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1 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document 110 Filed 12/08/16 Page 1 of 7 PageID #: 931 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS MARSHALL DIVISION HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD., Plaintiff, v. T-MOBILE US, INC. and T-MOBILE USA, INC., Defendants, Civil Action No. 2:16-cv JRG-RSP JURY TRIAL DEMANDED NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS US LLC, NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY, TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON, and ERICSSON INC., Intervenors. JOINT CLAIM CONSTRUCTION AND PREHEARING STATEMENT Plaintiff Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd., Defendants T-Mobile US, Inc. and T-Mobile USA, Inc., and Intervenors Nokia Solutions and Networks US LLC, Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy, Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, and Ericsson Inc. hereby submit this Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement in the above-styled consolidated cases pursuant to P.R. 4-3 and this Court s Docket Control Order regarding U.S. Patent Nos. 8,537,779; 8,638,750; and 8,031,677. I. P.R. 4-3(a): The Construction of Claim Terms, Phrases, or Clauses on Which the Parties Agree. None. II. P.R. 4-3(b): Each Party s Proposed Constructions. The parties proposed constructions, intrinsic, and extrinsic evidence are attached hereto 1 NSN , Page 1

2 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document 110 Filed 12/08/16 Page 2 of 7 PageID #: 932 as Exhibit A. The chart in Exhibit A identifies the intrinsic and extrinsic evidence that the respective parties presently intend to rely upon in support of their proposed constructions or to oppose any other party s proposed constructions. Each party also reserves the right to cite to intrinsic and/or extrinsic evidence cited by another party. III. P.R. 4-3(c): The Anticipated Length of Time Necessary for the Claim Construction Hearing. hearing. The parties respectfully request that the Court allot 3 hours for the claim construction IV. P.R. 4-3(d): Whether Any Party Proposes to Call One or More Witnesses. At the present time, no party proposes to call witnesses for live testimony at the claim construction hearing. NSN, T-Mobile & Ericsson have provided a brief summary of their experts opinions in Exhibit A below. Huawei has provided a brief summary of its expert s opinions in Exhibit B. The parties agree to submit expert testimony via declarations. The party submitting expert testimony need not disclose it prior to attaching the declaration as an exhibit to its claim construction brief. The parties agree to forego depositions of the claim construction experts for use at the Markman hearing. V. P.R. 4-3(e): A List of Any other Issues That Might Appropriately Be Taken Up at a Prehearing Conference. conference. The parties are not presently aware of any issues which might be taken up at a prehearing Dated: December 8, 2016 Respectfully submitted, By: /s/ Neil Warren Ruffin Cordell Texas Bar No cordell@fr.com Linda Kordziel DC Bar No kordziel@fr.com 2 NSN , Page 2

3 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document 110 Filed 12/08/16 Page 3 of 7 PageID #: 933 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C K Street, N.W., 11th Floor Washington, D.C Telephone: (202) Facsimile: (202) Thomas H. Reger II Texas Bar No reger@fr.com Carl E. Bruce Texas Bar No bruce@fr.com David B. Conrad Texas Bar No conrad@fr.com Jane Du Texas Bar No du@fr.com FISH & RICHARDSON P.C Main Street, Suite 5000 Dallas, TX Telephone: (214) Facsimile: (214) David Barkan California Bar No barkan@fr.com Neil Warren California Bar No warren@fr.com FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 500 Arguello Street, Suite 500 Redwood City, CA Telephone: (650) Facsimile: (650) Kevin Su Massachusetts Bar No su@fr.com FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. One Marina Park Drive Boston, MA Telephone: (617) Facsimile: (617) COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD. 3 NSN , Page 3

4 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document 110 Filed 12/08/16 Page 4 of 7 PageID #: 934 /s/ Mark D. Selwyn Mark D. Selwyn (California Bar No ) Kathryn D. Zalewski (California Bar No ) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 950 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, California (650) Joseph J. Mueller (Massachusetts Bar No ) Cynthia Vreeland (Texas Bar No Massachusetts Bar No ) WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND DORR LLP 60 State Street Boston, MA (627) Michael E. Jones SBN: POTTER MINTON, PC 110 North College, Suite 500 Tyler, Texas Tel Fax mikejones@potterminton.com ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANTS T- MOBILE US, INC. AND T-MOBILE USA, INC. /s/ John Haynes John Haynes (GA Bar No ) Patrick Flinn (GA Bar No ) Michael C. Deane (GA Bar No ) Nicholas Tsui (GA Bar No ) ALSTON & BIRD LLP 1201 W. Peachtree St. Atlanta, GA Telephone: (404) Facsimile: (404) Patrick.Flinn@alston.com 4 NSN , Page 4

