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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS (70., L'I‘If).,
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`Petitioner,
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`BLACK HHLS MEDIA, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPRQO 1 4-007 1 7
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`Patent NO. 6,108,686
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`PETITIONER’S RESPONSE TO ORDER GRANTINGw]N~PART MOTION
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`FOR ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY UNDER 37 (1FR § 42.51(B)(2)
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`lPR2014~007l '7
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`032449.00329USOI
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Petitioner Samsung Electronics (30., Ltd. (“Petitioner”) provides the
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`following responses pursuant to the Board’s Order Granting—in—Part Motion for
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`Additional Discovery Pursuant to 37 CPR. § 42.51 (b)(2) (Paper 17) with respect
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`to the Proposed Discovery Requests by Patent Owner (Ex. 2001).
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`II. DISCOVERY RESPONSES
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`INTERROGATORIES
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`IN.llfiBQDALQBXHQL Identity the “petsons or. entities that (Eoogle or its
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`counsel directed Petitioner or Petitioner‘s counsel to provide with at copy of one or
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`more draits of.” the Petition”i for inter partes review for US. Patent No. 6, l 08,686
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`prior to the tiling of the petition on or about May it 2014.
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`RTSPQNfiI Neither Cioogde 1’10] its counsel directed Petitioner or Petitioner s
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`counsel to provide a eopy ofono or more drafts of the Petition to any person or
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`Petitioner or Petitioner’s counsel of record for IPR2014—007l72 in the filing of the
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`Petition in this proceeding.
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`RESPONSE: There was no involvement by any individual not employed by
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`Petitioner or Petitioner’s counsel of record for IPR2014—007l7 in the filing of the
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`Petition in this proceeding.
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`other financial transactions made or agreed upon in relation to the indemnification
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`provisions of“ the MADA, or a MADA that may have become effective after
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`December 3 l, 2012, and related to [PRZO 1 4—007] 7:, received by or agreed to be
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`provided to Petitioner or Petitionercounsei of record
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`2 Petitioner interprets the pliraee “en’iployed by Petitioner or Petiti4:me.r”s cmiriaei of
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`recordt tr)ll’RiZOl 400.714” to rimmpass andmeiude 42.4w expert retained by
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`3 Pages; 8 and it) oiitlie i‘3oardi’s (firder (_Paper l7) iii‘nitsi the discovery antiglit in
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`RESPONSE: There are no payments, credits, refunds, or any other financial
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`transactions made or agreed upon in relation to the indemnification provisions of the
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`MADA, or a MADA that may have become effective after December 31, 2012, and
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`related to IPR2014~00717 received by or agreed to be provided to Petitioner or
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`Petitioner’s counsel of record.
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`UESTS FOR PRODUCTIOl‘l4
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`RiEg"‘gUEST NOS. 2 and 3: Please provide a copy of each document(s)
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`“constituting or concerning notifications [of a claim by Petitioner] under any
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`agreement between Petitioner and Google (Requea‘t No. 2) and responses to such
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`notifications (Request No. 3'), relating to the challenges tn patentability in lPRZOl4~
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`00717.“
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`nglemNSl: 'l‘here are no documents eonetitntlng or concerning notifications
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`o‘fa elain‘i by Petitioner; or responses; tn such notifieatlone, under any agreement
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`between ‘Petitiener and Gnogle relating; to the challenges; to patentahility in WRZO l4~
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`5" lira. genteel language ie than the ‘éii'fitteti'tiia tinder {Pager '3 7., en. it}? it whieh tilenied
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`the reqneate fer production ni‘all other dninnnenta milder Redeem New / and l “the
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`032449.00324U801
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`Date: October 10, 2014
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`Andrea G. Reisterg‘
`Registration N6; 36,253
`Gregory S. Discher
`Registration No. 42,488
`COVINGTON & BURLING LLLP
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`1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 2000442401
`(202') 662—6000
`Attorneys for Petiticmer
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CLFR. § 42.6, I hereby certify that on this 10th day of October 2014,
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`the foregoing Petitioner’s Response to Order Granting~in~Part Motion for Additional
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`Discovery under 37 C.F.R. § 42.51(b)(2), was served Via electronic mail by
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`agreement of the parties on the following counsel of record for Petitioner.
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`N. Andrew C rain
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`Robert Gravois
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`Kenneth Knox
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`Thomas l-lorstemeyer LLP
`Andrew.Crain@thomashorstemeyercom
`Robert.Gra\/ois@thomashorstemeyercom
`Kenny.Knox@thomashorstemeyer.com
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`Date: October '1, (l, 20 l 4
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