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`By: John D. Vandenberg (Reg. No. 31,312)
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`john.vandenberg@klarquist.com
`Stephen J. Joncus (Reg. No. 44,809)
`stephen.joncus@klarquist.com
`Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
`One World Trade Center, Suite 1600
`121 S.W. Salmon Street
`Portland, Oregon 97204
`Telephone: (503) 595-5300
`Facsimile: (503) 595-5301
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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`PROXYCONN, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2012-00026 (TLG)
`Case IPR2013-00109 (TLG)
`Patent 6,757,717 B1
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION’S OBJECTIONS
`TO PATENT HOLDER PROXYCONN, INC.’S EXHIBITS 2002, 2004
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`Case IPR2012-00026
`Case IPR2013-00109
`Patent 6,757,717
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`Pursuant to 37.C.F.R. § 42.64 and the Federal Rules of Evidence, petitioner
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`Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) provides the following objections to Exhibits
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`2002, 2004, which were submitted by Proxyconn, Inc. (“Proxyconn”) with its May
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`21, 2013 “Patent Owner’s Response.”
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`Further, Microsoft reserves the right to present further objections to these or
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`additional Exhibits submitted by Proxyconn, as allowed by the applicable rules or
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`other authority, including without limitation upon conclusion of the deposition of
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`Dr. Alon Konchitsky.
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`Exhibit No. 2002 (entitled “Declaration of Alon Konchitsky”)
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`The alleged evidence presented in Exhibit No. 2002 (“Konchitsky
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`Declaration”) is inadmissible for at least the following reasons, including under the
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`noted Federal Rules of Evidence (“FRE”).
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`The Konchitsky Declaration is inadmissible under FRE 602, 701, 702 and
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`703. Dr. Konchitsky is not qualified as an expert on the matters on which he
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`opines. Dr. Konchitsky’s fuller CV (submitted herewith as Microsoft Exhibit
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`1022) suggests that he may qualify as an expert in various areas of wireless
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`telecommunications and 3GPP cellular technology, and perhaps discrete time
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`signal processing. But, nothing indicates that he qualifies as an expert, or even as
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`one of ordinary skill in the art, in the fields pertinent to the challenged patents.
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`Microsoft’s expert Dr. Darrel Long has explained those fields in his two
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`declarations and in his deposition. Dr. Long’s CV, testimony and declarations
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`demonstrate his expertise in this field. In contrast, nothing in Dr. Konchitsky’s CV
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`indicates that he has published or taught or studied or designed, etc. in the fields
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`pertinent to this patent.
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`Further, each opinion in the Konchitsky Declaration further is inadmissible
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`because it lacks the requisite underlying “sufficient facts or data” of FRE 702(b), is
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`not “the product of reliable principles and methods” under FRE 702(c), does not
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`result from the reliable application of principles or methods to any related facts
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`under FRE 702(d), and / or constitutes mere ipse dixit of the alleged expert.
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`Exhibit No. 2004 (described by Proxyconn as “Israeli Patent”)
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`To the extent offered for the truth, Exhibit No. 2004 is inadmissible under
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`FRE 802 because the underlying content of the document constitutes hearsay.
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`Exhibit No. 2004 is further inadmissible for lack of authentication.
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`Exhibit No. 2004 is further inadmissible as an inaccurate copy.
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`Exhibit No. 2004 is further inadmissible as containing improper attorney
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`argument.
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`Dated: May 29, 2013
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/John D. Vandenberg/
`John D. Vandenberg
`Registration No. 31,312
`Stephen J. Joncus
`Registration No. 44,809
`Klarquist Sparkman, LLP
`One World Trade Center, Suite 1600
`121 S.W. Salmon Street
`Portland, Oregon 97204
`Telephone: (503) 595-5300
`Facsimile: (503) 595-5301
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`TO PATENT HOLDER PROXYCONN, INC.’S EXHIBITS 2002, 2004
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`Certificate of Service in Compliance With 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4)
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`The undersigned certifies that a complete copy of Microsoft Corporation’s
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`Objections To Patent Holder Proxyconn, Inc.’s Exhibits 2002-2004, was served on
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`the official correspondence address for the U.S. Patent No. 6,757,717 shown in
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`PAIR and the attorneys of record for Plaintiff in this proceeding and in the
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`concurrent litigation matter:
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`MATTHEW L. CUTLER
`BRYAN K. WHEELOCK
`DOUGLAS A. ROBINSON
`HARNESS, DICKEY & PIERCE, PLC
`7700 BONHOMME, SUITE 400
`ST. LOUIS, MO 63105
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`GENE SCOTT
`PATENT LAW & VENTURE GROUP
`36 EXECUTIVE PARK, SUITE #110
`IRVINE, CALIFORNIA 92614
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`MARC A. FENSTER
`ANDREW D. WEISS
`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`12424 WILSHIRE BOULEVARD, 12TH FLOOR
`LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA 90025
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`via EXPRESS MAIL, on May 29, 2013.
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`By /John D. Vandenberg/
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`John D. Vandenberg, Reg. No. 31,312
`One World Trade Center, Suite 1600
`121 S.W. Salmon Street
`Portland, Oregon 97204
`Telephone: (503) 595-5300
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