`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 CBM2015-00031
`Patent 8,336,772
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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 filed and served within 21 days of service
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`of the 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 previously been filed in the patent.
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`II. STATUS OF RELATED PROCEEDINGS
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`Patents claiming priority back to a common series of applications (U.S.
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`Application No. 10/111,716, its PCT application and the GB priority application)
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`are currently the subject of four instituted CBM reviews (CBM2014-00102,
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`CBM2014-00106, CBM2014-00108 and CBM2014-00112) filed by Apple Inc.,
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`four earlier 2015 petitions (CBM2015-00015 to -00018) filed by Apple that have
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`not been instituted, and five later-filed 2015 petitions (including this one) by Apple
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`that have not been instituted (including CBM2015-00028, -00029, -00031, -00032
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`and -00033). In addition, ten other petitions were filed by Samsung Electronics
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`America, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., and Samsung Telecommunications
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`America, LLC on September 26, 2014 in CBM2014-00190, -00192, -00193,
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`-00194, -00196, -00197, -00198, -00199, -00200 and -00204), but preliminary
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`responses have not yet been filed by Patent Owner.
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`In addition, those patents are involved in patent litigation in: Case No. 6:13-
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`cv-447, Smartflash LLC and SmartFlash Tehnologies Limited v. Apple Inc., Robot
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`Entertainment, Inc., Kingsisle Entertainment, Inc., and Game Circus LLC, Case
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`No.6:13-cv-448, Smartflash LLC and SmartFlash Tehnologies Limited v. Samsung
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`Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung
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`Telecommunications America, LLC, HTC Corporation, HTC America, Inc.,
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`Exedea, Inc., and Game Circus LLC, and Case No. 6:14-cv-435, Smartflash LLC
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`and SmartFlash Tehnologies Limited v. Google, Inc., Gearbox Software LLC, and
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`Bonus XP, Inc., all pending in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
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`Texas (E.D. Tex.).
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`III. Notification of Lead and Backup Counsel
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`Lead counsel:
`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
`Michael R. Casey
`Davidson Berquist Jackson & Gowdey, LLP
`4300 Wilson Blvd, Suite 700
`Arlington, VA 22203
`Telephone/Fax: (703) 894-6406/(703) 894-6430
`mcasey@dbjg.com; docket@dbjg.com
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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: December 15, 2014
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY
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`NOTICE INFORMATION UNDER 37 CFR 42.8 was served today, by agreement
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`of the parties, by emailing copies to lead counsel and back-up counsel at their
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`Ching-Lee Fukuda
`ching-lee.fukuda@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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`email addresses of record as follows:
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`J. Steven Baughman
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
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`Dated: December 15, 2014
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