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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner
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`DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-00369
`Patent 6,128,290
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`PETITIONER APPLE INC.’S ADR STATEMENT
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Case IPR2015-00369
`Patent 6,128,290
`Pursuant to the Board’s Scheduling Order of June 25, 2015 (Paper 10),
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`encouraging the parties to discuss alternative means for resolving disputes,
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. (“Apple”) submits this ADR Statement.
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`In-house counsel for Petitioner Apple has contacted Patent Owner DSS
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`Technology Management, Inc. (“DSS”) in response to the Board’s encouragement
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`in the Scheduling Order. Apple and DSS have agreed to and are in the process of
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`scheduling formal and/or informal mediation in the concurrent litigation for U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,128,290. The parties have not reached any agreement on any
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`substantive issues. If an agreement is reached, Apple will promptly notify the
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`Board.
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`Date: July 31, 2015
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`Respectfully submitted,
` STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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` /David K.S. Cornwell/
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`David K.S. Cornwell
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Registration No. 31,944
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`Case IPR2015-00369
`Patent 6,128,290
`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), 42.105(a))
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` The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned PETITIONER
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`APPLE INC.’S ADR STATEMENT was served electronically via e-mail in its
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`entirety on July 31, 2015, on the following parties:
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`Andriy Lytvyn (Lead Counsel)
`Anton J. Hopen (Back-up Counsel)
`Nicholas Pfeifer (Back-up Counsel)
`SMITH & HOPEN, P.A.
`180 Pine Avenue North
`Oldsmar, FL 34677
`andriy.lytvyn@smithhopen.com
`anton.hopen@smithhopen.com
`nicholas.pfeifer@smithhopen.com
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` STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/David K.S. Cornwell/
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`David K.S. Cornwell
`Attorney for Petitioner
`Registration No. 31,944
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`Date: July 31, 2015
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600