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    UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

    THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

    JACKSONVILLE DIVISION

    PARKERVISION,INC.,

    Plaintiff,

    v. Case No. 3:11-cv-719-J-37-TEM

    QUALCOMM INCORPORATED,

    Defendant.

    QUALCOMMS MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND

    ACCOMPANYING MEMORANDUM OF LAW

    REDACTED VERSION

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    TABLE OF CONTENTS

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    Request for Oral Argument ......................................................................................................... 1I. Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1II. Factual Background and Procedural History .............................................................. 3

    A. Qualcomm and Its Subsidiaries Independently Developed TheirOwn Direct Downconversion Technology. ..................................................... 31. In the late 1990s, direct downconversion technology was

    well-known but had limitations preventing widespreadimplementation in cell phones. ............................................................ 3

    2. In 1998, ParkerVision approached Qualcomm, saying thatit had developed a direct-to-digital product that couldreplace Qualcomms existing downconversion technology. ........... 4

    3. ParkerVision ultimately could not demonstrate workingtechnology for cell phones, and the discussions ended inmid-1999. ................................................................................................. 5

    4. By 2002, Qualcomm independently developed andimplemented its ZIF direct downconversion technology,which ParkerVision concedes does not infringe. .............................. 7

    5. In the mid-2000s, Qualcomm purchased Berkana and soonthereafter began incorporating Berkanas noninfringing

    direct downconversion technology into Qualcommschipsets. ................................................................................................... 8

    B. ParkerVision Decides that Its Most Promising Business Strategy isLitigation and Initiates This Case. .................................................................... 9

    III. Argument ........................................................................................................................ 11A. ParkerVision Has Failed to Offer Any Evidenceor Even

    Contentionsthat the Atheros Products Infringe Any of thePatents-in-Suit. .................................................................................................. 121. ParkerVision failed to submit the expert testimony

    required to prove infringement. ........................................................ 122. ParkerVision has failed to submit any other evidence to

    support a claim of infringement as to the Atherosproducts. ................................................................................................ 14

    B. Qualcomm Is Entitled to Summary Judgment of No Pre-SuitIndirect Infringement for Four of the Six Asserted Patents. ....................... 14

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    1. To prevail on indirect infringement, ParkerVision mustprove that Qualcomm had knowledge of the asserted

    patents. .................................................................................................. 142. ParkerVision cannot show that Qualcomm had pre-suit

    knowledge of four of the six asserted patents. ................................ 153. ParkerVisions other evidence does not raise a triable issue

    of fact. .................................................................................................... 174. Because Qualcomm lacked pre-suit knowledge, the Court

    should grant partial summary judgment of no pre-suitindirect infringement. .......................................................................... 19

    C. Qualcomm is Entitled to Summary Judgment that Its 50% DutyCycle Products Do Not Infringe the Patents-in-Suit. ................................... 201. All asserted claims require discharge of energy from a

    storage device. ...................................................................................... 202. Dr. Prucnal has admitted that products which employ a

    50% duty cycle do not discharge energy from a storagedevice. .................................................................................................... 22

    3. Qualcomms 50% duty cycle products do not dischargeenergy from a storage device. ............................................................ 23

    IV. Conclusion ...................................................................................................................... 25

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    TABLE OF AUTHORITIES

    Page(s)CASES

    Apeldyn Corp. v. AU Optronics Corp.,831 F. Supp. 2d 817 (D. Del. 2011)............................................................................................18

    AquaTex Indus., Inc. v. Techniche Solutions,

    479 F.3d 1320 (Fed. Cir. 2007) ..................................................................................................12

    Aro Mfg. Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co.,

    377 U.S. 476 (1964) ...................................................................................................................15

    Carnegie Mellon Univ. v. Marvell Tech. Grp., Ltd.,

    888 F.Supp.2d 637 (W.D. Pa. 2012) ..........................................................................................12

    Celotex Corp. v. Catrett,477 U.S. 317 (1986) ...................................................................................................................11

    Centricut LLC v. Esab Grp., Inc.,

    390 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2004) ..................................................................................................12

    Chalumeau Power Sys. LLC v. Alcatel-Lucent,

    No. 11-1175-RGA, 2012 WL 6968938 (D. Del. July 18, 2012)....................................................19

    DSU Med. Corp. v. JMS Co.,

    471 F.3d 1293 (Fed. Cir. 2006) ..................................................................................................15

    Fujitsu Ltd. v. Netgear, Inc.,

    620 F.3d 1321 (Fed. Cir. 2010) ..................................................................................................15

    Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A.,

    131 S. Ct. 2060 (2011)..........................................................................................................15, 18

    Intellect Wireless Inc. v. Sharp Corp.,

    10 C 6763, 2012 WL 787051 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 9, 2012) .................................................................15

    Josendis v. Wall to Wall Residence Repairs, Inc.,

    662 F.3d 1292 (11th Cir. 2011) ..................................................................................................11

    Lantech Inc. v. Keip Mach. Co.,

    32 F.3d 542 (Fed. Cir. 1993) ......................................................................................................12

    McRee v. Goldman,

    11-CV-00991-LHK, 2012 WL 3745190 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 28, 2012) .......................................17, 18

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    Network Protection Sciences, LLC v. Fortinet, Inc.,

    Case No. C 12-01106 WHA (N.D. Cal. May 9, 2013) ....................................................................... 2

    Pacing Techs., LLC v. Garmin Intl, Inc.,

    12-CV-1067, 2013 WL 444642 (S.D. Cal. Feb. 5, 2013) ........................................................15, 19

    Proveris Scientific Corp. v. Innovasystems, Inc.,536 F.3d 1256 (Fed. Cir. 2008) ........................................................................................................... 12

    Ultra-Tex Surfaces Inc. v. Hill Bros. Chem. Co.,204 F.3d 1360 (Fed. Cir. 2000) ........................................................................................................... 12

    Vasudevan Software, Inc. v. TIBCO Software Inc.,No. C 11-6638 RS, 2012 WL 1831543 (N.D. Cal. May 18, 2012) ............................................. 17, 18

    Zamora Radio, LLC v. Last.FM, Ltd.,758 F. Supp. 2d 1242 (S.D. Fla. 2010) ............................................................................................... 16

    STATUTES

    35 U.S.C. 271(b), (c) ......................................................................................................................... 14, 17

    OTHER AUTHORITIES

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a) .................................................................................................................................. 11

    Local Rule 3.01(j) ........................................................................................................................................ 1

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    Qualcomm respectfully moves for partial summary judgment of

    noninfringement on the three grounds described below and submits this brief in support of its

    motion.

