Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al

Filing 1301

Opposed MOTION for Leave to File a Brief Re The Term "Browser Application" by Adobe Systems Incorporated, Amazon.com Inc., CDW Corporation, Google Inc., J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc., Staples, Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., YouTube, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit 1 - Defs Brief re the Term "Browser Application", # 2 Exhibit C to Brief - p353-meyrowitz82, # 3 Exhibit D to Brief - IRIS Hypermedia_Haan92, # 4 Exhibit E to Brief - ADBE0196713 Rowe92, # 5 Exhibit F to Brief - DBE0196715 Hindus93)(Wolff, Jason) (Additional attachment(s) added on 2/1/2012: # 6 Certificate of Authorization to File Under Seal, # 7 Text of Proposed Order) (mjc, ).

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
TYLER DIVISION

EOLAS TECHNOLOGIES, INC. AND THE
REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA,
Plaintiffs,
v.

Civil Action No. 6:09-CV-446 LED
JURY TRIAL DEMANDED

ADOBE SYSTEMS INC., ET AL.,
Defendants.

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A BRIEF REGARDING THE TERM
“BROWSER APPLICATION”

Defendants respectfully move for leave to submit a four page supplemental claim
construction brief on the term “browser application.”1
The term for which construction is sought is “browser application.” Both sides broadly
interpreted the term and it appeared there was no dispute over its scope at the outset of the case
based on the parties’ Local Patent Rule disclosures. These disclosures do not limit the term to
“web browsers.” In Plaintiffs’ expert rebuttal report served on November 15, 2011, which
notably does not dispute the plain ordinary meaning identified by Defendants’ expert,2 he assigns
a nuanced meaning cobbled from the intrinsic record by importing limitations from exemplary
embodiments. This is not a “plain ordinary meaning.” The dispute is identified below.
“Browser Application” (All Claims)
Defendants’ Construction
Plaintiffs’ Construction
a program used to view or browse electronic
A client program that presents an interface and
documents
processes requests on behalf of a user to
display, and traverse hyperlinks within,
hypertext and/or hypermedia documents that
are located on the Internet or a “web browser”
To avoid the jury deciding this legal issue, and understanding that the particular term in
question has a different meaning today than it did when the patent was filed, Defendants ask that
the Court resolve the dispute so the jury will not be confused as to the meaning, evidence, and
argument about the term.3 Attached as Exhibit 1 is a four page supplemental brief on the
meaning of the disputed term along with accompanying exhibits in support of the brief.

1

See D.I. 1244 at 69, ¶ 3.
See, e.g., Ex. B at ¶ 48.
3
O2 Micro Intern. Ltd. v. Beyond Innovation Tech. Co., 521 F.3d 1351, 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2008).
2

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A BRIEF REGARDING THE TERM “BROWSER
APPLICATION” - Page 1

Dated: January 26, 2012

Respectfully submitted,
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
By: /s/ Jason W. Wolff
David J. Healey
E-mail: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
1 Houston Center
1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2800
Houston, TX 77010
[phone] (Telephone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
Frank E. Scherkenbach
E-mail: [e-mail]
Proshanto Mukherji
Email: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
One Marina Park Drive
Boston, MA 02110-1878
[phone] (Telephone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
Jason W. Wolff
E-mail: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
12390 El Camino Real
San Diego, CA 92130
[phone] (Telephone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
Michael E. Florey
Email: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
3200 RBC Plaza
60 South Sixth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
[phone] (Telephone)
[phone] (Facsimile)
Counsel for Defendant
ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
/s/ Edward R. Reines (with permission)
Edward R. Reines

DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A BRIEF REGARDING THE TERM “BROWSER
APPLICATION” - Page 2

Jared Bobrow
Sonal N. Mehta
Aaron Y. Huang
Andrew L. Perito
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
201 Redwood Shores Parkway
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Doug W. McClellan
Email: [e-mail]
WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP
700 Louisiana, Suite 1600
Houston, TX 77002
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Jennifer H. Doan
Joshua R. Thane
Shawn A. Latchford
Stephen W. Creekmore, IV
HALTOM & DOAN
Crown Executive Center, Suite 100
6500 Summerhill Road
Texarkana, TX 75503
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Otis Carroll
Deborah Race
IRELAND, CARROLL
& KELLEY, P.C.
6101 South Broadway, Suite 500
Tyler, Texas 75703
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendants
AMAZON.COM INC. AND
YAHOO! INC.
/s/ Thomas L. Duston (with permission)
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A BRIEF REGARDING THE TERM “BROWSER
APPLICATION” - Page 3

