Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al

Filing 589

JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION CHART filed by Adobe Systems Incorporated, Amazon.com Inc., Apple Inc., CDW Corporation, Citigroup Inc., Ebay Inc., Eolas Technologies Incorporated, Frito-Lay, Inc., Google Inc., J.C. Penney Company, Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co., New Frontier Media, Inc., Office Depot, Inc., Perot Systems Corp., Playboy Enterprises International, Inc., Rent-A-Center, Inc., Staples, Inc., Sun Microsystems, Inc., Texas Instruments Inc., The Go Daddy Group, Inc., Yahoo! Inc., YouTube, LLC. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A, # 2 Exhibit 1, # 3 Exhibit 2, # 4 Exhibit 3, # 5 Exhibit 4)(Jones, Michael)

Eolas Technologies Incorporated v. Adobe Systems Incorporated et al

Doc. 589

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS TYLER DIVISION ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) Adobe Systems Inc.; Amazon.com, Inc.; Apple ) Inc.; CDW Corp.; Citigroup Inc.; eBay Inc.; ) Frito-Lay, Inc.; The Go Daddy Group, Inc.; ) Google Inc.; J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc.; ) JPMorgan Chase & Co.; New Frontier Media, ) Inc.; Office Depot, Inc.; Perot Systems Corp.; ) Playboy Enterprises International, Inc.; Rent-A- ) Center, Inc.; Staples, Inc.; Sun Microsystems, ) Inc.; Texas Instruments Inc.; Yahoo! Inc.; and ) YouTube, LLC, ) ) Defendants. ) ) ) ) Adobe Systems Inc.; Amazon.com, Inc.; Apple ) Inc.; CDW LLC; eBay Inc.; Frito-Lay, Inc.; The ) Go Daddy Group, Inc.; Google Inc.; J.C. Penney) Corporation, Inc.; JPMorgan Chase & Co.; New ) Frontier Media, Inc.; Office Depot, Inc.; Perot ) Systems Corp.; Playboy Enterprises ) International, Inc.; Rent-A-Center, Inc.; Staples, ) Inc.; Oracle America, Inc. f/k/a Sun ) Microsystems, Inc.; Texas Instruments Inc.; ) Yahoo! Inc.; and YouTube, LLC, ) ) Counterclaimants, ) ) vs. ) ) Eolas Technologies Incorporated, ) ) Counterdefendant. ) ) Eolas Technologies Incorporated,

No. 6:09-cv-00446-LED (filed Oct. 6, 2009)

JOINT NOTICE OF COMPLIANCE WITH PATENT RULE 4-5(d)

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Pursuant to E.D. Tex. Patent Rule 4-5(d) and the April 9, 2010 Docket Control Order (Dkt. No. 249), the parties are "jointly submit[ting] a claim construction chart on computer disk in WordPerfect format" in advance of the March 3, 2011 Markman hearing in the abovecaptioned case. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a PDF copy of the Joint Claim Construction Chart setting forth the disputed claim terms for the claims of U.S. Patent No. 5,838,906 and U.S. Patent No. 7,599,985, and the constructions for such terms proposed by Plaintiff and Defendants. As set forth in their October 29, 2010 Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement (Dkt. No. 479), the parties agreed to the constructions of several claim terms, and the agreed constructions for these terms are also reflected on the Joint Claim Construction Chart. A computer disk containing the Joint Claim Construction Chart in WordPerfect format is separately being provided to the Court. I. Eolas's Statement As explained in Eolas' reply Markman brief (dkt. no. 581 at 1), aside from one cryptic footnote in Defendants' responsive Markman brief, there is little to indicate that it reflects a wholesale abandonment of the constructions proposed by Defendants' in the parties' P.R. 4-3 statement and briefed by Eolas in its opening Markman brief. Dkt. No. 569 at 4 n.3. While styled in that footnote as a "streamlin[ing]," in fact almost all of Defendants' proposals were substantially rewritten in February--after Eolas filed its opening Markman brief in December, Dkt. No. 537. These changes are explained in the tables within the body of Eolas' reply Markman brief and are set forth in Exhibit A to Eolas' reply Markman brief. In its Opening Markman brief, Eolas indicated that it believed the term "client workstation" (and not merely "workstation" as advocated by defendants) should be construed by the Court. Dkt. No. 537 at 25. In their responsive Markman brief, the Defendants were afforded the opportunity to brief the "client workstation" term. Dkt. No. 569 at 24 n. 14. As Eolas explained in its reply Markman brief, because the term always appears within the claims as

