`Date: May 30, 2014
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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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`GAME SHOW NETWORK, LLC and WORLDWINNER.COM, INC.
`Petitioner
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`JOHN H. STEPHENSON
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00289
`Patent 6,174,237
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KEVIN F. TURNER, and
`BENJAMIN D. M. WOOD, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
` 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(10)
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`Each party requests a hearing pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70. Papers 40 and
`41. The requests are granted.
`Each party will have thirty (30) minutes of total time to present arguments.
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`Petitioner will proceed first to present its case with respect to the challenged claims
`and grounds for which the Board instituted trial. Thereafter, Patent Owner will
`respond to Petitioner’s presentation. Petitioner may reserve rebuttal time to
`respond to Patent Owner’s presentation.
`The hearing for this case will commence at 1:00 PM Eastern Time, on July
`10, 2014, and it will be open to the public for in-person attendance, on the ninth
`floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia. In-
`person attendance will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis.
`The Board will provide a court reporter for the hearing and the reporter’s
`transcript will constitute the official record of the hearing.
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served five
`business days prior to the hearing. They shall be filed at the Board two business
`days prior to the hearing, and the parties must initiate a conference call with the
`Board by two business days prior to the hearing to resolve any dispute over the
`propriety of each party’s demonstrative exhibits. The parties are directed to CBS
`Interactive Inc. v. Helferich Patent Licensing, LLC, IPR2013-00033, Paper 118
`(October 23, 2013) regarding the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits.
`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at hearing,
`although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in whole or in part.
`If any lead counsel will not be in attendance at hearing, the Board should be
`notified via a joint telephone conference call no later than two days prior to the
`hearing to discuss the matter.
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`IPR2013-00289
`Patent 6,174,237
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Brenton R. Babcock
`Ted M. Cannon
`KNOBBE MARTENS OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`Brent.babcock@knobbe.com
`Ted.cannon@knobbe.com
`boxgsn@knobbe.com
`2BRB@knobbe.com
`2tmc@knobbe.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Daniel W. McDonald
`Thomas Leach
`Robert A Kalinsky
`MERCHANT & GOULD, P.C.
`dmcdonald@merchantgould.com
`stephensonIPR@merchantgould.com
`tleach@merchantgould.com
`rkalinsky@merchantgould.com
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