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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`v.
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`CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.
`Patent Owner
`____________________
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`Case CBM 2015-00160
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`U.S. Patent 7,774,280
`Filed October 4, 2004
`Issued August 10, 2010
`Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRANSFER
`OF RIGHTS USING SHARED STATE VARIABLES
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`____________________
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`Attorney Docket No. 20318-134361
`Customer No: 22242
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`CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS INC.’S MANDATORY
`NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.8(a)(2)
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`____________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________________
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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS, INC.
`Patent Owner
`____________________
`
`Case CBM 2015-00160
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`U.S. Patent 7,774,280
`Filed October 4, 2004
`Issued August 10, 2010
`Title: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING TRANSFER
`OF RIGHTS USING SHARED STATE VARIABLES
`
`____________________
`
`Attorney Docket No. 20318-134361
`Customer No: 22242
`____________________
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`CONTENTGUARD HOLDINGS INC.’S MANDATORY
`NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.8(a)(2)
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`Case CBM2015-00160 for
`U.S. Patent No. 7,774,280
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`Patent Owner ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. hereby files its Mandatory
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`Notices for the above-captioned proceeding. Patent Owner respectfully requests
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`that the Board accept its delayed filing of this notice in view of the fact that neither
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`its undersigned counsel (who is also counsel in CBM2015-00040, the proceeding
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`with which Petitioner requests this proceeding be joined), nor Patent Owner’s
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`pertinent inside counsel, received notice of the instant petition until August 20,
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`2015, when the undersigned counsel received an e-mail from Board Paralegal
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`Operations Manager Maria Vignone, which requested that Patent Owner file its
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`mandatory notice in this proceeding.
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`I.
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`Real Parties-In-Interest Under 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(1)
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`The real parties-in-interest are ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. and Pendrell
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`Corporation.
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`II. Related Matters Under 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(2)
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`Patent Owner notes the following matters that may affect or be affected by a
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`decision in this proceeding:
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`A.
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`Proceedings Before the USPTO Involving Related Patents
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`Patent No.
`7,774,280
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`7,774,280
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`7,774,280
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`
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`Case No.
`IPR2015-00351
`(Institution denied)
`IPR2015-00352
`(Institution denied)
`IPR2015-00353
`(Institution denied)
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`Petitioner
`Apple Inc.
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`Apple Inc.
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`Apple Inc.
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`Case CBM2015-00160 for
`U.S. Patent No. 7,774,280
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`Apple Inc.
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`Google Inc.
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`Google Inc.
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`Apple Inc.
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`Apple Inc.
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`Apple Inc.
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`Apple Inc.
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`IPR2015-00354
`(Institution denied)
`CBM2015-00040
`(Instituted)
`CBM2015-00043
`(Institution denied)
`IPR2015-00355
`(Institution denied)
`IPR2015-00356
`(Institution denied)
`IPR2015-00357
`(Institution denied)
`IPR2015-00358
`(Institution denied)
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`B.
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`Litigations Involving the Involved Patent
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`The ‘280 patent is at issue in:
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` ContentGuard Holdings Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., et al., No. 13-cv-01112
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`(Dec. 18, 2013 E.D. Tex.);
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` Google Inc. v. ContentGuard Holdings Inc., No. 14-cv-0498 (Jan. 31, 2014
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`N.D. Cal.);
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` ContentGuard Holdings Inc. v. Google Inc., No. 14-cv-0061 (Feb. 2, 2014
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`E.D. Tex.); and
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` ContentGuard Holdings, Inc. v. DirecTV, LLC, No. 2:15-cv-00128 (E.D.
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`Tex.).
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`2
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`7,774,280
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`7,774,280
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`8,001,053
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`8,001,053
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`8,001,053
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`8,001,053
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`8,001,053
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`C. Related Administrative Matters
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`Case CBM2015-00160 for
`U.S. Patent No. 7,774,280
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`Pending U.S. patent application 13/296,599 is a continuation of U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,078,542, which is a continuation of the involved patent.
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`III. Lead and Back-Up Counsel Under 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(3)
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`Patent Owner identifies lead and back-up counsel as follows:
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`A.
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`Lead Counsel
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`Timothy P. Maloney
`PTO Registration No. 38,233
`FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY LLP
`120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`Telephone: (312) 577-7000
`Facsimile: (312) 577-7007
`Email: tim@fitcheven.com
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`B.
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`Back-Up Counsel
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`Paul B. Henkelmann
`PTO Registration No. 65,891
`FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY LLP
`120 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`Telephone: (312) 577-7000
`Facsimile: (312) 577-7007
`Email: phenkelmann@fitcheven.com
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`Robert A. Cote
`PTO Registration No. 34,570
`McKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`One Bryant Park, 47th Floor
`New York, New York 10036
`Telephone: (212) 402-9400
`Facsimile: (212) 402-9444
`Email: rcote@mckoolsmith.com
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`Case CBM2015-00160 for
`U.S. Patent No. 7,774,280
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`IV. Service Information Under 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(4)
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`Please address all correspondence to the lead and back-up counsel as shown
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`above. Patent Owner consents to electronic service by email at the email addresses
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`above.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY, LLP
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`Dated: August 21, 2015 By: /Timothy P. Maloney/
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`Timothy P. Maloney
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`Registration No. 38,233
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`tim@fitcheven.com
`120 South LaSalle Street
`Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`(312) 577-7000
`(312) 577-7007 (fax)
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`Case CBM2015-00160 for
`U.S. Patent No. 7,774,280
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing CONTENTGUARD
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`HOLDINGS INC.’S MANDATORY NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R.
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`§42.8(a)(2) was served electronically via email on August 21, 2015, in their
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`entireties on the following counsel of record for Petitioner:
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`Michael R. Franzinger
`Reg. No. 46,355
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`iprnotices@sidley.com
`(202) 736-8583
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`Thomas A. Broughan, III
`Reg. No. 66,001
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`iprnotices@sidley.com
`(202) 736-8314
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`By:
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`Respectfully submitted,
`FITCH EVEN TABIN & FLANNERY LLP
`/Timothy P. Maloney/
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`Timothy P. Maloney
`Registration No. 38,233
`tim@fitcheven.com
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Reg. No. 43,401
`Sidley Austin LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`iprnotices@sidley.com
`(202) 736-8914
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`Dated: August 21, 2015
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`120 South LaSalle Street
`Suite 1600
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`(312) 577-7000
`(312) 577-7007 (fax)
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