SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS

MARSHALL DIVISION

UNILOC USA, INC., et al, § Plaintiffs, §

§ Case No. 2:16-cv-00642-JRG v. § LEAD CASE

§ SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., §APPLE INC., § Case No. 2:16-cv-00638-JRGBLACKBERRY CORPORATION and § BLACKBERRY LIMITED, § Case No. 2:16-cv-00639-JRGKAKAO CORPORATION, § Case No. 2:16-cv-00640-JRGLINE EURO-AMERICAS CORP. and § LINE CORPORATION, § Case No. 2:16-cv-00641-JRGWHATSAPP, INC., § Case No. 2:16-cv-00645-JRGAOL, INC., § Case No. 2:16-cv-00722-JRGBEETALK PRIVATE LTD., § Case No. 2:16-cv-00725-JRGFACEBOOK, INC., § Case No. 2:16-cv-00728-JRGGREEN TOMATO LTD., § Case No. 2:16-cv-00731-JRGSONY INTERACTIVE ENTERTAINMENT LLC, § Case No. 2:16-cv-00732-JRG

Defendants.

JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO P.R. 4-3

Pursuant to P.R. 4-3 and the Court’s Docket Control Order, Plaintiffs Uniloc USA, Inc.

and Uniloc Luxembourg, S.A. (collectively “Uniloc”); and Consolidated Defendants, Samsung

Electronics America, Inc. (“Samsung”); Apple, Inc. (“Apple”); Blackberry Corporation and

Blackberry Limited (collectively “Blackberry”); Kakao Corporation (“Kakao”); Line Euro-

Americas Corp. and Line Corporation (collectively “Line”); WhatsApp, Inc. (“WhatsApp”);

AOL, Inc. (“AOL”); Beetalk Private Ltd. (“Beetalk”); Facebook, Inc. (“Facebook”); Green

Tomato Ltd. (“Green Tomato”); and Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC (“Sony”) (collectively

“Defendants”) hereby submit the parties’ Joint Claim Construction Statement.1

1 Defendant Green Tomato has yet to make an appearance in this action.

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Facebook's Exhibit No. 1011 Page 1

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I. P.R. 4-3(a): AGREED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS

The parties have not agreed to any claim constructions that require definitions.

II. P.R. 4-3(b): DISPUTED CLAIM CONSTRUCTIONS

The chart attached as Exhibit A to this Joint Claim Construction Statement contains the

disputed claim terms, phrases and clauses.

The chart attached as Exhibit B to this Joint Claim Construction Statement contains

Uniloc’s proposed construction of each disputed claim term, phrase, or clause, together with an

identification of all references from the specification or prosecution history that support that

construction, and an identification of any extrinsic evidence known to Uniloc on which it intends

to rely either to support its proposed construction of the claim or to oppose any other party’s

proposed construction of the claim, including, but not limited to, as permitted by law, dictionary

definitions, citations to learned treatises and prior art, and testimony of percipient and expert

witnesses.

The chart attached as Exhibit C to this Joint Claim Construction Statement contains

Defendants’ proposed construction of each disputed claim term, phrase, or clause, together with

an identification of all references from the specification or prosecution history that support that

construction, and an identification of any extrinsic evidence known to Defendants on which they

intend to rely either to support their proposed construction of the claim or to oppose any other

party’s proposed construction of the claim, including, but not limited to, as permitted by law,

dictionary definitions, citations to learned treatises and prior art, and testimony of percipient and

expert witnesses.2

2 The Defendants maintain that the parties’ P.R. 4-3 Disclosure and all other activity in this litigation, including all future filings, Court hearings, and other activity, should not be construed as a waiver to any defense, objection, or motion related to personal jurisdiction or venue, and each Defendant maintains any and all objections, defenses, and motions relating to jurisdiction



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III. P.R. 4-3(c): LENGTH OF CLAIM CONSTRUCTION HEARING

The parties request four hours for the claim construction hearing, divided as two hours

for Uniloc and two hours for Defendants.

IV. P.R. 4-3(d): LIVE WITNESS TESTIMONY

No party will present live witness testimony at the claim construction hearing.

V. P.R. 4-3(e): OTHER ISSUES

Any other outstanding issues will be addressed in the briefing.