    Request for Oral Argument

    Pursuant to Local Rule 3.01(j), Qualcomm respectfully requests oral argument on

    its Motion so that the parties may present their respective positions. Qualcomm estimates that a

    hearing time of two hours will be sufficient for oral argument.

    I. IntroductionIn 1998, ParkerVision came to Qualcomm with ambitious claims about its

    technology, contending that it could perform universal direct downconversion of cellular

    telephone signals. Qualcomm was intrigued, and even hopeful. Although direct

    downconversion was relatively easy to perform in simple wireless applications, doing it in

    cellular was another matter altogether. Qualcomm offered to pay ParkerVision for the

    technologyifParkerVision could show it worked in cellular CDMA applications.

    ParkerVision was never able to make that showing and then withdrew from the discussions. In

    1999, Qualcomm and ParkerVision went their separate ways.

    Qualcomm continued its independent research and development efforts, and

    ultimately developed its own direct downconversion technology. Qualcomms technology

    worked for cellular and indisputably does not infringe ParkerVisions patents. Then in late

    2005, Qualcomm acquired a promising start-up, Berkana, that had also developed its own direct

    downconversion technology independently from ParkerVision. Qualcomm incorporated the

    technology it acquired from Berkana into its own products. The direct downconversion

    technologies that Qualcomm and Berkana developed are each very different from the

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    technology claimed in the patents that issued to ParkerVision, patents that are invalid and/or

    exceedingly narrow in scope.

    Nevertheless, in 2011, ParkerVision filed this case against Qualcomm. While

    ParkerVisions case could have been presented efficiently, it has not been. Instead, ParkerVision

    is accusing 71 Qualcomm products of infringing 86 claims of six patents. As another District

    Court recently recognized, ParkerVisions approach imposes a bone-crushing burden on

    defendants even though the plaintiff knows that it is not feasible to present more than a handful

    of claims to a juryespecially with technology as complicated as that involved here.1

    Despite continuing to assert scores of claims against numerous accused products,

    ParkerVision has failed to present any evidence to carry its burden of proof on infringement as

    to whole categories of accused products and legal theories. Qualcomm now moves for

    summary judgment on three such issues:

    Qualcomm is entitled to summary judgment of non-infringement as to all productsdesigned and sold by a company that Qualcomm acquired in 2011, AtherosCommunications. ParkerVision has not submitted the expert testimonyor any other

    evidencerequired to support its claim that any Atheros products infringe the Patents-in-Suit.

    Qualcomm is also entitled to summary judgment on ParkerVisions assertion thatQualcomm indirectly infringed four of the six Patents-in-Suit before ParkerVision sued,because ParkerVision presents no evidence that Qualcomm had pre-suit knowledge ofany of those patents.

    Finally, Qualcomm seeks summary judgment because ParkerVisions expert hasadmitted that he cannot prove that the forty-nine 50% Duty Cycle productsParkerVision accuses of infringement practice each element of the asserted claims.

    1Network Protection Sciences, LLC v. Fortinet, Inc., Case No. C 12-01106 WHA (N.D. Cal. May 9, 2013)(NPS imposed upon Fortinet a bone-crushing burden of conducting a prior art search for more than fiftypatent claims); (It is impractical for either side to present fifteen claims at trial); and (Successfulpatent plaintiffs almost always present only one, two or three claims to a jury.).

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    Accordingly, Qualcomm requests that the Court enter partial summary judgment in

    Qualcomms favor.

    II. Factual Background and Procedural HistoryA. Qualcomm and Its Subsidiaries Independently Developed Their Own Direct

    Downconversion Technology.

    1. In the late 1990s, direct downconversion technology was well-known buthad limitations preventing widespread implementation in cell phones.

    This case addresses the downconversion functionality in a wireless receiver. To

    send information wirelessly, a transmitter must send a high-frequency signal that can travel

    over the air, using the information to modulate the high-frequency signal before

    transmission. (Ex. 1, 42-45.) To recover the information, a device receiving the high-

    frequency signal must downconvert the signal by removing the high-frequency components.

    (Ex. 1, 46-47.)

    Engineers face difficult tradeoffs when designing downconversion components

    for receivers. During the 1990s, most cell phone receiver chips used a superheterodyne

    receiver architecture, which requires two stages of mixing to downconvert the signal from a

    high-frequency to an intermediate frequency and then to the low-frequency, baseband signal.

    (Ex. 1, 68-69.) In each stage, the receiver mixes the existing signal with a signal created by a

    circuit within the receiver called a local oscillator. (Id.) Although the superheterodyne

    receivers multiple stages required complex circuitry involving many components, its

    outstanding performance characteristics met the rigorous specifications for cell phones.

    Engineers have also known about direct downconversion circuits since the 1920s.

    (Ex. 1, 70-71.) Although direct downconversion technology had advanced greatly by the late

    1990s, it still suffered from implementation problems that limited its adoption in cell phones.

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    (Ex. 1, 72.) One barrier preventing widespread adoption in cell phones was the local

    oscillator. Using a traditional mixer for direct downconversion requires a local oscillator

    operating at the same high frequency as the carrier signal. Using techniques existing at the

    time, however, operating a local oscillator at that frequency presented numerous challenges to

    meeting cell phone specifications.

    2. In 1998, ParkerVision approached Qualcomm, saying that it haddeveloped a direct-to-digital product that could replace Qualcommsexisting downconversion technology.

    ParkerVision approached Qualcomm in 1998 asserting that it had created a

    downconversion component radically different from mixers. (Ex. 2 at PV00184626.)

    ParkerVision claimed that its direct-to-digital (D2D) product made three leaps over existing

    technology.

    First, ParkerVision claimed that its D2D product would eliminate nearly all of

    the complex circuitry required by superheterodyne receivers, and thus reduce costs. As a

    Qualcomm employee noted, ParkerVision [c]laims to eliminate all the IF stages. (Ex. 3 at

    QCPV001389987.)

    Second, ParkerVision claimed that it had made a universal downconversion

    device. Different cell phone standards and service providers operate on different frequency

    bands. ParkerVision asserted that D2D can be used to create the core for a universal receiver

    solution in which one set of hardware could be used to downconvert signals across the various

    frequency bands. (Ex. 4 at 6; see also id. at 9 (D2D has wideband capability that coupled with a

    single low frequency, low power clock, allows for single or multi-band operation making it an

    excellent solution for applications requiring 900 MHz, 1.9 GHz, and/or 2.5 GHz operation)

    (emphasis added).)

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    Third, ParkerVision claimed to have discovered a way to avoid the limitations

    associated with existing local oscillators that had created a roadblock preventing widespread

    implementation of direct downconversion. As ParkerVision stated in an August 1998

    presentation:

    While direct conversion is known to all RF designers, itsdrawbacks are known as well. Generating a high level oscillator atthe receive frequency is but one of the problems inherent with theimplementations tried in the past that have ended up in thedustbin.

