`By:
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`Thomas Engellenner
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
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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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`SONOS, INC.
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`BLACK HILLS MEDIA, LLC
`Patent Owner
`___________________
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`Case No. IPR2015-00587
`Patent 7,236,739
`___________________
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICE
`INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Black Hills Media, LLC (“Patent Owner”) hereby files this Mandatory
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`IPR2015-00587
`Patent 7,236,739
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`Notice Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(3).
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`I. Real Party In Interest
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1), the real party in interest to this
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`proceeding is Black Hills Media, LLC, owner of U.S. Patent No. 7,236,739.
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`II. Related Matters
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2), the following judicial and administrative
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`matters could affect, or could be affected by, a decision in this proceeding:
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`• Black Hills Media, LLC v. Sonos, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct. (Del.), Civil Case No.
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`1:12-cv-00637-RGA;
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`• Black Hills Media, LLC v. Sonos, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct. (C.D. Cal.), Civil Case
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`No. 2:13-cv-06062-SJO-PJW;
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`• Black Hills Media, LLC v. Sonos, Inc., U.S. Dist. Ct. (C.D. Cal.), Civil Case
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`No. 2:14-cv-00486-SJO-PJW; and
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`• Inter Partes Review No. IPR2015-00586 of U.S. Patent No. 6,757,517.
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`III. Lead and Back-Up Counsel
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3), Patent Owner hereby identifies lead and
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`back-up counsels as follows:
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`Lead Counsel
`Thomas Engellenner, Reg. No. 28,711
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`engellennert@pepperlaw.com
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`IPR2015-00587
`Patent 7,236,739
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`Back-up Counsel
`Reza Mollaaghababa, Reg. No. 43,810
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`mollaaghababar@pepperlaw.com
`George S. Haight, IV, Reg. No. 54,146
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`haightg@pepperlaw.com
`Andrew W. Schultz, Reg. No. 66,869
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`schultza@pepperlaw.com
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`A Power of Attorney from Patent Owner is filed concurrently herewith.
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`IV. Service Information
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4), please direct all correspondence to:
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`Thomas Engellenner, Esq.
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
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`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`engellennert@pepperlaw.com
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`IPR2015-00587
`Patent 7,236,739
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`Dated: February 11, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
`By: /Thomas Engellenner/
`Thomas Engellenner, Reg. No. 28,711
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`IPR2015-00587
`Patent 7,236,739
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`By: /Thomas Engellenner/
`Thomas Engellenner, Reg. No. 28,711
`Pepper Hamilton LLP
`125 High Street
`19th Floor, High Street Tower
`Boston, MA 02110
`(617) 204-5100 (telephone)
`(617) 204-5150 (facsimile)
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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` hereby certify that on February 11, 2015, a true and accurate copy of this paper,
`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICE INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, was
`served on the following counsel for Petitioner via Federal Express and email:
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`George I. Lee (lee@leesullivanlaw.com)
`Sean M. Sullivan (sullivan@leesullivanlaw.com)
`Rory P. Shea (shea@leesullivanlaw.com)
`John Dan Smith (smith@leesullivanlaw.com)
`Lee Sullivan Shea & Smith LLP
`150 South Wacker Drive, Suite 2400
`Chicago, Illinois 60606
`Tel: (312) 754-9602
`Fax: (312) 754-9603
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`Dated: February 11, 2015
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