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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, AGFA CORPORATION,
`ESKO SOFTWARE BVBA, and HEIDELBERG, USA
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`CTP INNOVATIONS, LLC
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00788
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,738,155
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`PETITIONERS’ UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. 42.8(a)(3)
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`Petitioners’ Updated Mandatory Notices
`Case IPR2014-00788
`U.S. Patent No. 6,738,155
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`Petitioners, EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, AGFA CORPORATION,
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`ESKO SOFTWARE BVBA, and HEIDELBERG, USA, hereby file updated
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`mandatory notices pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.8(a)(3).
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`The appeal in related IPR2014-00789 (Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,738,155) to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, CTP
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`Innovations, LLC v. Eastman Kodak Company, et al., Case No. 16-1665, has been
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`The Patent Trial and Appeal Board is hereby authorized to charge any fees
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`associated with this proceeding to Deposit Account 15-0030 (Customer ID No.
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`22850).
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`Dated: January 3, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Oblon, McClelland, Maier &
`Neustadt, LLP
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`/Scott A. McKeown/
`Scott A. McKeown
`Reg. No. 42,866
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies service of
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`PETITIONERS’ UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R.
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`42.8(a)(3) on the counsel of record for the Patent Owner by filing this document
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`through the PTAB E2E System as well as delivering a copy via electronic mail to
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`the following addresses:
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`W. Edward Ramage
`L. Clint Crosby
`BAKER, DONELSON, BEARMAN, CALDWELL
`& BERKOWITZ, P.C.
`eramage@bakerdonelson.com
`ccrosby@bakerdonelson.com
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`Dated: January 3, 2017
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`/Scott A. McKeown/
`Scott A. McKeown
`Reg. No. 42,866
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`Case: 16-1665 Document: 55-1 Page: 1 Filed: 12/21/2016
`UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
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`(1 of 5)
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`NOTICE OF ENTRY OF
`JUDGMENT WITHOUT OPINION
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`JUDGMENT ENTERED: 12/21/2016
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` The judgment of the court in your case was entered today pursuant to Rule 36. This Court affirmed the judgment
`or decision that was appealed. None of the relief sought in the appeal was granted. No opinion accompanied the
`judgment. The mandate will be issued in due course.
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` Information is also provided about petitions for rehearing and suggestions for rehearing en banc. The questions
`and answers are those frequently asked and answered by the Clerk's Office.
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` Costs are taxed against the appellant in favor of the appellee under Rule 39. The party entitled to costs is
`provided a bill of costs form and an instruction sheet with this notice.
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` The parties are encouraged to stipulate to the costs. A bill of costs will be presumed correct in the absence of a
`timely filed objection.
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` Costs are payable to the party awarded costs. If costs are awarded to the government, they should be paid to
`the Treasurer of the United States. Where costs are awarded against the government, payment should be made to
`the person(s) designated under the governing statutes, the court's orders, and the parties' written settlement
`agreements. In cases between private parties, payment should be made to counsel for the party awarded costs or, if
`the party is not represented by counsel, to the party pro se. Payment of costs should not be sent to the court. Costs
`should be paid promptly.
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` If the court also imposed monetary sanctions, they are payable to the opposing party unless the court's opinion
`provides otherwise. Sanctions should be paid in the same way as costs.
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` Regarding exhibits and visual aids: Your attention is directed to FRAP 34(g) which states that the clerk may
`destroy or dispose of the exhibits if counsel does not reclaim them within a reasonable time after the clerk gives
`notice to remove them. (The clerk deems a reasonable time to be 15 days from the date the final mandate is issued.)
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`FOR THE COURT
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`/s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
`Peter R. Marksteiner
`Clerk of Court
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`cc: Scott Anthony McKeown
`Samuel Flint Miller
`Wayne Edward Ramage
`Christopher Ricciuti
`Joshua Tropper
`Maia T. Woodhouse
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`16-1665 - CTP Innovations, LLC v. Eastman Kodak Company
`United States Patent and Trademark Office, Case No. IPR2014-00789
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`Case: 16-1665 Document: 55-2 Page: 1 Filed: 12/21/2016
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`(2 of 5)
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`NOTE: This disposition is nonprecedential.
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`United States Court of Appeals
`for the Federal Circuit
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`CTP INNOVATIONS, LLC,
`Appellant
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`v.
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`EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY, AGFA CORP., ESKO
`SOFTWARE BVBA, HEIDELBERG, USA,
`Appellees
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`2016-1665
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`Appeal from the United States Patent and Trademark
`Office, Patent Trial and Appeal Board in No. IPR2014-
`00789.
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`JUDGMENT
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`SAMUEL FLINT MILLER, Baker, Donelson, Bearman,
`Caldwell & Berkowitz, PC, Nashville, TN, argued for
`appellant. Also represented by WAYNE EDWARD RAMAGE,
`MAIA T. WOODHOUSE; JOSHUA TROPPER, Atlanta, GA.
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`SCOTT ANTHONY MCKEOWN, Oblon, McClelland, Maier
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`& Neustadt, LLP, Alexandria, VA, argued for appellees.
`Also represented by CHRISTOPHER RICCIUTI.
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`Case: 16-1665 Document: 55-2 Page: 2 Filed: 12/21/2016
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`THIS CAUSE having been heard and considered, it is
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`ORDERED and ADJUDGED:
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`PER CURIAM (TARANTO, LINN, and CHEN, Circuit
`Judges).
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`AFFIRMED. See Fed. Cir. R. 36.
