`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE, INC.
`Petitioner
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`SMARTFLASH LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2014-00106
`Patent 8,033,458
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICE INFORMATION
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`UNDER 37 CFR 42.8
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`Pursuant to Rule 42.8, Patent Owner hereby submits its mandatory notice
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`information. This information is being served within 21 days of service of the
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`Petition.
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`I. NOTICE OF REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
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`The real party-in-interest is Smartflash LLC, 100 E. Ferguson, First Place,
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`Suite 406, Tyler, Texas 75702. A Power of Attorney from the real party-in-interest
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`has been filed herewith.
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`II. STATUS OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS
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`On information and belief, the Petitioner has filed 12 Petitions for Covered
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`Business Method Review (CBM2014-00102 through CBM2014-00113) for patents
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`claiming priority back to a common series of applications (U.S. Application No.
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`10/111,716, its PCT application and the GB priority application). In addition, the
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`patent at-issue is involved in Case No. 6:13-cv-447, Smartflash LLC et al. v. Apple
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`Inc., et al., and Case No.6:13-cv-448, Smartflash LLC et al. v. Samsung et al., both
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`pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas (E.D. Tex.).
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`III. Notification of Lead and Backup Counsel
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`Lead counsel:
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`Michael R. Casey
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`4300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700
`Arlington, VA 22203
`Telephone/Fax: (703) 894-6406/(703) 894-6430
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Registration No. 40,294
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`Backup counsel:
`J. Scott Davidson
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`4300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700
`Arlington, VA 22203
`Telephone/Fax: (703) 894-6401/(703) 894-6430
`Email: jsd@dbjg.com
`Registration No. 33,489
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
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`Michael R. Casey
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`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
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`4300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700
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`Arlington, VA 22203
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`Telephone/Fax: (703) 894-6406/(703) 894-6430
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`mcasey@dbjg.com; jsd@dbjg.com; docket@dbjg.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner agrees to service by email at the email addresses above.
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`PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`The Patent Owner reserves the right to file a preliminary response at a later
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist Jackson &
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`Gowdey, LLP
`4300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700
`Arlington, VA 22203
`Telephone: (703) 894-6406
`Fax: (703) 894-6430
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
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`Dated: April 21, 2014
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that this PATENT OWNER’S
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`MANDATORY NOTICE INFORMATION UNDER 37 CFR 42.8 and PATENT
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`OWNER’S POWER OF ATTORNEY were served, by agreement of the parties, by
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`emailing copies to lead counsel and back-up counsel at their email addresses of
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`record as follows:
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`Ching-Lee Fukuda
`ching-lee.fukuda@ropesgray.com
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`J. Steven Baughman
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
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` Michael R. Casey /
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`Michael R. Casey
`Registration No. 40,294
`Davidson Berquist Jackson &
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`Gowdey, LLP
`4300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700
`Arlington, VA 22203
`Telephone: (703) 894-6406
`Fax: (703) 894-6430
`Email: mcasey@dbjg.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Dated: April 21, 2014
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