Date: March 10, 2017 Respectfully submitted,

By: Aaron S. Jacobs Paul J. Hayes Kevin Gannon Aaron S. Jacobs PRINCE LOBEL TYE LLP One International Place, Suite 3700 Boston, MA 02210 Tel: (617) 456-8000 Fax: (617) 456-8100 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

Craig Tadlock State Bar No. 00791766 John J. Harvey, Jr. State Bar No. 09179770 TADLOCK LAW FIRM PLLC8 2701 Dallas Parkway, Suite 360 Plano, TX 75093 Tel: (903) 730-6789 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

and venue that have been previously raised. For example, SIE maintains that the Court lacks personal jurisdiction over it and that venue is improper in this case, and instead avers that it has been improperly named in this suit. Apple, Facebook, and WhatsApp have filed motions seeking a change of venue. Defendants also reserve all rights to challenge venue, as appropriate, based on the outcome of TC Heartland LLC v. Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC, Case No. 16-341 (S. Ct.).



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Attorneys for PLAINTIFFS COOLEY LLP /s/ Lowell D. Mead Deron Dacus (Texas Bar No. 00790553) The Dacus Firm, P.C. 821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430 Tyler, TX 75701 Phone: (903) 705-1117 Fax: (903) 581-2543 [email protected] Heidi L. Keefe (CA Bar 178960) Mark R. Weinstein (CA Bar 193043) Lowell D. Mead (CA Bar 223989) COOLEY LLP Five Palo Alto Square 3175 Hanover Street Palo Alto, CA 94304 Phone: (650) 843-5000 Fax: (650) 857-0663 [email protected] [email protected] Phillip E. Morton (DC Bar No. 1032243) James P. Hughes (DC Bar No. 974653) COOLEY LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 Phone: (202) 842-7800 Fax: (202) 842-7899 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys For Defendants Facebook, Inc. and WhatsApp Inc. GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP By: /s/ Patrick McCarthy



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Mark G. Davis Bar No. 412228 (DC) Ronald J. Pabis Bar No. 473023 (DC) Stephen K. Shahida Bar No. 454970 (DC) Patrick J. McCarthy Bar No. 990490 (DC) Myomi T. Coad Bar No. 1017904 (DC) Minsoo Kim Bar No. 5328026 (NY) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 2101 L. Street, N.W., Suite 1000 Washington, DC 20037 Telephone: (202) 331-3104 Facsimile: (202) 331-3101 Email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Rene Trevino Bar No. 24051447 (TX) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP 1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 1700 Houston, TX 77002 Telephone: (713) 374-3500 Facsimile: (713) 374-3505 Email: [email protected] Richard Edlin Bar No. 2051696 (NY) GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP MetLife Building 200 Park Avenue New York, NY 10002 Telephone: (212) 801-9200 Facsimile: (212) 801-6400 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant Samsung Electronics America, Inc.



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ERISE IP, P.A.

By: /s/ Abran J. Kean Abran J. Kean CO Bar No. 44660 Erise IP, P.A. 5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd, Suite 200 Greenwood Village, CO 80111 T: (913) 777-5600 F: (913) 777-5601 [email protected]

Eric A. Buresh KS Bar No. 19895 Erise IP, P.A. 6201 College Blvd, Suite 300 Overland Park, KS 66211 T: (913) 777-5600 F: (913) 777-5601 [email protected]

Attorneys for Defendant Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC

/s/ Brian Craft Brian Craft TX Bar No. 04972020 Eric H. Findlay TX Bar No. 00789886 Findlay Craft, P.C. Principal Office: 102 North College Avenue, Suite 900 Tyler, Texas 75702 Tel: (903) 534-1100 Fax: (903) 534-1137 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected]

OF COUNSEL:

Vivian Kuo D.C. Bar No. 468804WINSTON & STRAWN LLP1700 K St, N.W.Washington, DC 20006-3817



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Tel: (202) 282-5000 Fax: (202) 282-5100 Email: [email protected] Matthew Tanner TX Bar No. 24088505 WINSTON & STRAWN LLP 1111 Louisiana Street, 25th Floor Houston, TX 77002-5242 Tel: (713) 651-2600 Fax: (713) 651-2700 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant AOL Inc. /s/ Jason W. Cook Jason W. Cook Texas State Bar No. 24028537 Shaun W. Hassett Texas State Bar No. 24074372 McGuireWoods LLP 2000 McKinney Avenue Suite 1400 Dallas, TX 75201 Tel: 214-932-6400 Fax: 214-932-6499 [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Defendants BlackBerry Corporation and BlackBerry Limited /s/ James E. Marina Michael E. Jones State Bar No. 10929400 POTTER MINTON A Professional Corporation 110 N. College, Suite 500 Tyler, Texas 75702 (903) 597 8311 (903) 593 0846 (Facsimile) [email protected] James E. Marina (pro hac vice)



