Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al
Filing
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Declaration of Cyndi Wheeler in Support of #667 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal re Samsung's Motion to Supplement Invalidity Contentions, #675 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal re Exhibit 4 to Briggs Declaration in Support of Samsung's Motion to Supplement Invalidity Contentions filed byApple Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit 3, #4 Exhibit 4)(Related document(s) #667 , #675 ) (Hung, Richard) (Filed on 2/2/2012)
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EXHIBIT Q
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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SAN JOSE DIVISION
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APPLE, INC., a California
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corporation,
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Plaintiff,
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vs.
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
NO. 11-CV-01846-LHK
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a Korean business entity;
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
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INC., a New York corporation;
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SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware
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limited liability company,
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Defendants.
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DEPOSITION OF STEVEN CHRISTENSEN
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Taken on behalf of the Defendants
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October 26, 2011
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Job Number: 42864
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STEVEN CHRISTENSEN,
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having been first duly sworn,
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was examined and testified as follows:
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EXAMINATION
BY MR. BRIGGS:
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Q.
Good morning.
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Good morning.
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Can you state your name for the record.
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Steven Christensen.
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Where do you live, Mr. Christensen?
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Ashland, Oregon.
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Where is Ashland?
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About ten miles south of here.
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Where do you work?
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I work for a small startup company that I
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am a cofounder.
It is called Folium & Partners.
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Do you work for Apple Computer?
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No.
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Are you a consultant for Apple Computer?
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No.
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Now, you have worked for Apple in the past,
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correct?
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Yes.
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And when was that?
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1982 through 1996.
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patent.
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Do you have any views on the patent system
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in general?
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Some people don't like software patents.
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Do you have any views like that?
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I mean some people don't like patents.
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I don't really have an opinion.
They just
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Do you think they are a good thing or bad
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thing?
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I think patents are fine.
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Do you have any other patents?
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I had done a second patent filing for
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another company a few years later.
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recently that the company allowed it to lapse a few
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years ago.
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I found out
Did that patent relate to windows or
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control strips or anything like what we have been
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discussing today?
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No.
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Do you know -- did you ever receive any
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awards for the 002 patent?
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No.
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Any -- did you receive any kind of
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recognition for the 002 patent?
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I think the filing happened after I left
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Apple.
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Apple.
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So, no.
Or the issuance was after I left
Do you know if the Control Strip led to
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success of any, commercial success, of any Apple
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products or anything like that?
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Objection.
Lack of
foundation, calls for speculation.
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THE WITNESS:
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any product's success.
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I have no idea if it improved
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Did you ever see any reports on -- from
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consumers saying they liked or didn't like Control
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Strip?
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I don't remember.
There were probably
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reviews in magazines at the time, but I don't
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remember now.
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Do you still own -- or do you own Apple
stock?
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No.
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And today do you develop software for Apple
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products?
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I develop software for IOS devices, which
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is I-Phone and I-Pad, and my company in general also
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develops for windows phone seven.
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and windows?
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At a high level.
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Applications?
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Yes.
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Are there any specific applications?
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They are related to publishing and audio
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At a high level what do you develop for IOS
Applications.
books, not one single title.
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MR. BRIGGS:
Can we take a break, and then
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I think I can wrap it up in another half hour at the
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most.
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The time is 3:19, and we
are off the record.
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CERTIFICATE
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I, Michele J. Lucas, do hereby certify that pursuant
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to the Rules of Civil Procedure, the witness named herein
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appeared before me at the time and place set forth in the
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caption herein; that at the said time and place, I reported
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in stenotype all testimony adduced and other oral
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proceedings had in the foregoing matter; and that the
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foregoing transcript pages constitute a full, true and
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correct record of such testimony adduced and oral proceeding
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had and of the whole thereof.
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IN WITNESS HEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
27th day of October, 2011.
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/Signed
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Michele J. Lucas
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