The Facebook, Inc. v. Connectu, Inc et al
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Declaration of Scott R. Mosko in Support of Defendants Winston Williams and Pacific Northwest Software, Inc.'s Opposition to Plaintiffs' Motion to Compel Supplemental Responses to Interrogatory Nos. 3 and 4 filed by Pacific Northwest Software, Inc., Winston Williams. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1# 2 Exhibit 2# 3 Exhibit 3# 4 Exhibit 4-A# 5 Exhibit 4-B# 6 Exhibit 5# 7 Exhibit 6# 8 Exhibit 7# 9 Exhibit 8)(Mosko, Scott) (Filed on 11/7/2007) Text modified on 11/8/2007 (bw, COURT STAFF).
The Facebook, Inc. v. Connectu, LLC et al
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SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF SANTA CLARA
THEFACEBOOK,
INC., Plaintiff,
vs. CONNECTU LLC, Defendant.
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NO.
1 05 CV 047381
CONFIDENTIAL VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION UPON ORAL EXANINATION OF JOHN TAVES
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January 29, 719 Second Avenue, Seattle,
Suite Number 900
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Joan E.
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A.
No. Okay. Have you ever seen this list of topics
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in Exhibit A? A. I think so. Okay. Number 2 says, work performed for
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ConnectU; do you see that? A. Yeah. Are you prepared today to talk about work
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that you performed for ConnectU? A. Yeah. Okay.
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correct? A.
Yeah. Okay. What were you working on at the time? Question is vague.
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You mean what did we work on for ConnectU? Mm-hm. I'm not sure. Okay. So the whole time you worked,
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whole time you worked for ConnectU, why don't you just give me a list of things you worked on, maybe that will be easier to do it that way. A. I'm not sure what we have worked on for them,
I don't know.
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You're supposed to be the person most
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Yeah,
go ahead.
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What is this? I think this was i2Hub and ConnectU's two services
thoughts on how to share their, you know, and contribute marketing.
Q.
Okay.
And did you review this at the time
you received it? A. Q. I think so, yeah. Do you recall if you asked Cameron any
questions about it?
A.
I don't remember, Okay.
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Would anybody else have talked to
Cameron about this document? MR. MOSKO: Software? A. Q. A. Q. A. Winston and Joel. Winston and Joel? Winston and Joel. Okay. Well,
And why Winston?
On behalf of Pacific Northwest
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I don't remember specifically the but Winston was working on
timing of all these things, ConnectU. this time,
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Whether he was working on ConnectU at exactly I don't know, but I'm just assuming that it
would have been Winston.
Q.
But this is
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He was the primary developer for ConnectU. Okay, Okay, sorry to interrupt you. and so this might have been a project
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he would have worked on for ConnectU while working at Pacific Northwest? A. Q.
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Right. Okay,
Mrn--hm.
great.
If you look at the second page.
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It has a section called CU Modifications more
Mm-hm.
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Is that,
modifications to the existing site that ConnectU wanted Pacific Northwest to do; do you know? MR. MOSKO: A. Q. Calls for speculation.
So say that question again, because this Okay,
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so lets start at the beginning then,
maybe this will make it more clear, Mr. Taves. A. Q. A. Q. Okay. I don't want to confuse you. Okay. So this is an overview, it looks like an
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integration spec that Cameron sent to you. A. Q. Mm-hm.
And this looks like it outlines the project
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the client talks to? MR. MOSKO: foundation. A. We pass it around quite a bit. Okay, so there's not
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Q.
there's not sort of
like a team lead and then A. No. Okay.
Q.
company?
And what is your role then with the
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Generally or in this instance?
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Q.
A.
Do you understand the question? Well, I'm the
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I'm the CEO,
the president, and so we
but, you know, Mike and I are fairly equal, team up to make the major decisions.
Q.
A.
Okay, Yes.
it's a fairly small company,
right?
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So as the CEO, what are your day-to--day
responsibilities? A. Anything I feel like doing. I mean I worry I worry
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about the books,
I worry about who we employ, I worry about the
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about the customers, Q. yourself? A. Yeah, Okay,
do you do any development work
some.
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And did you do any development work for
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ConnectU? A. No. Who did that? The bulk of it was Winston. Okay. Joel did some. I think there was others that
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A. Q. A.
did a little bit, of them.
but I can't remember the extent of all
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I don't think so. Okay. Could be wrong. Did you have any interaction with iMarc,
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company called iMarc, with regard to your work A. Yeah.
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with Connectu? Let her finish the question
MR. MOSKO: before answering.
Q.
So you did,
with or talk to? A. I can't remember his name. Mark Pierrat? That sounds familiar.
Q.
A.
another name too.
Q.
Dave Tufts?
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Okay.