5 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document 110 Filed 12/08/16 Page 5 of 7 PageID #: John.Haynes@alston.com Michael.Deane@alston.com Nick.Tsui@alston.com Michael J. Newton (TX Bar No ) Derek Neilson (TX Bar No ) ALSTON & BIRD LLP 2800 N. Harwood St., Suite 1800 Dallas, Texas Telephone: (214) Facsimile: (214) Mike.Newton@alston.com Derek.Neilson@alston.com M. Scott Stevens (NC Bar No ) Ross R. Barton (NC Bar No ) Linda Chang (NC Bar No ) Robert Caison (NC Bar No ) Samuel Merritt (NC Bar No ) M. Joseph Fernando (NC Bar No ) ALSTON & BIRD LLP Bank of America Plaza 101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000 Charlotte, NC Telephone: (704) Facsimile: (704) Scott.Stevens@alston.com Ross.Barton@alston.com Linda.Chang@alston.com Robert.Caison@alston.com Sam.Merritt@alston.com Ravi.Fernando@alston.com Marsha E. Diedrich (CA Bar No ) ALSTON & BIRD LLP 333 South Hope Street 16th Floor Los Angeles, CA Telephone: (213) Facsimile: (213) Marsha.Diedrich@alston.com Thomas Davison (FL Bar No ) ALSTON & BIRD LLP The Atlantic Building 950 F Street, NW 5 NSN , Page 5

6 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document 110 Filed 12/08/16 Page 6 of 7 PageID #: 936 Washington, DC Telephone: (202) Facsimile: (202) Tom.Davison@alston.com Deron R. Dacus Texas State Bar No THE DACUS FIRM, P.C. 821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430 Tyler, TX Telephone: (903) Facsimile: (903) ddacus@dacusfirm.com COUNSEL FOR INTERVENORS NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS US LLC AND NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY. By: /s/ Phillip B. Philbin Phillip B. Philbin State Bar No Jamie H. McDole State Bar No Charles M. Jones II State Bar No Michael D. Karson State Bar No Hamilton C. Simpson State Bar No HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP 2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700 Dallas, Texas Tel.: (214) Fax: (214) phillip.philbin@haynesboone.com jamie.mcdole@haynesboone.com charlie.jones@haynesboone.com michael.karson@haynesboone.com hamilton.simpson@haynesboone.com ATTORNEYS FOR INTERVENORS TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON AND ERICSSON INC. 6 NSN , Page 6

7 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document 110 Filed 12/08/16 Page 7 of 7 PageID #: 937 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document has been served on December 8, 2016 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/ Neil Warren Neil Warren 7 NSN , Page 7

8 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document Filed 12/08/16 Page 1 of 41 PageID #: 938 EXHIBIT A 1 NSN , Page 8

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44 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document Filed 12/08/16 Page 37 of 41 PageID #: 974 Summary of Opinions by Huawei s Claim Construction Expert, Dr. Jonathan Wells If T-Mobile or NSN submits expert testimony as identified in its P.R. 4-2 and 4-3 disclosures, Huawei intends to submit a declaration from its claim construction expert, Dr. Jonathan Wells, with its reply claim construction brief. Huawei will rely on Dr. Wells opinions in opposing Defendants proposed constructions and rebutting Defendants expert s opinions. Huawei provides herein a brief description of the substance of Dr. Wells proposed testimony. Dr. Wells has been asked to consider the following topics with respect to the Patents-in-Suit: a) The level of ordinary skill in the art with respect to U.S. Patent No. 8,638,750 (the 750 Patent ), U.S. Patent No. 8,537,779 (the 779 Patent ); and U.S. Patent No. 8,031,677 (the 677 Patent ); as well as b) How the claim terms listed in Exhibit A would have been understood by one of ordinary skill in the art at the time of the respective inventions, in light of the intrinsic and extrinsic evidence. I. Level of Ordinary Skill in the Art 1. Dr. Wells will address the level of ordinary skill in the art with respect to the 750, 779, and 677 Patents. II. Patent Terms a. Create Bearer Request message ( 779 Patent, Claim 4) 2. To the extent Defendants offer expert testimony in support of their construction of this term, Dr. Wells will respond to Defendants assertion that Create Bearer Request means a message titled Create Bearer Request and will opine that a 37 NSN , Page 44

45 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document Filed 12/08/16 Page 38 of 41 PageID #: 975 person of ordinary skill in the art would not have understood the term in this manner with reference to the claims, figures, specification, prosecution history or prior art of the 779 Patent. Dr. Wells will opine that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have understood consistent with its plain meaning. Dr. Wells may rely on the representative support as identified by Huawei in Exhibit A and any other materials identified by Defendants or Intervenors. b. attach request ( 750 Patent, Claims 2, 3, 8, 9, 14, & 15) 3. To the extent Defendants offer expert testimony in support of their construction of this term, Dr. Wells will respond to Defendants assertion that attach request is indefinite or lacks written description and will opine that a person of ordinary skill in the art would not have considered this term to lack a written description with reference to the claims, figures, specification, and prosecution history of the 779 Patent. Dr. Wells will opine that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have understood this term consistent with its plain meaning. Dr. Wells may rely on the representative support as identified by Huawei in Exhibit A and any other materials identified by Defendants or Intervenors. c. Create Default Bearer Request Message ( 750 Patent, Claims 4, 10, 17) 4. To the extent Defendants offer expert testimony in support of their construction of this term, Dr. Wells will respond to Defendants assertion that Create Default Bearer Request means a message titled Create Default Bearer Request and will opine that a person of ordinary skill in the art would not have understood the term in this manner with reference to the claims, figures, specification, prosecution history or prior art of the 750 Patent. Dr. Wells will opine that a person of ordinary skill in the art 38 NSN , Page 45

