Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al
Filing
973
Declaration of Cyndi Wheeler in Support of #930 Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Samsung's Motion for Summary Judgment filed byApple Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit 1, #2 Exhibit 2, #3 Exhibit 3, #4 Exhibit 4, #5 Exhibit 5, #6 Exhibit 6, #7 Exhibit 7, #8 Exhibit 8, #9 Exhibit 9, #10 Exhibit 10, #11 Exhibit 11, #12 Exhibit 12, #13 Exhibit 13, #14 Exhibit 14, #15 Exhibit 15, #16 Exhibit 16, #17 Exhibit 17, #18 Declaration Of Mark D. Selwyn In Support Of Samsungs Administrative Motion To File Documents Under Seal Re Samsungs Motion For Summary Judgment, #19 Proposed Order [Proposed] Order Granting Samsungs Administrative Motion To File Documents Under Seal Re Samsungs Motion For Summary Judgment)(Related document(s) #930 ) (Bartlett, Jason) (Filed on 5/24/2012)
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
APPLE INC., a California
corporation,
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Plaintiff,
Case No.
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vs.
11 CV 01846 LHK
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
a Korean business entity;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
INC., a New York corporation;
SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company,
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Defendants.
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
compound.
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THE WITNESS:
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Could you repeat the question?
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Yeah, I'm sorry.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
But in general, you don't think that
those terms are precise enough or clear enough
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really definite; right?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
ambiguous.
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THE WITNESS:
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people think.
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I don't know what other
BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
Well, I'm not asking about what other
people think.
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I'm asking you.
Do you think that the word "border" or
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"mask" is a clear term to you as to what it is
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referring to in the context of tablet computer
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designs that Apple has made?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
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ambiguous, both a compound and incomplete
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hypothetical.
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THE WITNESS:
It could be.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
I'm going to show you what was previously
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marked as Exhibit 8, which for the record is
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United States Design Patent 504,889.
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And please let me know when you've had an
opportunity to review the '889 design patent.
A.
(Witness reviewing document.)
Okay.
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design?
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A.
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You're named as an inventor of the '889
I was one of the industrial design team
that worked on this product.
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Q.
Looking at the drawings, these figures
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that are in the '889 design patent, do any of
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those drawings show what you, in your view --
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well, I'm sorry.
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Directing your attention to the figures
and drawings in the '889 design patent.
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Let me rephrase it.
Do any of those drawings show a mask
area?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
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foundation.
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calls for a legal conclusion by a nonlawyer
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witness.
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Objection; compound.
THE WITNESS:
Objection;
I'm not a patent lawyer.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
I'm not asking you as a patent lawyer.
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I'm asking you as an inventor of the '889 design
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patent.
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Do any of the drawings or figures in the
'889 design patent depict a mask area?
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MR. MONACH:
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Lack of foundation.
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As -Hang on a second.
Objection, to the
extent it calls for a legal conclusion.
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THE WITNESS:
As an industrial designer,
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and not a patent lawyer, it isn't clear to me that
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there is an area here that is definitely a mask or
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border.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
Directing your attention to Figure 1.
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A.
Yes.
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Q.
You'll see that on the interior of
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Figure 1, that there is a rectangular line.
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Do you see that?
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A.
I see a dotted line.
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Q.
Do you know, is that -- is that a broken
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line?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
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foundation.
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document speaks for itself.
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Under the Best Evidence Rule the
THE WITNESS:
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line.
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Vague.
It looks like a dotted
BY MR. ZELLER:
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It looks like an inconsistent dotted line.
Q.
Do you know why it's in that form?
you have an understanding?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
foundation.
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And let me just caution you.
I'm not
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saying you did have any such communications, but I
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don't want you, in answering any of these
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questions, to reveal any attorney-client
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communications.
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THE WITNESS:
Okay.
I'm not exactly sure
what that rectangle is depicting.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Do you know if that dotted line that you
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were talking about that's in that rectangular
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shape on the interior of Figure 1 has some
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relationship to separating the active area of the
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display from the mask or nonactive areas of the
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display?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
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foundation, calls for speculation.
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extent it's asking for a legal conclusion.
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THE WITNESS:
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I'm not sure what that line
represents.
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Object, to the
BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
And I take it you don't have an
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understanding as to whether or not that particular
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line, this rectangular line on the interior of
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design here?
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MR. MONACH:
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foundation.
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Objection; lack of
a legal conclusion.
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Objection, to the extent it calls for
THE WITNESS:
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represents.
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I'm not sure what that line
BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
Directing your attention to Figure 2 of
the '889 design patent.
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You'll see that there are three sets of
diagonal lines on the interior of this.
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A.
Yes.
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Q.
And then directing your attention to
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Figure 4.
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You'll see that it doesn't have those
diagonal lines.
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A.
Okay.
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Q.
Do you see that?
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A.
Yes, I see that.
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Q.
Do you have any understanding or
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explanation as to why those diagonal lines don't
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appear in Figure 4 but they do appear in Figure 2?
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MR. MONACH:
foundation.
Objection; lack of
Objection, to the extent it calls for
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THE WITNESS:
I'm not sure why those
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lines are in one view and not in another.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
Do you know if the design that's shown
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here in the '889 design patent is showing a back
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surface or bottom surface that is flat and clear?
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MR. MONACH:
foundation.
Same objection; lack of
Object, to the extent it calls for a
legal conclusion.
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THE WITNESS:
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depicting.
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I'm not sure what that is
BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
Is the design that's shown here in the
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'889 design patent, by your understanding, does
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it -- well, I'm sorry.
