`IPR2014-00726
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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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`THE GILLETTE COMPANY, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR
`MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., TSMC NORTH AMERICA
`CORPORATION, FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED, and FUJITSU
`SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`ZOND, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review Case No. IPR2014-00726
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`Patent 6,896,773 B2
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`AFFIDAVIT OF MICHAEL D. SADOWITZ IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, Michael D. Sadowitz, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to
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`the following:
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`i.
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`ii.
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`I am a member in good standing of the New York Bar.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`ZOND 2004
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`iv. No sanction or contempt citation has been imposed against me by any
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`court or administrative body.
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`v.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the
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`Code of Federal Regulations.
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`vi.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37
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`C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`vii. Other than presently applying to appear Pro Hac Vice before the Office
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`in connection with the Inter Partes Review proceedings of the patents
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`listed below in section ix, I have not applied to appear Pro Hac Vice
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`before the Office in any other proceeding in the last three years.
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`viii.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with experience in many
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`litigations involving patent infringement in District Courts across the
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`country, including experience with fact and expert document and
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`deposition discovery, claim construction, Markman hearings, motion
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`practice, trials and hearings, and investigations before the International
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`Trade Commission.
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`ZOND 2004
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`I am counsel for Patent Owner Zond, LLC, the plaintiff in related on-
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`going litigations in which U.S. Patent Nos. 6805779, 6806652, 6853142,
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`7147759, 7604716, 7808184, 7811421, 6896775, 8125155, and 6896773
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`are and were asserted by the Patent Owner. I am familiar with the
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`subject matter at issue in this proceeding as a result of my representation
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`of Zond, LLC, in the related litigation, including the prior art that
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`Petitioner presents in this proceeding, as well as issues of claim
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`construction.
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`Date: December 19, 2014
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`/Michael D. Sadowitz/
`Michael D. Sadowitz
`RADULESCU LLP
`The Empire State Building
`350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6910
`New York, NY 10118
`Mike@RadulescuLLP.com
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`ZOND 2004
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