Rules, the Court's Scheduling Orders or Docket Control Orders, and/or the Local Rules. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff does not have any responsive documents within his possession, custody and control to produce. REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION NO. 26: Produce all documents relating to any efforts by you to influence patent reform, including but not limited to all documents relating to trips to Washington D.C. or pholie conversations to communicate with legislators or their staff. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons: (1) The Request is written broadly enough that it can be read to seek documents protected by the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine, Documents exchanged between

Ward and a client any attorney working with him or on his behalf that may have some implication regarding any of the voluminous issues that fall within the broad term "patent reform" will not be produced. (2) 'T'he Request is fatally overbroad and unduly burdensome in asking for "all documents relating to any effort to influence patent reform" without limitation as to persons involved, time periods, or relevant subject matter. As Cisco witnesses have testified in the Albritton case, the term "patent reform" is broad and encompasses numerous issues. Coupled with the use of the phrase "any effort," Defendant's request is unreasonably overbroad. Read literally, Ward's

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Patent and Trademark Office can be said to fall within the scope of this Request. Plaintiff should not be forced to review all of his files and all of his communications without limitation or guidance in order to determine whether any of his documents may implicate one of the multiple issues that can be considered to fall within the vague, egregiously broad and undefined terms "any efforts" and "patent reform." (3) To the extent the Request seeks documents concerning Ward's status as a public versus private figure, the Request, which is not narrowed to any particular time frame, seeks documents not relevant to any of the issues in this case and are not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. To the extent the Request seeks documents created

after Plaintiff was liable by Cisco; those documents are not relevant because Plaintiff's status must be determined as of the time he was defamed by Cisco. (4) The Request is vague and ambiguous in its use of subjective terms that impermissibly shift the burden to Plaintiff to interpret what documents are responsive to Defendant's request and that it is not limited to a reasonable time period. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff responds that he has employed his best efforts to interpret Cisco's Request and does not have any non-privileged, relevant and responsive documents to produce. REQUEST FOR PRODUCI.ON NO. 26 (incorrectly numbered by Defendant): Produce all documents relating to any efforts by you to influence any legislation, including but not limited to all documents relating to trips to Washington D.C. or phone conversations to communicate with legislators or their staff. RESPONSE: Plaintiff specifically objects to Cisco's Request for the following reasons:

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(1) The Request is written broadly enough that it can be read to seek documents protected by the attorney-client privilege and work product doctrine. Documents exchanged between

Ward and a client or any attorney working with him or on his behalf that may have some implication regarding the extremely broad term "any legislation" will not be produced. (?) The Request is fatally overbroad and overly burdensome in asking for "documents relating to any efforts by you to influence any legislation" without limitation as to persons involved, time periods, or relevant subject matter. The Request is so unreasonably broad that it could require Ward to respond if he voted for a particular ballot measure in a local election. Plaintiff should not be forced to review all of his files and all of his communications in order to determine whether any of his documents can be considered to fall within Cisco's vague, egregiously broad and undefined Request. (3) To the extent the Request seeks documents concerning Ward's status as a public versus private figure after he was libeled by Defendant, the documents requested are not relevant to any of the issues in this case and are not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence because Plaintiff's status must be determined at the time he was defamed. (4) The Request is vague and ambiguous in its use of subjective terms that impermissibly shift the burden to Plaintiff to interpret what documents are responsive to Defendant's request and that it is not limited to a reasonable time period. Subject to and incorporating the foregoing objections, Plaintiff responds that he has employed his best efforts to interpret Cisco's Request and does not have any non-privileged, relevant and responsive documents to produce.

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ESN LLC v. Cisco Systems Inc et at Assigned to: Judge Davit! Folsom Referred to: Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven Cause: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

-Date Tennii aif : 11 /20/2007 Jury Remand : Plaintiff Nature of Suit: 830E Patent Jurisdiction : Federal Question

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Gerald C Willis, ,fir McAndrews Held & Malloy 500 W Madison Street

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312.775.8000 Fax: [phone] Email: [e-mail] ATTORNEY TO BE NOTICED Peter J McAndrews McAndrews Held & Malloy 500 W Madison Street 34th Floor Chicago. IL 60661 312.775.8044 Fax: [phone]
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ATTORNEY TO BE NO77CED Thomas John Ward, Jr WARD & SMITH LAW FIRM P O Box 1231 Longview , TX 75606-1 23 1 9031757-6440 Fax: [phone] Email : j W @ jwfirm.coru ATTORNEY TO BE 1Y077CED
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QZ NOTICE of Attorney Appearance by Thomas John Ward, Jr on behalf of ESN LLC (Ward, Thomas) (Entered. 10116/2007) 4 STANDING ORDER REFERRING 40% of CASES to Magistrate Judge Caroline Craven for pretrial. Signed by Judge David Folsom on 10/16/2007. (sm, ) (Entered: 10/19/2007) 43 AMENDED COMPLAINT against Cisco Systems Inc, Cisco-Linksys LLC, filed by ESN LLC. (Attachments: # I Exhibit A - Part 1# 2 Exhibit A - Part 2# 3 Exhibit B - Part 1## 4 Exhibit B - Part 2# 5 Exhibit C# 6 Exhibit D)(Albritton, Eric) (Entered: 10/27/2007) Notice of Filing of Patent/Trademark Form (AO 120). AO 120 rnailed to the Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. (Albritton, Eric) (Entered: 10/1712007) 05 E-GOV SEALED SUMMONS Issued as to Cisco Systems Inc, CiscoLinksys LLC. (Attachments: # I summons C1scol-inksys)(mil, } (Entered: 10/17/2007) 46 MOTION to Enjoin Defendants Cisco and Linksys From Prosecuting Later-Filed Parallel Litigation in Connecticut by ESN LLC. (Attachments: #,I Text of Proposed Order # 2 Exhibit A# 3 Exhibit B# Exhibit C# 5 Exhibit D# 0 Exhibit E# 7 Exhibit F# $ Exhibit (3) (Albritton, Eric) (Entered: 10/1812007) 47 APPLICATION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Attorney Thomas J Wirnbiseus for ESN LLC. (PAID - RECEIPT #2-1-3165) (sm, ) (Entered: !0/29/2x07) 48 APPLICATION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Attorney George P McAndrews for ESN LLC. (APPROVED)(FEE PAID) 2-1-3165(ch, ) (Entered: 10/30120107) 49 APPLICATION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Attorney Peter J McAndrews for ESN I-W. (APPROVED)(FEE PAID) 2-1-3165 (ch, ) (Entered: 10130/2007) 410 APPLICATION to Appear Pro Hac Vice by Attorney Gerald C Willis, R for ESN LLC. (APPROVED)(FEE PAID) 2-1-3165 (ch, ) (Entered:

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