46 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document Filed 12/08/16 Page 39 of 41 PageID #: 976 would have understood consistent with its plain meaning. Dr. Wells may rely on the representative support as identified by Huawei in Exhibit A and any other materials identified by Defendants or Intervenors. d. A method for detaching a user equipment (UE) when a handover from a 3 rd generation partnership project (3GPP) network to a non-3gpp network occurs, comprising ( 677 patent, Claim 1) 5. To the extent Defendants offer expert testimony in support of their construction of this term, Dr. Wells will respond to Defendants assertion that the preamble is limiting and will opine that a person of ordinary skill in the art would not have understood the term this manner with reference to the claims, figures, specification, and prosecution history of the 677 Patent. Dr. Wells may rely on the representative support as identified by Huawei in Exhibit A and any other materials identified by Defendants or Intervenors. e. detaching, by the MME, the UE from the 3GPP network / detach the UE from the 3GPP network ( 677 patent, Claims 1, 8) 6. To the extent Defendants offer expert testimony in support of their construction of this term, Dr. Wells will respond to Defendants assertion that it means deleting the MM context of the UE by the MME / delete the MM context of the UE, by the MME, and will opine that a person of ordinary skill in the art would not have understood the term in this manner with reference to the claims, figures, specification, and prosecution history of the 677 Patent. Dr. Wells will opine that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have understood this term to mean deleting an MM context of the 39 NSN , Page 46

47 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document Filed 12/08/16 Page 40 of 41 PageID #: 977 UE by the MME / delete an MM context of the UE, by the MME. Dr. Wells may rely on the representative support as identified by Huawei in Exhibit A and any other materials identified by Defendants or Intervenors. III. Alleged Means-Plus-Function Terms 7. Dr. Wells will respond to Defendants assertion that the purported meansplus-function claim terms proposed for construction by Defendants 1 lack any 1 a receiver... the receiver is configured to receive, from a user equipment (UE), an access request message for access the 3GPP access system;... wherein the access request message includes the first handover indication information indicating that the access is a handover access ( 750 Patent, Claim 1); a transmitter configured to communicatively connect with the receiver,...the transmitter is configured to send a resource request message to a packet data network gateway (PDN GW) to create resources for the UE to be used in the 3GPP access system,... wherein, in response to the first handover indication information being included in the access request message, the resource request message is configured to include second handover indication information, which indicates that the resource request message is caused by a handover access; and wherein the second handover indication information is configured to be carried by an indication flag of the resource request message, the indication flag including one of a handover indication flag, a create type flag which is set to be handover create, and cause flag which is set to be handover cause ( 750 Patent, Claim 1); a mobility management network device configured to be responsible for mobility management, wherein, during a handover of a user equipment (UE) from a non-3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3gpp) access system to a 3GPP access system, the mobility management network device is configured to: receive, from the UE, an access request message for access the 3GPP access system; and send a resource request message to a packet data network gateway (PDN GW) to request the PDG GW to create resources for the UE to be used in the 3GPP access system, wherein the access request message includes first handover indication information indicating that the access is a handover access; and wherein, in response to the first handover indication information being included in the access request message, the mobility management network device is configured to include second handover indication information indicating that the resource request message is caused by a handover access into the resource request message; and, wherein the mobility management network device is configured to carry the second handover indication information by an indication flag of the resource request message, the indication flag including one of a handover indication flag, a create type flag which is set to be handover create, and cause flag which is set to be handover cause ( 750 Patent, Claim 13); an obtaining unit, configured to receive an attach request message sent by a User Equipment (UE) during a handover from a non 3rd Generation Partnership Project (non-3gpp) network to a 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) network, wherein the attach request message comprises an information element indicating handover ( 779 Patent, Claim 11); 40 NSN , Page 47

48 Case 2:16-cv JRG-RSP Document Filed 12/08/16 Page 41 of 41 PageID #: 978 corresponding structure and will opine that a person of ordinary skill in the art would have understood these terms within the context of the 779 and 750 Patents in the first instance, but in any event would have understood their corresponding structures with reference to the claims, figures, specification, and prosecution history of the 779 and 750 Patents. Dr. Wells may rely on the representative support as identified by Huawei in Exhibit A and any other materials identified by Defendants or Intervenors. an identifying unit, configured to identify that the attach request message is due to the handover according to the IE indicating handover ( 779 Patent, Claim 11); a processing unit, configured to identify a Packet Data Network Gateway (PDN GW) whose address is used by the UE in the non-3gpp network by communicating with a Home Subscriber Server (HSS), and request the PDN GW to initiate a bearer creation procedure ( 779 Patent, Claim 11). 41 NSN , Page 48