Performance Pricing, Inc. v. Google Inc. et al

Filing 148

NOTICE by Performance Pricing, Inc. Of Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction Pursuant to P.R. 4-1 (Cho, Christin) Modified on 11/4/2008 (sm, ).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION PERFORMANCE PRICING, INC., v. Plaintiff, Case No. 2:07-cv-432 (LED) JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

GOOGLE INC., AOL LLC, MICROSOFT CORPORATION, YAHOO! INC., IAC SEARCH & MEDIA, INC., and A9.COM, INC., Defendants.

Plaintiff's Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction Pursuant to P.R. 4-1 Pursuant to Patent Rule 4-1 of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Plaintiff provides this Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction to Defendants. Consistent with Patent Local Rule 4-1(b), Plaintiff reserves the right to supplement, revise, and otherwise finalize this list to facilitate the preparation of a Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement. Additionally, Plaintiff's investigation is continuing and the following disclosure is based on the information available to Plaintiff at this time. Thus, Plaintiff reserves the right to supplement or modify these Proposed Terms and Claim Elements for Construction as new information, through discovery or other investigation, becomes available. The following is a list of claim terms, phrases, or clauses that Plaintiff contends should be construed by the Court: · · · · "price determining activity" "product" "first" and "second" "auction"

Terms and phrases found only in the preambles of the claims need not be construed because the steps of the method claims are complete without reference to the preambles. All of the other claim terms in the asserted claims can be understood by the jury consistent with their ordinary meaning. Plaintiff reserves the right to offer constructions of terms identified by the Defendants.

Dated: November 3, 2008 By:

Respectfully submitted, /s/ Christin Cho Christin Cho CA State Bar No. 238173 Email: [e-mail] Gregory S. Dovel CA State Bar No. 135387 Email: [e-mail] Sean Luner CA State Bar No. 165443 Email: [e-mail] Dovel & Luner, LLP 201 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 600 Santa Monica, CA 90401 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 310-657-7069 S. Calvin Capshaw State Bar No. 03783900 Elizabeth L. DeRieux State Bar No. 05770585 Capshaw DeRieux, L.L.P.

Energy Centre 1127 Judson Road, Ste 220 P. O. Box 3999 (75606-3999) Longview, Texas 75601-5157 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

Email: [e-mail] Email: [e-mail] Robert M. Parker State Bar No. 15498000 Email: [e-mail] Robert Christopher Bunt State Bar No. 00787165 Email: [e-mail]

Parker & Bunt, P.C. 100 East Ferguson, Ste. 1114 Tyler, TX 75702 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: 903/533-9687 Franklin Jones, Jr. State Bar No. 00000055 Email: [e-mail] Jones & Jones, Inc., P.C. 201 W. Houston St. P.O. Drawer 1249 Marshall, TX 75670 Otis W. Carroll, Jr. State Bar No. 03895700 Email: [e-mail] 6101 S. Broadway, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75703 ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF PERFORMANCE PRICING, INC.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE This is to certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served on all counsel of record by E-mail and/or Federal Express this 3rd day of November, 2008.

/s/ Christin Cho Christin Cho