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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONIC CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC. &
`SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-01367
`Patent 6,009,469
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`DECLARATION OF MICHAEL C. NEWMAN IN SUPPORT OF
`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Samsung v. Straight Path, IPR2014-01367
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`I, Michael C. Newman, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the
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`following:
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`1. I am a Senior Associate at Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC
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`with nine years of experience litigating patents.
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`2. I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the state of Massachusetts
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`(Bar # 667520), as well as the following Federal Courts:
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`a. United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts;
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`b. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`3. I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`4. I have never had an application for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body denied.
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`5. No sanction or contempt citation has been imposed against me by any court
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`or administrative body.
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`6. I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board's Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in Part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`7. I will be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 etseq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 11.19(a).
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`8. I have not applied to appear pro hac vice before the Office in any other
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`proceeding within the last three (3) years.
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`9. I am an experienced litigation attorney, with experience in numerous
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`litigations involving patent infringement in District Courts throughout the
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`United States and before the International Trade Commission. My
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`biography is submitted as Exhibit 2010.
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`10. I have been counsel for Patent Owner since 2013 in various district court
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`litigations, declaratory judgement actions, and an investigations before the
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`International Trade Commission, all of which involve U.S. Patent 6,009,649,
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`including: C ertain P oint-to-P ointN etworkC ommu nication D evices and
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`P rodu cts C ontainingSame, Inv. No. 337-TA-892 (U.S.I.T.C., filed Aug. 1,
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`2013); StraightP athIP Grp.,Inc.v.L G Elecs.Inc,V IZIO ,Inc., Toshiba
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`C orp(E.D. Va., consolidated case No. 1:13-cv-00934-AJT-IDD); Straight
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`P athIP Grp.,Inc.v.Samsu ngElectronics,B lackberry,ZTE,and H u awei
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`Technologies (E.D. Tex., consolidated Case No. 13-cv-604); StraightP ath
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`IP Grp.Inc.v.Straightand N etflix,Inc. (E.D. Tex. Case No. 14-cv-405);
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`A mazon.com,Inc.,v.StraightP athIP Grp.,Inc.(N.D. Cal. Case No. 5:14-
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`cv-4561-EJD). I was the lead associate on all of these cases, and was
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`involved in most all aspects of the cases, including the issue of validity of
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`the U.S. Patent No. 6,009,469. As a result, I am particularly familiar with
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`the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`11. I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to
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`be true, and further that these statements are made with the knowledge that
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`willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or
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`imprisonment or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States
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`Code and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the outcome of
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`this proceeding.
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`Dated: April 16, 2015
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`Michael C. Newman
`Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
`and Popeo, P.C.
`One Financial Center
`Boston, MA 02111
`Telephone: (617) 348-1845
`Facsimile: (617) 542-2241
`StraightPathIPRs@mintz.com
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