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doc 897 DECLARATION OF KENNETH W. BROTHERS IN SUPPORT OF I/P ENGINE INC.’S REPLY REGARDING ITS MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL ON THE DOLLAR AMOUNT OF PAST DAMAGES

ThinkingMan: Paragraph 5 reads like the defendant lawyers supplied a document to JJ and told him a copy was also given to the plaintiff lawyers. JJ ruled on laches. Then after JJ's ruling plaintiff heard about the document and noted that they had not been given a copy of that document prior to the ruling. But JJ had already ruled at that point.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
NORFOLK DIVISION
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I/P ENGINE, INC., )
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Plaintiff, )
v. ) Civ. Action No. 2:11-cv-512
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AOL, INC. et al., )
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Defendants. )
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DECLARATION OF KENNETH W. BROTHERS IN SUPPORT OF I/P ENGINE INC.’S
REPLY REGARDING ITS MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL ON THE DOLLAR
AMOUNT OF PAST DAMAGES
I, Kenneth W. Brothers, declare as follows:
1. I am a partner with the law firm of Dickstein Shapiro LLP, 1825 Eye Street N.W.,
Washington, DC 20006 and am counsel for Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc. (“I/P Engine”) in the abovecaptioned
litigation. I have personal knowledge of the facts stated herein.
2. Attached hereto as Exhibit A is a true and correct copy of PDX-083, which was
shown at trial.
3. Counsel for both I/P Engine and the Defendants exchanged demonstrative
exhibits prior to closing arguments. Exhibit B, attached hereto, is a true and correct copy of one
of the demonstratives provided by Defendants’ counsel. Defendants counsel indicated his intent
to use Exhibit B at closing during the un-transcribed instruction conference.
4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a true and correct copy of PDX-077, which was
shown at trial.
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5. Defendants submitted a declaration from Mr. Nelson, which they rely on in their
opposition brief, in which Mr. Nelson states, “As soon as Defendants’ counsel located [Odetics],
we immediately presented it (by hand) to both the Court and Plaintiff’s counsel.” (D.I. 865, ¶ 4.)
This statement is false. I am now aware that, during the recess following I/P Engine’s initial
closing statement, Defendants’ counsel (Mr. Noona and Mr. Bilsker) provided a copy of the
Odetics case to the Court. Neither Mr. Noona, Mr Bilsker, nor any other counsel for Defendants,
disclosed that fact to me or any other attorney for I/P Engine. During that recess, the Court
considered the case, and decided to change its laches ruling. After the Court announced its
decision, I noted that I had not received a copy of the case (Trial Tr. at 2018:3-6) nor was I aware
that Defendants had provided it to the Court. The Court inquired about why I was not provided a
copy, and Mr. Nelson responded, “I didn’t have a copy of the case. I had a citation.” (Trial Tr.
at 2018:7-10.) At that point Mr. Nelson’s co-counsel, Mr. Bilsker, stood up and handed me a
copy of the Odetics case.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Dated: February 15, 2013 By: ___/s/ Kenneth W. Brothers______
Kenneth W. Brothers
DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP
1825 Eye Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006
Telephone: [phone]
Facsimile: [phone]
Counsel for Plaintiff I/P Engine, Inc.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 15th day of February, 2013, the foregoing
DECLARATION OF KENNETH W. BROTHERS IN SUPPORT OF I/P ENGINE INC.’S
REPLY REGARDING ITS MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL ON THE DOLLAR
AMOUNT OF PAST DAMAGES, was served via the Court’s CM/ECF system, on the
following:
Stephen Edward Noona
Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
150 W Main St
Suite 2100
Norfolk, VA 23510
[e-mail]
David Bilsker
David Perlson
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
50 California Street, 22nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94111
[e-mail]
[e-mail]
Robert L. Burns
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
Two Freedom Square
11955 Freedom Drive
Reston, VA 20190
[e-mail]
Cortney S. Alexander
Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP
3500 SunTrust Plaza
303 Peachtree Street, NE
Atlanta, GA 94111
[e-mail]
/s/ Jeffrey K. Sherwood
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