How would you describe your management
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MR. MOSKO: and uncertain. A. know. Q. they do? A. I don't think I'm a micro manager. Do you have regular status meetings? No, not regular. Are you a micro manager, do you watch what You would have to be more specific, I, you The question is vague, overbroad,
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A.
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Would you have meetings to talk with your
ct to see team working on a particular product or proje
how it's going? MR. MOSKO: foundation. A. Yeah, we do have meetings. Do you expect regular updates from your Calls for speculation and lacks
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developers on how projects are going? MR. MOSKO: A. Vague and uncertain. I hope.
I don't expect,
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developers? A.
Do you get regular updates from your
No,
not regular.
I get updates. If something significant is
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You get updates.
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t? happening in a project, do you generally learn about i A. don't know, Q. Well, so. Would you expect your developers to tell you the ones I haven't learned about I
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? significant things that are going on in their projects A. Q. A. Q. I would hope so. Okay. But I don't expect it.
And if and when you have status meetings with
t? your staff, what kinds of things do you talk abou MR. MOSKO: The question is hopelessly vague
and overbroad and uncertain. A. Q. We talk about all sorts of things. Okay. So let's take ConnectU for example,
did you have any staff meetings regarding ConnectU's projects?
MR.
MOSKO:
Vague as to time.
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I'm sure we have had meetings. Do you recall any of them? No. I mean the definition of meeting, you we do chats, there's nothing Communication I mean
know, we exchange E-mails, any
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there's nothing formal about it.
happened all over the place, you got the E-mails. Q.
so it's just, yeah,
But you're generally kept up to date on
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Okay. What did you mean when you said, we've got
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ee? nothing interesting, go bark up another tr A. Well, with Winston gone, I didn't think we
had any information for you. far as I `m concerned. Q. A. Q. Why Winston?
Winston is the answers as
He did the majority of the work for ConnectU. But ConnectU hired Pacific Northwest Software correct?
to do the work, A. Q.
Mm-hm. Do you have any sense for how many documents
you produced? A. Q. No. Okay.
interesting, what do you mean by that? A. Your
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I don't think I can contribute any
l Butterfly or information as to anything about the Socia Winston was Facebook importer or whatever it is, because the major developer for ConnectU, employee, Q. so, you know, Okay. and he's not an
I don't have the information.
So the other tree you wanted us to
bark up is Winston? A. I don't care where you bark,
these getting tired of paying lawyers to answer
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Do you know what he's talking about?
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document speaks for itself.
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the bulk of our time was
Not really, no. Okay. He says,
Q.
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spent on it; do you see that?
A. Mm-hm. If the bulk of Winston's time was spent on a
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project, would you not be aware of it?
MR. MOSKO: Calls for speculation and lacks
foundation and assumes facts not in evidence. A. Okay, on this sentence I'm not sure who he's
And then specifically on your
referring to as our.
question, you said if Winston worked on something, would I not know about it, could you say that again?
Q.
A.
I think I will actually. Okay.
Q.
I'm trying to figure out who manages these
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projects, because if Wayne
if Winston spent a great it seems to me because
deal of time on this product,
your company is small that you would know what Winston
is doing.
I'm doing the same thing you did.
Were you
not aware of the projects he was working on?
MR.
MOSKO:
Let me object to the question as
lacking in foundation and overbroad and substantially
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misstating the document and misinterpreting the document. A. You're correct, I was not aware of the I knew that he
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details of what Winston is working on.
the was working on ConnectU and that they were paying bills. Q.
A.
And that's all you were concerned about? Pretty much. So do you know what Wayne is referring to go back to the first page,
Mm-bin.
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Q.
The sentence where he says that Social
Butterfly now illegally uses logins and passwords procured from ConnectU users, talking about there? MR. MOSKO: speculation, Objection, question calls for and is substantially do you know what he's
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lacks foundation,
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incomprehensible. A. Q. I don't know the details. Why was Wayne sending you bullet, I'm
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assuming he means bullet points, you this, do you know, MR. MOSKO:
but why was he sending
did you ask him for it? Compound, answer the latter
question I think is the one she's asking for. A. Why did he send it?
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No, No,
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preceded this E-mail about these issues? MR. MOSKO: A. Q. Could be. Would you have asked him to put in an E-mail Overbroad,
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the bullet points? MR. MOSKO: foundation. A. It seems unlikely. It seems more like he was Calls for speculation, lacks
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ek seeking out my help than I was encouraging him to se it out. Q. Did you talk to anyone at ConnectU about
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these issues? MR. MOSKO: Q. Lacks foundation.
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You, Mr. Taves. MR. MOSKO: Hold on one second.
The question lacks foundation and is overbroad. A. If these issues are Wayne's relationship with I did, you know, E-mail and speak with
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Cameron and Wayne about it. Q. What did you E-mail Cameron about?
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