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"client workstation" (and never "workstation" alone), Eolas believes that the Court should construe the term "client workstation." Dkt. 581 at 10. II. Defendants' Statement Regarding "Workstation" The term for construction is "workstation," not "client workstation." Eolas never identified "client workstation" as a phrase for construction pursuant to P.R. 4-1, 4-2, or 4-3, so Defendants have never provided a construction for the phrase "client workstation." See Exs. 1­ 4. The term for construction proposed by Defendants pursuant to P.R. 4-1 was "workstation," see Ex. 1, so "workstation" is the term that both parties construed pursuant to P.R. 4-2 and 4-3, see Exs. 2­4, and "workstation" is the term Defendants addressed in their Claim Construction Brief, see Dkt. No. 569 at 24­25. Defendants' proposed construction for "workstation" is included in Exhibit A. With respect to Eolas's first paragraph above, that issue was addressed in the parties' claim construction briefs. As Defendants explained in their brief: "To focus the disputes as framed by Eolas's opening brief, and to simplify the issues for the Court to decide, Defendants have streamlined their proposed constructions for several claim terms." Dkt. No. 569 at 4 n.3. Given this Court's strict page limit of 30 pages for claim construction briefing, and given that Eolas chose to sue 21 unrelated defendants in the same case, there was simply not room for the 21 unrelated Defendants in this case to address all of the many claim construction issues that each Defendant would have chosen to address if given the choice. Thus, Defendants were forced to shorten some of their proposed constructions (and the supporting arguments) to comply with the 30-page limit.

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DATED: February 28, 2011 By: /s/ Mike McKool, with permission by Michael E. Jones Mike McKool (Bar No. 13732100) <[e-mail]> Douglas Cawley (Bar No. 04035500) <[e-mail]> Luke McLeroy (Bar No. 24041455) <[e-mail]> MCKOOL SMITH, P.C. 300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500 Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Sam F. Baxter (Bar No. 01938000) <[e-mail]> MCKOOL SMITH, P.C. 104 E. Houston St., Ste. 300 P.O. Box O Marshall, TX 75670 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Kevin L. Burgess (Bar No. 24006927) <[e-mail]> Steven J. Pollinger (Bar No. 24011919) <[e-mail]> Josh W. Budwin (Bar No. 24050347) <[e-mail]> Gretchen K. Harting (Bar No. 24055979) <[e-mail]> Christopher J. Mierzejewski (Bar No. 24070270) <[e-mail]> Matt Rappaport (Bar No. 24070472) <[e-mail]> MCKOOL SMITH, P.C. 300 West Sixth Street, Suite 1700 Austin, TX 78701 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Plaintiff and Counterdefendant Eolas Technologies, Inc. By: /s/ Jason W. Wolff, with permission by Michael E. Jones David J. Healey <[e-mail]> FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 1 Houston Center 1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2800 Houston, TX 77010 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] OF COUNSEL: Frank E. Scherkenbach <[e-mail]> FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. One Marina Park Drive Boston, MA 02110-1878 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Jason W. Wolff <[e-mail]> Joseph P. Reid (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 12390 El Camino Real San Diego, CA 92130 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Adobe Systems Inc.

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By: /s/ Edward Reines, with permission by Michael E. Jones Edward Reines <[e-mail]> Andrew Perito <[e-mail]> WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 201 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Otis W. Carroll, Jr. (Bar No. 03895700) <[e-mail]> Deborah J. Race (Bar No. 16448700) <[e-mail]> IRELAND CARROLL & KELLEY 6101 S. Broadway, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75703 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Amazon.com, Inc.

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By: /s/ Richard A. Cederoth, with permission by Michael E. Jones David T. Pritikin (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Richard A. Cederoth (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Shubham Mukherjee (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP One South Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60603 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Teague I. Donahey (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Aaron R. Bleharski (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 California Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94104 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Theodore W. Chandler (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000 Los Angeles, CA 90013 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Duy D. Nguyen (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP 1001 Page Mill Road, Building 1 Palo Alto, CA 94304 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Eric M. Albritton (Bar No. 00790215) <[e-mail]> ALBRITTON LAW FIRM P.O. Box 2649 Longview, TX 75606 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Apple Inc.

