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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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`GOOGLE INC. AND APPLE INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case No. CBM2015-000401
`U.S. Patent No. 7,774,280
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`Petitioners’ Joint Request for Oral Argument
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`1 Case No. CBM2015-00160
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`CBM2015-00040
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a), requiring a separate paper requesting oral
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`argument and specifying issues to be argued, Petitioner Google Inc. and Petitioner
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`Apple Inc. (“Petitioners”) respectfully submit this Joint Request for Oral Argument
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`on behalf of Petitioners. As specified in the Board’s June 24, 2015 Scheduling
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`Order (Paper 10), Oral Argument is scheduled for February 24, 2016.
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`Petitioners request that each side be given 60 minutes of argument time to
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`address all of the issues in this proceeding. Petitioners may address any issue
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`raised in this proceeding, including the issues identified below:
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`• Grounds for which trial was instituted for the ’280 patent and any
`issue raised in the Board’s Institution Decision, including whether
`the ’280 patent is a covered business method patent and whether
`the ’280 patent is anticipated or rendered obvious by the prior art.
`• Any issue addressed in Petitioners’ papers and supporting
`evidence, including but not limited to the Petition and Reply Brief.
`• Rebuttal to Patent Owner’s presentation on its Motion to Amend,
`including any issue addressed in Petitioners’ Opposition to the
`Motion to Amend.
`• Rebuttal to Patent Owner’s presentation on all issues, including the
`issues listed above and any issues raised in Patent Owner’s
`Response, Motion for Observations on Cross-Examination, or
`Motion to Exclude (if any).
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`Petitioners request permission to use audio/visual equipment to display
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`demonstrative exhibits, including a projector and screen for Power Point or PDF
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`slides, and if possible, a hard copy document projector.
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`Dated:
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`February 8, 2016
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/ Robert R. Laurenzi /
`Robert R. Laurenzi
`Registration No. 45,557
`Kaye Scholer LLP
`250 W55th Street
`New York, NY 10019
`robert.laurenzi@kayescholer.com
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`Attorney for Petitioner Google Inc.
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`/ Jeffrey P. Kushan /
`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Registration No. 43,401
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`jkushan@sidley.com
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`Attorney for Petitioner Apple Inc.
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`Certificate of Service
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`I hereby certify that on this 8th day of February, 2016, a copy of this
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`Petitioners’ Joint Request for Oral Argument has been served in its entirety by
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`email on the following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`Timothy Maloney (tpmalo@fitcheven.com)
`Nicholas T. Peters (ntpete@fitcheven.com)
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`Robert A. Cote (rcote@mckoolsmith.com)
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`February 8, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Jeffrey P. Kushan/
`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Attorney for Petitioner Apple
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`Dated: