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`BEFORE THE PATENT TzuAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`TERREMARK NORTH AMERICA I,I C, VERTZON BUSINESS NETWORK
`SERVICES INC., VERTZON SERYICES CORP., TIME WARNER CABLE INC.,
`ICONTROL NETWORKS, INC., AND COXCOM, LLC,
`Petitioners v.
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`JOAO CONTROL & MONITORING SYSTEMS,LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`INTER PARTES REVIEW NO: IPR2015-01484 (Pat.1 ,277 ,470)
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`I, Ren6 A. Vazquez, declare as follows:
`1. I am a lawyer at the law firm of Heninger, Garrison Davis, LLC. I am
`back-up counsel for Patent Owner Joao Confrol & Monitoring Systems, LLC
`(hereinafter, 'TCMS") in the request for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent
`7,277,010 in case IPR2015-01484. I submit this declaration in opposition to
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`PEtitioners Terremark Norttr America LLC , et al .' s Motion to Recog rize June 23 ,
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`2Ol5 as Filing Date of Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent 7 277 PlO
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`("the '010 petition") in case IPR2015-01484.I have knowledge of the facts set forth
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`in this declaration and could and would competently testify to the facts stated
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`herein.
`2. On June 23,}Al4,Verizon Communications, [nc. was served with a
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`Complaint atleging infringement of the '010 Patent. See JCMS v.Terremark North
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`America LLC,C.A. No. 14-525-GMS, D.I. 5 (D. Del.X"Proof of Service," attached
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`hereto as Exhibit 2002).
`3. After service, by stipulation of the parties, Petitioner Terremark Norttt
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`America LLC was substituted as a defendant in place of Verizon Comrnunications
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`Inc. Id. at D.I. 11 (Stipulation attached hereto as Exhibit 2004). Petitioner
`Terremark North America LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Verizon
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`Communications lnc. See JCMS v. Terrem,srk North America LLC, C.A. No. 14-
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`525-GMS, D.I. 10 (D. Del. 2014)(Terremark's Rule 7.1 Disclosure Statement,
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`Page 2 of 5
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`Patent Owner JCMS's Exhibit No. 2001
`IPR201 5-0 1484 (Pat. 1,27 7 910)
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`attached hereto as Exhibit 2m3). Petitioners here have identified Verizon
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`Communications Inc. as a real parl.y in interest to the present petition. Paper 2 atL.
`4. On June 23,2Al4,Petitioner Time Wamer [nc. was also served with a
`Complaint alleging infringement of the '010 Patent. See JCMS, LLC v. Time
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`Warner, Inc., C.A. No. L4-524-GMS, D.I. 5 (D. Del.)("koof of Service," attached
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`hereto as Exhibit 2005).
`5. The USPTO's Public PAIR records show that the "AttorneylAgent"
`for the '010 Patent is Mr. Raymond Joao. The same record provides Mr. Joao's
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`correspondence address and telephone number.
`6, As of June 23,2At5,I did not represent and had never represented
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`JCMS, LLC in connection with any proceedings before the USPTO. Moreover, as
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`of June 23,2015, no one from either Heninger Garrison Davis LLC or Stamoulis &
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`Weinblatt had ever represented JCMS, LLC in connection with any proceedings
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`before the USPTO.
`7 . Attached hereto as Exhibit 2006 is a true and corect copy of an email
`dated August ll,20l5 from Petitioners' counsel Megan Woodworth to me.
`8. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2A07 is a ffue and correct copy of the PDF
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`attachment to Ms. Woodworth's August Lt,2AI5 email. The attachment is entitled
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`"Pl-#105740-v1{10-petition*v2.pdf ." Ms. Woodworth's email indicates that this
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`attachment'*is a copy of the petition that was uploaded." App. 5.
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`Patent Owner JCMS's Exhibit No. 2001
`IPR20 I 5-0 I 484 (Pat. 7,27 7,Arc)
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`9. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2008 is a tme and correct copy of an ex
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`parte email from Petitioners' counsel Jackson Ho to trials@uspto.gov dated June
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`30,2015.
`10. Patent Owner did not discover that Petitioners' originally-filed
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`Certificate of Service was false until my colleague took the tracking number on the
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`box sent to Mr- Joao and looked it up in FedEx's package tracking system.
`11. Attached hereto as Exhibit 2A09 is a tnre and correct copy of an email
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`I sent to Petitioners' counsel Clay Holloway on July 17,2A15, inquiring about the
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`accuracy of Petitioners' certificates of service.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and
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`that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and
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`further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code.
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`Page 4 of 5
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`Patent Owner JCMS's Exhibit No. 2001
`IPR201 5-0 1484 {Pat. 7 277,0rc)
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`Rend A. Vazquez
`Heninger Garrison Davis LLC
`Date: August 19,2Ol5
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`Patent Owner JCMS's Exhibit No. 2001
`IPR20 I 5-0 1484 (Pat. 7,277 PIO)