Apple, Inc. v. Motorola, Inc. et al

Filing 93

Declaration of Christine Saunders Haskett filed by Plaintiffs Apple, Inc., NEXT SOFTWARE, INC. re: 90 Motion Requesting Claims Construction (Attachments: # 1 Ex. 21 IEEE Dictionary, # 2 Ex. 22 '575 file history, # 3 Ex. 23 '486 file history, # 4 Ex. 24 Order No. 18, # 5 Ex. 25 '705 file history, # 6 Ex. 26 '647 file history, # 7 Ex. 27 Brad Cox, # 8 Ex. 28 Microsoft Press Dictionary, # 9 Ex. 29 '002 file history, # 10 Ex. 30 Dictionary of Computer Words, # 11 Ex. 31 Computer Dictionary, # 12 Ex. 32 Academic Press Dictionary, # 13 Ex. 33 IBM Dictionary, # 14 Ex. 34 Black's Law Dictionary, # 15 Ex. 35 About 3GPP, # 16 Ex. 36 '919 patent, # 17 Ex. 37 '713 provisional application) (Haslam, Robert)

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