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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC,
`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., and AVAYA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v .
`
`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`
`
`Case IPR2014-013661
`Patent 6,108,704 C1
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`PETITIONERS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL
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`
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`
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`Mail Stop Patent Board
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`
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`1 IPR215-01011 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a), notice is hereby given that Petitioners
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`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung
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`Telecommunications America, LLC (“Petitioner”) appeal to the United States
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`Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit from the March 4, 2016 Final Written
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`Decision (Paper No. 49) in IPR2014-01366, and from all underlying orders,
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`decisions, rulings and opinions.
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 90.2(a)(3)(ii), Petitioner states that
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`anticipated issues on appeal include, but are not limited to:
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`(1) Whether the Board erred when it determined that Petitioner had not met
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`its burden of proving claims 1, 11, 12, 14, 16, 22, 23, 27, 30, and 31 of United
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`States Patent No. 6,108,704 (“the ’704 patent”) unpatentable under 35 U.S.C. §
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`103;
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`(2) Whether the Board correctly construed “is connected”;
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`(3) Whether the Board erred when it determined that WINs (Ex. 1012) did
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`not disclose the “is connected” limitation;
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`(4) Whether the Board erred when it determined that NetBIOS (Ex. 1014)
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`did not disclose the “is connected” limitation;
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`A copy of this Notice of Appeal is being filed with the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board. In addition, three copies of this Notice of Appeal, along with the
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`required docketing fees, are being filed with the Clerk’s Office for the United
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`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`Dated: May 5, 2016
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` Respectfully Submitted,
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`
`
`/s/ Brian Erickson
`Brian K. Erickson
`Registration No. 48,895
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2500
`Austin, TX 78701-3799
`Telephone: 512-457-7000
`Facsimile: 512-457-7001
`Email: Samsung-SP-
`IPR@dlapiper.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I certify that, in addition to being filed electronically through the Patent Trial
`and Appeal Board’s Patent Review Processing System, the original version of
`PETITIONERS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL was filed by hand on this 5th day of May
`2016, with the Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office at the
`following address:
`
`Director of the United States Patent and Trademark Office
`c/o Office of the General Counsel
`Madison Building East, 10B20
`600 Dulany Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314-5793
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`
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I certify that PETITIONERS’ NOTICE OF APPEAL was filed electronically
`on this 5th day of May 2016, with the Clerk’s Office of the United States Court of
`Appeals for the Federal Circuit:
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
`717 Madison Place, N.W., Suite 401
`Washington, D.C. 20005
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing, PETITIONERS’
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`NOTICE OF APPEAL, was served by electronic mail on the following counsel:
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`For Straight Path IP Group, Inc.:
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`William A. Meunier (Reg. No. 41,193)
`Matthew Durell (Reg. No. 55,136)
`Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
`One Financial Center
`Boston, MA 02111
`Tel: (617) 348-1615
`Fax: (617) 542-2241
`StraightPathIPRs@mintz.com
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`For Cisco Systems, Inc. and AVAYA Inc.:
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`David L. Cavanaugh (Reg. No. 36,476)
`Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP
`1875 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`david.cavanaugh@wilmerhale.com
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`
`
`
`
` /s/ Brian Erickson
`Brian K. Erickson
`Registration No. 48,895
`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`401 Congress Avenue, Suite 2500
`Austin, TX 78701-3799
`Telephone: 512-457-7000
`Facsimile: 512-457-7001
`Samsung-SP-IPR@dlapiper.com
`
`
`Dated: May 6, 2016
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