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Let me rephrase that.
Directing your attention to the '889
design patent.
In your view, as an inventor and a
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designer, does this design show a clear front
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surface of the device?
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MR. MONACH:
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foundation.
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Objection; lack of
a legal conclusion.
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Objection, to the extent it calls for
You can give your understanding, if you
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the device that's shown there is
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orientation of the individual holding it
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somewhat wedge shaped, or it tapers?
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MR. MONACH:
from the
is
Objection; mischaracterizes
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the evidence, assumes facts not in evidence,
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argumentative.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
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Do you see that?
MR. MONACH:
Object, to the extent it
calls for a legal conclusion.
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THE WITNESS:
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to.
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I see what you're referring
BY MR. ZELLER
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I see it's an object that the guy is holding.
Q.
Well, from the perspective of the guy
whose holding it
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A.
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Q.
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Yes.
how would you describe the shape of
the top of the device?
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A.
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What
MR. MONACH:
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ambiguous.
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Objection; vague and
legal conclusion.
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Object, to the extent it calls for a
THE WITNESS:
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as "the top"?
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What are you referring to
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BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
The top, from the orientation of the
individual holding it, which would be your right.
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MR. MONACH:
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Objection;
vague.
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Objection.
BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
If you could hand me your copy.
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A.
Okay.
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MR. ZELLER:
Let's please mark as Exhibit
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1132 a copy of the '889 design patent with a
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marking that I'm about to give it.
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arrow consisting of an X on Figure 9, and then two
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arrows with the Figure X, Label X, in Figure 2.
It will be an
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(Deposition Exhibit 1132 was marked for
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identification)
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
So directing your attention to Figure 2.
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A.
Okay.
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Q.
You'll see that what I did there is, I
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put two arrows with the Label X on there.
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A.
Mm hmm.
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Q.
And you'll see that those portions, those
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sides, appear to taper, or narrow?
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
question as mischaracterizing the evidence;
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THE WITNESS:
To me, it looks like a
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slightly perspective drawing of a rectangular
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object.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
Do you have an understanding as to
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whether or not those lines taper because of
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perspective or because the design that is being
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communicated here has tapering sides?
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A.
I couldn't say for certain.
To me
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personally, as an industrial designer, it looks to
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me like they're tapering because of perspective.
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Q.
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perspective?
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And in your view, is that an accurate
MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
ambiguous.
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THE WITNESS:
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accurate perspective.
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that's what was intended.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
I don't know about an
It looks, perhaps, like
And if I asked you the same questions
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about that edge that I labeled as X in Figure 9,
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you'd give me the same answers?
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calls for a legal conclusion.
Objection, to the extent it
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Q.
And from your perspective, is that
is
that an accurate depiction of perspective?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
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foundation, incomplete hypothetical.
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vague.
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THE WITNESS:
Objection;
Yes, it could be.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Can you say with any certainty if it is?
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MR. MONACH:
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THE WITNESS:
Same objection.
I can't say with any
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certainty without
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accurate perspective view.
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looks possible.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
whether that's an absolutely
But it looks okay.
It
You'll see also in Figure 9 that there is
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a portion of it that has a thicker, darker line
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that runs around the perimeter of the front.
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Do you see that?
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A.
Yes, I see that.
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Q.
What does that depict?
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MR. MONACH:
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foundation.
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Objection; lack of
legal conclusion.
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Object, to the extent it calls for a
THE WITNESS:
It's unclear to me exactly
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what that is trying to depict.
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Q.
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Does it depict a gap or a groove?
MR. MONACH:
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foundation.
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Same objection; lack of
a legal conclusion.
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Objection, to the extent it calls for
THE WITNESS:
I'm not sure what that
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precise detail is trying to depict.
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like the separation between two parts to me.
But it looks
Not
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the separation; it looks like the joint between
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two parts.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
And directing your attention to Figure 1,
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you'll see that also at least on part of the
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perimeter of this front surface there is a darker
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line there as well, darker, thicker line?
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A.
I see that.
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Q.
And do you have an understanding as to
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what that's depicting?
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MR. MONACH:
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foundation.
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Objection; lack of
legal conclusion.
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Object, to the extent it calls for a
THE WITNESS:
I couldn't tell you exactly
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what that's trying to depict.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
Is that darker, thicker line depicting a
gap or a groove?
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MR. MONACH:
Same objection.
Lack of
foundation, calls for a legal conclusion.
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THE WITNESS:
In my opinion as an
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industrial designer, it doesn't look like that's
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trying to depict a groove or a gap.
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it's perhaps trying to show a radius or an
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intersection of the rear housing, perhaps.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
But you're not certain?
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MR. MONACH:
Same objection.
Asked and
answered.
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It looks like
THE WITNESS:
I'm not certain.
BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
You'll see that the date of this design
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patent for filing
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page
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A.
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Q.
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and this is on the first
Okay.
in the middle of the first column,
March 17th, 2004.
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Do you see that date there?
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A.
Yes, I do.
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Q.
Prior to March 17th, 2004, which is the
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Q.
You just don't recall one way or another?
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A.
I don't recall.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Do you recall generally that occurring at
some him point?
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MR. MONACH:
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THE WITNESS:
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Same objection.
It might have been.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Let me try something a different way.
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SAN JOSE DIVISION
APPLE INC., a California
corporation,
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Plaintiff,
Case No.
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vs.
11 CV 01846 LHK
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SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
a Korean business entity;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
INC., a New York corporation;
SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AMERICA, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company,
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Defendants.
