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Plaintiff's Objections and Responses to
Defendant's First Request for Production

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CAUSE NO. 199 596 97


DSC COMMUNICATIONS
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,

v.
EVAN BROWN,
Defendant.

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IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF

COLLIN COUNTY, TEXAS


219TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT


PLAINTIFF'S OBJECTIONS AND RESPONSES
TO DEFENDANT'S FIRST REQUEST FOR PRODUCTION

TO: Defendant Evan Brown, by and through his attorneys of record, Richard A. Sayles, Esq. and Eric D. Pearson, Esq., Sayles & Lidji, P.C., 1201 Elm Street, Suite 4400, Dallas, Texas 75270

Plaintiff DSC Communications Corporation ("DSC") files these objections and responses to Defendant Evan Brown's ("Brown") First Request for Production, pursuant to Rule 167, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. DSC will produce all documents which are in its possession, custody, or control, and which are responsive to Brown's specific requests for production to which DSC has not objected, at the offices of its counsel, Lynn Stodghill Melsheimer & Tillotson, L.L.P., 750 North St. Paul Street, Suite 1400, Dallas, Texas 75201, at a date and time that is mutually agreeable to the par-ties.

  1. GENERAL OBJECTIONS

  1. DSC objects to Brown's First Request for Production of Documents on the grounds that the requests seek information that is protected by the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product privilege.

  2. DSC objects to Brown's request to produce documents at the offices of Sayles & Lidji, P.C. 4400 Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm Street, Dallas, Texas 75270. because same is not a reasonable place, time, and manner for making inspection and performing the requested copying. Subject to and without waiving this objection. DSC will produce for inspection and or copying the requested documents and tangible things to which DSC has not objected at a mutually convenient time and place to the parties involved.

  3. DSC objects to the "Definitions" contained in Brown's First Request for Production to the extent they seek to expand or modify the breadth and scope of the Texas Rules of Civil 'Procedure or to seek to increase DSC's duties under those Rules. Subject to and without waiving the objections set forth herein, DSC will produce non-privileged documents as set forth in its responses as such documents are kept in the ordinary course of business. Such documents will be made available for inspection and copying on a mutually agreeable date subject to reasonable notice and the entry of an appropriate protective order with respect to those documents containing confidential and proprietary information.

  4. DSC objects to Brown's use of the term "Idea" in this Request for Production on the grounds that such term, in the context of this litigation, is unnecessarily confusing. DSC will respond to these requests using this term "Solution," as defined by the Court in the June 30, 1997 Temporary Injunction Order.

  5. Because much of the information contained in the documents to be produced in response to Defendant's First Request for Production is confidential, propriety or trade secrets, DSC will not produce any documents until an appropriate protective order is in place. To the extent the parties cannot agree upon such a protective order, DSC hereby moves for a protective order limiting disclosure of or dissemination of any documents produced by DSC in this lawsuit.

  1. REQUESTS FOR PRODUCTION OF DOCUMENTS

REQUEST NO. 1:

Please produce each and every Invention Disclosure Form which relates to an invention similar to the Idea.

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REQUEST NO. 2:

Please produce each and every document relating to DSC's efforts to develop a software reverse engineering program such as the Idea.

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REQUEST NO. 3:

Please produce all documents relating to any occasion on which DSC has asserted that an invention made or conceived by an employee of DSC was property of DSC due to a written agreement between the employee and DSC such as, but not limited to, the Agreement.

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REQUEST NO. 4:

Please produce all documents relating to any litigation in which DSC has asserted that an invention made or conceived by an employee of DSC was property of DSC due to a written agreement between the employee and DSC such as, but not limited to, the Agreement.

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REQUEST NO. 5:

Please produce Evan Brown's personnel file.

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REQUEST NO. 6:

Please produce all documents relating to the negotiations between Brown and DSC relating to "a prospective agreement for the development of a code conversion system" as referenced in Chris Cole's February 10, 1997 memorandum to Evan Brown.

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REQUEST NO. 7:

Please produce all documents relating to the reason or reasons why DSC "elected to discontinue the negotiations with [Evan Brown] regarding a prospective agreement for the development of a code conversion system" as referenced in Chris Cole's February 10, 1997 memorandum to Evan Brown.

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REQUEST NO. 8:

Please produce all documents which support your allegation that the Idea is "along the lines of the business, work or investigations of [DSC] or of companies which it owns or controls."

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REQUEST NO. 9:

Please produce all documents which support your allegation that the Idea resulted from or was suggested by any work Evan Brown did on behalf of DSC.

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REQUEST NO. 10:

Please produce all documents relating to any projects, work, investigations, research or other efforts by DSC to develop a software reverse engineering program such as the Idea, including but not limited to the "several occasions" on which DSC "investigated assembly language convertor systems, software, and ideas" as referenced in Dave Hinshaw's July 16, 1997 [sic] memorandum to Evan Brown.

