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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEALS BOARD
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`NETFLIX, INC.
`Petitioner
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`OPENTV, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case No.: IPR2014-00274
`Patent No.: 6,018,768
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Mail Stop Inter Partes Review
`Commissions for Patents
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2), Patent Owner OpenTV, Inc. (“OpenTV”)
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`hereby submits the following mandatory notices in connection with Netflix, Inc.’s
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,018,768 , Case No. IPR2014-
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`00274. These Notices are timely filed within 21 days of service of the Petition,
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`December 19, 2013:
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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`OPENTV’S POWER OF ATTORNEY
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`A Power of Attorney appointing lead and back-up counsel is being filed
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`concurrently with these Notices.
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`II. OPENTV’S MANDATORY NOTICES
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1): Real Party-in-Interest
`The real party in interest is OpenTV, Inc.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2): Related Matters
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`(b)
`OpenTV identifies the following judicial matter that would affect, or be
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`affected by, a decision in this proceeding: OpenTV, Inc. v. Netflix, Inc., Case No.
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`1:12-cv-01733 (D. Del.).
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`In further compliance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)—as clarified in Response
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`to Comment No. 34 to the Final Rules of Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial
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`and Appeal Board and Judicial Review of Patent Trial and Appeal Board
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`Decisions, 77 Fed. Reg. 157 at 48629 (Aug. 14, 2012)—OpenTV identifies the
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`following judicial matter that may affect, or may be affected by, a decision in this
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`proceeding: OpenTV, Inc. v. Netflix, Inc., et al., Request No. KG RK 13-1834 (The
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`Hague District Court, The Netherlands), relating to EP 0 885 525, a European
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`patent that claims priority to a parent of U.S. Patent No. 6,018,768.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3) and (4): Lead and Back-Up Counsel and
`Service Information
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`OpenTV designates the following counsel to transact all business in the
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`United States Patent & Trademark Office associated with the above-captioned
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,018,768:
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`Lead Counsel
`Russell E. Levine, P.C. (Reg. No. 32,153)
`russell.levine@kirkland.com
`Postal and Hand-Delivery Address:
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`300 North LaSalle
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`Telephone: (312) 862-2000
`Fax: (312) 862-2200
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`Please address all correspondence regarding this proceeding to lead and
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`Back-up Counsel
`Eugene Goryunov (Reg. No. 61,579)
`eugene.goryunov@kirkland.com
`Postal and Hand-Delivery Address:
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`300 North LaSalle
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`Telephone: (312) 862-2000
`Fax: (312) 862-2200
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`back-up counsel. OpenTV also consents to electronic service by email.
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`Date: January 6, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Eugene Goryunov
`Russell E. Levine, P.C. (Reg. No. 32,153)
`Eugene Goryunov (Reg. No. 61,579)
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`300 North LaSalle
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`russell.levine@kirkland.com
`eugene.goryunov@kirkland.com
`Telephone: (312) 862-2000
`Fax: (312) 862-2200
`Attorneys For Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent
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`Owner’s Mandatory Notices Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 in an Inter Partes
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`Review was served on January 6, 2014, via FedEx Express and email directed to
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`counsel of record for the Petitioner at the following:
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`Andrew S. Ehmke
`andy.ehmke.ipr@haynesboone.com
`Scott Jarratt
`scott.jarratt.ipr@haynesboone.com
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`2323 Victory Ave., Suite 700
`Dallas, Texas 75219
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`/s/ Eugene Goryunov
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