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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`' TRULIA, INC.
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`Petitioner
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`V.
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`ZILLOW, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2014-001 15
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`Patent 7,970,674
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`PATENT OWNER ZILLOW, INC.’S
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`WAIVER OF PRELIMINARY RESPONSE AND
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`NON-OPPOSITION TO JOINDER
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`56920-8903.0000/LEGAL120584993.l
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`

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`Case CBM2014-001 15
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`Patent 7,970,674
`Attorney Docket No: 56920-8903.0000
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`Background
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`On April 10, 2014 Trulia, Inc. ("Petitioner") filed a Petition for Covered
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`Business Method Patent Review of US. Patent No. 7,970,674 (the "'674 Patent")
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`and a Motion for Joinder requesting joinder of this proceeding With Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board Case No. CBM2013-00056 ("CBM2013-00056"). The Patent Trial
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`and Appeal Board (the "Board") mailed a Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition
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`on April 14, 2014.
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`As noted in Petitioner's Motion for Joinder, the Board has indicated that "if
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`the parties both desire to replace the grounds based on Foster, Keyes, and Lamont
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`with grounds based on the published applications, and have the new grounds
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`included in the CBM2013-00056 trial,
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`the Petitioner can file another petition,
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`including only prior art grounds based in Whole or in part on the publications
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`corresponding to Foster, Keyes, and Lamont that are identical in wording, but for
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`the identification of references, to those grounds instituted for trial in the CBM2013-
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`00056 proceeding that are based in Whole or in part on Foster, Keyes, and Lamont."
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`Motion for Joinder, April 10, 2014, Paper No. 4, Page 4 (citing CBM2013-00056,
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`Paper No. 19).
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`_ According to the Petitioner, the Petition filed on April 10, 2014
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`"includ[es] the prior art grounds based in whole or in part on the' publications
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`56920~8903.0000/LEGAL120584993. l
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`2
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`Case CBM2014-00115
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`Patent 7,970,674
`Attorney Docket No: 56920-8903.0000
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`corresponding to Foster, Keyes, and Lamont that are identical in wording, but for
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`the identification of references, to those grounds instituted for trial in the CBM2013-
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`00056 proceeding that are based in whole or in part on Foster, Keyes, and Lamont."
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`Motion for Joinder, April 10, 2014, Paper No. 4, Page 6.
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`Joinder
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`Zillow, Inc. ("Patent Owner") does not oppose Petitioner's Motion for Joinder
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`to join this proceeding with CBM2013—0005 6 to replace the grounds for which
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`review was granted in CBM2013-00056 on Foster, Keyes, and Lamont with grounds
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`based on corresponding publications of Foster, Keyes, and Lamont.
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`56920-8903 .0000/LEGAL120584993.1
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`3
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`Case CBM2014-001 15
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`Patent 7,970,674
`Attorney Docket No: 56920-8903.0000
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`Patent Owner's Preliminary Response
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`Pursuant to 37 CPR. §§ 42.300(a) and 42.207(b), and to expedite this
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`proceeding, Patent Owner hereby waives its opportunity to file a preliminary
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`response.
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`
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`p
`By:
`Date: April 24, 2014
`Steven D. Lawrenz, Reg. No. 37,3 76
`Perkins Coie LLP
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`1201 Third Avenue, Suite 4900
`Seattle, Washington 98 101
`Phone: 206-359-8000
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`Facsimile: 206-359-9000
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`56920-8903.0000/LEGAL120584993.l
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`4
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`Case CBM2014-001 15
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`Patent 7,970,674
`Attorney Docket No: 56920—8903.0000
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 24th day of April, 2014, a true and correct copy of
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`the
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`foregoing WAIVER OF PRELIMINARY RESPONSE AND NON-
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`OPPOSITION TO JOINDER were served via overnight courier upon the following
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`counsel of record for Petitioner TRULIA, INC:
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`Michael T. Rosato, Lead Counsel
`Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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`701 Fifth Avenue
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`Suite 5 100
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`Seattle, WA 98104-7036
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`Jennifer J. Schmidt, Back—Up Counsel
`Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
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`One Market Plaza
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`Spear Tower, Suite 3300
`San Francisco, CA 94105-1126
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`ism-
`Kathleen Retan
`Paralegal
`Perkins Coie LLP
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`56920-8903 .0000/LEGAL 120584993. 1
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`'5-
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