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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 

MIAMI DIVISION 

CARNIVAL CORPORATION, 

a Panamanian corporation, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

DECURTIS LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

corporation, and DECURTIS 

CORPORATION, 

a Florida corporation, 

 Defendants. 

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No. 1:20-cv-22945-RNS 

DECURTIS’S SEPARATE STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS IN SUPPORT OF 

MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

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 Pursuant to Local Rule 56.1(a), DeCurtis, LLC and DeCurtis Corporation (collectively 

“DeCurtis”) hereby provide this separate Statement of Material Facts (“Separate Statement”) in 

support of their Motion for Summary Judgment (“MSJ”). This Separate Statement lists the 

material facts related to the MSJ that DeCurtis contends are not genuinely disputed. 

I. Material Facts in Support of Section I of DeCurtis’s Motion for Summary 

Judgment. 

1. Carnival accuses DeCurtis of infringing claims 1-3, 7-8, and 11-15 of U.S. Patent 

10,045,184 (the “’184 patent”); claims 13, 15, and 18 of U.S. Patent 10,049,516 (the “’516 

patent”); and claim 11 of U.S. Patent 10,157,514 (the “’514 patent”) (together “the Asserted 

Claims”). (Ex. D1 (Amended Infringement Contentions at 4)). 

2. All Asserted Claims of the ’184 patent require a “sensor network” comprising 

sensors that are operative to detect signals from portable guest devices using BLE (Bluetooth low 

energy) communications. (Ex. A (’184 patent), claims 1-3, 7-8, & 11-15)). 

3. Claim 15 of the ’516 patent requires an “access panel” that “communicates via the 

first transceiver using a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) communication standard with the user 

device.” (Ex. B (’516 patent) claim 15). 

4. Claims 1-3 of the ’184 patent require a “plurality of access panels,” each 

comprising “a radio configured for wireless communication with a door lock communication 

module.” (Ex. A (’184 patent) claims 1-3)). 

5. Claims 13, 15, and 18, of the ’516 patent require “an access panel separate from 

and fixedly mounted proximate to the door lock communication module” and “including a radio 

configured for wireless communication with the door lock communication module.” (Ex. B (’516 

patent) claims 13, 15 & 18). 

6. A person of ordinary skill in the art understands that the “radio” term in the 

Asserted Claims excludes a transmitter or receiver for communicating using infrared links. (Ex. 

Q (10/22/21 de la Iglesia Dep.) at 80:21-81:2 (“

                                                            

1

 Unless otherwise stated herein, references to “Ex. __” refer to the Declaration of Patrick T. 

Schmidt in Support of DeCurtis LLC’s and DeCurtis Corporation’s Motion for Summary 

Judgment, ECF ___. 

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.”); Ex. R (de la Iglesia Reb. Report) ¶ 396 (“[

.”). 

7. Carnival offered no record evidence that 

. (See 

generally Ex. E (de la Iglesia Op Rep)); Ex. AC (Shoemake Op. Report) ¶ 97. 

8. DeCurtis does not design, manufacture, sell, import, or offer for sale 

electronically controlled door locks or door access panels. (Ex. AD (DeCurtis_00002177); Ex. 

AE (NCL-008160); Ex. H (Declaration of Andrew P. Schwalb, hereafter “Schwalb Decl.”) ¶ 9). 

9. Virgin Voyages 

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) 

¶ 5). 

10. Virgin engaged DeCurtis to offer, design, and implement 

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 6). 

11. Virgin engaged 

. (Ex. H (Schwalb 

Decl.) ¶ 10). 

12. Virgin made the decision to purchase its

. (Ex. H (Schwalb 

Decl.) ¶ 4). 

13. The guest location technology that Virgin requested DeCurtis to design and 

provide was 

 (Ex. H (Schwalb 

Decl.) ¶¶ 8-9). 

14. , DeCurtis provided no other hardware for Virgin. 

(Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶¶ 8-9). 

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15.

 (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 11). 

16.

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 12; Ex. O 

(December 12, 2021 deposition transcript of Assa Abloy corporate representative Jon 

Engebretsen, hereafter “Engebretsen Dep.”) 150:19-151:10; 279:11-280:6). 

17.

. (Ex. H 

(Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 12; Ex. O (Engebretsen Dep.) at 148:25-150:17, 152:3-162:7; 168:4-169:17. 

279:11-280:6; 269:9-13 (“

”); 269:22-270:12). 

18.

. (Ex. H 

(Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 13). 

19. The Scarlet Lady sailed a test trip across the Atlantic Ocean in February 2020 

with . Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, no further installations 

were performed and no further use of these door panels took place between February 2020 and at 

least October 2020. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 13). 

20. Virgin and Assa Abloy discussed the possibility of 

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) 

¶ 14). 

21.

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 14). 

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22.

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶¶ 14, 18-19; Ex. O 

(Engebretsen Dep.) 150:19-151:10; 279:11-280:6). 

23.

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶¶ 12, 14-15). 

24.

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶¶ 12, 14-15, 18). 

25. In October of 2020, shortly before the deadline to amend the pleadings in this 

litigation, . (Ex. S 

(CARNIVAL00374690) at -720 (

)). 

26.

 (Ex. T (CARNIVAL00124827) at § 2.1 

(Carnival-Virgin Agreement to Avoid Intellectual Property and Related Disputes)). 