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By: /s/ Thomas L. Duston, with permission by Michael E. Jones Thomas L. Duston <[e-mail]> Anthony S. Gabrielson <[e-mail]> Scott A. Sanderson (pro hac vice) <[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) <[e-mail]> 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 and Counterclaimant CDW LLC

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By: /s/ M. Scott Fuller, with permission by Michael E. Jones Edwin R. DeYoung (Bar No. 05673000) <[e-mail]> Roy W. Hardin (Bar No. 08968300) <[e-mail]> Roger Brian Cowie (Bar No. 00783886) <[e-mail]> M. Scott Fuller (Bar No. 24036607) <[e-mail]> Galyn Gafford (Bar No. 24040938) <[e-mail]> LOCKE LORD BISSELL & LIDDELL LLP 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200 Dallas, TX 75201-6776 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Alexas D. Skucas (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> KING & SPALDING LLP 1185 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-4003 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Eric L. Sophir (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> KING & SPALDING LLP 1700 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20006-4707 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant Citigroup Inc.

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By: /s/ Edward Reines, with permission by Michael E. Jones Edward Reines <[e-mail]> Andrew Perito <[e-mail]> WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 201 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Otis W. Carroll, Jr. (Bar No. 03895700) <[e-mail]> Deborah J. Race (Bar No. 16448700) <[e-mail]> IRELAND CARROLL & KELLEY 6101 S. Broadway, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75703 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant eBay Inc.

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By: /s/ Jeffrey F. Yee, with permission by Michael E. Jones Jeffrey K. Joyner (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Jeffrey F. Yee (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP 2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 400E Santa Monica, CA 90404 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Christopher M. Joe (Bar No. 00787770) <[e-mail]> Brian Carpenter (Bar No. 03840600) <[e-mail]> Eric W. Buether (Bar No. 03316880) <[e-mail]> BUETHER JOE & CARPENTER, LLC 1700 Pacific, Suite 2390 Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Frito-Lay, Inc.

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By: /s/ Neil J. McNabnay, with permission by Michael E. Jones Thomas M. Melsheimer (Bar No. 13922550) <[e-mail]> Neil J. McNabnay (Bar No. 24002583) <[e-mail]> Carl E. Bruce (Bar No. 24036278) <[e-mail]> FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 1717 Main Street, Suite 5000 Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Proshanto Mukherji (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. One Marina Park Drive Boston, MA 02110-1878 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant The Go Daddy Group, Inc.

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By: /s/ Scott T. Weingaertner, with permission by Michael E. Jones Scott T. Weingaertner (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Robert F. Perry (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Allison H. Altersohn (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Christopher C. Carnaval (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Mark H. Francis (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> KING & SPALDING LLP 1185 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-4003 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Michael E. Jones (Bar No. 10929400) <[e-mail]> Allen F. Gardner (Bar No. 24043679) <[e-mail]> POTTER MINTON A Professional Corporation 110 N. College, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75702 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Google Inc.

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By: /s/ Jeffrey F. Yee, with permission by Michael E. Jones Jeffrey K. Joyner (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Jeffrey F. Yee (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP 2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 400E Santa Monica, CA 90404 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Christopher M. Joe (Bar No. 00787770) <[e-mail]> Brian Carpenter (Bar No. 03840600) <[e-mail]> Eric W. Buether (Bar No. 03316880) <[e-mail]> BUETHER JOE & CARPENTER, LLC 1700 Pacific, Suite 2390 Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc.

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By: /s/ Stephen K. Shahida, with permission by Michael E. Jones Stephen K. Shahida (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> David O. Crump (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 600 13th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20005-3096 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Trey Yarbrough (Bar No. 22133500) <[e-mail]> Debra Elaine Gunter (Bar No. 24012752) <[e-mail]> YARBROUGH WILCOX, PLLC 100 E. Ferguson Street Suite 1015 Tyler, TX 75702 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant JPMorgan Chase & Co.

By: /s/ Michael Simons, with permission by Michael E. Jones Michael Simons (Bar No. 24008042) <[e-mail]> AKIN GUMP STRAUSS HAUER & FELD LLP 300 West 6th Street, Suite 2100 Austin, TX 78701 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorney for Defendant and Counterclaimant New Frontier Media, Inc.

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By: /s/ Suzanne M. Wallman, with permission by Michael E. Jones Kenneth J. Jurek <[e-mail]> Suzanne M. Wallman <[e-mail]> Brett E. Bachtell <[e-mail]> MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY LLP 227 West Monroe Street Chicago, IL 60606 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] J. Thad Heartfield (Bar No. 09346800) <[e-mail]> THE HEARTFIELD LAW FIRM 2195 Dowlen Road Beaumont, TX 77706 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Office Depot, Inc.

