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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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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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`ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC., ELECTRONIC ARTS INC., TAKE-TWO
`INTERACTIVE SOFTWARE, INC., 2K SPORTS, INC., and ROCKSTAR
`GAMES, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`ACCELERATION BAY, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00931
`Patent 6,701,344
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICES
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2)
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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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`Patent Owner, Acceleration Bay, LLC, provides the following Mandatory
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`Notices in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2).
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`I.
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`Real Party in Interest
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`The real party-in-interest for Patent Owner is:
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`Acceleration Bay, LLC.
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`II. Related Matters
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`Patent Owner and Petitioners are involved in the following ongoing
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`litigations in which U.S. Patent No. 6,701,344 (“the ‘344 Patent”) and related
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`patents U.S. Patent No. 6,920,497 (“the ‘497 Patent”), U.S. Patent No. 6,714,966
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`(“the ‘966 Patent”), U.S. Patent No. 6,829,634 (“the ‘634 Patent”), U.S. Patent No.
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`6,732,147 (“the ‘147 Patent”), and U.S. Patent No. 6,910,069 (“the ‘069 Patent”)
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`have been asserted: Acceleration Bay LLC v. Activision Blizzard, Inc., Case No.
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`1:15-cv-00228-RGA (D. Del.); Acceleration Bay LLC v. Electronic Arts Inc., Case
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`No. 1:15-cv-00282-RGA (D. Del.); and Acceleration Bay LLC v. Take-Two
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`Interactive Software, Inc. et al., Case No. 1:15-cv-00311-RGA (D. Del.).
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`Petitioners have also filed Petitions for Inter Partes Review of the ‘497
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`Patent in Case No. IPR2016-00724; the ‘069 Patent in Case No. IPR2016-00726;
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`the ‘147 Patent in Case No. IPR2016-00747; the ‘634 Patent in Case Nos.
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`IPR2015-01964, IPR2015-01996, and IPR2016-00727; the ‘344 Patent in Case
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`Nos. IPR2015-01970 and IPR2015-01972; and the ‘966 Patent in Case Nos.
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`IPR2015-01951, IPR2015-01953 and IPR2016-00932.
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`There are no other matters that involve issues that may affect, or be affected
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`by, a decision in this proceeding.
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`III. Lead and Backup Counsel
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`Patent Owner hereby designates the following counsel:
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`Lead Counsel
`James Hannah
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Phone: (650) 752-1712
`Fax: (650) 752-1812
`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 56,369
`Backup Counsel
`Shannon Hedvat
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`1177 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`Phone: (212) 715-9185
`Fax: (212) 715-8000
`shedvat@kramerlevin.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 68,417
`IV. Service Information
`Patent Owner may be served through its counsel identified above.
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`Backup Counsel
`Michael Lee
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Phone: (650) 752-1716
`Fax: (650) 752-1812
`mhlee@kramerlevin.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 63,941
`Backup Counsel
`Jeffrey Price
`Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
`1177 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10036
`Phone: (212) 715-7502
`Fax: (212) 715-8000
`jprice@kramerlevin.com
`USPTO Reg. No. 69,141
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`Electronic service of documents should be sent to the email addresses of the
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`counsel identified above and additionally sent to the following email address:
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`svdocketing@kramerlevin.com.
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`Dated: May 12, 2016
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`Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/James Hannah/
`James Hannah
`Registration No. 56,369
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), that
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`service was made on the Petitioner as detailed below.
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`Date of service May 12, 2016
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`Manner of service
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` Federal Express and Electronic Mail
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`Documents served PATENT OWNER MANDATORY NOTICES
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`J. Steven Baughman
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`2009 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
`Washington, D.C. 20006-6807
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
`ActivisionBlizzardPTABService@ropesgray.com
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`Andrew Thomases
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303
`andrew.thomases@ropesgray.com
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`/James Hannah/
`James Hannah
`Registration No. 56,369
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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