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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`EBAY INC. AND
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`PAYPAL, INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`XPRT VENTURES, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`CBM2017-00024
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,610,244
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`DECLARATION OF JARED BOBROW IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER’S
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`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`P.O. BOX 1450
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`eBay et al., Ex.1016, p.1
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`I, Jared Bobrow, hereby declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of California.
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`I was
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`admitted to the California State Bar on June 16, 1988. My California Bar
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`membership number is 133712.
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`I am admitted to practice before the District
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`Courts of the Northern, Central, Southern and Eastern Districts of California, and
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`the Eastern District of Texas.
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`I am also admitted to practice before the California
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`State Supreme Court, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, Ninth Circuit,
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`and First Circuit. Since 1988 I have practiced in the field of civil litigation. For
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`over 25 years, my practice has been focused on the field of intellectual property,
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`particularly patent litigation.
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`2.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`3.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my application for
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`admission to practice.
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`4.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed on me by any
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`court or administrative body.
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`5.
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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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`eBay et al., Ex.1016, p.2
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`6.
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`I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Rules
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`of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq., and disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`7.
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`I have applied to appear pro hac vice before this office in the following
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`proceedings in the past three years: CBM2014—0009l, CBM2014-00092, and
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`CBM20l4-00093.
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`I was admitted to practice in these proceedings as back—up
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`counsel on March 10, 2015, subject to filing a supplemental declaration, which
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`filing occurred on March 19, 2015.
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`I have also applied to appear pro hac vice
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`before this office in the following proceeding in the past three years:
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`[PR2015-
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`00657, IPR2015-00658, IPR2015-00660, IPR2015-00662, and IPR2015-00666.
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`I
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`was admitted to practice in these proceedings as back—up counsel only on May 29,
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`2015. I have also applied to appear pro hac vice before this office in the following
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`proceedings in the past
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`three years:
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`[PR2014-01197,
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`IRP2014-01207, and
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`IPR20l4-01209.
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`I was admitted to practice in these proceedings as back-up
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`counsel on September 16, 2015.
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`I have also applied to appear pro hac vice before
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`this office in the following proceedings in the past three years:
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`IPR20l6-00320,
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`IPR2016-00322, IPR2016—00323, IPR2016-00330.
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`I was admitted to practice in
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`these proceedings as back-up counsel on September 26, 2016.
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`I have also applied
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`to appear pro hac vice before this office in the following proceeding in the past
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`three years:
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`IPR2016—00782. The application was filed on October 3, 2016 and is
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`eBay et al., Ex.1016, p.3
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`pending before this office.
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`I have also applied to appear pro hac vice before this
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`office in the following proceedings: IPR2017-00279, IPR20l7-00280, IPR20l7-
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`00281, IPR2017-00282, IPR20l7-00391, IPR20l7-00392, and IPR20l7-00406.
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`These applications were filed on January 20, 2017 and are pending before this
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`office. I am also concurrently applying to appear pro hac vice before this office in
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`the following proceedings: CBM20l7-00025, CBM2017-00026, CBM2017-00027,
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`CBM2017-00028, CBM2017-00029, as well as, CBM2017-00030,
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`IPR20l7-
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`00541, and IPR2017-00542.
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`8.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with particular experience in patent
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`infringement litigations in District Courts across the country, including experience
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`with fact and expert deposition discovery, claim construction, Markman hearings,
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`motion practice, trials, and hearings.
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`9.
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`I am counsel for eBay, Inc. (“eBay”) and PayPal, Inc. (“PayPal”), Petitioners
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`in this proceeding and the defendants in a related pending litigation in the United
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`States District Court for the Northern District of California, in which U.S. Patent
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`Nos. 7,483,856, 7,512,563, 7,567,937, 7,599,881, 7,610,244, and 7,627,528 are
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`asserted by the Patent Owner (XPRT Ventures, LLC v. eBay Inc. et al., Case No.
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`1:10-cv-00595-SLR (D. Del.)).
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in
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`this proceeding, including the patent-at—issue, as a result of my representation of
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`eBay and PayPal in the pending district court litigation.
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`I am actively involved in
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`eBay et al., Ex.1016, p.4
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`all aspects of the pending district court litigation, including the issue of validity of
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`the patents—in—suit, which include the patent—at-issue in this proceeding.
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`I have
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`reviewed the briefs and papers filed in this proceeding and in the covered business
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`method proceedings that were filed concurrently and that involve patents asserted
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`in the pending district court litigation.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and
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`correct and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be
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`true, and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful
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`false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or
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`both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Dated: February 7, 2017
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`eBay et al., Ex.1016, p.5
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