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By: /s/ Scott F. Partridge, with permission by Michael E. Jones Scott F. Partridge (Bar No. 00786940) <[e-mail]> Roger J. Fulghum (Bar No. 00790724) <[e-mail]> BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. One Shell Plaza 910 Louisiana Houston, TX 77002-4995 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Kevin J. Meek (Bar No. 13899600) <[e-mail]> Paula D. Heyman (Bar No. 24027075) <[e-mail]> BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 1500 San Jacinto Center Austin, TX 78701-4075 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Vernon E. Evans (Bar No. 24069688) <[e-mail]> BAKER BOTTS L.L.P. 2001 Ross Avenue Dallas, TX 75201-2980 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Shannon Dacus (Bar No. 00791004) <[e-mail]> RAMEY & FLOCK, P.C. 100 East Ferguson, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75702 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Perot Systems Corp.

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By: /s/ Gentry C. McLean, with permission by Michael E. Jones David B. Weaver (Bar No. 00798576) <[e-mail]> Avelyn M. Ross (Bar No. 24027871) <[e-mail]> Gentry C. McLean (Bar No. 24046403) <[e-mail]> John A. Fedock (Bar No. 24059737) <[e-mail]> VINSON & ELKINS LLP 2801 Via Fortuna, Suite 100 Austin, TX 78746-7568 Tel: [phone] Fax: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Playboy Enterprises International, Inc.

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By: /s/ Jeffrey F. Yee, with permission by Michael E. Jones Jeffrey K. Joyner (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Jeffrey F. Yee (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> GREENBERG TRAURIG LLP 2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 400E Santa Monica, CA 90404 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Christopher M. Joe (Bar No. 00787770) <[e-mail]> Brian Carpenter (Bar No. 03840600) <[e-mail]> Eric W. Buether (Bar No. 03316880) <[e-mail]> BUETHER JOE & CARPENTER, LLC 1700 Pacific, Suite 2390 Dallas, TX 75201 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Rent-A-Center, Inc.

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By: /s/ Daniel V. Williams, with permission by Michael E. Jones Mark G. Matuschak (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Donald R. Steinberg (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 60 State Street Boston, MA 02109 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Kate Hutchins (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 399 Park Avenue New York, NY 10011 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Daniel V. Williams, (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20006 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Michael E. Richardson (Bar No. 24002838) <[e-mail]> BECK REDDEN & SECREST 1221 McKinney, Suite 4500 Houston, TX 77010 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Staples, Inc.

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By: /s/ Kathryn B. Riley, with permission by Michael E. Jones Mark D. Fowler (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> DLA PIPER US LLP 2000 University Avenue East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2215 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Kathryn B. Riley (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> DLA PIPER US LLP 401 B Street, Suite 1700 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Eric H. Findlay (Bar No. 00789886) <[e-mail]> FINDLAY CRAFT, LLP 6760 Old Jacksonville Highway Suite 101 Tyler, TX 75703 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Oracle America, Inc. (formerly known as Sun Microsystems, Inc.)

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By: /s/ Amanda A. Abraham, with permission by Michael E. Jones Carl R. Roth (Bar No. 17312000) <[e-mail]> Brendan C. Roth (Bar No. 24040132) <[e-mail]> Amanda A. Abraham (Bar No. 24055077) <[e-mail]> THE ROTH LAW FIRM, P.C. 115 N. Wellington, Suite 200 Marshall, TX 75670 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Texas Instruments Incorporated

By: /s/ Edward Reines, with permission by Michael E. Jones Edward Reines <[e-mail]> Andrew Perito <[e-mail]> WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 201 Redwood Shores Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Otis W. Carroll, Jr. (Bar No. 03895700) <[e-mail]> Deborah J. Race (Bar No. 16448700) <[e-mail]> IRELAND CARROLL & KELLEY 6101 S. Broadway, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75703 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant Yahoo! Inc.

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By: /s/ Scott T. Weingaertner, with permission by Michael E. Jones Scott T. Weingaertner (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Robert F. Perry (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Allison H. Altersohn (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Christopher C. Carnaval (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> Mark H. Francis (pro hac vice) <[e-mail]> KING & SPALDING LLP 1185 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10036-4003 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Michael E. Jones (Bar No. 10929400) <[e-mail]> Allen F. Gardner (Bar No. 24043679) <[e-mail]> POTTER MINTON A Professional Corporation 110 N. College, Suite 500 Tyler, TX 75702 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Defendant and Counterclaimant YouTube, LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE The undersigned hereby certifies that all counsel of record who are deemed to have consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the Court's CM/ECF system per Local Rule CV-5(a)(3) on February 28, 2011. Any other counsel of record will be served by First Class U.S. mail on this same date. /s/ Michael E. Jones Michael E. Jones

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