`571-272-7822
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`Paper: 33
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`Entered: March 17, 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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`SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`APLIX IP HOLDINGS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases1
` IPR2015-00729 (Patent 7,280,097 B2)
`IPR2015-00730 (Patent 7,932,892 B2)
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`ORDER
`Oral Hearing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, BRYAN F. MOORE, and
`JASON J. CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`On July 22, 2015, we instituted the above-identified inter partes
`reviews. Paper 13.2 Both parties requested an oral hearing pursuant to
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`1 This Order applies to each of the listed cases. We exercise our discretion
`to issue one Order to be docketed in each case. The parties, however, are
`not authorized to use this caption for any subsequent papers.
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`IPR2015-00729 (Patent 7,280,097 B2)
`IPR2015-00730 (Patent 7,932,892 B2)
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.70. Papers 30–31. The parties’ requests are granted. Each
`party will have sixty minutes of total time to present its arguments. The
`hearing will commence at 1:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, on March 30,
`2016.
`At the oral hearing, Petitioner will proceed first to present its case as
`to the challenged claims and grounds the Board instituted trial. Thereafter,
`Patent Owner will respond to Petitioner’s case. Petitioner may reserve some
`of its argument time for use in further presentation after Patent Owner has
`responded to Petitioner’s initial presentation on all matters.
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`The hearing 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.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served no
`later than five business days before the hearing. They shall be filed with the
`Board no later than three business days prior to the hearing. The parties
`must initiate a conference call with the Board at least two business days
`prior to the hearing to resolve any dispute over the propriety of each party’s
`demonstrative exhibits. For guidance on what constitutes an appropriate
`demonstrative exhibit, the parties are directed to CBS Interactive Inc., v.
`Helferich Patent Licensing, LLC, Case IPR2013-00033 (PTAB
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`2 Citations are to IPR2015-00729.
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`IPR2015-00729 (Patent 7,280,097 B2)
`IPR2015-00730 (Patent 7,932,892 B2)
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`Oct. 23, 2013) (Paper 118).
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at oral
`hearing, although any backup counsel may make the actual presentation, in
`whole or in part. If lead counsel for either party is unable to attend the oral
`argument, the Board should be notified via a joint telephone conference call
`no later than two business days prior to the oral hearing to discuss the
`matter.
`Requests for audio-visual equipment are to be made at least five
`business days in advance of the hearing date by sending the request
`to Trials@uspto.gov. If the request is not received timely, the equipment
`may not be available on the day of the hearing.
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`IPR2015-00729 (Patent 7,280,097 B2)
`IPR2015-00730 (Patent 7,932,892 B2)
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`For PETITIONERS:
`Eric A. Buresh
`Abran J. Kean
`ERISE IP, P.A.
`eric.buresh@eriseip.com
`abran.kean@eriseip.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Michael Mauriel
`Sherman W. Kahn
`MAURIEL KAPOUYTIAN WOODS LLP
`mmauriel@mkwllp.com
`skahn@mkwllp.com
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`Robert J. Gilbertson
`Sybil L. Dunlop
`X. Kevin Zhao
`GREENE ESPEL PLLP
`BGilbertson@GreeneEspel.com
`SDunlop@greeneespel.com
`kzhao@greeneespel.com
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