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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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`SANTA’S BEST
`Petitioner
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`VARIABLE LIGHTING LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-01066
`Patent 6,285,140
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`PETITIONER'S
`UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2), (b)(3), AND (b)(4)
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Santa’s Best, the Petitioner, hereby files updated Mandatory Notices
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`IPR2016-01066
`U.S. Pat. No. 6,285,140
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`pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2), (b)(3), and (b)(4).
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`I. Related Matters
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`The ’140 patent is the subject of the following proceedings: Variable
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`Lighting LLC v. Polygroup Services N.A., Inc., No. 1:16-cv-00183 (D. Del.), filed
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`March 23, 2016 (Dismissed July 11, 2016); Variable Lighting v. Polygroup Ltd., et
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`al.¸No. 1:16-cv-00162 (D. Del.), filed March 16, 2016 (Dismissed March 23,
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`2016); and Variable Lighting LLC v. Kmart Corporation, et al., No. 1:15-cv-00426
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`(D. Del.), filed May 27, 2015 (Dismissed August 1, 2016).
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`Two other U.S. patents owned by Variable Lighting LLC, nos. 8,203,275
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`and 8,390,206, are the subjects of the above-captioned litigations.
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`II. Lead and Back-Up Counsel with Service Information
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`Petitioner hereby removes Dustin B. Weeks and John H. Curry as back-up
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`counsel.
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`Lead Counsel
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`Backup Counsel
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`Jason D. Eisenberg, Reg. No. 43,447
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`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202.772.8645
`Fax: 202.371.2540
`Email: jasone-ptab@skgf.com
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`William W. Cochran, Reg. No. 26,652
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`Cochran Freund & Young LLC
`2026 Caribou Drive, Suite 201
`Fort Collins, Colorado 80525
`Phone: (970) 492-1100
`Fax: (970) 492-1101
`Email: billc@patentlegal.com
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`Please address all correspondence to the lead and backup counsel as shown
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`above. Petitioner consents to electronic service by email at PTAB@skgf.com and
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`all of the email addresses provided above.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
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`Jason D. Eisenberg (Registration No. 43,447)
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`Date: February 22, 2017
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PETITIONER'S
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`UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.8(b)(2), (b)(3), AND (b)(4) was served in its entirety electronically via e-mail
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`on February 22, 2017 to the following counsel of record for Patent Owner:
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`Padmaja Chinta (Lead Counsel)
`Henry Cittone (Back-Up Counsel)
`Andrew Berks (Back-Up Counsel)
`Peter Fratangelo (Back-Up Counsel)
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`pchinta@cittonechinta.com
`hcittone@cittonechinta.com
`aberks@cittonechinta.com
`pfratangelo@cittonechinta.com
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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`/Jason D. Eisenberg/
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`Jason D. Eisenberg, Registration No. 43,447
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`Date: February 22, 2017
`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
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