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VIDEOTAPED DEPOSITION OF RICHARD HOWARTH
San Francisco, California
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REPORTED BY:
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tablet designs that you worked on there for Apple.
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
compound.
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THE WITNESS:
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Could you repeat the question?
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MR. ZELLER:
Yeah, I'm sorry.
Yes.
If you could read it
back, please.
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(Whereupon the reporter read the record
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as follows:
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MR. MONACH:
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And I objected; vague and
compound.
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THE WITNESS:
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to
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a border.
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Sometimes some people refer
BY MR. ZELLER:
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or I refer to the area around the display as
Q.
But in general, you don't think that
those terms are precise enough or clear enough
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really definite; right?
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MR. MONACH:
you'd be able to say it's
Objection; vague and
ambiguous.
5
THE WITNESS:
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people think.
7
I don't know what other
BY MR. ZELLER:
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9
Q.
Well, I'm not asking about what other
people think.
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I'm asking you.
Do you think that the word "border" or
11
"mask" is a clear term to you as to what it is
12
referring to in the context of tablet computer
13
designs that Apple has made?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
15
ambiguous, both a compound and incomplete
16
hypothetical.
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THE WITNESS:
It could be.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
I'm going to show you what was previously
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marked as Exhibit 8, which for the record is
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United States Design Patent 504,889.
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And please let me know when you've had an
opportunity to review the '889 design patent.
A.
(Witness reviewing document.)
Okay.
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design?
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A.
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You're named as an inventor of the '889
I was one of the industrial design team
that worked on this product.
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Q.
Looking at the drawings, these figures
6
that are in the '889 design patent, do any of
7
those drawings show what you, in your view
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well, I'm sorry.
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10
Directing your attention to the figures
and drawings in the '889 design patent.
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Let me rephrase it.
Do any of those drawings show a mask
area?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
14
foundation.
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calls for a legal conclusion by a nonlawyer
16
witness.
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Objection; compound.
THE WITNESS:
Objection;
I'm not a patent lawyer.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
I'm not asking you as a patent lawyer.
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I'm asking you as an inventor of the '889 design
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patent.
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Do any of the drawings or figures in the
'889 design patent depict a mask area?
MR. MONACH:
Same objection; lack of
foundation
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THE WITNESS:
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MR. MONACH:
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Lack of foundation.
4
As
Hang on a second.
Objection, to the
extent it calls for a legal conclusion.
5
THE WITNESS:
As an industrial designer,
6
and not a patent lawyer, it isn't clear to me that
7
there is an area here that is definitely a mask or
8
border.
9
BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
Directing your attention to Figure 1.
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A.
Yes.
12
Q.
You'll see that on the interior of
13
Figure 1, that there is a rectangular line.
14
Do you see that?
15
A.
I see a dotted line.
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Q.
Do you know, is that
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is that a broken
line?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
19
foundation.
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document speaks for itself.
21
Under the Best Evidence Rule the
THE WITNESS:
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line.
23
Vague.
It looks like a dotted
BY MR. ZELLER:
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25
It looks like an inconsistent dotted line.
Q.
Do you know why it's in that form?
you have an understanding?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
foundation.
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And let me just caution you.
I'm not
4
saying you did have any such communications, but I
5
don't want you, in answering any of these
6
questions, to reveal any attorney client
7
communications.
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9
10
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THE WITNESS:
Okay.
I'm not exactly sure
what that rectangle is depicting.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Do you know if that dotted line that you
12
were talking about that's in that rectangular
13
shape on the interior of Figure 1 has some
14
relationship to separating the active area of the
15
display from the mask or nonactive areas of the
16
display?
17
MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
18
foundation, calls for speculation.
19
extent it's asking for a legal conclusion.
20
THE WITNESS:
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I'm not sure what that line
represents.
22
Object, to the
BY MR. ZELLER:
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Q.
And I take it you don't have an
24
understanding as to whether or not that particular
25
line, this rectangular line on the interior of
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2
design here?
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MR. MONACH:
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foundation.
5
Objection; lack of
a legal conclusion.
6
Objection, to the extent it calls for
THE WITNESS:
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represents.
8
I'm not sure what that line
BY MR. ZELLER:
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10
Q.
Directing your attention to Figure 2 of
the '889 design patent.
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You'll see that there are three sets of
diagonal lines on the interior of this.
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A.
Yes.
14
Q.
And then directing your attention to
15
Figure 4.
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17
You'll see that it doesn't have those
diagonal lines.
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A.
Okay.
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Q.
Do you see that?
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A.
Yes, I see that.
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Q.
Do you have any understanding or
22
explanation as to why those diagonal lines don't
23
appear in Figure 4 but they do appear in Figure 2?
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MR. MONACH:
foundation.
Objection; lack of
Objection, to the extent it calls for
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THE WITNESS:
I'm not sure why those
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lines are in one view and not in another.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
5
Q.
Do you know if the design that's shown
6
here in the '889 design patent is showing a back
7
surface or bottom surface that is flat and clear?
8
9
10
MR. MONACH:
foundation.
Same objection; lack of
Object, to the extent it calls for a
legal conclusion.
11
THE WITNESS:
12
depicting.
13
I'm not sure what that is
BY MR. ZELLER:
14
Q.
Is the design that's shown here in the
15
'889 design patent, by your understanding, does
16
it
17
18
19
well, I'm sorry.
Let me rephrase that.
Directing your attention to the '889
design patent.
In your view, as an inventor and a
20
designer, does this design show a clear front
21
surface of the device?
22
MR. MONACH:
23
foundation.
