`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 48
`Entered: January 14, 2016
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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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`LG ELECTRONICS, INC., TOSHIBA CORP., VIZIO, INC.,
`HULU, LLC, CISCO SYSTEMS, INC., AVAYA, INC., VERIZON
`SERVICES CORP., and VERIZON BUSNESS NETWORK SERVICES
`INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-001961 (Patent 6,131,121)
` Case IPR2015-001982 (Patent 6,009,469)
` Case IPR2015-002093 (Patent 6,108,704)
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`Before KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, TRENTON A. WARD, and
`BART A. GERSTENBLITH, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DESHPANDE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`1 IPR2015-01397 and IPR2015-01407 have been joined with this
`proceeding.
`2 IPR2015-01400 has been joined with this proceeding.
`3 IPR2015-01398 and IPR2015-01406 have been joined with this
`proceeding.
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`IPR2015-00196 (Patent 6,131,121)
`IPR2015-00198 (Patent 6,009,469)
`IPR2015-00209 (Patent 6,108,704)
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`In the Scheduling Order dated May 15, 2015 (Paper 214), oral
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`argument was scheduled to be held on February 9, 2015, if requested by the
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`parties. Petitioner has requested oral argument. Paper 47. The request is
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`granted.
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`Each party will have a total of 60 minutes of oral argument time for
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`IPR2015-00196, IPR2015-00198, and IPR2015-00209, the 60 minutes to be
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`divided among the three cases as desired. The oral argument will commence
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`at 1:00 PM Eastern Time, on Tuesday, February 9, 2016. The Board will
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`provide a court reporter for the oral argument and the reporter’s transcript
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`will constitute the official record of the oral argument. The hearing
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`transcript will be entered in the record of this proceeding.
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`Petitioner bears the ultimate burden of proof that Patent Owner’s
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`patent claims at issue are unpatentable. Therefore, at oral argument,
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`Petitioner will proceed first to present its case with respect to the challenged
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`patent claims and grounds with respect to which the Board instituted trial.
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`Petitioner may reserve some of its argument time for use in further
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`presentation after Patent Owner has responded to Petitioner’s initial
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`presentation.
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`Patent Owner will respond to Petitioner’s initial presentation, having
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`available to it the entirety of its allotted argument time. Thereafter,
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`Petitioner may make use of the time it has reserved, to rebut Patent Owner’s
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`presentation.
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`4 All citations are to IPR2015-00196 unless otherwise noted. Petitioner has
`filed similar papers in IPR2015-00198 and IPR2015-00209, and, therefore,
`we only provide citations to IPR2015-00196 unless otherwise noted.
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`IPR2015-00196 (Patent 6,131,121)
`IPR2015-00198 (Patent 6,009,469)
`IPR2015-00209 (Patent 6,108,704)
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`The oral argument will be open to the public for in-person attendance,
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`on the ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria,
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`Virginia 22314. In-person attendance will be accommodated on a first-
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`come, first-served basis.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served
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`five business days prior to the hearing. The parties also shall provide a
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`courtesy copy of any demonstrative exhibits to the Board at least five
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`business days prior to the hearing by emailing them to Trials@uspto.gov.
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`The parties shall not file any demonstrative exhibits in these proceedings
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`without prior authorization from the Board. The parties must initiate a
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`conference call with the Board by two business days prior to the hearing to
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`resolve any dispute over the propriety of each party’s demonstrative
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`exhibits. Any dispute over the propriety of demonstrative exhibits that is not
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`timely presented two business days prior to the hearing will be considered
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`waived.
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`The parties are reminded that the presenter must identify clearly and
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`specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number)
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`referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the
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`reporter’s transcript. If the parties have questions as to whether
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`demonstrative exhibits would be sufficiently visible and available to all of
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`the judges, the parties are invited to contact the Board at 571-272-9797. The
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`Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at the hearing,
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`although backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in whole or in
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`part. Requests for audio-visual equipment are to be made at least 5 days in
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`advance of the hearing date by emailing the request to Trials@uspto.gov. If
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`IPR2015-00196 (Patent 6,131,121)
`IPR2015-00198 (Patent 6,009,469)
`IPR2015-00209 (Patent 6,108,704)
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`the request is not received timely, the equipment may not be available on the
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`day of the hearing.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Darren Jiron
`darren.jiron@finnegan.com
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`Rajeev Gupta
`Raj.Gupta@finnegan.com
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`Clint Conner
`conner.clint@dorsey.com
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`Kevin O’Brien
`Kevin.O'Brien@bakermckenzie.com
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`Leo Lam
`llam@kvn.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`William Meunier
`Michael Newman
`StraightPathIPRs@mintz.com