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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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`INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PARALLEL NETWORKS LICENSING, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`___________________
`
`Case IPR2015-01729
`Patent 5,894,554
`___________________
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`
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2)
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`
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313
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`
`

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`
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2), Parallel Networks Licensing, LLC
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`(“Patent Owner”) provides the following disclosures as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.8(b)(1)-(4):
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`I.
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`
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1) Disclosure
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1), Patent Owner identifies Parallel
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`Networks Licensing, LLC as the real party-in-interest.
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`II.
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`
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2) Disclosure
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2), Patent Owner identifies the following
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`related matters:
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`• Patent Owner has asserted the ’554 Patent against International
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`Business Machines Corporation in a lawsuit styled Parallel Networks
`
`Licensing, LLC v. International Business Machines Corp., Case No.
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`13-2072-SLR-SRF, pending in the United States District Court for the
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`District of Delaware.
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`• Patent Owner has asserted the ’554 Patent against Petitioner in a
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`lawsuit styled Parallel Networks Licensing, LLC v. Microsoft Corp.,
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`Case No. 13-2073-SRF-SLR, pending in the United States District
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`Court for the District of Delaware.
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`• A Request for Inter Partes Review of the ’554 Patent was also filed on
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`August 14, 2015 and is currently pending before the Board as
`1
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`

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`IPR2015-01731, International Business Machines Corporation v.
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`Parallel Networks Licensing, LLC.
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`• A Request for Inter Partes Review of the ’554 Patent was also filed
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`on December 23, 2014 and is currently pending before the Board as
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`IPR2015-00483, Microsoft Corporation v. Parallel Networks
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`Licensing, LLC.
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`III. 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3) Disclosure
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`
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3), Patent Owner identifies lead and back-up
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`counsel as follows:
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`
`
`Lead Counsel
`Christopher Bovenkamp
`Reg. No. 44,551
`cbovenkamp@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Tel.: (214) 978-4940
`Fax: (214) 978-4044
`
`
`
`Back-up Counsel
`Pierre Hubert
`Reg. No. 45,826
`phubert@mckoolsmith.com
`McKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700
`Austin, TX 78701
`Tel.: 512-692-8700
`Fax: 512-692-8744
`
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`2
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`

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`IV. 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4) Disclosure
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`
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4), Patent Owner requests that all non-
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`electronic correspondence be directed to lead counsel and back-up counsel at the
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`above addresses. Patent Owner consents to electronic service.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Patent Owner
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`
`
`
`
`By: /s/ Christopher Bovenkamp
`Christopher Bovenkamp
`Reg. No. 44,551
`cbovenkamp@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Tel.: (214) 978-4940
`Fax: (214) 978-4044
`
`Pierre Hubert
`Reg. No. 45,826
`phubert@mckoolsmith.com
`McKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 W. 6th Street, Suite 1700
`Austin, TX 78701
`Tel.: 512-692-8700
`Fax: 512-692-8744
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`
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`3
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`Dated: September 4, 2015
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`

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`Certification of Service Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)
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`
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`A copy of the forgoing PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
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`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2) has been served on Petitioner via Electronic Mail
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`at the following correspondence address:
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`Andrew G. Heinz
`aheinz@desmaraisllp.com
`Kevin K. McNish
`kmcnish@desmaraisllp.com
`Desmarais LLP
`230 Park Avenue
`New York, New York, 10169
`
`
`By: /s/ Christopher Bovenkamp
`Christopher Bovenkamp
`Reg. No. 44,551
`cbovenkamp@mckoolsmith.com
`MCKOOL SMITH, P.C.
`300 Crescent Court, Suite 1500
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Tel.: (214) 978-4940
`Fax: (214) 978-4044
`
`
`
`Dated: September 4, 2015

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