`571-272-7822
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` Paper No. 6
`December 2, 2014
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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VIRNETX INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2015-00185, IPR2015-00186
`Patent 7,921,211 B2
`Case IPR2015-00187
`Patent 7,490,151 B2
`Cases IPR2015-00188, IPR2015-00189
`Patent 7,418,504 B2
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`Before MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, KARL D. EASTHOM, and
`STEPHEN C. SIU, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`EASTHOM, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2015-00185, IPR2015-00186: 7,921,211 B2
`IPR2015-00187: 7,490,151 B2
`IPR2015-00188, IPR2015-00189: 7,418,504 B2
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`As discussed during a conference call with the parties on December 1,
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`2014, Petitioner filed Petitions and Motions in the above-captioned
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`proceedings seeking to join to IPR2014-00610, IPR2014-00614, or
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`IPR2014-00615.1 Patent Owner’s Preliminary Responses in the above-
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`captioned cases are due on February 20, 2015, or February 25, 2015. The
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`Board exercises its discretion and resets the time for Patent Owner’s
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`Preliminary Responses in the above-captioned cases to January 16, 2015, to
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`provide sufficient time to consider the joinder requests.2
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`During the conference call, Patent Owner requested and was granted
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`eight pages to file an Opposition (due December 3, 2014) to the joinder
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`Motions, and Petitioner requested and was granted four pages to file a Reply
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`thereto (due December 10, 2014), as a modification to previous page limits
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`granted in a prior email communication (November 26, 2004).
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`1 Patent Owner will file a transcript of the conference call as an exhibit.
`2 Patent Owner’s Responses in IPR2014-00610, IPR2014-00614, and
`IPR2014-00615 are due currently on January 20, 2015. In a separate order
`in those cases, this date is reset to March 15, 2015. See IPR2014-00610,
`Paper 13.
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`IPR2015-00185, IPR2015-00186: 7,921,211 B2
`IPR2015-00187: 7,490,151 B2
`IPR2015-00188, IPR2015-00189: 7,418,504 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Joseph A. Micallef
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`jkushan@sidley.com
`jmicallef@sidley.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Joseph E. Palys
`Naveen Modi
`PAUL HASTING LLP
`josephpalys@paulhastings.com
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`Jason E. Stach
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW
` GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`jason.stach@finnegan.com
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