24
Objection; lack of
a legal conclusion.
25
Objection, to the extent it calls for
You can give your understanding, if you
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THE WITNESS:
3
this document
4
could be.
5
I'm not exactly sure what
BY MR. ZELLER:
6
Q.
what this figure is showing.
It
And you're not sure one way or another
7
whether what's shown here in the design shows a
8
clear, flat, continuous surface on the front?
9
10
MR. MONACH:
Objection, to the extent it
calls for a legal conclusion.
11
THE WITNESS:
I didn't create these
12
drawings, so I don't know if that's what that is
13
supposed to represent.
14
BY MR. ZELLER:
15
Q.
And even apart from the fact that you
16
didn't create the drawings, you still don't know;
17
is that true?
18
MR. MONACH:
Same objection.
Object, to
19
the extent it calls for a legal conclusion; asked
20
and answered.
21
THE WITNESS:
It isn't completely clear
22
to me that that's what that is representing.
23
BY MR. ZELLER:
24
25
Q.
Directing your attention to Figure 9.
You'll see in Figure 9 that the top of
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2
orientation of the individual holding it
3
somewhat wedge shaped, or it tapers?
4
MR. MONACH:
from the
is
Objection; mischaracterizes
5
the evidence, assumes facts not in evidence,
6
argumentative.
7
BY MR. ZELLER:
8
Q.
9
10
Do you see that?
MR. MONACH:
Object, to the extent it
calls for a legal conclusion.
11
THE WITNESS:
12
to.
13
I see what you're referring
BY MR. ZELLER
14
15
I see it's an object that the guy is holding.
Q.
Well, from the perspective of the guy
whose holding it
16
A.
17
Q.
18
Yes.
how would you describe the shape of
the top of the device?
19
A.
20
What
MR. MONACH:
21
ambiguous.
22
Objection; vague and
legal conclusion.
23
Object, to the extent it calls for a
THE WITNESS:
24
as "the top"?
25
What are you referring to
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3
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
The top, from the orientation of the
individual holding it, which would be your right.
4
MR. MONACH:
5
Objection;
vague.
6
Objection.
BY MR. ZELLER:
7
Q.
If you could hand me your copy.
8
A.
Okay.
9
MR. ZELLER:
Let's please mark as Exhibit
10
1132 a copy of the '889 design patent with a
11
marking that I'm about to give it.
12
arrow consisting of an X on Figure 9, and then two
13
arrows with the Figure X, Label X, in Figure 2.
It will be an
14
(Deposition Exhibit 1132 was marked for
15
identification)
16
BY MR. ZELLER:
17
Q.
So directing your attention to Figure 2.
18
A.
Okay.
19
Q.
You'll see that what I did there is, I
20
put two arrows with the Label X on there.
21
A.
Mm hmm.
22
Q.
And you'll see that those portions, those
23
24
25
sides, appear to taper, or narrow?
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
question as mischaracterizing the evidence;
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2
THE WITNESS:
To me, it looks like a
3
slightly perspective drawing of a rectangular
4
object.
5
BY MR. ZELLER:
6
Q.
Do you have an understanding as to
7
whether or not those lines taper because of
8
perspective or because the design that is being
9
communicated here has tapering sides?
10
A.
I couldn't say for certain.
To me
11
personally, as an industrial designer, it looks to
12
me like they're tapering because of perspective.
13
Q.
14
perspective?
15
16
And in your view, is that an accurate
MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
ambiguous.
17
THE WITNESS:
18
accurate perspective.
19
that's what was intended.
20
BY MR. ZELLER:
21
Q.
I don't know about an
It looks, perhaps, like
And if I asked you the same questions
22
about that edge that I labeled as X in Figure 9,
23
you'd give me the same answers?
24
MR. MONACH:
25
calls for a legal conclusion.
Objection, to the extent it
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THE WITNESS:
My understanding is that's
3
what that is trying to represent.
4
BY MR. ZELLER:
5
6
Q.
It is perspective, but you're not
certain?
7
8
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
question.
9
THE WITNESS:
10
what that represents.
11
BY MR. ZELLER:
12
Q.
It's possible that that's
But, again, you can't say with certainty
13
whether or not that's
14
of perspective, as opposed to whether or not the
15
design is actually showing that there is some kind
16
of tapering?
17
MR. MONACH:
that tapering is because
Objection; lack of
18
foundation.
19
a legal conclusion; asked and answered.
Objection, to the extent it calls for
20
You can do it again.
21
THE WITNESS:
In my opinion, as an
22
industrial designer and not a patent lawyer, I
23
think that that looks like it is an object with
24
perspective and not a tapering geometry.
25
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2
3
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
And from your perspective, is that
is
that an accurate depiction of perspective?
4
MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
5
foundation, incomplete hypothetical.
6
vague.
7
8
9
THE WITNESS:
Objection;
Yes, it could be.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Can you say with any certainty if it is?
10
MR. MONACH:
11
THE WITNESS:
Same objection.
I can't say with any
12
certainty without
13
accurate perspective view.
14
looks possible.
15
BY MR. ZELLER:
16
Q.
whether that's an absolutely
But it looks okay.
It
You'll see also in Figure 9 that there is
17
a portion of it that has a thicker, darker line
18
that runs around the perimeter of the front.
19
Do you see that?
20
A.
Yes, I see that.
21
Q.
What does that depict?
22
MR. MONACH:
23
foundation.
24
Objection; lack of
legal conclusion.
25
Object, to the extent it calls for a
THE WITNESS:
It's unclear to me exactly
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2
BY MR. ZELLER:
3
Q.