    (Id. at 3.) ParkerVision allegedly sidestepped that problem by using a low frequency, low

    power clock input, instead of a high-level local oscillator at the receive frequency. (Id. at 3.)

    ParkerVision said that its D2D technology had [n]o internal or external signals (local oscillators)

    near the desired radio frequency band. (Ex. 5 at QCPV001389992) (emphasis added).)

    In sum, when ParkerVision approached Qualcomm in 1998, ParkerVision

    asserted that it had developed a simple, universal, direct-to-digital receiver that could replace

    the complex, frequency band-specific, multi-stage receivers Qualcomm used in its cell phone

    receiver chips. Throughout the years, ParkerVision has reiterated these claims about its D2D

    technology. For example, ParkerVision continued to proclaim in a 2002 presentation that,

    unlike its simpler D2D design, typical on-chip mixers require 4 balanced transistor pairs.

    (Ex. 6 at QCPV001392494 (emphasis added, capitalization omitted).)

    3. ParkerVision ultimately could not demonstrate working technology forcell phones, and the discussions ended in mid-1999.

    Some Qualcomm employees initially expressed enthusiasm about ParkerVisions

    claims. A business development executive, Jeff Jacobs, stated that the [b]asic feeling is that if

    you can do what you say you can do that it is very impressive and we could have a significant

    interest but we have got to be shown that it can work. (Ex. 7 at PV00184647.) Another

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    employee working on the licensing side of the evaluation, Prashant Kantak, stated more

    profusely that, [w]hile sounding too good to be true, if indeed true, it could be the holy grail of

    RF receivers. (Ex. 8 at QCPV001390126.)

    Other Qualcomm employees were skeptical. An engineer evaluating the project

    cautioned: Until we know what the inner working of the D2D is, this is pure speculation. We

    cannot proceed further without details of the D2D architecture itself. (Ex. 9 at

    QCPV001547658.) Another engineer similarly stated: [T]here are any number of approaches

    that do exactly what [ParkerVision] does - sampler with impulses doing the sampling, a VLSI

    mixer (Gilbert cell or other), the mixer in the Lucent paper. . . . My point is that this is the easy

    part of direct conversion. (Ex. 10 at QCPV001547792 (emphasis added).2)

    Ultimately, ParkerVision could not demonstrate a downconversion device

    meeting the rigorous specifications of Qualcomm chipsets. Following several rounds of testing,

    there remained a number of open issues and obstacles with D2D that need to be overcome

    before it [could] be used as a direct down conversion receiver for CDMA. (Ex. 12 at

    QCPV001390519; see also Ex. 13 at QCPV001564760 (As it stands today, [D2D] will not directly

    meet the requirements of IS-98.).) These unresolved obstacles included critical issues such as

    LO radiation, DC offset, isolation, and baseband dynamic range. (Ex. 14, 155.)

    The Qualcomm-ParkerVision discussions also broke down over financial issues.

    Qualcomm submitted a proposal for a joint development agreement that conditioned any future

    royalties on the actual workability of the technology. Soon afterwards, ParkerVision walked

    away from the negotiations, claiming that it was considering another offer. Even after

    2See also Ex. 11 at QCPV001389395 (We have run into several roadblocks in our mixer-basedimplementation that I think would only be worse in a D2D approach. The problems concern the dynamicrange required for CDMA, and specs regarding single and multi-tone jammers. These problems may ormay not be solvable using D2D if they arent, the D2D technology is of little or no value to us.).

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    ParkerVision walked away, Qualcomm confirmed that it was still receptive to receiving the

    proposals on the various licensing scenarios but that we still also believe that there is

    considerable risk in applying D2D to CDMA applications and, in any case, it will require

    considerable development effort. (Ex. 15 at QCPV001390501.) ParkerVision did not reengage

    in negotiations with Qualcomm. Nor has ParkerVision ever worked successfully with a third-

    party to bring a cell phone chipset to market.

    4. By 2002, Qualcomm independently developed and implemented its ZIFdirect downconversion technology, which ParkerVision concedes doesnot infringe.

    Around the same time as the Qualcomm-ParkerVision discussions, Qualcomm

    began an internal program for developing direct downconversion receiver to replace

    Qualcomms superheterodyne receiver. (Ex. 16 at QCPV011417641-42.) Qualcomms ZIF

    (zero intermediate frequency) program resulted in the elimination of numerous receiver

    components and redesign of many others. (Id. (describing radioOne ZIF architecture and

    stating that [e]ntire IF [intermediate frequency] section is removed with radioOne, resulting

    in a [s]ignificant component reduction in Bill of Material).)

    As part of the ZIF program, Qualcomm also redesigned the local oscillator so

    that it could handle the high frequencies needed for mixer-based direct downconversion.

    Qualcomm was awarded several patents on its new local oscillator circuit design.3

    Qualcomm shipped the first engineering samples including its ZIF design on

    March 31, 2002. (Ex. 17 at QCPV011410409.) The first commercial product including the ZIF

    design was the RFR6000 receiver. Qualcomm used the ZIF active-mixer architecture in a large

    3E.g., U.S. Patent Nos. 6,960,962 (Local oscillator leakage control in direct conversion processes);7,062,229 (Discrete amplitude calibration of oscillators in frequency synthesizers); 7,546,097 (Calibrationtechniques for frequency synthesizers); 7,570,925 (Discrete amplitude calibration of oscillators infrequency synthesizers); and No. 8,019,301 (Calibration techniques for frequency synthesizers).

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    number of commercially successful products from 2002 to 2006. (Ex. 18, 45-47.) Developing

    ZIF required a significant investment of engineering time and resources, including hundreds of

    engineer-months.

    ParkerVision does not dispute that Qualcomms independently developed

    active-mixer ZIF technology does not infringe any of the asserted patents. Nor does

    ParkerVision dispute that ZIF allowed Qualcomm to achieve the benefits of transitioning from a

    complex superheterodyne architecture to a much simpler and less expensive direct

    downconversion configuration.

    5. In the mid-2000s, Qualcomm purchased Berkana and soon thereafterbegan incorporating Berkanas noninfringing direct downconversiontechnology into Qualcomms chipsets.

    In the mid-2000s, Qualcomm purchased a company called Berkana Wireless Inc.

    for $56 million. (Ex. 19 at QCPV009411884.) Berkana brought to Qualcomm a core of highly

    qualified engineers and technology including a sophisticated phase lock loop circuit and a

    design and prototype for a passive-mixer direct downconversion circuit. (See generally Ex. 20.)

