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` Paper 16
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` Entered: March 5, 2015
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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.,
`and HULU, LLC.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00196 (Patent 6,131,121)
`Case IPR2015-00198 (Patent 6,009,469)
`Case IPR2015-00209 (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
`Authorization to File Reply / Sur-Reply
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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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 Board held a conference call with Petitioner and Patent Owner on
`March 4, 2015. Petitioner requests authorization to file a Reply in order to address
`issues regarding 35 U.S.C. § 315 raised by Patent Owner in Patent Owner’s
`Preliminary Response in each of the above-referenced proceedings. See Paper 151
`(Prelim. Resp.) 3–14. Patent Owner does not oppose Petitioner’s request, but
`requests authorization to file a Sur-Reply to Petitioner’s Reply.
`We grant both Petitioner’s request to file a Reply limited to addressing the
`35 U.S.C. § 315 issues raised in Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response and Patent
`Owner’s request to file a Sur-Reply limited to addressing Petitioner’s Reply. As
`discussed during the conference call, Petitioner’s Reply is to not exceed five pages
`and is due no later than March 11, 2015. As also discussed during the conference
`call, Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply is to not exceed five pages and is due no later than
`March 18, 2015.
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`Order
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`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s request to file a Reply and Patent Owner’s
`request to file a Sur-Reply is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner’s Reply is to not exceed five pages
`and is due no later than March 11, 2015, and Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply is to not
`exceed five pages and is due no later than March 18, 2015.
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`1 We refer to the paper numbers in IPR2015-00196 for convenience.
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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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`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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`Kevin O’Brien
`Kevin.O'Brien@bakermckenzie.com
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`Clint Conner
`clint@dorsey.com
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`Stacy Chen
`schen@kvn.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`William Meunier
`WAMeunier@mintz.com
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`Matthew Durell
`MDurell@mintz.com
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