4
Does it depict a gap or a groove?
MR. MONACH:
5
foundation.
6
Same objection; lack of
a legal conclusion.
7
Objection, to the extent it calls for
THE WITNESS:
I'm not sure what that
8
precise detail is trying to depict.
9
like the separation between two parts to me.
But it looks
Not
10
the separation; it looks like the joint between
11
two parts.
12
BY MR. ZELLER:
13
Q.
And directing your attention to Figure 1,
14
you'll see that also at least on part of the
15
perimeter of this front surface there is a darker
16
line there as well, darker, thicker line?
17
A.
I see that.
18
Q.
And do you have an understanding as to
19
what that's depicting?
20
MR. MONACH:
21
foundation.
22
Objection; lack of
legal conclusion.
23
Object, to the extent it calls for a
THE WITNESS:
I couldn't tell you exactly
24
what that's trying to depict.
25
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BY MR. ZELLER:
2
3
Q.
Is that darker, thicker line depicting a
gap or a groove?
4
5
MR. MONACH:
Same objection.
Lack of
foundation, calls for a legal conclusion.
6
THE WITNESS:
In my opinion as an
7
industrial designer, it doesn't look like that's
8
trying to depict a groove or a gap.
9
it's perhaps trying to show a radius or an
10
intersection of the rear housing, perhaps.
11
BY MR. ZELLER:
12
Q.
But you're not certain?
13
14
MR. MONACH:
Same objection.
Asked and
answered.
15
16
It looks like
THE WITNESS:
I'm not certain.
BY MR. ZELLER:
17
Q.
You'll see that the date of this design
18
patent for filing
19
page
20
A.
21
Q.
22
and this is on the first
Okay.
in the middle of the first column,
March 17th, 2004.
23
Do you see that date there?
24
A.
Yes, I do.
25
Q.
Prior to March 17th, 2004, which is the
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5
6
MR. MONACH:
Lack of
foundation.
7
8
Object to form.
THE WITNESS:
I don't recall.
BY MR. ZELLER:
9
Q.
You just don't recall one way or another?
10
A.
I don't recall.
19
20
21
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Do you recall generally that occurring at
some him point?
22
MR. MONACH:
23
THE WITNESS:
24
25
Same objection.
It might have been.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Let me try something a different way.
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8
9
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
vents, V E N T S.
10
11
And for the record, the word I'm using is
MR. ZELLER:
mockup.
Maybe we could see the
That would be helpful.
12
MS. TIERNEY:
13
MR. MONACH:
14
When you're done with this, maybe we
15
16
17
Absolutely.
Sure.
should take a lunch break.
MR. ZELLER:
Sure.
We'll just wrap up
this line and show him the model and take a break.
18
(Pause in the proceedings)
19
MR. ZELLER:
Thank you.
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BY MR. ZELLER
Q.
5
And I'll hand that mockup to you.
And if you could do me a tremendous
6
favor, if you could hold that up for the camera,
7
too, so we'll have a depiction of it.
8
A.
(Witness complies.)
9
Q.
And could you also show the sides with
10
the ports.
11
A.
(Witness complies.)
12
Q.
Thank you.
13
And then there's some writing on the back
14
on the label.
15
that for the record for us.
And if you could, please just read
16
A.
"Apple proto 035."
17
Q.
And first let me ask you, with respect to
18
the model that you have in your hands, had you
19
seen that before?
20
MR. MONACH:
Instruct the witness not to
21
answer with respect to any communications you had
22
with counsel in connection with the deposition or
23
any other communications with counsel.
24
25
But if you have a recollection of seeing
it independently or a recollection that you don't,
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THE WITNESS:
3
maybe.
4
I think so, a long time ago
BY MR. ZELLER:
25
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BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
You'll see that there's a gap, or a
3
groove, that runs the perimeter of the front
4
there.
5
A.
6
Mm hmm.
7
MR. MONACH:
question.
8
9
10
11
Object to the form of the
THE WITNESS:
something here, a gap.
I do see that there's
I see that.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
And then if you look inside that opening,
12
you'll see something that appears to be the
13
depiction of vents or some kind of openings?
14
15
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
question.
16
THE WITNESS:
I see some sort of
17
detailing of something down there.
18
BY MR. ZELLER:
19
Q.
Do you know what that detailing is?
20
A.
I don't.
I couldn't be sure.
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21
BY MR. ZELLER:
22
Q.
And why do you think it's different?
23
A.
Well, I see a number of differences.
24
25
I don't see this detailing that you're
referring to around the outside perimeter.
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9
Q.
And all that leads you to conclude that
it's a different design?
10
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
11
question as vague and ambiguous.
12
extent it's calling for a legal conclusion about
13
the scope of the patented design.
14
THE WITNESS:
Object, to the
I'm not exactly sure.
15
don't believe that this is the product that is
16
being covered by this.
17
BY MR. ZELLER:
I
25
Q.
It could be.
But you're not certain one way or
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2
MR. MONACH:
3
answered, lack of foundation.
4
extent it calls for a legal conclusion.
5
THE WITNESS:
Objection; asked and
6
That's correct.
I'm not
certain.
7
Object, to the
BY MR. ZELLER:
8
9
Q.
I'm going to show you what was previously
marked as Exhibit 841.
10
A.
Mm hmm.
11
Q.
And please let me know when you've had an
12
opportunity to review those pages.
13
A.
14
(Witness reviewing document.)
Okay.
15
Q.