    Following the acquisition, Qualcomms engineers worked with the Berkana engineers to adapt

    the Berkana passive mixer design for use in Qualcomms receiver chipsets. (Id.)

    Qualcomm announced the release of the first product including the Berkana

    architecturethe RTR6285in February 2006 and imported the first prototype later that year.

    (Ex. 21.) Qualcomm continues to employ many of the same basic Berkana designs to this day in

    its receivers.

    Although the Berkana direct downconversion design has many benefits, it does

    not have several characteristics ParkerVision touted as benefits of its D2D design in 1999. For

    example, Qualcomm does not have a universal downconverter, but instead must still use

    different mixers and local oscillators for the different RF frequency bands used within the

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    United States and around the world. (E.g., Ex. 22 at QCPV000000760.) Likewise, the Berkana

    design does not employ the simple design proposed by ParkerVision. For example, Qualcomm

    still uses the same four balanced transistor pairs that ParkerVision derided in the early 2000s as

    being inferior to its D2D technology. (See Ex. 6 at QCPV001392494.)

    Although ParkerVision has accused the Berkana passive mixer design of

    infringement, Jeff Parker has conceded that Berkana had no access to, and did not copy,

    ParkerVisions technology. (See Ex. 23 at 260:8-261:8.)

    B. ParkerVision Decides that Its Most Promising Business Strategy is Litigation andInitiates This Case.

    After enduring millions of dollars in losses year after year, ParkerVision decided

    to pursue a new business strategy in 2011. Without prior notice to Qualcomm, ParkerVision

    filed its original complaint on July 21, 2011. (See Dkt. 1.) On September 16, 2011, Qualcomm

    filed its Answer and Counterclaim, which included a request for a declaratory judgment of

    noninfringement. (Dkt. 18.)

    In its original complaint, ParkerVision accused two Qualcomm products of

    infringing an unidentified number of claims in seven patents. (Complaint, 9, 11). On

    January 30, 2012, ParkerVision served its infringement contentions, expanding the case to

    accuse over 60 products and assert well over 80 claims from six patents.4 (See Ex. 24.) On

    March 2, 2012, ParkerVision served amended infringement contentions. (Dkt. 152-7, at 2-3). On

    August 27, 2012, ParkerVision moved for leave to serve supplemental infringement contentions

    to accuse 25 new products. (Compare Dkt. 152-7, Section B and Dkt. 152-1, Section B).

    ParkerVisions infringement contentions cover a variety of product typesincluding 50% duty

    4 In its infringement contentions, ParkerVision dropped two patents and added a third.

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    cycle, 25% duty cycle, current mode, and voltage mode product typesthat raise distinct

    noninfringement issues.

    The new list of accused products included, for example, 15 products with an

    AR prefix. (Dkt. 152-1, Section B). Those products were all designed and sold by a company,

    Atheros Communications, Inc., that Qualcomm acquired just before ParkerVision filed its

    complaint (the Atheros Products).

    Although it sought leave to accuse a host of products designed and sold by a

    company that was entirely independent of Qualcomm, ParkerVision did not also seek leave to

    amend its existing infringement contentions to support its claim of infringement as to the newly

    accused products. Nevertheless, Qualcomm collected and produced voluminous schematics

    regarding the Atheros Products. Those schematics, and other evidence, demonstrate that the

    Atheros Products do not have the storage element required by the claims.

    On November 16, 2012, this Court administratively terminated ParkerVisions

    motion, with instructions that ParkerVision should ask the Court to reactivate its motion after

    the claim construction rulingbut only if ParkerVision still wished to seek leave to serve

    supplemental infringement contentions. (See Dkt. 186) On February 20, 2013, the Court issued

    its claim construction ruling. (Dkt. 243.) ParkerVision has not asked the Court to reactivate its

    motion, nor has ParkerVision ever provided any infringement contentions for the products first

    accused in August 27, 2012. Nevertheless, on December 14, 2012, in connection with a

    discovery hearing, ParkerVision submitted a list of the products accused in this case to

    Magistrate Judge Morris. (Ex. 25.) The Atheros Products are on that list.

    On March 4, ParkerVision served a detailed expert report from Dr. Prucnal

    addressing the alleged infringement of the Patents-in-Suit by 71 Qualcomm products. (See Ex.

    26.) The report does not mention any of the Atheros Products. Nor does ParkerVision include

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    the Atheros products in its damages calculations. On April 5, Qualcomm served an expert

    report from Dr. Robert Fox addressing noninfringement. (See Ex. 27.) Dr. Fox opined that the

    Atheros Products, as well as the other accused products, do not infringe the Patents-in-Suit.

    In light of ParkerVisions complete failure to submit any evidence (or even

    contentions) regarding the alleged infringement by the Atheros Products, on May 17, 2013,

    counsel for Qualcomm sent counsel for ParkerVision a letter regarding the Atheros Products. In

    accordance with its counterclaims for declaratory relief, Qualcomm asked ParkerVision to

    stipulate to a judgment of noninfringement as to those products. (See Ex. 28.) In response,

    ParkerVision did not dispute that it had no evidence that the Atheros Products infringe. (See

    Ex. 29.) To date, however, ParkerVision has declined to stipulate to a judgment of

    noninfringement.

    III. ArgumentAs detailed below, Qualcomm seeks partial summary judgment on three distinct

    issues. Summary judgment is appropriate where there is no genuine dispute as to any

    material fact and the movant is entitled to judgment as a matter of law. Fed. R. Civ. P. 56(a);

    see Celotex Corp. v. Catrett, 477 U.S. 317, 322 (1986). The movant bears the burden of establishing

    the absence of any genuine issue of material fact by demonstrating an absence of evidence to

    support the nonmoving partys case. Celotex, 477 U.S. at 325. Once the moving party makes

    this showing, the burden shifts to the non-moving party to rebut that showing by producing

    affidavits or other relevant and admissible evidence beyond the pleadings showing that there

    is a genuine issue for trial. Josendis v. Wall to Wall Residence Repairs, Inc., 662 F.3d 1292, 1314-15

    (11th Cir. 2011) (citations and internal quotation marks omitted).

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    A. ParkerVision Has Failed to Offer Any Evidenceor Even Contentionsthat theAtheros Products Infringe Any of the Patents-in-Suit.

    A patentee bears the burden of proving infringement. Ultra-Tex Surfaces Inc. v.

    Hill Bros. Chem. Co., 204 F.3d 1360, 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2000). To do so, the patentee must establish

    that each limitation of the claim is met by the accused device. Lantech Inc. v. Keip Mach. Co., 32

    F.3d 542, 547 (Fed. Cir. 1993). ParkerVision has submitted no evidence that the Atheros

    Products infringe.