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`ENTERED BY ORDER OF THE COURT
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` December 21, 2016 /s/ Peter R. Marksteiner
` Date
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`Case: 16-1665 Document: 55-3 Page: 1 Filed: 12/21/2016
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`UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
`FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
`Questions and Answers
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`Petitions for Rehearing (Fed. Cir. R. 40)
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`Petitions for Hearing or Rehearing En Banc (Fed. Cir. R. 35)
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`Federal Circuit precedential opinions or that the merits
`panel has followed circuit precedent, which the party seeks
`to have overruled by the court en banc.
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`Q. How frequently are petitions for rehearing granted by
`merits panels or petitions for rehearing en banc accepted
`by the court?
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`A. The data regarding petitions for rehearing since 1982
`shows that merits panels granted some relief in only three
`percent of the more than 1900 petitions filed. The relief
`granted usually involved only minor corrections of factual
`misstatements, rarely resulting in a change of outcome in
`the decision.
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`En banc petitions were accepted less frequently, in only 16
`of more than 1100 requests. Historically, the court itself
`initiated en banc review in more than half (21 of 37) of the
`very few appeals decided en banc since 1982. This sua
`sponte, en banc review is a by-product of the court’s
`practice of circulating every precedential panel decision to
`all the judges of the Federal Circuit before it is published.
`No count is kept of sua sponte, en banc polls that fail to
`carry enough judges, but one of the reasons that virtually
`all of the more than 1100 petitions made by the parties
`since 1982 have been declined is that the court itself has
`already implicitly approved the precedential opinions before
`they are filed by the merits panel.
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`Q. Is it necessary to have filed either of these petitions
`before filing a petition for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme
`Court?
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`A. No. All that is needed is a final judgment of the Court of
`Appeals. As a matter of interest, very few petitions for
`certiorari from Federal Circuit decisions are granted. Since
`1982, the U.S. Supreme Court has granted certiorari in only
`31 appeals heard in the Federal Circuit. Almost 1000
`petitions for certiorari have been filed in that period.
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`Q. When is a petition for rehearing appropriate?
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`A. Petitions for panel rehearing are rarely successful
`because they most often fail to articulate sufficient grounds
`upon which to grant them. For example, a petition for panel
`rehearing should not be used to reargue issues already
`briefed and orally argued; if a party failed to persuade the
`court on an issue in the first instance, a petition for panel
`rehearing should not be used as an attempt to get a second
`“bite at the apple.” This is especially so when the court has
`entered a judgment of affirmance without opinion under
`Fed. Cir. R. 36. Such dispositions are entered if the court
`determines the judgment of the trial court is based on
`findings that are not clearly erroneous, the evidence
`supporting the jury verdict is sufficient, the record supports
`the trial court’s ruling, the decision of the administrative
`agency warrants affirmance under the appropriate standard
`of review, or the judgment or decision is without an error of
`law.
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`Q. When is a petition for hearing or rehearing en banc
`appropriate?
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`A. En banc decisions are extraordinary occurrences. To
`properly answer the question, one must first understand the
`responsibility of a three-judge merits panel of the court. The
`panel is charged with deciding individual appeals according
`to the law of the circuit as established in the court’s
`precedential opinions. While each merits panel is
`empowered to enter precedential opinions, the ultimate
`duty of the court en banc is to set forth the law of the
`Federal Circuit, which merit panels are obliged to follow.
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`Thus, as a usual prerequisite, a merits panel of the court
`must have entered a precedential opinion in support of its
`judgment for a suggestion for rehearing en banc to be
`appropriate. In addition, the party seeking rehearing en
`banc must show that either the merits panel has failed to
`follow identifiable decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court or
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`October 20, 2016
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`Case: 16-1665 Document: 55-4 Page: 1 Filed: 12/21/2016
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`UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FEDERAL CIRCUIT
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`INFORMATION SHEET
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`FILING A PETITION FOR A WRIT OF CERTIORARI
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`There is no automatic right of appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States from judgments
`of the Federal Circuit. You must file a petition for a writ of certiorari which the Supreme Court
`will grant only when there are compelling reasons. (See Rule 10 of the Rules of the Supreme
`Court of the United States, hereinafter called Rules.)
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`Time. The petition must be filed in the Supreme Court of the United States within 90 days of the
`entry of judgment in this Court or within 90 days of the denial of a timely petition for rehearing.
`The judgment is entered on the day the Federal Circuit issues a final decision in your case. [The
`time does not run from the issuance of the mandate, which has no effect on the right to petition.]
`(See Rule 13 of the Rules.)
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`Fees. Either the $300 docketing fee or a motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis with an
`affidavit in support thereof must accompany the petition. (See Rules 38 and 39.)
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`Authorized Filer. The petition must be filed by a member of the bar of the Supreme Court of the
`United States or by the petitioner representing himself or herself.
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`Format of a Petition. The Rules are very specific about the order of the required information
`and should be consulted before you start drafting your petition. (See Rule 14.) Rules 33 and 34
`should be consulted regarding type size and font, paper size, paper weight, margins, page limits,
`cover, etc.
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`Number of Copies. Forty copies of a petition must be filed unless the petitioner is proceeding in
`forma pauperis, in which case an original and ten copies of the petition for writ of certiorari and
`of the motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. (See Rule 12.)
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`Where to File. You must file your documents at the Supreme Court.
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`Clerk
`Supreme Court of the United States
`1 First Street, NE
`Washington, DC 20543
`(202) 479-3000
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`No documents are filed at the Federal Circuit and the Federal Circuit provides no information to
`the Supreme Court unless the Supreme Court asks for the information.
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`Access to the Rules. The current rules can be found in Title 28 of the United States Code
`Annotated and other legal publications available in many public libraries.
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`Revised December 16, 1999