Apple Inc. v. Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. et al
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Administrative Motion to File Under Seal Documents Re Apples Opposition To Samsungs Motion To Exclude Opinions Of Certain Of Apple Experts filed by Apple Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration Of Cyndi Wheeler In Support Of Apples Administrative Motion To File Under Seal Documents Re Apples Opposition to Exclude Apple Experts Opinions, #2 [Proposed] Order Granting Apples Administrative Motion To File Under Seal, #3 Apples Opposition To Samsungs Motion To Exclude Opinions Of Certain Of Apples Experts, #4 Declaration Of Mia Mazza In Support Of Apples Opposition To Samsungs Motion To Exclude Opinions Of Certain Of Apples Experts, #5 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. D, #6 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. F, #7 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. G, #8 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. J, #9 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. K, #10 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. L, #11 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. R, #12 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. S, #13 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. T, #14 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. U, #15 Exhibit Mazza Decl. Ex. V, #16 Exhibit Hauser Decl. Ex. B, #17 Exhibit Hauser Decl. Ex. C, #18 Exhibit Hauser Decl. Ex. D, #19 Exhibit Hauser Decl. Ex. E, #20 Exhibit Musika Decl. Ex. S, #21 Exhibit Musika Decl. Ex. T, #22 Exhibit Musika Decl. Ex. U, #23 [Proposed] Order Denying Samsungs Motion To Exclude Opinions Of Apples Experts)(Jacobs, Michael) (Filed on 5/31/2012) Modified on 6/3/2012 attachment #1 Sealed pursuant to General Order No. 62 (dhm, COURT STAFF).
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN
DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION
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APPLE INC., a California corporation
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PLAINTIFF,
-againstSAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CP., LTD., a Korean
business entity; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
AMERICAN, 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 RUSSELL WINER
New York, New York
Friday, April 27, 2012
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Reported by:
Rebecca Schaumloffel, RPR, CLR
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER:
This is the
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start of tape label one in the
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videotaped deposition of Russell S.
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Winer in the matter Apple, Inc.,
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versus Samsung Electronics Company,
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Limited.
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The time is approximately 9:16 a.m.
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Appearances have already been noted by
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the Court Reporter.
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Today is April 27, 2012.
Will the Court Reporter please
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swear in the witness.
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R U S S E L L
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witness, having been first duly sworn by a
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Notary Public of the State of New York, was
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examined and testified as follows:
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EXAMINATION BY
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MR. ZELLER:
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W I N E R, called as a
Please tell us your full name for
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the record.
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Russell S. Winer.
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What does the S. stand for?
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Stuart.
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Have you ever gone by any other
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name?
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things I would look at but not referred to as
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Sleekcraft factors.
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Are you offering a legal opinion
about likely to confusion?
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MS. HAGBERG:
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Objection; outside
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the scope.
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A.
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I am not offering a legal
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opinion.
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actual confusion, how it contributes to the
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infringement of Apple's trade dress.
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Q.
I am offering some evidence of
Is infringement of Apple's trade
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dress something that is a recognized field
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within your expertise?
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MS. HAGBERG:
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Were you finished?
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MR. ZELLER:
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MS. HAGBERG:
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Objection; vague.
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Yes.
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Objection; vague.
If I was asked to determine
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whether or not consumers would be confused
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between two products, the elements of the
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Sleekcraft factors many of them would be ones
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I would use just by my marketing expertise.
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I would not refer to them as Sleekcraft
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factors.
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Q.
I have never done that.
Why do you call them Sleekcraft
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in this report?
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The attorneys suggested the
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Sleekcraft factors as a framework that could
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be used to understand the likelihood of
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confusion that can exist in the marketplace
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as a framework to tie together a number of
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different elements.
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Regardless of what they are
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called, is there anything that you can point
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to in the peer-reviewed literature in your
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field where the methodology of these factors
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are applied?
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Not in the peer-reviewed
literature.
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Have you, yourself, ever written
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any kind of scholarly article or published
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materials where you applied the methodology
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of these factors?
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MS. HAGBERG:
Objection; vague.
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No.
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Had you ever engaged in such an
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analysis prior to the time that you were
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engaged as an expert in this report?
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MS. HAGBERG:
Objection; form
and vague.
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No.
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Is there anything you can point
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to in your field to show that these factors,
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called Sleekcraft or something else, are in
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fact accepted and recognized methodology
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applied by people in your field?
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MS. HAGBERG:
Objection; vague.
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Object to the form.
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I have in the classroom asked
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students to evaluate the similarity and
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possible confusion between different brands.
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And brands is a classroom exercise and given
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them a set of characteristics that they
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should use to judge that similarity or
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potential confusion.
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Sleekcraft factors and most of the items on
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this list were in that set of items that I
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asked the students to consider.
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I never called them
Anything else you can point to in
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your field?
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No.
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If I understood in the context of
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these classroom exercises you're talking
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about, all of the factors that are referenced
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here in the Sleekcraft factors were not
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something that you instructed your students
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on; is that correct?
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MS. HAGBERG:
Objection;
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misstates testimony, vague.
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I think what I said is that many
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of these were the criteria that I asked them
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to use.
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Not all of them.
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students in the context of these exercises to
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consider?
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Which ones did you not ask your
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Objection; vague.
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Particularly, when it listed in
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paragraph 100 as particularly G and H.
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You are referring to "Defendants
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intended selecting the mark" and "Likely to
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have expansion of the product lines"?
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Yes.
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Focusing on the Sleekcraft
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factors that you apply here in your analysis,
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and specifically focusing on A, strength of
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the mark.
Do you see that?
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Yes, I do.
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Are there objective definable
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criteria in your field that define the
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strength of a mark?
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I think if you take a look at
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some of the measures I talk about in the
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case -- in the statement, such as brand
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equity surveys that are conducted by various
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independent branding consultings, consulting
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firms, they provide indications of the
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strength of the mark.
There are other kinds
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of survey work that I have seen conducted by
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companies that talk about, again, how
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distinctive certain marks are relative to
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others.
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that is spent on advertising and other
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marketing support that would help to
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contribute to the strength of the mark.
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And, of course, we look at money
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Anything else?
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I think, also, just the sales of
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the products, also, have some indication of
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how strong the mark is.
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Anything else?
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Well, I think there is some
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non-quantitative measures as well in terms of
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just my expertise in terms of being able to
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compare the distinctiveness, brand
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identities, the strength of what we call the
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brand associations that people have with
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brands.
So there are many different measures
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that can be used to determine the strength of
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the mark.
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Anything else?
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No, that's all I can think of
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right now.
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In your field, is one factor in
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evaluating the strength of the mark the
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exclusivity by which the plaintiff has used
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it and the length of time?
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I don't think length of time is
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necessarily correlated with strength of the
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mark.
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I didn't ask if it was
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necessarily correlated.
I am asking about in
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your field, please tell us, in your field, is
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one factor in evaluating the strength of the
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mark the exclusivity or lack of exclusivity
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by which the plaintiff has used it?
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exclusivity.
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I don't know the definition of
I wasn't asked to opine on
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Is the extent of exclusivity of
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the use of a mark a criteria, criterion that
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your field recognizes?
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THE VIDEOGRAPHER:
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The time is
deposition.
That's the end of today's
We are going off the record.
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(Whereupon, at 5:17 p.m., the
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Examination of this Witness was
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