    1. ParkerVision failed to submit the expert testimony required to proveinfringement.

    If the subject matter of an asserted patent is sufficiently complex to fall beyond

    the grasp of an ordinary layperson and if the defendant has provided an expert opinion of

    noninfringement, a plaintiff must provide expert testimony to meet its burden. Proveris Scientific

    Corp. v. Innovasystems, Inc., 536 F.3d 1256, 1267 (Fed. Cir. 2008);AquaTex Indus., Inc. v. Techniche

    Solutions, 479 F.3d 1320, 1329 n.7 (Fed. Cir. 2007); Carnegie Mellon Univ. v. Marvell Tech. Grp., Ltd.,

    888 F.Supp.2d 637, 641 (W.D. Pa. 2012) (requiring expert testimony to establish infringement

    where Patents-in-Suit covered chip designs and defendant provided expert testimony of

    noninfringement); Centricut LLC v. Esab Grp., Inc., 390 F.3d 1361 (Fed. Cir. 2004) (requiring

    expert testimony if defendants presents expert testimony of noninfringement).

    This case involves complex technology relating to the design and operation of

    integrated circuits, as this Court has recognized. (Dkt. 162 at 2 (The Court, now having the

    benefit of the tutorial as well as the parties briefing and arguments related to claim

    construction, finds that a technical advisor would be a valuable asset to the Court given the

    complex and technical nature of the Patents-in-Suit.).) Accordingly, expert testimony was

    required.

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    Moreover, Qualcomm offered unrebutted expert opinion testimony that refuted

    any claim that the Atheros Products infringe. Specifically, Qualcomm offered the expert

    opinion of Dr. Robert Fox that the Atheros Products did not infringe for three independent

    reasons. First, the Atheros products do not take discrete samples of energy from the carrier

    signal and do not use energy from the carrier signal to create the downconverted signal, and,

    therefore, do not perform the energy sampling that ParkerVisions expert admits relates to

    every asserted claim. (Ex. 27 at 266; Ex. 26 at 59; Ex. 30 at 107-08.) Second, the Atheros Products

    do not contain a storage module or element coupled to the output of the downconversion

    circuit as is requiredeither explicitly or inherentlyby all the asserted claims.5 (Ex. 27 at 267.)

    Third, the Atheros products do not use an aliasing rate of less than or equal to twice the

    frequency of the carrier signal as required by a large number of asserted claims.6 (Ex. 27 at

    267-68.)

    Although ParkerVision submitted an expert report from Dr. Prucnal, that report

    failed to address the Atheros Products at all. Dr. Prucnals infringement report specifically

    names each of the products for which he conducted a detailed infringement analysis. (Ex. 26

    at 113.) That listand the rest of his reportdoes not include the Atheros Products. Indeed,

    the report never even mentions the names or designations of any of the fourteen Atheros

    Products. At deposition, Dr. Prucnal confirmed that he has no intention of offering opinions at

    trial that Atheros Products infringe:

    5 This element is required by (a) Claims 23-26, 31, 32, 135, 149, 150, 161, 192, 193, 198, 202 and 203 of

    the 551 Patent; (b) Claims 82, 90 and 91 of the 518 Patent; (c) claims 22, 23, 25 and 31 of the 371 Patent;(d) Claims 1, 4-6, 9 and 12-15 of the 734 Patent; (e) Claims 18-23 of the 342 Patent; and (f) Claims 5 and 6of the 845 Patent.

    6 Those claims include, at least, (a) Claims 1-3, 8, 9, 12, 20, 23-26, 31, 32, 39, 41, 50, 54, 55, 57, 92, 93,108, 113, 126, 135, 149, 150, 161, 192, 193, 195, 196, 198, 202 and 203 of the 551 Patent; (b) Claims 1-3, 12,17, 24, 27, 77, 81, 82, 90 and 91 of the 518 Patent; (c) Claims 1, 2, 22, 23, 25 and 31 of the 371 Patent; and(d) Claims 5 and 13 of the 734 Patent.

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    Q. You have no intent to offer any opinion at trial that anyAtheros products infringe any of the patents-in-suit, correct?

    A. My infringement opinion would be limited to whats in myreport and the products that I list there.

    (Ex. 31 at 231-32.) As ParkerVision has not submitted the expert testimony required to raise a

    triable issue of fact as to the Atheros Products, summary judgment is required.

    2. ParkerVision has failed to submit any other evidence to support a claimof infringement as to the Atheros products.

    Not only did ParkerVision fail to address the Atheros Products explicitly in its

    expert report, but ParkerVision failed to establish that its infringement contentions, analysis, or

    expert testimony of other Qualcomm products applies to the Atheros Products. Indeed, it could

    not do so. It is undisputed that, prior to 2011, Atheros was an independent company with no

    relationship to Qualcomm. (See Ex. 32 at 4.) Thus, its designs were entirely independent of

    Qualcomms designs. After the acquisition, Atheros products continue to use the same basic

    designs that Atheros developed prior to the acquisition by Qualcomm. (See Ex. 27 at 264.) As

    Qualcomms downconversion designs are different from Atheros downconversion designs,

    ParkerVision cannot fill the void in its expert reports by simply claiming that its contentions

    and opinions regarding the Qualcomm products apply equally to the Atheros Products.

    B. Qualcomm Is Entitled to Summary Judgment of No Pre-Suit IndirectInfringement for Four of the Six Asserted Patents.

    1. To prevail on indirect infringement, ParkerVision must prove thatQualcomm had knowledge of the asserted patents.

    Unlike direct infringement, which imposes strict liability for infringing acts,

    indirect infringement7 requires proof that the defendant acted with a culpable mental state.

    [I]nduced infringement . . . requires knowledge that the induced acts constitute patent

    7 Indirect infringement includes inducement (35 U.S.C. 271(b)) and contributory infringement (35U.S.C. 271(c)).

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    infringement. Global-Tech Appliances, Inc. v. SEB S.A., 131 S. Ct. 2060, 2068 (2011). Likewise, for

    contributory infringement, the patent owner must prove that the alleged contributory infringer

    knew that the combination for which his component was especially designed was both patented

    and infringing. Aro Mfg. Co. v. Convertible Top Replacement Co., 377 U.S. 476, 488 (1964).

    As an initial prerequisite to meeting this difficult mental-state element, the

    patentee must prove that the accused infringer had knowledge of the asserted patent. DSU

    Med. Corp. v. JMS Co., 471 F.3d 1293, 1304 (Fed. Cir. 2006) (en banc in pertinent part) (inducement

    standard necessarily includes the requirement that [the accused infringer] knew of the

    patent); Fujitsu Ltd. v. Netgear, Inc., 620 F.3d 1321, 1326 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (patentee must prove

    that the accused contributory infringer had knowledge of the patent). To prove knowledge,

    the plaintiff must either present direct evidence that the accused infringer actually knew of the

    existence of the asserted patent or took steps to be willfully blind of such existence. Global-Tech

    Appliances, 131 S. Ct. at 2068-71.

