Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc.

Filing 592

Joint Letter to THE HONORABLE LEONARD P. STARK from PHILIP A. ROVNER, ESQ. regarding AMENDED DEMONSTRATIVES. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Rovner, Philip)

EXHIBIT A

Norberg, Jeffrey
Hannah, James [[e-mail]]
Saturday, July 17, 2010 8:39 AM
Norberg, Jeffrey
'Rovner, Philip A.'; Andre, Paul; Kobialka, Lisa
RE: Activity in Case 1:08-cv-00862-LPS Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc. Oral
Order

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Jeff,
In the spirit of cooperation, we will agree to your change of the title of the red line on slides 42, 47 and 48 to “One Year
Before Patent Application Was Filed.” Based on that change, we will withdraw our objections.
James

From: Hannah, James
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 4:12 PM
To: Norberg, Jeffrey
Cc: Rovner, Philip A.; Andre, Paul; Kobialka, Lisa
Subject: RE: Activity in Case 1:08-cv-00862-LPS Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc. Oral Order
Jeff,
I disagree with your characterizations. We did have a meet and confer in which I offered several reasons and the
legal basis why slides 8-13, 18-23 and 51 should be removed and why slides 42, 47 and 48 should be revised.
However, you insisted that we essentially provide you with a draft of our letter so that you may respond to our
objections. As I told you, the Court required us to submit a Joint letter. Thus, Facebook must provide the Court
with the basis for why its slides should be allowed as Facebook is offering them. Leader, at the same time, will
provide the Court with the basis for why the slides should not be used.
With respect to your suggestions regarding edits to slides 42, 47 and 48, if you agree that the red bar will state
“One Year Before Utility Patent Application Was Filed” and change the 2003 box to state '761 utility application
filed, we will remove our objections to this slide. Since you have agreed to remove slide 51, the only issues for
the Court to resolve involve slide 8-13 and 18-23. As we articulated today in Court and during our meet and
confer and identified case law to support our position, these slides which purport to provide law to the jury is
improper for opening statements. Furthermore, we disagree that slides 18-23 provide opinions provided by
Facebook's expert.
As we discussed, we will coordinate at 9am tomorrow in order to submit the Joint letter to the Court. Let me know
if you have any questions.
James

From: Norberg, Jeffrey [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 3:26 PM
To: Hannah, James
Cc: Rovner, Philip A.; Andre, Paul; Kobialka, Lisa
Subject: RE: Activity in Case 1:08-cv-00862-LPS Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc. Oral Order

James, 

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In our call this afternoon, we were disappointed that you refused to specify the legal basis or cite any 
legal authority for your objections to our opening statement demonstratives after we took the trouble 
to strip them down to remove any possible objection. 

In our ongoing effort to resolve the issues, we have agreed to withdraw Slide 51 entirely and we will 
rework the three timelines (Slides 42, 47, and 48) to which you objected to change the title of the red 
line to “One Year Before Patent Application Was Filed.”  The latter statement is entirely factual and part 
of the evidentiary record. 

With regard to your objections to Slides 8‐13, this is taken directly from the Court’s claim construction 
ruling (without any editing) and thus it is perfectly appropriate.  The highlighted terms of the claims in 
the patent in suit reflected in these slides are literally the words that the Court construed – therefore, 
there is no argument here. 

Slides 18‐23 are taken from the expert report of Dr. Kearns and thus fall directly within the letter of the 
Court’s pre‐instruction’s under Course of Trial, (3):  “Opening statements which are intended to explain 
to you what each side intends to prove and are offered to help you follow the evidence.”    This is 
precisely what these demonstratives do – they show what Facebook intends to prove through its expert 
and the demonstratives are part of the expert’s report.  This is evidence, not argument. 

Last, we ask you to reconsider your objections and, at a minimum, provide us with the specific bases you 
have to continue objecting to our demonstratives. 

Sincerely, 

Jeff

From: Hannah, James [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 4:21 PM
To: Norberg, Jeffrey
Cc: Rovner, Philip A.; Andre, Paul; Kobialka, Lisa
Subject: RE: Activity in Case 1:08-cv-00862-LPS Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc. Oral Order
Sorry, misread it, we will get you our objections tonight then. We would like to talk first though still.

From: Norberg, Jeffrey [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 1:18 PM
To: Hannah, James
Cc: Rovner, Philip A.; Andre, Paul; Kobialka, Lisa
Subject: RE: Activity in Case 1:08-cv-00862-LPS Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc. Oral
Order

James, 

The joint letter is due at 10:00 a.m. tomorrow – we need to know what your objections are 
tonight so we can (1) try to resolve them as the Court has requested; and (2) respond to any 
remaining objections Leader intends to assert by the Court’s 10:00 a.m. deadline.   

Jeff 

From: Hannah, James [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 3:54 PM
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To: Norberg, Jeffrey
Cc: Rovner, Philip A.; Andre, Paul; Kobialka, Lisa
Subject: RE: Activity in Case 1:08-cv-00862-LPS Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc. Oral
Order
Jeff,
I think it makes sense for us to talk at 5:30pm, but it does not seem reasonable that we would get
3 hours to work on our objections while you would get nearly 24 hours to respond to ours. We
will endeavor to get you our objections in the morning if any remain after we talk this afternoon.
James

From: Norberg, Jeffrey [mailto:[e-mail]]
Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 12:46 PM
To: Hannah, James
Cc: Rovner, Philip A.; Andre, Paul; Kobialka, Lisa
Subject: FW: Activity in Case 1:08-cv-00862-LPS Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook
Inc. Oral Order

James, 

To facilitate the filing of tomorrow’s joint letter, please provide your slide‐by‐slide 
objections, if any, no later than 5:00 tonight.  I propose that we talk at 5:30 to see if we 
can resolve any objections. 

Jeff 

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Sent: Friday, July 16, 2010 2:41 PM
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Subject: Activity in Case 1:08-cv-00862-LPS Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc.
Oral Order

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Leader Technologies Inc. v. Facebook Inc.
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Docket Text:
ORAL ORDER by Judge Leonard P. Stark: Having received
Facebook's letter dated today, July 16, 2010 (D.I. [585]), Facebook is
directed to provide a copy of its revised demonstrative exhibits to be
used during its opening statement in electronic form (i.e.,.pptx
or.ppt) by 4:30 p.m. today, July 16, 2010, to both the Court and
Leader. The submission to the Court must include a courtesy copy
sent by email to Courtroom Deputy Ronald Golden. Should Leader
continue to object to Facebook's proposed demonstratives to be
used during its opening statement, the parties shall advise the Court
by joint letter, not to exceed three pages, detailing their positions
with respect to any remaining objections. Such letter shall be filed no
later than 10:00 a.m. on July 17, 2010. The parties shall send a
courtesy copy of their letter by email to Courtroom Deputy Ronald
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