I take it generally speaking, at some
16
point, you became aware that there was a dispute
17
between Apple and Samsung, a legal dispute?
18
19
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
question as vague.
20
In answering this question, I'll instruct
21
the witness not to reveal any attorney client
22
communications.
23
THE WITNESS:
24
was
25
I can't remember when I
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2
Q.
Right.
I'm not quite at that question
3
yet.
4
generally.
5
the questions I'm going to ask.
I'm just trying to understand something
It's to help put some time periods on
6
A.
Okay.
7
Q.
So at some point, did you become aware
8
that there was a lawsuit between Apple and
9
Samsung, just generally speaking?
10
11
MR. MONACH:
yes, no, or I don't recall.
12
13
You can answer that question
THE WITNESS:
At some point, yes.
BY MR. ZELLER:
14
Q.
Now, prior to the time that you became
15
aware that there was a lawsuit between Samsung and
16
Apple, had you seen these pages that were marked
17
as Exhibit 841 before that time?
18
A.
I don't recall.
19
Q.
Do you recognize what's depicted here in
20
Exhibit 841?
21
22
MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
ambiguous.
23
THE WITNESS:
24
what this
25
I'm not
I'm not clear on
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inventors here on the '889 design patent, that the
2
design that's shown here in the '889 design patent
3
is the design of the first iPad?
4
MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
5
ambiguous.
6
conclusion about the scope of the '889.
7
Objection; lacking in foundation, in light of the
8
prior testimony; asked and answered.
9
Objection; calls for a legal
THE WITNESS:
I'm not an expert in
10
reading patent drawings, so I couldn't tell you if
11
this represents the exact design of the iPad that
12
was launched.
13
BY MR. ZELLER:
14
15
Q.
My question is a very specific one.
I'd
appreciate if you'd answer it.
16
Do you need it read back?
17
MR. MONACH:
Is that a question to the
19
MR. ZELLER:
Yes.
20
MR. MONACH:
Objection; asked and
18
21
22
witness?
answered.
Object to the argumentative commentary.
The question was asked and answered.
23
calls for a legal conclusion about the scope of
24
the patent.
25
you're just badgering him.
It
The witness gave his answer and now
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Object that it's vague.
2
lacking in foundation.
3
Object that it's
answered.
Object that it's asked and
4
Do you have anything else to add?
5
MR. ZELLER:
6
to answer?
7
8
MR. MONACH:
No, I am not.
Did you hear
me instruct him not to answer?
9
10
Are you instructing him not
MR. ZELLER:
Well, you're interrupting my
questioning.
11
MR. MONACH:
No, I'm objecting to your
12
badging of the witness and characterizing his
13
response because, apparently, you don't care for
14
it, so you keep asking him the same question over
15
and over.
16
MR. ZELLER:
Let the record reflect that
17
counsel directed a question to the witness.
18
BY MR. ZELLER
19
Q.
Do you believe, as one of the named
20
inventors here on the '889 design patent
21
not asking you as an expert, but as a named
22
inventor
23
the '889 patent is the design of the first iPad?
that the design that's shown here in
24
25
I'm
MR. MONACH:
answered.
Objection; asked and
Objection; vague.
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2
calls for a legal conclusion.
3
And objection, to the extent it
THE WITNESS:
In my opinion, I cannot be
4
certain that this
5
this document here represents the exact design of
6
the iPad 1.
7
BY MR. ZELLER:
8
9
Q.
that the design of
that
Again, I didn't ask about the, quote,
exact same design.
10
You see that there's a design that's
11
reflected here in the '889 design patent that
12
you're identified as one of the people who
13
invented it; right?
14
A.
I am.
15
Q.
And so my question is:
In your view, as
16
a named inventor on the '889 design patent, do you
17
think that the iPad has this design that's shown
18
here in the '889 design patent, or do you think
19
it's a different design?
20
MR. MONACH:
21
ambiguous.
22
a legal conclusion.
23
foundation.
Objection; vague and
24
25
Objection, to the extent it calls for
Objection; lacking in
Objection; asked and answered.
THE WITNESS:
I see some similarities and
differences, but I couldn't tell you if this
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BY MR. ZELLER:
3
Q.
I'm really not a patent reading expert.
Do you have anything else to add to your
4
answers to my questions on the comparison between
5
the iPad design and the '889 design patent?
6
A.
No.
7
Q.
Directing your attention to the design in
8
the '889 design patent, is this the design of the
9
iPad2?
10
MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
11
ambiguous.
12
a legal conclusion from a nonlawyer witness.
Objection, to the extent it calls for
13
THE WITNESS:
14
MR. MONACH:
15
Go ahead.
16
THE WITNESS:
I'm not
Lack of foundation.
Sorry.
I'm not a patent reading
17
expert, so it is makes it difficult to answer your
18
question.
19
BY MR. ZELLER:
20
Q.
Do you believe that, in order for someone
21
to understand the design that's shown here in the
22
'889 design patent, that one would have to be a
23
patent expert?
24
25
MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague.
Objection; calls for speculation, incomplete
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2
THE WITNESS:
3
take.
4
I don't know what it would
BY MR. ZELLER:
5
6
Q.
Well, is the design that's shown here in
the '889 patent understandable to you?
7
MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
8
ambiguous.
9
for a legal conclusion.
10
11
Objection, to the extent it's calling
THE WITNESS:
Not completely.
BY MR. ZELLER:
12
Q.
13
do you mean?
14
A.
And when you say "not completely," what
I'm not a patent lawyer.
I'm not a
15
patent reading expert.
