`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 22
`Entered: April 10, 2015
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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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`MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`JOHN D’AGOSTINO,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00543 (Patent 8,036,988)
`Case IPR2014-00544 (Patent 7,840,486)
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KARL D. EASTHOM, and
`KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DESHPANDE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Case IPR2014-00543 (Patent 8,036,988)
`Case IPR2014-00544 (Patent 7,840,486)
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`In the Scheduling Order dated September 4, 2014 (Paper 9), oral
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`argument was scheduled to be held on May 12, 2015, if requested by the
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`parties. Patent Owner and Petitioner have requested oral argument. Papers
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`19, 21. The request is granted.
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`Each party will have 60 minutes of oral argument time for both
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`IPR2014-00543 and IPR2014-00544, together or separately, as desired. The
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`oral argument will commence at 1:00 PM Eastern Time, on Tuesday, May
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`12, 2015. The Board will provide a court reporter for the oral argument and
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`the reporter’s transcript will constitute the official record of the oral
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`argument. The hearing transcript will be entered in the record of this
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`proceeding.
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`Petitioner bears the ultimate burden of proof that Patent Owner’s
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`patent claims at issue are unpatentable. Therefore, at oral argument,
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`Petitioner will proceed first to present its case with respect to the challenged
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`patent claims and grounds with respect to which the Board instituted trial.
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`Petitioner may reserve some of its argument time for use in further
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`presentation after Patent Owner has responded to Petitioner’s initial
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`presentation.
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`Patent Owner will respond to Petitioner’s initial presentation, having
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`available to it the entirety of its allotted argument time. Thereafter,
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`Petitioner may make use of the time it has reserved, to rebut Patent Owner’s
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`presentation.
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`The oral argument will be open to the public for in-person attendance,
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`on the ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria,
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`Virginia 22314. In-person attendance will be accommodated on a first-
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`come, first-served basis.
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`Case IPR2014-00543 (Patent 8,036,988)
`Case IPR2014-00544 (Patent 7,840,486)
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served
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`five business days prior to the hearing. They shall be filed at the Board two
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`business days prior to the hearing, and the parties must initiate a conference
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`call with the Board by two business days prior to the hearing to resolve any
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`dispute over the propriety of each party’s demonstrative exhibits. Any
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`dispute over the propriety of demonstrative exhibits that is not timely
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`presented two business days prior to the hearing will be considered waived.
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`The parties are directed to CBS Interactive Inc. v. Helferich Patent
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`Licensing, LLC, IPR2013-00033, Paper 118 (October 23, 2013), regarding
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`the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits.
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`The parties are reminded that the presenter must identify clearly and
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`specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number)
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`referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the
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`reporter’s transcript. If the parties have questions as to whether
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`demonstrative exhibits would be sufficiently visible and available to all of
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`the judges, the parties are invited to contact the Board at 571-272-9797. The
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`Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at oral hearing,
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`although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in whole or
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`in part. Requests for audio-visual equipment are to be made 5 days in
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`advance of the hearing date. The request is to be sent to Trials@uspto.gov.
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`If the request is not received timely, the equipment may not be available on
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`the day of the hearing.
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`Case IPR2014-00543 (Patent 8,036,988)
`Case IPR2014-00544 (Patent 7,840,486)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Robert Scheinfeld
`robert.scheinfeld@bakerbotts.com
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`Eliot Williams
`eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Stephen Lewellyn
`s.lewellyn@maxeyiplaw.com
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`Brittany Maxey
`b.maxey@maxeyiplaw.com
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