Thomas L. Duston
[e-mail]
Julianne M. Hartzell
[e-mail]
John R. Labbé
[e-mail]
Scott A. Sanderson
[e-mail]
MARSHALL, GERSTEIN &
BORUN LLP
6300 Willis Tower
233 South Wacker Drive
Chicago, IL 60606-6357
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Eric H. Findlay (Bar No. 00789886)
efindlay@findlaycraft. corn
Brian Craft (Bar No. 04972020)
[e-mail]
FINDLAY CRAFT, LLP
6760 Old Jacksonville Highway
Suite 101
Tyler, TX 75703
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
CDW LLC
/s/ Proshanto Mukherji (with
permission)
Thomas M. Melsheimer
Email: [e-mail]
Neil J. McNabnay
Email: [e-mail]
Carl E. Bruce
Email: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON
1717 Main Street, Suite 5000
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: [phone]
Proshanto Mukherji
Email: [e-mail]
FISH & RICHARDSON
One Marina Park Drive
Boston, MA 02110-1878
Telephone: [phone]
Attorneys for Defendant
THE GO DADDY GROUP, INC.
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A BRIEF REGARDING THE TERM “BROWSER
APPLICATION” - Page 4

/s/ Douglas E. Lumish (with
permission)
Douglas E. Lumish
Jeffrey G. Homrig
Joseph H. Lee
Parker C. Ankrum
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES &
FRIEDMAN, LLP
333 Twin Dolphin Drive, Suite 200
Redwood Shores, CA 94065
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Jonathan K. Waldrop
KASOWITZ, BENSON, TORRES &
FRIEDMAN, LLP
1360 Peachtree St., N.E.
Suite 1150
Atlanta, GA 30309
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
James R. Batchelder
Sasha G. Rao
Brandon H. Stroy
Rebecca R. Hermes
Lauren N. Robinson
ROPES & GRAY LLP
1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284
Tel: [phone]
Email:
[e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Han Xu
ROPES & GRAY LLP
Prudential Tower, 800 Boylston St.
Boston, MA 02199-3600
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Daryl Joseffer
Adam Conrad
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APPLICATION” - Page 5

KING & SPALDING
1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 200
Washington, DC 2006-4707
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
Michael E. Jones
Allen F. Gardner
POTTER MINTON
110 N. College, Suite 500
Tyler, TX 75702
Tel: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]
Email: [e-mail]
ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS
GOOGLE INC. AND YOUTUBE
LLC
/s/ Christopher M. Joe (with
permission)
Christopher M. Joe
Brian Carpenter
Eric W. Buether
BUETHER JOE & CARPENTER
1700 Pacific, Suite 2390
Dallas, TX 75201
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant
J.C. PENNEY CORPORATION,
INC.
/s/ Donald R. Steinberg (with
permission)
Mark Matuschak
Donald R. Steinberg
Alexandra Boudreau
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR, LLP
60 State Street
Boston, MA 02109
Tel. [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
DEFENDANTS’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE A BRIEF REGARDING THE TERM “BROWSER
APPLICATION” - Page 6

Kate Hutchins
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR, LLP
399 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
Daniel V. Williams
WILMER CUTLER PICKERING
HALE AND DORR, LLP
1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20006
202.663.6012
[e-mail]
Joe W. Redden, Jr.
Michael E. Richardson
BECK REDDEN & SECREST
1221 McKinney
Suite 4500
Houston, TX 77010
Tel: [phone]
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Attorneys for Defendant
STAPLES, INC.

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CERTIFICATE OF CONFERENCE
Counsel for Adobe on behalf of all moving defendants contacted plaintiffs’ counsel
several times between January 23 and 26, 2012 regarding whether this motion would be opposed.
Plaintiffs’ counsel indicated on the evening of January 26 that the Motion would be opposed.
/s/ Jason W. Wolff
Jason W. Wolff

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
document has been served on January 26, 2012 to all counsel of record who are deemed to have
consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3).

/s/ Jason W. Wolff

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