Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al

Filing 1448

ORDER Regarding Claim Constructions in Jury Notebooks. Signed by Judge Lucy H. Koh on 7/29/2012. (lhklc2, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 7/29/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SAN JOSE DIVISION

United States District Court
For the Northern District of California

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APPLE, INC., a California corporation,

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Plaintiff,
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v.
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., A
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Korean corporation; SAMSUNG
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ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., a New York )
corporation; SAMSUNG
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TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC, )
a Delaware limited liability company,
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Defendants.
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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK
ORDER REGARDING CLAIM TERMS
IN JURY NOTEBOOKS

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The parties have asked for clarification regarding how certain claim terms should appear in
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the jury notebooks. The Court has considered the parties’ positions. There are five disputes that
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require a ruling. The parties shall use the claim constructions described below in the jury
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notebooks.
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1. The ‘381 Patent
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The term “electronic document” means “a document stored in a digital format.”

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An “electronic document” includes, but is not limited to, a web page; a digital
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image; word process, spreadsheet or presentation document; or a list of items in a
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digital format.” An electronic document need not be stored in a single file.
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proposed for construction, and therefore has its plain and ordinary meaning.”
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The ‘163 Patent
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3. The ‘460 Patent
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The Court has not construed any terms from this patent, and therefore the terms
from this patent should be given their plain and ordinary meaning.

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The term “translating the electronic document in a second direction” was not

The Court has not construed any terms from this patent, and therefore the terms
from this patent should be given their plain and ordinary meaning.

4. The ‘711 Patent
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The term “applet” means “an application designed to run within an application
module that need not be operating system-independent.”

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: July 29, 2012

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LUCY H. KOH
United States District Judge

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Case No.: 11-CV-01846-LHK
ORDER REGARDING CLAIM TERMS IN JURY NOTEBOOKS