16
about this that I can say seem different to me
17
than the final design of the iPad.
18
Q.
So to me, there are things
And again, as I've been telling you, I'm
19
not asking you an expert.
20
someone who is named as an inventor on this
21
design.
22
I'm asking you as
Please tell me what parts of the design
23
that's shown in this '889 design patent is not
24
completely understandable to you.
25
MR. MONACH:
Object
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2
Q.
3
perspective.
4
I'm talking about your own individual
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
5
question as vague and ambiguous.
6
extent it calls for a legal conclusion.
7
THE WITNESS:
Object, to the
I find it hard to translate
8
these drawings, as an individual.
9
BY MR. ZELLER:
10
11
Q.
And what is it about the drawings that
make it not possible for you to translate them?
12
MR. MONACH:
13
the prior testimony.
14
Objection; mischaracterizes
THE WITNESS:
That I work with 3D objects
15
usually, and two dimensional drawings are a little
16
bit harder to understand for me.
17
BY MR. ZELLER:
18
Q.
Well, setting aside that this is what we
19
have to work with, in terms of a design patent,
20
are these two dimensional drawings, are there
21
let me ask it this way.
22
Again, I'm not asking you as an expert.
23
I'm not asking you as patent law or anything else.
24
I'm just asking you, as your own personal
25
understanding when you look at these drawings, do
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or does it seem uncertain to you in certain
4
respects?
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague and
6
ambiguous.
7
incorporates or asks for a legal conclusion.
8
9
10
Objection, to the extent it
THE WITNESS:
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Other parts don't seem clear to you?
11
MR. MONACH:
12
THE WITNESS:
13
14
Some parts seem clear.
Same objection.
Yes.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
And what parts are you referring to that
15
don't seem clear to you?
16
about your own individual perspective.
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MR. MONACH:
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THE WITNESS:
Again, we're talk solely
Same objection.
Well, I'm not sure what
19
these lines represent (indicating).
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BY MR. ZELLER:
21
Q.
And what figure are you pointing to?
22
A.
Figure 6.
23
Q.
And you're referring to the
those
24
lines that run horizontally from the perspective
25
of the viewer, or the reader?
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A.
Just those that
couple of those ones
in particular.
3
Q.
Are there other portions of the design
4
shown in the '889 design patent that aren't clear
5
to you?
6
7
Again, we're talking totally about your
own individual perspective.
8
MR. MONACH:
9
THE WITNESS:
Same objections.
From my perspective, I
10
can
11
the same as the iPad which is what your question
12
was, the iPad 1.
13
BY MR. ZELLER:
14
15
yes, it doesn't seem like this is exactly
Q.
Well, I'm asking a slightly different
question at this point.
16
You had mentioned, with respect to Figure
17
6, some lines that you thought were unclear to
18
you.
19
Are there other aspects of the design
20
that's shown here, other than what we've talked
21
about, that you think is unclear?
22
MR. MONACH:
Objection; vague.
23
Objection, to the extent it calls for a legal
24
conclusion or incorporates legal terms.
25
THE WITNESS:
It seems
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I'm looking at in these drawings is a housing
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coming around, one piece housing coming around to
3
a piece of glass.
4
these drawings.
5
BY MR. ZELLER:
6
Q.
That's what I interpret from
But you're not sure about that?
7
MR. MONACH:
8
question; asked and answered.
9
THE WITNESS:
10
That's what it looks like
to me.
11
Object to the form of the
BY MR. ZELLER:
12
Q.
But are you certain that's the design
13
that's being communicated here, or are you just
14
telling me that that's how it seems to you?
15
16
MR. MONACH:
question.
Object to the form of the
It's badgering the witness.
17
You've asked him to give his own opinion,
18
and now when he gives it, you seem to be objecting
19
to his own opinion.
20
21
22
MR. ZELLER:
I'm asking him how certain
he is that that's what the design is.
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
23
question as vague, asked and answered.
24
the extent you're incorporating a legal term or
25
legal conclusion.
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Q.
You can go ahead and answer.
3
A.
That's how it appears to me, judging from
4
5
6
these drawings.
Q.
And how certain are you that that's what
the drawings show?
7
MR. MONACH:
8
THE WITNESS:
9
but it appears that way to me.
10
11
Objection; vague.
I'm not absolutely certain,
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
To go back to the question I was asking,
12
other than what we've talked about, are there
13
other aspects of what's shown here in the '889
14
design that are unclear to you personally?
15
16
MR. MONACH:
question for the reasons previously stated.
17
18
19
Object to the form of the
THE WITNESS:
Not really.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Directing your attention to Figure 6,
20
you'll see that there is the circular form there
21
on the right hand side, from the perspective of
22
the person looking at it.
23
Do you see that?
24
A.
Yes.
25
Q.
What is that?
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A.
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It's
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MR. MONACH:
question.
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5
6
Object to the form of the
THE WITNESS:
It looks like a circle.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
7
What's it depict?
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
8
question as vague and ambiguous.
9
extent it calls for a legal conclusion.
10
THE WITNESS:
Object, to the
11
it's trying to depict.
12
I'm not exactly sure what
BY MR. ZELLER:
13
Q.
Do you have any idea what it is?
14
MR. MONACH:
15
THE WITNESS:
16
17
Same objection.
Not for certain.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
I'm not asking for certain.
I'm asking:
18
Do you have any understanding as to what that
19
circle depicts?
20
MR. MONACH:
21
You can answer.
22
THE WITNESS:
23
circular
24
Same objections as before.
I'm not sure what that
BY MR. ZELLER:
25
Q.
what that circle is depicting.
