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`ALACRITECH, INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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` 2:16-cv-00695-RWS-RSP
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` JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`DELL INC.,
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`Defendant,
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`INTEL CORPORATION,
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`Intervenor.
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`RESPONSE TO ALACRITECH’S NOTICE OF MORNING DISPUTES
`FOR OCTOBER 16, 2023
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`Plaintiff’s Objections to Images of the Inside of a Dell Server. As Defendants have made
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`clear, Defendants will abide by the Court’s ruling that “So long as such a discussion is included in
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`Intel’s experts’ reports, Intel’s experts may still (1) compare Alacritech’s TOE technology to the
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`asserted patents and (2) distinguish Intel’s accused RSC technology from the asserted patents.”
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`Dkt. 64 at 2.
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`Alacritech’s argument boils down to an objection to Defendants’ use of the word “control”
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`when used in connection with the accused products. To be clear, the disputed slides include no
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`references whatsoever to Alacritech’s products. See Dkt. 69, Ex. A. Despite this, Alacritech argues
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`that Defendants’ slides improperly compare Alacritech’s TOE technology and Intel’s RSC
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`technology. They do not. As the slides do not concern a product-by-product comparison,
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`Alacritech’s objections lack merit.
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`Plaintiff’s Objections to the Reference to “Intel NICs” in the 1990s. This Court has held
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`that Defendants may give a “relatively high level” presentation of their Development story, Dkt.
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`55 at 7 n.6, and DDX-1.25 does exactly that. The slide simply depicts Intel’s CPUs and NICs on
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`a timeline. Intel’s CPUs and NICs were an integral part of Defendants’ “independent
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`development” of RSC, and as the Court has held, in such circumstances, “Defendants’ presentation
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`of evidence related to these systems is relevant.” Dkt. 55 at 7.
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`Further, as Defendants have represented to this Court, Defendants will not use Intel
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`products or documents as invalidating prior art. See Dkt. 884 at Section E.15 (“Intel is not arguing
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`in this case that any Intel products, prototypes, or documents render invalid any of the Asserted
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`Claims of the Asserted Patents.”). And while Plaintiff objects that “disclosing the timing of Intel’s
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`development and sales of its NICs starting from the 1990s” will “improperly suggest that Intel’s
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`own products are prior art to Alacritech’s asserted patent,” DDX-1.25 has (1) no mention of
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`Alacritech, (2) the asserted patents, or (3) the October 1997 priority date. Given this, there can be
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`no reasonable implication of invalidity. Alacritech also argues that DDX-1.25 “will mislead the
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`jury into believing” that “Intel was selling NICs with the accused RSC functionality before it
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`actually did so,” Dkt. 69 at 3. But there is no risk of that the jury will be confused—DDX-1.25
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`has no mention of RSC.
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`Dated: October 16, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /s/ Taylor Gooch
`Taylor Gooch (Pro Hac Vice)
`California Bar #294282
`Taylor.Gooch@wilmerhale.com
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND
`DORR LLP
`One Front Street, Suite 3500
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`Tel: (628) 235 1000
`Fax: (628) 235-1001
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`Sonal N. Mehta (Pro Hac Vice)
`California Bar # 222086
`Sonal.Mehta@wilmerhale.com
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND
`DORR LLP
`2600 El Camino Real, Suite 400
`Palo Alto, CA 94306
`Tel: (650) 858-6000
`Fax: (650) 858-6100
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`Joseph J. Mueller (Pro Hac Vice)
`Massachusetts Bar # 647567
`Joseph.Mueller@wilmerhale.com
`Richard O’Neill (Pro Hac Vice)
`Massachusetts Bar # 638170
`Richard.O’Neill@wilmerhale.com
`Kate Saxton (Pro Hac Vice)
`Massachusetts Bar # 655903
`Kate.Saxton@wilmerhale.com
`WILMER CUTLER PICKERING HALE AND
`DORR LLP
`60 State Street
`Boston, MA 02109
`Tel: (617) 526-6000
`Fax: (617) 526-5000
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`Harry L. Gillam, Jr. (07921800)
`Gillam & Smith LLP
`303 S. Washington Ave.
`Marshall, TX 75670
`Telephone: (903) 934-8450
`Fax: (903) 934-9257
`gil@gillamsmithlaw.com
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`David Folsom
`FOLSOM ADR PLLC
`6002-B Summerfield Drive
`Texarkana, TX 75503
`Telephone: (903) 277-7303
`david@folsomadr.com
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`Attorneys for Intervenor Intel Corporation
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`/s/ Michael J. Newton
`Michael J. Newton (TX Bar No. 24003844)
`ALSTON & BIRD, LLP
`1950 University Avenue
`5th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303
`Phone: (650) 838-2000
`Fax: (650) 838-2001
`mike.newton@alston.com
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`Brady Cox (TX Bar No. 24074084)
`ALSTON & BIRD, LLP
`2828 North Harwood Street, 18th Floor
`Dallas, Texas 75201-2139
`Tel: (214) 922-3400
`Fax: (214) 922-3899
`brady.cox@alston.com
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`Deron R Dacus (TX Bar No. 00790553)
`THE DACUS FIRM, PC
`821 ESE Loop 323, Suite 430
`Tyler, Texas 75701
`(903) 705-1117
`(903) 581-2543 Fax
`ddacus@dacusfirm.com
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`Kirk T. Bradley (NC Bar No. 26490)
`ALSTON & BIRD, LLP
`Bank of America Plaza
`101 South Tryon Street, Suite 4000
`Charlotte, NC 28280-4000
`Tel: (704) 444-1000
`Fax: (704) 444-1111
`kirk.bradley@alston.com
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`Emily Chambers Welch
`Alston & Bird LLP - Atlanta
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`One Atlantic Center
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`Atlanta, GA 30309-3424
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`Fax: 404.881.7777
`emily.welch@alston.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Dell, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing
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`document has been served on October 16, 2023, to all counsel of record who are deemed to have
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`consented to electronic service via the Court’s CM/ECF system and electronic mail per Local Rule
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`CV-5(a)(3).
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`/s/ Taylor Gooch
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