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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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`SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA LLC
`Petitioner
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`APLIX IP HOLDINGS CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2015-00476
`Patent No. 7,218,313
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`DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, X. Kevin Zhao, declare:
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`I am an attorney duly authorized to practice law in the State of Minnesota.
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`I am a member of the law firm Greene Espel PLLP. I have personal knowledge of the
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`facts contained herein and, if called as a witness, could and would competently testify
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,218,313
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`I have been retained to assist in the representation of Patent Owner, Aplix
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`IP Holdings Corporation. My business address is 222 S. Ninth Street, Suite 2200,
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`Minneapolis, MN 55402.
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`I was admitted before the following courts on the dates indicated:
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`a. State of Minnesota
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`b. U.S. District Court for the
`District of Minnesota
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`10/30/2010
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`04/13/2011
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`I am presently in good standing and eligible to practice before the courts
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`listed above, and I have never been suspended or disbarred by any court or administrative
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`body. I have never had sanctions or contempt citations imposed on me by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have never been denied admission pro hac vice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`6.
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`I have appeared before the U.S. Patent Trade Office pro hac vice within the
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`past three years in two other matters related to this proceeding: Sony Computer
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`Entertainment America, LLC v. Aplix IP Holdings Corporation (IPR2015-00229, Patent
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`No. 7,667,692; IPR2015-00230, Patent No. 7,463,245). To date, no trial has been
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`instituted on these matters.
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`7.
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`The attorney of record for Patent Owner, Aplix IP Holdings Corporation, in
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`this case with whom I will be associated is:
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`Name
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`Michael Mauriel
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`Firm Name Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP
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`Address
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`27 W. 24th Street, Suite 302
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`New York, NY 10010
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`Telephone:
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`mmauriel@mkwllp.com
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`8. I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R. If this motion is
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`granted, I understand I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a).
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding and have
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`knowledge of the facts set forth in the Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission.
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`10.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct, and
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`that this Declaration is made this 19th day of February 2015.
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`/ X. Kevin Zhao/
`X. Kevin Zhao
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, I hereby certify that on this 20th day of February
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`2015, the foregoing Patent Owner Aplix IP Holdings Corporation’s Declaration in
`Support of Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission was served via electronic filing with the
`Board on the following counsel of record for petitioner:
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`Back-Up Counsel
`Abran J. Kean (Reg. No. 58,540)
`Abran.kean@eriseip.com
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`Postal and Hand-Delivery Address:
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`5600 Greenwood Plaza Blvd., Suite 200
`Greenwood Village, Colorado 80111
`Telephone: (913) 777-5600
`Fax: (913) 777-5601
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`Mauriel Kapouytian Woods LLP
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`By:
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`/Michael Mauriel/ Reg. No. 44,226
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`Michael Mauriel
`27 W. 24th Street Suite 302
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`Attorney for Patent Owner Aplix IP
`Holdings Corporation
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`Lead Counsel
`Eric A. Buresh (Reg. No. 50,394)
`Eric.buresh@eriseip.com
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`Postal and Hand-Delivery Address:
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`6201 College Blvd., Suite 300
`Overland Park, Kansas 66211
`Telephone: (913) 777-5600
`Fax: (913) 777-5601
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`Date: February 20, 2015
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