Is that circle being presented with
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MR. MONACH:
Objection; lack of
3
foundation.
4
for a legal conclusion.
5
Evidence Rule.
6
And object, to the extent it calls
THE WITNESS:
Objection under the Best
I don't know.
7
like there's
8
some dotted lines or dots around it.
9
It looks
BY MR. ZELLER:
10
Q.
it looks like there's a line and
Does the design that's showing here in
11
the '889 design patent
12
moment.
13
let me step back for a
Do you see here on the first page the
14
phrase
15
says, "The broken lines being shown for
16
illustrative purposes only and form no part of the
17
claimed design."
this is under "description"
18
Do you see that?
19
MR. MONACH:
where it
Object to the reading of
20
only a portion of the sentence which says,
21
"Figure 9 is an exemplary diagram of the use of
22
the electronic device thereof, the broken lines
23
being shown for illustrative purposes only and
24
form no part of the claimed design."
25
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Q.
Do you see that part?
3
A.
I do.
"Figure 9 is an exemplary diagram
4
of the use of the electronic device thereof, the
5
broken lines being shown for illustrative purposes
6
only form no part of the claimed design."
7
Q.
Directing your attention to Figure 6.
8
9
Okay.
Is that circle being shown as broken
lines?
10
MR. MONACH:
Objection under the Best
11
Evidence Rule, that the document is the best
12
evidence of whether the lines are broken or not.
13
14
15
THE WITNESS:
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
Directing your attention to Figure 8.
16
17
I can't say for certain.
You'll see in the center there, there is
a smaller rectangular shape.
18
Do you see that?
19
A.
Right.
20
Q.
Do you see that?
21
A.
Yes.
22
Q.
What's that depict?
23
MR. MONACH:
24
question.
25
Object to the form of the
legal conclusion.
Object, to the extent it calls for a
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THE WITNESS:
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depicting.
3
I'm not sure what it's
BY MR. ZELLER:
4
Q.
Are those broken lines?
5
6
MR. MONACH:
Rule.
Objection; vague.
7
8
9
THE WITNESS:
Q.
Do you consider those to be broken lines?
MR. MONACH:
14
Object to the form of the
question.
12
13
They look like dots to me.
BY MR. ZELLER:
10
11
Objection; Best Evidence
THE WITNESS:
They look like dots to me.
BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
15
Do you consider dots to be broken lines?
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
16
question.
17
a legal conclusion; lacks foundation.
18
And object, to the extent it calls for
THE WITNESS:
19
by "broken lines."
20
I'm not sure what you mean
BY MR. ZELLER:
21
Q.
You see the words "broken lines" that are
22
used under the description heading that we talked
23
about on the first page?
24
A.
Yes.
25
Q.
Do you know what broken lines means in
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this context, or have any understanding as to what
2
it means?
3
A.
Sometimes it can mean there's a dashed
4
line, dot dash, dot dash.
5
different things.
6
Q.
"Broken" can be
So then specifically, with respect to
7
that smaller rectangular shape there in Figure
8
8
9
A.
10
Q.
Right.
are those broken lines that are being
11
shown for illustrative purposes only and form no
12
part of the claimed design, as you understand
13
those terms, as you understand this drawing?
14
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
15
question as vague, lacking in foundation, and,
16
plainly, just calling for a legal conclusion.
17
THE WITNESS:
18
trying to represent.
19
patent drawings.
20
I don't know what they're
BY MR. ZELLER:
21
Q.
I'm not an expert at reading
Do you have any understanding in that
22
regard as an inventor, a named inventor, of the
23
'889 design patent?
24
25
MR. MONACH:
Same objections; asked and
answered.
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THE WITNESS:
I was an inventor of the
2
product, not the patent drawing.
3
BY MR. ZELLER:
4
Q.
Setting aside
because I'm not asking
5
you as an expert, again.
6
have been about how you understand these.
7
All my questions here
Do you have an understanding as to
8
whether that
9
for that rectangular area in Figure 8 is the same
what you call those dotted lines
10
as these broken lines that form no part of the
11
claim design or are they something different?
12
MR. MONACH:
Objection; asked and
13
answered, vague, lack of foundation, calls for a
14
legal conclusion.
15
16
THE WITNESS:
those dotted lines mean.
17
18
MR. ZELLER:
Okay.
Let's take a few
minutes.
19
20
I'm not exactly sure what
THE VIDEOGRAPHER:
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at 6:51 p.m.
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(Recess taken)
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER:
23
record at 7:07
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25
We are back on the
7:03 p.m.
You may proceed.
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BY MR. ZELLER:
Q.
I'm going to show you what's previously
3
marked as Exhibit 6, which is a copy of United
4
States Design Patent 593,087.
5
6
7
Can you let us know when you've had a
chance to look at the '087 design patent.
A.
8
9
10
(Witness reviewing document.)
Okay.
Q.
Do you recognize the '087 design patent
as a patent that you're a named inventor on?
11
A.
Yeah, looks like it.
12
Q.
What, from your perspective as an
13
inventor of the design that's shown here on the
14
'087 design patent, was new or original about this
15
design?
16
MR. MONACH:
Object to the form of the
17
question as vague, lacking in foundation, and
18
incorporating or requesting a legal conclusion.
19
THE WITNESS:
20
iPhone?
21
What was new about the
BY MR. ZELLER:
22
Q.
What was new about this patent?
What was new and original about the
23
design that's shown here in these drawings that
24
make up the '087 design patent?
25
MR. MONACH:
Same objection.
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