Netflix, Inc. v. Blockbuster, Inc.
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NOTICE by Blockbuster, Inc.(a Delaware corporation), Blockbuster, Inc.
Preliminary Invalidity Contentions for U.S. Patent No. 6,584,450 (Attachments: #
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14 Exhibit N)(O'Brien, William) (Filed on 9/18/2006)
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BLOCKBUSTER'S PRELIMINARY INVALIDITY CONTENTIONS
SEPTEMBER 18, 2006 U.S. PATENT NO. 6,584,450 B1
EXHIBIT C IDENTIFICATION OF PRIOR ART Prior Art Public Use, Public Knowledge, Sales and Offers for Sale1
Public Use
1. Subscription-based video rental service with monthly fees that allowed a member to rent as many video cassettes as the member wanted (1 at a time) at no extra cost and keep them for as long as the member wanted without incurring late fees. Video rental service with membership programs that allowed a member to rent 1 or 2 video tapes at a time at no extra cost and keep them for as long as the member wanted, and, upon returning the tapes, the member could receive another 1 or 2 tapes in exchange.
Person/Entity
Multi-Video, Will Espin Charlotte, North Carolina
Date of Use
No later than July 1982
Short Name
Multi-Video services2
2.
Pop*Card, Linda Verin Oklahoma City, OK
No later than January 1985
Pop*Card services3
1 2
Hereafter collectively "Public Use" or "Use." "Multi-Video publication" and "Multi-Video services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "Multi-Video." 3 "Pop*Card - publication" and "Pop*Card services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "Pop*Card."
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Public Use
3. Subscription-based video rental service with monthly fees that allowed a member to rent as many video cassettes as the member wanted (1 at a time) at no additional charge. Subscription-based video rental service with monthly fees that allowed a member to rent 3 to 7 videos at a time at no extra charge and keep them as long as the member wanted without incurring late fees. Subscription-based audio and video tape rental service that allowed a member to rent 2 tapes at a time at no extra charge and keep them as long as the member wanted without incurring late fees. Subscription-based financial training courses on computer readable disks, CR-ROMs and video tapes
Person/Entity
Video Hit Parade Red Bank, NJ
Date of Use
No later than October 1985
Short Name
Video Hit services4
4.
Cine Club Video, Jacques-Henri Djian, Guy Desombre Manhattan, New York AudioQueue, Duane Ramm, Mark Ramm Covesville, Virginia Bankers Training & Consulting Co., Dean Pichee, Jean Dunaway Talking Book World, Richard Simtob Southfield, Michigan Multipost Retail Systems, Harry Magerman
No later than October 1985
Cine Club services5
5.
No later than 1989
AudioQueue services6
6.
In the 1980s
BTCC
7.
Subscription-based audio book rental service with quarterly fees that allowed a member to rent 1 to 2 tapes at a time and keep them as long as the member wanted with no late fees. Computer software for video rental services that had reservation features
No later than 1994
Talking Book World - services7
8.
No later than 1995
Video Vendor services8
4 5
"Video Hit publication" and "Video Hit services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "Video Hit." "Cine Club publication" and "Cine Club services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "Cine Club." 6 "AudioQueue - publication" and "AudioQueue services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "AudioQueue." 7 "Talking Book World publication" and "Talking Book World services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "TBW." 8 "Video Vendor publication" and "Video Vendor services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "Video Vendor." EXHIBIT C: IDENTIFICATION OF PRIOR ART (Prior Art Public Use) Page 2 of 3
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Public Use
9. Online vehicle rental service with features allowing users to select vehicles and make reservations online
Person/Entity
Avis Rent A Car Campus Video, Charles Annable Oberlin, Ohio Books on Tape, Duvall Hecht, Ron Pravell Business Training Library St. Louis, Missouri
Date of Use
No later than May 1996 No later than 1996
Short Name
Avis - services9 Campus Video services10 Books on Tape services11 Business Training Library services12
10. Video rental store that offered subscription plan (3 out at a time with flat monthly fee) 11. Book rental services that features an ordered list for customers to indicate the order of receiving their desired books 12. Business training program library service that allows members to subscribe to pay a period fee and obtain up to 5 programs at a time and keep them as long as they want and return them for exchange of new programs 13. TV broadcast program storage, distribution and retrieval functions 14. Online DVD rental services provided by Netflix
No late than February 1997 No later than April 1998
TiVo Netflix Inc.
No later than March TiVo system and 1999 program13 No later than April 27, 1999 Netflix - service14
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"Avis publication" and "Avis services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "Avis." "Campus Video publication" and "Campus Video services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "Campus Video." 11 "Books on Tape services" and "Books on Tape online order form" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "BOT." 12 "Business Traning Library publication" and "Business Training Library services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "BTL." 13 "TiVo - publication" and "TiVo system and program" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "TiVo." 14 "Netflix publication" and "Netflix services" are hereinafter referred to collectively as "Netflix."
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