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Jeremy D. Wilson (pro hac vice) KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP 601 Lexington Avenue New York, New York 10022 (212) 446-4800 (212) 446-4900 (Facsimile) [email protected] [email protected] Attorneys for Defendant BeeTalk Private LTD /s/ C. Matthew Rozier Clayton C. James [email protected] Srecko “Lucky” Vidmar [email protected] C. Matthew Rozier [email protected] Hogan Lovells US LLP 1601 Wewatta Street, Suite 900 Denver, CO 80202 Telephone: (303) 899-7300 Facsimile: (303) 899-7333 Alali Dagogo-Jack [email protected] Hogan Lovells US LLP Three Embarcadero Center, Suite 1500 San Francisco, California 94111 Telephone: (415) 374-2300 Facsimile: (415) 374-2499 Attorneys for Apple Inc. /s/ Jay F. Utley Jay F. Utley Texas State Bar No. 00798559 Email: [email protected] BAKER &MCKENZIE LLP 2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 2300 Dallas, Texas 75201 Phone: 214 978 3000 Fax: 214 978 3099 D. James Pak Admitted pro hac vice



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California State Bar No. 194331 Email: [email protected] BAKER &MCKENZIE LLP Two Embarcadero Center, 11th Floor San Francisco, California 94111 Phone: 415 592 3209 Fax: 202 416 7033 Yon S. Sohn Texas State Bar No. 24083888 Email: [email protected] BAKER &MCKENZIE LLP 700 Louisiana, Suite 3000 Houston, Texas 77002 Phone: 713 427 5082 Fax: 713 427 5099 Counsel for Defendants LINE Euro- Americas Corp. and LINE Corp.



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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that all counsel of record who 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 March 10, 2017.

/s/ Lowell D. Mead Lowell D. Mead



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EXHIBIT A

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EXHIBIT A – Joint Claim Construction Chart

There are five patents in suit, U.S. Patent Nos. 7,535,890 (“the ’890 patent”); 8,199,747 (“the ’747 patent”); 8,243,723 (“the

’723 patent”); 8,724,622 (“the ’622 patent”); and 8,995,433 (“the ’433 patent”).1 The parties have yet to reach agreement as to the

construction of the following claim terms, phrases and clauses recited in one or more of the patents-in-suit:

# Claims Terms, Phrases and Clauses Uniloc’s Proposed Construction

Defendants’ Proposed Construction

1. ‘890 patent claim 1, 4, 6, 9, 14, 15, 18, 20, 23, 28, 29, 32, 34, 37, 40, 41, 43, 51, 52, 54, 57, 62, 63, 65, 68, 69

‘723 patent claim 1

’622 patent claim 3, 24, 27, 38

“client” “instant messaging software or hardware associated with a user”

instant voice messaging terminal connected over a network to a server

1 Uniloc has not asserted infringement of every patent against every defendant. Similarly, as to a given patent, not every claim is asserted against every defendant accused of infringing that patent. As such, only those defendants who are currently accused of infringement of a given claim propose construction of a term within that claim. The remaining defendants reserve their right to address those claims at the appropriate time, should they subsequently be accused of infringement.



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’433 patent claim 1, 9

2. ‘890 patent claim 1, 5, 6, 9, 14, 15, 19, 20, 23, 28, 29, 33, 34, 37, 40, 41, 42, 43, 51, 53, 54, 57, 62, 64, 65, 68, 69

‘747 patent claim 1, 2, 3, 12, 13

‘723 patent claim 1, 2, 3

‘622 patent claim 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39

‘433 patent claim 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16, 17, 18, 21, 25, 26

“instant voice message” “a voice message that is, or is capable of being, delivered immediately”

voice message to be delivered immediately to an available recipient



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3. ’890 patent claim 1, 14, 28, 40, 51, 62

’747 patent claim 1, 2, 3, 12, 13

’723 patent claim 1-3

’622 patent claim 13, 14, 16-19, 21, 22, 27, 28, 31-34, 38

’433 patent claim 1, 9

“instant voice messaging” “messaging of voice messages that are, or are capable of being, delivered immediately”

messaging wherein a voice message is to be delivered immediately to an available recipient

4. ‘622 patent claim 3, 24, 27, 38


“network interface” “component that provides connectivity to the network”

Plain and ordinary meaning. Alternatively, component or functionality that provides connectivity to the network.

5. ‘747 patent claim 2


“node” “potential recipient” Indefinite

6. ‘890 patent claim 1, 2, 3, 14, 28, 40, 51, 62

‘747 patent claim 1,

“packet-switched network” “network in which relatively small units of data (packets) are routed through the network based on the

Plain and ordinary meaning.



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