27. Carnival does not believe that Virgin has 

. (Ex. U (Padgett 

Dep. Vol. 2) at 202:15-20). 

28. Virgin directed 

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 16). 

29. Virgin’s 

. (Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 16; Ex. W 

(DeCurtis_00726714)). 

30. Virgin’s 

. 

(Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 16). 

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31. Further 

. 

(Ex. H (Schwalb Decl.) ¶ 17). 

32. Claim 11 of the ’514 patent requires a portable wireless device that comprises a 

memory that stores a “private identifier[] unique to the portable device.” (Ex. C (’514 patent) 

claim 11). 

33. In distinguishing prior art in opposition to DeCurtis’ petition for inter partes 

review of the ’514 patent, Carnival emphasized the requirement that the “private identifier” be 

“unique to the portable wireless device” as opposed, for example, to being merely unique to a 

user. (Ex. M (Patent Owner Preliminary Response in IPR2021-00783) at 28 (“Equating such 

information [i.e., a user ID, account number, or a similar unique identifier which can be used to 

access the user’s information] with the claimed private identifier is at best conclusory.”)). 

34. The Patent Trial and Appeal Board agreed with Carnival that the “private 

identifier” of claim 11 of the ’514 patent must be “unique to the portable wireless device,” and 

on that basis, denied institution of IPR on the ’514 patent. (Ex. Y (Decision Denying Institution 

in IPR2021-00783) at 38). 

35. Carnival’s expert Mr. de la Iglesia agrees that claim 11 of the ’514 patent requires 

 (Ex. L (de la Iglesia Dep.) 

at 244:4-6, 12-14; 246:22-24). 

36. Carnival and its expert Mr. de la Iglesia accuse DeCurtis of infringing claim 11 of 

the ’514 patent 

. (Ex. E (de la Iglesia Op. Report) at pp. 247-252, 

¶¶ 52-64). 

37. Assa Abloy’s door access panels only provide 

. (Ex. K (DeCurtis_00807543) at -46). 

38. The Assa Abloy 

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(Ex. K (DeCurtis_00807543) 

at -55 (cited by de la Iglesia Op. Report at p. 248, ¶ 56)). 

39. Carnival’s expert Mr. de la Iglesia 

. (Ex. L (de la Iglesia Dep.) at 241:25-

242:22 (citing Ex. K (DeCurtis_00807543) indicating that 

). 

40. DeCurtis expert witness Dr. Jakobsson identified 

. (Ex. Z (Jakobsson Opening Report) at ¶¶ 252-253). 

41. For a prior art Assa Abloy system, Mr. de la Iglesia criticizes 

 (Ex. R (de la 

Iglesia Reb. Report) ¶ 904). 

Carnival did not question Assa Abloy’s corporate representative, Jon Engebretsen, 

regarding the contents of in DeCurtis-implemented systems. 

(Ex. O (Engebretsen Dep.) at 266-315).

II. Material Facts in Support of Section II of DeCurtis’s Motion for Summary 

Judgment. 

42. DeCurtis is a 

 (Ex. AF (Project Ocean Capital Authorization Request) at 8). 

43. Level 11 is a 

 (Id.) 

44.

 (Ex. U (Padgett Dep. Vol. 2) at 129:19-20). 

45. Carnival engaged DeCurtis to work on Project Trident 

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63. The MSA permits Carnival to inspect DeCurtis’s books and records “at any 

reasonable time or times upon prior notice.” (Id. at § 3.4.) 

64. In response to Carnival’s February 2020 letter, DeCurtis offered to allow Carnival 

to inspect documents relating to the work DeCurtis did under the MSA, including any source 

code to which DeCurtis had reasonable access, records of expenses and receipts, policies and 

methods used to protect confidential information, and documents relating to statements of work 

that Carnival had identified. (Ex. AO (March 12, 2020 letter)). 

65. Carnival rejected this offer. (Ex. AP (March 13, 2020 e-mail T. Vann Pearce)). 

Dated: April 25, 2022 DECURTIS LLC & DECURTIS 

CORPORATION 

 By: /s/ Jason P. Stearns 

One of their attorneys 

David C. Gustman (pro hac vice) 

Jeffery M. Cross (pro hac vice) 

Jill C. Anderson (pro hac vice) 

Jennifer L. Fitzgerald (pro hac vice) 

Freeborn & Peters LLP 

311 S. Wacker Drive, Suite 3000 

Chicago, IL 60606 

Tel. (312) 360-6000 

Jason Stearns 

Florida Bar No. 059550 

Freeborn & Peters LLP 

201 N. Franklin Street 

Suite 3550 

Tampa, FL 33602 

Tel. (813) 488-2920 

E-mail: jstearns@freeborn.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiff DeCurtis LLC & DeCurtis 

Corporation 

Scott L. Watson (pro hac vice) 

Justin C. Griffin (pro hac vice) 

Patrick T. Schmidt (pro hac vice) 

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP 

865 S. Figueroa St., 10th Floor 

Los Angeles, CA 90017 

Tel. (213) 443-3000 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I hereby certify that on April 25, 2022, I filed the foregoing DeCurtis’s Statement of 

Material Facts in Support of its Motion for Summary Judgment via CM/ECF which will serve all 

attorneys of record. 

 DECURTIS LLC & DECURTIS 

CORPORATION 

 By: /s/ Jason P. Stearns 

One of their attorneys 

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