    If the patentee fails to show pre-suit knowledge of an asserted patent, the

    patentee may not recover pre-suit damages for indirect infringement. E.g., Pacing Techs., LLC v.

    Garmin Intl, Inc., 12-CV-1067, 2013 WL 444642, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Feb. 5, 2013); Intellect Wireless Inc.

    v. Sharp Corp., 10 C 6763, 2012 WL 787051, at *11 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 9, 2012).

    2. ParkerVision cannot show that Qualcomm had pre-suit knowledge offour of the six asserted patents.

    ParkerVision provides the entirety of its purported evidence of Qualcomms pre-

    suit knowledge in its infringement and damages expert reports.8 As detailed below, however,

    8 The evidence of pre-suit knowledge relied on by ParkerVision is set forth in three paragraphs in theexpert report of ParkerVisions damages expert, Paul Benoit (Ex. 33, 32-34) and just over two pages inthe expert report of ParkerVisions infringement expert, Dr. Paul Prucnal (Ex. 26 at 119-121).

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    none of the cited evidence raises a triable issue of fact for four of the six asserted patents: the

    342, 734, 845, and 518 Patents.

    (1) The 342 PatentAs the sole proof of Qualcomms alleged knowledge of the 342 Patent,

    ParkerVisions experts assert that [t]he prosecution history of the 551 Patent includes

    references . . . to the Related Application Serial No. 10/972,133, which issued as the 342

    Patent. (Ex. 33, 33; Ex. 26 at 120; Ex. 34 at 226:20-227:1.)

    The assertion, however, is simply incorrect. The prosecution history of the 551

    Patent closed when the patent issued on May 9, 2000. (See Ex. 35; Ex. 33, 13.) The application

    that became the 342 Patent, however, was not filed until October 25, 2004. (Ex. 35.) Thus, the

    prosecution history of the 551 Patent could not have referenced the application of the 342

    Patent.

    (2) The 734 and 845 PatentsParkerVision has cited no evidence that Qualcomm was aware of either of these

    patents before this suit. (Ex. 33, 32-34; Ex. 26 at 119-121.) At his deposition, Mr. Benoit

    confirmed that he did not know of any evidence that Qualcomm had pre-suit knowledge of the

    patents. (Ex. 34 at 226:10-19.) See Zamora Radio, LLC v. Last.FM, Ltd., 758 F. Supp. 2d 1242, 1256-

    57 (S.D. Fla. 2010) (granting summary judgment of no inducement where plaintiff offered no

    evidence that Defendants had any pre-suit knowledge of the asserted patent).

    (3) The 518 PatentTo demonstrate Qualcomms alleged knowledge of the 518 Patent,

    ParkerVisions experts point to a copy of the prosecution history of the 551 Patent produced

    from the file of a Qualcomm employee. (Ex. 33, 33; Ex. 26 at 120; Ex. 34 at 225:25-226:9.) The

    experts assert that Qualcomm had knowledge of the 518 patent, because the 551 prosecution

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    history contained references to the then pending Patent Application Serial No. 09/376,359

    which issued as the 518 Patent. (Ex. 33, 33; Ex. 26 at 120.)

    This evidence fails to raise a triable issue of fact, because knowledge of apatent

    application is insufficient as a matter of law to establish knowledge of the later-issued patent. See

    McRee v. Goldman, 11-CV-00991-LHK, 2012 WL 3745190, at *3 (N.D. Cal. Aug. 28, 2012) ([M]ere

    knowledge of a pending patent application . . . does not give rise to liability for inducement

    under 271(b).dismissing induced infringement claim with prejudice). As the Vasudevan

    Software court held, knowledge of the [asserted patents] existence was quite impossible before

    it issued, and there is no indication . . . how [the accused infringer] may have later discovered

    it. Vasudevan Software, Inc. v. TIBCO Software Inc., No. C 11-6638 RS, 2012 WL 1831543, at *2

    (N.D. Cal. May 18, 2012). Similarly here, Qualcomm could not have had actual knowledge of

    the 518 patent before it existed, and ParkerVision has cited no evidence that Qualcomm

    otherwise learned of the 518 patent after it issued.

    3. ParkerVisions other evidence does not raise a triable issue of fact.(1) The 1998 to 1999 meetings between Qualcomm and ParkerVision do not

    show pre-suit knowledge.

    ParkerVisions technical expert, Dr. Prucnal, asserts that Qualcomm has had

    knowledge of the Patents-in-Suit since at least May 26, 1999, when Jeff Parker and David

    Sorrells [of ParkerVision] met with Ben Miller and Charles Wheatley of Qualcomm to present

    ParkerVisions patent filings. (Ex. 26 at 119; see also Ex. 33, 32.) Dr. Prucnal also relies on the

    testimony of Prashant Kantak that, in the 1998 to mid-1999 timeframe, he was aware that

    [ParkerVision] w[as] in the process of filing patents. (Ex. 26 at 119.)

    These assertions cannot establish actual knowledge of the specific patents at

    issue in this motion, because none of those patents issued before July 2001. (See Ex. 35; Ex. 33,

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    15, 20, 23, 26.) As noted above, an accused infringer cannot have actual knowledge of a

    patent that has not yet issued. McRee v. Goldman, 2012 WL 3745190, at *3; see also Vasudevan

    Software, 2012 WL 1831543, at *2; id. at *6 ([M]ere knowledge of a pending patent application is

    of little significance given the prospect that a patent may not ever be issued, or, if issued, be

    altered or narrowed in scope.).

    These facts also fail as a matter of law to raise a triable issue of fact on willful

    blindness. In Global-Tech, the Supreme Court recognized the high bar for proving willful

    blindness: (1) the defendant must subjectively believe that there is a high probability that a fact

    exists and (2) the defendant must take deliberate actions to avoid learning of that fact. Global-

    Tech Appliances, 131 S. Ct. at 2070. This standard gives willful blindness an appropriately

    limited scope that surpasses recklessness and negligence. Id.

    Here, ParkerVision cannot meet either prong of the willful blindness test.

    ParkerVision has no evidence showing a high probability that the patents addressed by this

    motion would have been filed, issued, or asserted against Qualcomm. The 1998-1999 meetings

    did not involve any of the applications that led to the issuance of the patents at issue in this

    motion. (Ex. 36 at PV00184933.) Nor did Qualcomm have any reason to guess that

    ParkerVision might file other applications reciting the specific claims in the patents addressed

    by this motion. Likewise for the second prong, ParkerVision has not presented any evidence

    that Qualcomm took deliberate actions to avoid learning of any ParkerVision patents. See

    Vasudevan Software, 2012 WL 1831543, at *5-6;Apeldyn Corp. v. AU Optronics Corp., 831 F. Supp.

