`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC., SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD. and SAMSUNG
`ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., and GOOGLE, INC.
`Petitioners,
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`SMARTFLASH LLC
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2015-00132
`Case CBM2015-00031
`Case CBM2015-00032
`Case CBM2015-001331
`Patent No. 8,336,772 B2
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`DECLARATION OF MELISSA J. BAILY IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, Melissa J. Baily, being duly sworn and under oath, state and declare as
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`follows:
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`1 Google challenged claims 1, 5, 9, 10, 14, 21, and 22 of U.S. Patent No.
`8,336,772 in CBM2015-00132. Google’s challenge to claims 1, 5, and 10 was
`consolidated with CBM2015-00031. CBM2015-00132, Pap. 15. Google’s
`challenge to claims 14 and 22 was consolidated with CBM2015-00032. Id.
`Google’s challenge to claims 9 and 21 was consolidated with CBM2015-00133.
`Id. Identical motions for pro hac vice admission and supporting declarations are
`being filed in CBM2015-00031, CBM2015-00032, CBM2015-00132, and
`CBM2015-00133.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of California and of the
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`State Bar of New York.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have never been denied an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have never been sanctioned or had contempt citations imposed against me
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`by any court or administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37
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`C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice before the Office in the last three
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`(3) years.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney and have been practicing law since
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`2001. My practice focuses on intellectual property litigation, and I have litigated
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`patent infringement cases in district courts throughout the country. I have
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`participated in all stages of district court proceedings in patent cases, including
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`Markman hearings, trials, and other patent-related hearings and proceedings
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`concerning patent validity and infringement issues. I was named one of the top
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`intellectual property lawyers in the country under the age of 40 by Law360 in
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`2014.
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`I have experience and am familiar with U.S. Patent No. 7,336,772 (“the ’772
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`patent”) and the issues involved in this proceeding. I am counsel for Google in the
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`currently stayed district court proceeding where Smartflash accuses Google of
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`infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 7,334,720; 7,942,317; 8,033,458; 8,061,598;
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`8,336,772; and 8,794,516. (Smartflash LLC v. Google Inc., E.D. Tex. No. 6:14-cv-
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`435.) I also represent Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics
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`America, Inc., HTC Corporation, and HTC America, Inc. in currently stayed
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`district court litigation where Smartflash asserts infringement of U.S. Patent Nos.
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`7,334,720; 7,942,317; 8,033,458; 8,061,598; and 8,336,772. (Smartflash LLC v.
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`Samsung Elecs. Co., Ltd., et al., E.D. Tex. No. 6:13-cv-448.) As counsel in those
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`district court proceedings, I have been involved in all aspects of the defense,
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`including with respect to issues regarding the invalidity of the ’772 patent.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that
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`the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on December 23, 2015, at San
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`Francisco, California.
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`/Melissa J. Baily/
`Melissa J. Baily
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