`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION and
`ORACLE AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioners,
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`ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS
`RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00949
`Patent 6,978,346 B2
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`PETITIONERS INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES
`CORPORATION AND ORACLE AMERICA, INC.’S UPDATED
`MANDATORY NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(3)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(3), Petitioners hereby submit the following
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`updated Mandatory Notices in connection with the Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`of U.S. Patent No. 6,978,346 (the “’346 patent”), Case No. IPR2014-00949.
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`MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 (a)(3)
`A. Real Parties-In-Interest under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1)
`The real parties-in-interest are International Business Machines Corporation
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`and Oracle America, Inc.
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`B. Related Matters under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)
`The ’346 patent is the subject of a number of civil actions in the District
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`Court for Delaware: Civil Action Nos. 1-13-cv-01152; 1-13-cv-01151; 1-13-cv-
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`01150; 1-13-cv-01088; 1-13-cv-01089; 1-13-cv-01090; 1-13-cv-00928; 1-13-cv-
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`00927; 1-13-cv-00931; 1-13-cv-00932; 1-13-cv-00930; 1-13-cv-00929; 1-13-cv-
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`00926; 1-12-cv-01629; 1-12-cv-01625; 1-12-cv-01627; 1-12-cv-01624; 1-12-cv-
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`01628; and 1-12-cv-01626.
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`The ’346 patent is also the subject of IPR Case Nos. IPR2013-00635,
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`IPR2014-00901, and IPR2014-00976.
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`C. Lead and Back-up Counsel Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3)
`Petitioners provide the following designation of counsel.
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`LEAD COUNSEL
`Todd M. Friedman
`Reg. No. 42,559
`todd.friedman@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`601 Lexington Avenue
`New York, New York 10022
`Telephone: (212) 446-4800
`Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
`BACK-UP COUNSEL
`Benjamin A. Lasky
`(Admitted Pro Hac Vice)
`benjamin.lasky@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`601 Lexington Avenue
`New York, New York 10022
`Telephone: (212) 446-4800
`Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
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`Please address all correspondence to lead and back-up counsel.
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
`Gregory S. Arovas
`Reg. No. 38,818
`greg.arovas@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`601 Lexington Avenue
`New York, New York 10022
`Telephone: (212) 446-4800
`Facsimile: (212) 446-4900
`BACK-UP COUNSEL
`Eugene Goryunov
`Reg. No. 61,579
`eugene.goryunov@kirkland.com
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`300 North LaSalle Street
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`Telephone: (312) 862-2000
`Facsimile: (312) 862-2200
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`Service Information Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4)
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`Petitioners also consent to electronic service by email at IBM-Safe-Storage-
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`KEService@kirkland.com.
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`Dated: October 9, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Todd M. Friedman
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`todd.friedman@kirkland.com
`Kirkland & Ellis LLP
`601 Lexington Avenue
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`Telephone: (212) 446-4800
`Fax: (212) 446-4900
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`Attorneys for Petitioners International
`Business Machines Corporation and
`Oracle America, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`Pursuant to 37 CFR §§ 42.6(e)(4)(i) et seq. and 42.105(b), the undersigned
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`certifies that on October 9, 2014, a complete copy of this UPDATED
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`MANDATORY NOTICES was provided by email, as consented to by counsel, to
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`the Patent Owner by serving the counsel of record as follows:
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`Matthew C. Phillips, Reg. No. 43,403
`matthew.phillips@renaissanceiplaw.com
`Derek Meeker, Reg. No. 53,313
`derek.meeker@renaissanceiplaw.com
`Renaissance IP Law Group LLP
`9600 SW Oak Street, Suite 560
`Portland, Oregon 97223
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`Alexander C.D. Giza, Reg. No. 51,740
`agiza@raklaw.com
`Russ August & Kabat
`12424 Wilshire Boulevard, 12th Floor
`Los Angeles, California 90025
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`Kirkland & Ellis LLP
`601 Lexington Avenue
`New York, NY 10022
`Telephone: (212) 446-4800
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