Network-1 Security Solutions, Inc v. D-Link Corporation et al, No. 6:05-cv-00291 (E.D. Tex. Nov. 20, 2006)

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This Memorandum Opinion construes the terms in U.S . Patent No. 6,218,930 (“the ‘930 patent”). Claims 1, 2, 6, and 9 contain disputed terms. Also before the Court is Plaintiff Network- 1's Motion to Strike the Declaration of Rich Seifert (Docket No. 118-1), which the Court DENIES. BACKGROUND The ‘930 patent issued April 17, 2001, to Boris Katzenberg. The ‘930 patent discloses a set of circuits that enable the delivery of operating power over Ethernet (commonly referred to as “PoE”) only to those access devices that are designed to accept such power.