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REQUEST NO. 11:

Please produce all documents which identify any other corporations or individuals of which you are aware that are developing or attempting to develop a software reverse engineering program such as the Idea.

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REQUEST NO. 12:

Please produce all documents supporting DSC's claim for reasonable and necessary attorney fees.

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REQUEST NO. 13:

Please produce all documents relating to the contract mentioned by Wayne Jones in his voice mail message to Evan Brown on January 13, 1997 (a copy of that message is set forth below for your reference in defining this contract).

Message four from "Wayne Jones" at extension 93465 was received at 5:40 p.m., January 13

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REQUEST NO. 14:

Please produce all documents relating to the contract referenced by Chris Cole in his voice mail message to Evan Brown on January 23, 1997 (a copy of that message is set forth below for your reference in defining this contract). Message five from "Chris Cole" at extension 96828 was received at 2:20 p.m. January 23.

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REQUEST NO. 15:

Please produce all documents relating to the contract referenced by Chris Cole in his voice mail message to Evan Brown on January 28, 1997 (a copy of that message is set forth below for your reference in defining this contract).

Message six from "Chris Cole" at extension 12400 was received at 3:20 p.m., January 28.

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REQUEST NO. 16:

Please produce all product catalogs currently used by DSC.

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REQUEST NO. 17:

Please produce DSC's mission statement.

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REQUEST NO. 18:

Please produce DSC's latest 10-K.

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REQUEST NO. 19:

Please produce DSC's latest 10-Q.

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REQUEST NO. 20:

Please produce an exemplar of every agreement, including all drafts or versions thereof, between DSC and one of its employees which DSC alleges obligates the employee to disclose to DSC the substance of any inventions made or conceived by the employee while employed by DSC.

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REQUEST NO. 21:

Please produce all documents relating to any agreements, contracts, proposals or understandings between DSC and any third party for the conversion of any of DSC's computer code.

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REQUEST NO. 22:

Please produce all estimates of the potential internal savings which could be realized by DSC by application of the Idea to any of DSC's computer code.

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REQUEST NO. 23:

Please produce all estimates of the potential third party market for the Idea.

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REQUEST NO. 24:

Please produce all documents relating to the ownership, marketing, development or use of the Idea.

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REQUEST NO. 25:

Please produce all documents relating to the Idea.

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REQUEST NO. 26:

Please produce all documents which support your allegation that the Idea is property of DSC.

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REQUEST NO. 27:

Please produce all documents which support your allegation that Evan Brown breached the Agreement.

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REQUEST NO. 28:

Please produce all documents which support your claim for damages in this lawsuit or identify the method by which you calculated such damages.

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REQUEST NO. 29:

Please produce all documents relating to your decision to "discontinue the negotiations with [Brown] regarding a prospective agreement for the development of a code conversion system" as referenced in Chris Cole's February 10, 1997 memorandum to Evan Brown.

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REQUEST NO. 30:

Please produce all releases, including all drafts or versions thereof, relating to the Idea, including but not limited to all drafts and versions of the June 10, 1996 release prepared by Victor Larry Sewell.

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REQUEST NO. 31:

Please produce all documents relating to DSC's Great Ideas Program.

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REQUEST NO. 32:

Please produce all Tools Group weekly status reports relating to software reverse engineering.

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REQUEST NO. 33:

Please produce all status reports relating to software reverse engineering.

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REQUEST NO. 34:

Please produce all documents relating to Evan Brown.

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REQUEST NO. 35:

Please produce all statements of Evan Brown as that term is defined by Rule 166b(2)(g) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.

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REQUEST NO. 36:

Please produce all documents relating to software reverse engineering.

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REQUEST NO. 37:

Please produce all documents relating to Lance Flores.

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REQUEST NO. 38:

Please produce all documents relating to Cyber Automation Systems.

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REQUEST NO. 39:

Please produce all documents relating to any meetings between DSC or its counsel and Lance Flores, including but not limited to all documents relating to the meeting between Lance Flores and Eric Pinker which occurred on July 14 or 15, 1997.

RESPONSE:

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that a true and correct copy of the above and foregoing document has been served upon all counsel of record, as identified below, on this the 14th day of August, 1997:

CM, RRR NO, Z 430 960 566
Eric D. Pearson, Esq.
Sayles & Lidji, P.C.
1201 Elm Street, Suite 4400
Dallas, Texas 75270
CM, RRR NO, Z 430 960 568
Mr. Lance Flores
6514 Ridgecrest 222
Dallas, Texas 75231
CM, BRA NO, Z 430 960 567
Dale Drake, Esq.
I 10 East Davis, Suite 200
Post Office Box 1662
McKinney, Texas 75070-1662


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