    2d 817, 831 (D. Del. 2011) (granting summary judgment of no inducement despite evidence that

    accused infringer could have, but did not, monitor competitors patents[a]t best, [the

    patentee] has framed [the accused infringer] as a reckless or negligent defendant not a

    willfully deliberate one).

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    (2) ParkerVisions speculation from the Persico testimony does not precludesummary judgment.

    Finally, Dr. Prucnal asserts that Charles Persico testified that he was at least

    aware of ParkerVisions patents three or four years ago. (Ex. 26 at 120-21.) The testimony

    cited by Dr. Prucnal, however, is equivocal and unrelated to the specific patents at issue in this

    motion. Mr. Persico testified only that he saw that ParkerVision was referencing my patents,

    he didnt look at any of the detail, and he did not look at any of the claims of any

    ParkerVision patent. (Ex. 37 at 122:21-124:9.) The testimony Dr. Prucnal relies on, therefore,

    does not provide any basis to infer that Qualcomm had knowledge of the specific patents at

    issue in this motion. See Chalumeau Power Sys. LLC v. Alcatel-Lucent, No. 11-1175-RGA, 2012 WL

    6968938, at *1 (D. Del. July 18, 2012) (rejecting theory that accused infringer might have learned

    of patent as a result of suit filed against a different defendant as unduly speculative); Pacing

    Techs., 2013 WL 444642, at *2 (rejecting inferences from accused defendants research and

    development practices as too speculative to support a reasonable inference that [it] knew of the

    patent prior to commencement of this suit).

    4. Because Qualcomm lacked pre-suit knowledge, the Court should grantpartial summary judgment of no pre-suit indirect infringement.

    As shown above, ParkerVision has failed to adduce evidence of Qualcomms pre-

    suit knowledge of the 342, 734, 845, and 518 Patents. ParkerVision first alleged indirect

    infringement of the 342, 845, and 518 Patents on July 20, 2011 in its Complaint. (Dkt. 1.)

    ParkerVision first accused Qualcomm of infringing the 734 Patent on January 30, 2012. (Ex. 24.)

    Accordingly, Qualcomm respectfully requests the Court grant partial summary judgment of (1)

    no indirect infringement for the 342, 845, and 518 Patents prior to July 20, 2011; and (2) no

    indirect infringement for the 734 Patent prior to January 30, 2012.

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    C. Qualcomm is Entitled to Summary Judgment that Its 50% Duty Cycle ProductsDo Not Infringe the Patents-in-Suit.

    Based on testimony from ParkerVisions expert, Qualcomm is entitled to

    summary judgment that its passive mixer products that use a 50% duty cycle (the 50% Duty

    Cycle Products) do not infringe the Patents-in-Suit.9 ParkerVision and its technical expert, Dr.

    Prucnal, have taken the position that the Patents-in-Suit require the discharge of energy from a

    storage device, i.e., a capacitor. Qualcomms 50% Duty Cycle Products connect two switches to

    each storage capacitor. For 50% of the time, one switch is closed and providing charge to the

    capacitor. For the other 50% of the time, the other switch is closed and providing charge to the

    capacitor. Thus, although each switch is closed for only about 50% of the time, the capacitor is

    always being charged. At his deposition, Dr. Prucnal admitted that in an ideal 50% duty

    cycle product where each switch is closed and providing charge for exactly 50% of the time

    there is no discharge of energy from the capacitor. ParkerVision advances no proof that

    Qualcomms 50% Duty Cycle Products discharge energy from its capacitors and it is

    indisputable that the switches in Qualcomms 50% Duty Cycle Products are each closed for at

    least 50% of each frequency cycle. Those products cannot infringe.

    1. All asserted claims require discharge of energy from a storage device.Dr. Prucnal asserts that ParkerVisions invention is energy sampling. (Ex. 26 at

    44-53.) In Dr. Prucnals view, energy sampling requires first transferring and accumulating

    9 The 50% Duty Cycle Products are BTS4020, BTS4020BD, BTS4021, BTS4050, BTS4051, BTS4052,BTS4054, BTS4055, BTS5045, BTS4025, FTR8700, MBP1600, MBP1610, MBP2600, MBP2700, MDM6085,MXC6369, MXU6219, QSC6055, QSC6065, QSC6075, QSC6085, RGR1000, RGR1100, RGR6240, RTR6236,RTR6237, RTR6280, RTR6285, RTR6285A, RTR6500, RTR8700, WCN1312, WCN1314, WCN1320,WCN2243, WCN3660, and the Bluetooth portions of the following products: QSC6155, QSC6165,QSC6175, QSC6185, QSC6195, QSC6295, QSC6695, QTR8200, QTR8201, QTR8600, QTR8600L andQTR8601.

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    energy from the modulated carrier signal onto a storage element such as a capacitor. (Id. at

    45.) Dr. Prucnal illustrates this concept through the use of the diagram below.

    According to Dr. Prucnal, energy is transferred from the modulated carrier signal, which enters

    the device at the antenna, to the Large Storage Device (the capacitor) when the switch (the

    gate-like structure inside the box labeled Energy Sampler) is closed. (Id.) Critically, it is Dr.

    Prucnals opinion that [w]hen the switch opens, part of the accumulated non-negligible energy

    in the capacitor is transferred to the load impedance which is the impedance of the next stage

    of the receiver circuit. (Id. at 45.) In other words, in energy sampling, when the switch

    opens, energy is discharged from the Large Storage Device.

    Dr. Prucnal has opined that at least one element in all but one of the asserted

    independent claims requires this discharge of energy out of a storage device. (See, e.g., Ex. 30 at

    33-34, 64-65, 80-81.) The only asserted independent claim Dr. Prucnal has not opined includes a

    limitation requiring discharge of energy from a storage device is Claim 13 of the 845 Patent.

    (Id.)

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    2. Dr. Prucnal has admitted that products which employ a 50% duty cycledo not discharge energy from a storage device.

    Mixers in receivers can operate at different duty cycles. A duty cycle is that

    amount of time each switch in the mixer is closed during the course of one complete cycle or

    period of the carrier signal. The accused devices use either a 25% or 50% duty cycle.

    In an ideal 50% duty cycle product, each switch is closed for exactly half of

    each cycle of the carrier signal. At his deposition, Dr. Prucnal testified about the following

    illustration of Qualcomms 50% Duty Cycle Products that appears in the expert report of

    Qualcomms non-infringement expert, Dr. Fox. The handwriting is Dr. Prucnals.

