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Lodsys LLCApril 19, 2011 E\~lGANG

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Eingang2 6. April 2011ia Federal ExpressMr. Herbert Hainer

Adidas AGAdi-Dassler - Strasse 1Herzogenaurach, Germany D-91074

He cb e rt Ha ne r Genera! GounselC E 0 ~,. I ,,,I.Q. j)~~V ,-~V-'~'Dear Mr. Hainer,Re: Infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 5,999,908, 7,133,834, 7,222,078, and 7,620,565 (Abelow)Lodsys, LLC a Texas limited Iiability company is the owner of United States Patents 5,999,908, 7,133,834,7,222,078, and 7,620,565 (the "Lodsys Patents"). The Lodsys Patents are directed to systems andmethods for providers of products and/or services to interact with users of those products and servicesto gather information from those users and transmit that information to the provider. Attached is acomplete copy of the '908 patent as weil as certain pages of the '834, '078, and '565 patents for yourreview.The inventions described by these patents are used by companies to interact with users of theirproducts and services to, among other things:



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Lodsys LLCproducts, services, and enterprise systems. Dan earned a Bachelor's of Science in Economics degreefrom the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1971 and a master's degreefrom Harvard University, which included graduate work at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.As an independent consultant on presenting information via the internet, Dan's c1ients have includedcompanies such as Accenture, Agilent Technologies, Cisco, Harvard Business School, IBM, and LotusDevelopment.To date, companies including - Adobe, American Express, Apple, eBay, Google, Intuit, Microsoft, Nokia,Nokia-Siemens, Nvidia, Sony, Sony-Ericsson, Verizon, Vahoo and several other Fortune 1000companies - have chosen to license the Lodsys Patents.We have reviewed your use of the Lodsys Patents and have prepared the enclosed claim chartdemonstrating at least one instance of how you utilize the inventions embodied in the Lodsys Patents.The images used in the charts are representative only and in addition to the charted claim of thereferenced patent, you should consider the remaining claims of that patent and the other LodsysPatents both respect to the charted utilization and with respect to other products and services offeredby you.The Lodsys licensing OpportunityLodsys' patented technology provides numerous benefits to your company by reducing costs, increasing



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Lodsys LLCLodsys is a limited Iiability company based in MarshalI, Texas. We have retained the firms of Kelley,Donion, Gill, Huck & Goldfarb PLLC (www.kdg-Iaw.com) based in Seattle, Washington, and The DavisFirm, P.c. (www.bdfirm.com) based in Longview, Texas, to assist the company in the Iicensing of theLodsys Patents.Sincerely,

0iti(Mark SmalI, CEOLodsys, LLC

[email protected](903) 935-3202Enclosures (3)NoticeLodsys LLC reserves all rights with regard to the '908, '834, '078, and '565 patents, including: (1) the right to seek damages anytimewithin the last six years that your company started to make use of Lodsys' patented technology; (2) the right to change its royaltyrates at any time; (3) the right to change this Iicensing program at any time without notice, including variance to conform to



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Claim 37 of U.S. Pat. No. 5/999/908 A system for managing information about a value to users of units of acomputer product that are in use by the users, the system comprising: In each df the units of the computer product, a user interface whichprovidesl a medium for two-way local interaction between the user andthe unit of the product, Interactibn scripts that mediate two-way interaction between each of theusers and the corresponding unit of the product via the user interface,each of ~he interaction scripts carrying information about the value tousers of using the product, A value ihformation server accessible via a public communication networkfrom eadh of the units of the computer product and by a vendor of thecomputer product, the value information server storing interaction scriptsand the ~alue information that results from the interaction scripts, and A comm~nication element that carries the interaction scripts and the

information that results from the interaction scripts between the units ofthe prod:ucts and the value information server, and between the valueinformation server and the vendor.

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IClaim 37 of U.S. Pat. No. 5,999,908: A system for managing information about a value to users ofunits of a computer product that are in use by the users

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IClaim 37 ofi U.S. Pat. No. 5,999,908 : In each of the units of the computer product, a userinterface wh ich provides a medium for two-way local interaction between the user and the unitof the product,

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Claim 37 of U.SI. Pat. No. 5/999/908: Interaction scripts that mediate two-way interaction betweeneach of the ukers and the corresponding unit of the product via the user interfacei each of the .interactibn scripts carrying information about the value to users of using the productI

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Claim 3710f U.S. Pat. No. 5/999/908: A value information server accessible via a publiccommunication network from each of the units of the computer product and bya vendor of thecomputer broducti the value information server storing interaction scripts and the valueinformation that results from the interaction scripts

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