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`Paper No. 66
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` Entered: July 7, 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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`THE MANGROVE PARTNERS MASTER FUND, LTD., APPLE INC.,
`and BLACK SWAMP IP, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VIRNETX INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
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`Case IPR2015-01046 (Patent 6,501,135 B1)1
`Case IPR2015-01047 (Patent 7,490,151 B2)2
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`Before MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, KARL D. EASTHOM, and STEPHEN C.
`SIU, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`SIU, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 Apple Inc., who filed petitions in IPR2016-00062, has been joined as a
`Petitioner in this proceeding.
`2 Apple Inc. and Black Swamp IP, LLC, who filed petitions in IPR2016-
`00063 and IPR2016-00167, respectively, have been joined as Petitioners in
`this proceeding.
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`Case IPR2015-01046 (Patent 6,502,135 B1)
`Case IPR2015-01047 (Patent 7,490,151 B1)
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`Patent Owner argues that it did not have a fair opportunity to respond
`to arguments that Patent Owner alleges to have been presented by Petitioner
`for the first time in Petitioner’s Consolidated Reply Brief (IPR2015-01046,
`Paper 50, 51; IPR2015-01047, Paper 56, 58) and Petitioner Apple Inc.’s
`Separate Reply Filing (IPR2015-01046, Paper 53; IPR2015-01047, Paper
`59). See IPR2015-01046, Paper 55, and IPR2015-01047, Paper 61.
`Under the particular factual circumstances of these cases, to ensure
`that Patent Owner has a full and fair opportunity to be heard on the disputed
`issues, we authorize, on an expedited basis, a sur-reply from Patent Owner in
`each proceeding. The sur-replies are limited to issues enumerated by Patent
`Owner in Patent Owner’s Identification of Improper Arguments in
`Petitioners’ Consolidated Reply Brief and Petitioner Apple Inc.’s Separate
`Reply Filing (IPR2015-01046, Paper 55, and IPR2015-01047, Paper 61,
`respectively) and shall not repeat arguments previously made or argue any
`other issue in these proceedings.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner is authorized to file, in each of the
`instant proceedings, a sur-reply to Petitioner’s Consolidated Reply Brief and
`Petitioner Apple Inc.’s Separate Reply Filing in the respective proceedings
`addressing the issues set forth herein, by July 15, 2016, limited to no more
`than 15 pages.
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`Case IPR2015-01046 (Patent 6,502,135 B1)
`Case IPR2015-01047 (Patent 7,490,151 B1)
`PETITIONER:
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`Abraham Kasdan
`WIGGIN AND DANA LLP
`akasdan@wiggin.com
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`James T. Bailey
`jtb@jtbaileylaw.com
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`Jeffrey P. Kushan
`Scott M. Border
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`IPRNotices@sidley.com
`sborder@sidley.com
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`Thomas H. Martin
`Wesley C. Meinerding
`MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP
`tmartin@martinferraro.com
`docketing@martinferraro.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Joseph E. Palys
`Naveen Modi
`Daniel Zeilberger
`Chetan Bansal
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`josephpalys@paulhastings.com
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
`danielzeilberger@paulhastings.com
`chetanbansal@paulhastings.com
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