UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`__________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`___________________
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`PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`FINJAN, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`____________________
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`Case IPR2015-01979
`Patent 8,141,154
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`__________________________________________________________
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`PATENT OWNER’S OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.64
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`__________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`___________________
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`PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`FINJAN, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`____________________
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`Case IPR2015-01979
`Patent 8,141,154
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`__________________________________________________________
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`PATENT OWNER’S OBJECTIONS TO EVIDENCE
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.64
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`Patent Owner’s Objections to Evidence
`IPR2015-01979 (U.S. Patent No. 8,141,154)
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`Palo Alto Networks, Inc. (“Petitioner”) served and filed supplemental
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`evidence on June 15, 2016. During a conference call with the Board on June 14,
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`2016, the Board granted Petitioner’s request to add the Declaration of Mel DeSart
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`(Ex. 1036) to the record in place of the Declaration of Dr. Emin Sirer (Ex. 1008).
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`Patent Owner Finjan, Inc. (“Finjan”) objects under the Federal Rules of Evidence
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`and 37 C.F.R. § 42.64 to the admissibility of the evidence.
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`Finjan timely serves Petitioner this second set of objections under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.64 to provide notice that Finjan will move to exclude the evidence as
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`improper evidence.
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`I.
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`The DeSart Declaration (Ex. 1036)
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`Finjan objects to the admissibility of the DeSart Declaration for at least the
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`following reasons: Petitioner’s service and filing of the DeSart Declaration is
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`untimely and procedurally improper to the extent it is supplemental information
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.123, not supplemental evidence. Under FRE 702, Mr. Mel
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`DeSart’s opinions are inadmissible because they are conclusory, do not disclose
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`underlying facts or data in support of his opinions, and are unreliable.
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`Additionally, Mr. Mel DeSart is unqualified as an expert to provide technical
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`opinions of a person skilled in the art and lacks knowledge regarding the public
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`accessibility of Sirer. As such, his opinions are inadmissible under FRE 702 and
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`he lacks personal knowledge under FRE 602. Moreover, Petitioner has failed to
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`establish that the Operating Systems Review Article (“Exhibit A”) referenced in
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`the DeSart Declaration is what Petitioner claims it is, and has failed to authenticate
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`the date by which Exhibit A was allegedly publicly accessible as a printed
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`publication. Finjan also objects because the DeSart Declaration is hearsay under
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`FRE 801 and inadmissible under FRE 802 and FRE 803. His opinions are also
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`irrelevant, confusing, and of minimal probative value under FRE 401, 402, and
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`403. Further, his opinions that rely on the exhibits are also unreliable and
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`inadmissible for the reasons set forth below.
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` Operating Systems Review Article (Exhibit A) A.
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`Finjan objects to the admissibility of Exhibit A for at least the following
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`reasons: Petitioner is improperly introducing Exhibit A for the purpose of
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`establishing the date Sirer (Ex. 1036, pp. 6-20) was publicly available prior art.
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`Accordingly, Petitioner has failed to authenticate Sirer through the DeSart
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`Declaration under FRE 901 and FRE 602. Exhibit A is not self-authenticating
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`under FRE 901, not the original under FRE 1002, and not a “duplicate” under
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`FRE 1001(e) and FRE 1003. Specifically, Petitioner has failed to establish that
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`Exhibit A is what Petitioner claims it to be. For example, it cannot be determined
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`whether the Sirer article was actually in the Operating Systems Review.
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`Moreover, the original Sirer article (Ex. 1004) that Petitioner introduced is
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`different than the article produced in Exhibit A. Finjan further objects to
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`Petitioner’s selective inclusion of material from the document in Exhibit A. Under
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`FRE 106, the complete version of Exhibit A, in fairness, ought to be considered.
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`To the extent that Petitioner attempts to rely on any date that appears on
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`Exhibit A to establish public accessibility of Sirer as a printed publication, the date
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`is hearsay under FRE 801 and is inadmissible under FRE 802 and FRE 803, and
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`further, the date has not been authenticated and is inadmissible under FRE 901 and
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`FRE 902.
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`Because of these deficiencies, Petitioner has failed to establish that Sirer is a
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`prior art printed publication through the DeSart Declaration and Exhibit A.
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`Accordingly, Exhibit A is irrelevant, confusing, and of minimal probative value
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`under FRE 401, FRE 402, and FRE 403.
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`II. Conclusion
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`Therefore, Finjan will file motions to exclude these exhibits under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.64(c).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/James Hannah/
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`James Hannah (Reg. No. 56,369)
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Tel: 650.752.1700 Fax: 212.715.8000
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`Jeffrey H. Price (Reg. No. 69,141)
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`1177 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`Tel: 212.715.7502 Fax: 212.715.8302
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`Michael Kim (Reg. No. 40,450)
`Finjan, Inc.
`2000 University Ave., Ste. 600
`E. Palo Alto, CA 94303
`Tel: 650.397.9567
`mkim@finjan.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`Dated: June 22, 2016
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`(Case No. IPR2015-01979)
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that a true and
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`correct copy of the foregoing Patent Owner’s Objections to Evidence Under 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.64 was served on June 22, 2016, by filing this document through the
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`Patent Review Processing System as well as delivering via electronic mail upon
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`the following counsel of record for Petitioner:
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`Max Colice
`COOLEY LLP
`500 Boylston Street, 14th Floor
`Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3736
`mcolice@cooley.com
`zpatdcdocketing@cooley.com
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`Jennifer Volk-Fortier
`COOLEY LLP
`One Freedom Square
`Reston Town Center
`11951 Freedom Drive
`Reston, Virginia 2019
`jvolkfortier@cooley.com
`zpatdcdocketing@cooley.com
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`/James Hannah/
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`James Hannah (Reg. No. 56,369)
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`990 Marsh Road,
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`(650) 752-1700
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`Orion Armon
`Brian Eutermoser
`COOLEY LLP
`380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900
`Broomfield, Colorado 80021
`oarmon@cooley.com
`beutermoser@cooley.com
`zpatdcdocketing@cooley.com
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