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Paper No. __
`Filed December 6, 2014
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`__________________
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`__________________
`JST PERFORMANCE, INC. D/B/A RIGID INDUSTRIES
`Petitioner,
`v.
`KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
`Patent Owner.
`_________________
`
`Patent No. 6,586,890
`Issued: July 1, 2003
`Title: LED DRIVER CIRCUIT WITH PWM OUTPUT
`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2015-00308
`_________________
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`PATENT OWNER’S NOTICE OF RELATED MATTERS
`AND OTHER MANDATORY NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Submitted electronically via the Patent Review Processing System
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, Patent Owner Koninklijke Philips N.V. (“Philips”) hereby
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`submits this notice of related matters and other mandatory notices.
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`I.
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`PHILIPS’S POWER OF ATTORNEY
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`A Power of Attorney appointing lead and back-up counsel is being filed concurrently
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`with this notice.
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`II.
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`PHILIPS’S MANDATORY NOTICES
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`A.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1): Real Party-in-Interest
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`IPR2015-00308
`Patent No. 6,586,890
`
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`The real party-in-interest and patent owner is Koninklijke Philips N.V.
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`B.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2): Related Matters
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`The patent at issue in this proceeding and the patent at issue in a previously filed petition
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`for IPR, JST Performance, Inc. d/b/a Rigid industries v. Koninklijke Philips N.V., IPR2014-
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`00874, are both asserted in the same litigation, namely Koninklijke Philips N.V. v. JST
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`Performance, Inc. d/b/a Rigid Industries, No. 2:14-cv-2591 (D. Ariz.) (hereinafter “the Rigid
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`Litigation”). The parties are the same in all three proceedings. Lead Counsel and Back-up
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`Counsel for Patent Owner and Petitioner are the same in both IPRs, and Rigid’s Back-Up
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`Counsel in both IPRs is Rigid’s litigation counsel for the Rigid Litigation. Outside counsel for
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`the Patent Owner is the same in all three proceedings.
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`The patent at issue in this proceeding is also asserted in a co-pending case in the U.S.
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`District Court for the District of Massachusetts, namely, Koninklijke Philips NV. v. Wangs
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`Alliance Corp. d/b/a WAC Lighting Co., No. 1: 14-cv-12298 (D. Mass.).
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`C.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3) and (4): Lead and Back-Up Counsel, and Service
`Information
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`Philips identifies the following counsel to transact all business in the United States Patent
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`& Trademark Office associated with the above-captioned proceeding.
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`Lead Counsel
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`Back-Up Counsel
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`Denise W. DeFranco (Reg. No. 36,401)
` FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT& DUNNER, LLP
`Two Seaport Lane
`Boston, MA 02210-2001
`Telephone: 617-646-1670
`Facsimile: 617-646-1666
`
`C. Brandon Rash (Reg. No. 59,121)
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
`GARRETT& DUNNER, LLP
`901 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`Telephone: 202-408-4475
`Facsimile: 202-408-4400
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`denise.defranco@finnegan.com
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`IPR2015-00308
`Patent No. 6,586,890
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`brandon.rash@finnegan.com
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`Please address all correspondence regarding this proceeding to lead and back-up counsel.
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`Philips also consents to electronic service by email.
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`Date: December 6, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`
`
` /Denise W. DeFranco /
`Denise W. DeFranco (Reg. No. 36,401)
`denise.defranco@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT& DUNNER, LLP
`Two Seaport Lane
`Boston, MA 02210-2001
`Telephone: 617-646-1670
`Facsimile: 617-646-1666
`
`C. Brandon Rash (Reg. No. 59,121)
`brandon.rash@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT& DUNNER, LLP
`901 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20001-4413
`Telephone: 202-408-4475
`Facsimile: 202-408-4400
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`Koninklijke Philips N.V.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on December 6, 2014 a copy of the foregoing:
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`IPR2015-00308
`Patent No. 6,586,890
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`was served via FedEx Express and email to counsel of record for Petitioner at the following:
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`Michael T. Wallace
`(Reg. No. 45,420)
`JST Performance, Inc.
`d/b/a/ Rigid Industries
`779 North Colorado Street
`Gilbert, Arizona 85233
`Phone: (480) 655-0100 x1067
`Fax: (480) 832-0606
`mwallace@rigidindustries.com
`
`Richard L. Schwartz
`(Reg. No. 27,227)
`Whitaker Chalk Swindle &
`Schwartz PLLC
`301 Commerce Street, Suite 3500
`Fort Worth, Texas 76102
`Phone: (817) 878-0500
`Fax: (817) 878-0501
`rschwartz@whitakerchalk.com
`
`
`/Denise W. DeFranco/
`Denise W. DeFranco (Reg. No. 36,401)
`denise.defranco@finnegan.com
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT& DUNNER, LLP
`Two Seaport Lane
`Boston, MA 02210-2001
`Telephone: 617-646-1670
`Facsimile: 617-646-1666
`
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Koninklijke Philips N.V.
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