    (Ex. 38 at 89.)

    In this diagram, Dr. Prucnal circled three structures two switches M1 and

    M3 and a capacitor to the right of them (indicated by the two parallel lines). Dr. Prucnal

    admitted during his deposition that both switches M1 and M3 are connected to and, in his

    opinion, transfer energy to the circled capacitor. (Ex. 31 at 221:21-25.) He also admitted that in

    an ideal 50% duty cycle product at all times during each cycle of the carrier signal either switch

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    M1 or switch M3 will be closed and therefore transferring energy to the capacitor. (Id. at 223,

    lines 4-14.; 224, line 24 225, line 7.) Dr. Prucnal was clear that in such circumstance no energy

    is discharged from the capacitor: But in the ideal case, one is 50 percent duty cycle and they

    both go to one capacitor because there is always current flowing from one or the other [switch]

    into the capacitor, I cant say that there is discharging. (Id. at 230, lines 1-5.) Dr. Prucnal's

    statement that I cant say there is discharging is a candid admission that he cannot opine that

    the relevant circuits infringe.

    3. Qualcomms 50% duty cycle products do not discharge energy from astorage device.

    ParkerVision does not dispute that all of Qualcomms 50% Duty Cycle Products

    have the same basic structure set out in the diagram above, where each capacitor is connected to

    two switches.10 (Ex. 31 at 226-230.) ParkerVision also does not dispute that both switches

    provide charge to the capacitor during each cycle of the carrier signal. (Ex. 31 at 221.) The only

    issue is whether at least one of the two switches connected to each capacitor in Qualcomms

    50% Duty Cycle products is closed at all times during one cycle of the carrier signal as

    happens with an ideal 50% duty cycle. If the answer to that question is yes, then as Dr.

    Prucnal admitted, no energy is discharged from the capacitor and the asserted claims that

    require such discharge are not infringed.

    In actual operation, the switches in Qualcomms 50% Duty Cycle Products are

    each closed and providing a charge to the capacitor for more than 50% of each cycle of the carrier

    signal. ParkerVision and Dr. Prucnal have not advanced any evidence that the switches in

    Qualcomms 50% Duty Cycle Products are closed for less than 50% of each cycle. Dr. Prucnal

    10 Some 50%Duty Cycle Products do not have a capacitor at the output of the switches, but arealleged by Dr. Prucnal to have one. For the purpose of this motion, Qualcomm will adopt Dr. Prucnalsposition. Dr. Prucnal presents no argument that a product can infringe without such capacitor.

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    admitted that he did not model what happens to the charging and discharging of the capacitors

    in the 50% Duty Cycle Products when both switches M1 and M3 are considered. (Ex. 31 at

    228-229.) He testified, with reference to the diagram above, that he only modeled the operation

    of one switch M1, even though he admitted that both switches M1 and M3 are providing

    charge to the capacitor. (Id.) This failure of proof alone is sufficient to grant Qualcomm

    summary judgment.

    However, Qualcomm documents made available to ParkerVision in discovery

    indisputably establish that each of the 50% Duty Cycle Products employs a duty cycle where

    each switch is closed and providing a charge for more than 50% of the time. For example, the

    timing diagram below for the circuit design known as GZIF411 illustrates the pairs of LO

    control signals used to control paired switches such as M1 and M3:12

    11 The GZIF4 circuit design is found in the following 50% Duty Cycle Products: MXU6219, RGR1000,

    RGR1100, RTR6236, RTR6237, RTR6280, RTR6285, and RTR6285A

    12See Ex. 39 at QCPV000007891; see also Ex. 40 at QCPV000105059-60, 62-63; Ex. 39 atQCPV000007872 (stating that the LO buffer made for the circuit design known as Voltron and Ramsiswas reused in GZIF4); Ex. 41 at QCPV000373563-65; Ex. 42 at QCPV000141579-80. The Voltron circuitdesign is found in the following 50% Duty Cycle Products: RTR6500 and MXC6369. The Ramsis circuitdesign is found in the following 50% Duty Cycle Products: QSC6055, QSC6065, QSC6075, QSC6085, andMDM6085.

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    This is exactly the

    situation in which Dr. Prucnal admitted he cant say that there is discharging. (Ex. 31 at

    230:1-5.)

    Unlike ParkerVisions expert, Qualcomms expert Dr. Fox accurately recognized

    in his report how the 50% Duty Cycle Products work and analyzed the effect both switches

    have on the capacitor to which they are connected. Based on this analysis, Dr. Fox opined that

    none of the 50% Duty Cycle products have a discharge cycle. (See, e.g., Ex. 21 at 199-204.) Dr.

    Foxs opinions in this regard are unrebutted and provide further grounds for granting summary

    judgment of non-infringement.

    IV. ConclusionFor the reasons set forth above, Qualcomm respectfully requests that the Court

    enter judgment against ParkerVision:

    (1) On ParkerVisions claims that the Atheros Products (as defined herein)infringe any asserted claims, and on Qualcomms counterclaim seeking adeclaration that such products do not infringe;

    (2) On ParkerVisions claims of induced and contributory infringement ofthe 342, 845, and 518 patents, for the period prior to July 20, 2011, and of

    the 734 Patent for the period prior to January 30, 2012;

    (3) On ParkerVisions claims that the 50% Duty Cycle Products (as definedherein) infringe any asserted claim, and on Qualcomms counterclaimseeking a declaration that such products do not infringe.

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    COOLEY LLPStephen C. Neal (admitted pro hac vice)[email protected] S. Teter (admitted pro hac vice)[email protected] Palo Alto Square3000 El Camino RealPalo Alto, CA 94306-2155Telephone: (650) 843-5182Facsimile: (650) 849-7400

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    BEDELL, DITTMAR, DEVAULT, PILLANS & COXE, P.A.John A. DeVault, IIIFlorida Bar No. [email protected] K. GrimmFlorida Bar No. [email protected] Bedell Building

    101 East Adams StreetJacksonville, Florida 32202Telephone: (904) 353-0211Facsimile: (904) 353-9307

    Counsel for Defendant Qualcomm Incorporated

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    CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

    I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this 22nd day of May, 2013, I electronically filed theforegoing with the Clerk of the Court by using the CM/ECF system which will send a notice ofelectronic filing to all counsel of record.

    s/ Keith R. Hummel

    Keith R. Hummel (admitted pro hac vice)[email protected] Plaza825 Eighth AvenueNew York, New York 10019Telephone: (212) 474-1000Facsimile: (212) 474-3700Attorney for Defendant Qualcomm Incorporated

    1131516/HN

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