`571-272-7822
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`Date Entered: March 24, 2016
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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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`APPLE, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`FAR STONE TECH., INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00599
`Patent 7,120,835 B2
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, JONI Y. CHANG, and
`BETH Z. SHAW, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
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`Both parties request a hearing in this case pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.70. The requests are granted.
`Each party will have thirty (30) minutes total time to present
`arguments for the case. Petitioner will proceed first to present its case with
`respect to the challenged claims and grounds for which the Board instituted
`trial. Thereafter, Patent Owner will respond to Petitioner’s presentation.
`Petitioner may reserve rebuttal time to respond to Patent Owner’s
`presentation.
`The hearing will commence at 1:00 PM Eastern Time, on April 18,
`2016, and it will be open to the public for in-person attendance, on the ninth
`floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
`In-person attendance will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served
`basis. The Board will provide a court reporter for the hearing and the
`reporter’s transcript will constitute the official record of the hearing.
`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served
`five business days prior to the hearing. They shall be filed at the Board two
`business days prior to the hearing, and the parties must initiate a conference
`call with the Board by two business days prior to the hearing to resolve any
`dispute over the propriety of each party’s demonstrative exhibits. Any
`dispute over the propriety of demonstrative exhibits that is not timely
`presented two business days prior to the hearing will be considered waived.
`The parties are directed to CBS Interactive Inc. v. Helferich Patent
`Licensing, LLC, IPR2013-00033, Paper 118 (October 23, 2013), regarding
`the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits.
`Questions regarding specific audio-visual equipment should be
`directed to the Board at (571) 272-9797. Requests for audio-visual
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`equipment are to be made 5 days in advance of the hearing date. The
`request is to be sent to Trials@uspto.gov. If the request is not received
`timely, the equipment may not be available on the day of the hearing.
`The parties are reminded that the presenter must identify clearly and
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`specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number)
`referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the
`reporter’s transcript.
`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at
`hearing, although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in
`whole or in part. If any lead counsel will not be in attendance at hearing, the
`Board should be notified via a joint telephone conference call no later than
`two days prior to the hearing to discuss the matter.
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`For Petitioner:
`David L. Fehrman
`dfehrman@mofo.com
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`Alex Yap
`ayap@mofo.com
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`For Patent Owner:
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`Tonia Sayour
`tsayour@cooperdunham.com
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`Ivan Kavrukov
`ikavrukov@cooperdunham.com