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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RUBICON COMMUNICATIONS, LP
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`LEGO A/S
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01187
`Patent 8,894,066
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`DECLARATION OF ELIZABETH A. ALQUIST
`IN SUPPORT OF PATENT OWNER’S
`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`LEGO A/S Ex. 2001
`Rubicon Communications, LP
`v. LEGO A/S
`IPR2016-01187
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`Declaration of Elizabeth A. Alquist
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`I, Elizabeth A. Alquist, declare the following:
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`1. I am a member in good standing of the Bar of Connecticut. I am also
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`admitted in the United States District Courts for the District of Connecticut
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`and Southern District of New York, and the United States Courts of Appeals
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`for the Federal Circuit and Second Circuit.
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`2. I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`3. I have never been denied admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`4. I have never been subject to sanctions or contempt citations imposed by any
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`court or administrative body.
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`5. I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 Code of
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`Federal Regulations.
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`6. I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Rules
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`of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 11.101 et seq. and to
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`7. I have not applied to appear pro hac vice for any other proceeding before the
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`Office in the last three (3) years.
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`8. I am an experienced litigation attorney with over 12 years of patent litigation
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`experience. I have represented clients, including LEGO System A/S and
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`LEGO A/S, in many cases involving a wide range of technologies.
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`9. I am familiar with the legal and technical subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. I am counsel of record in the related action involving the
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`challenged patent, LEGO System A/S v. Rubicon Communications, LP dba
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`Smallworks and Smallworks, LLC, No. 3:15-cv-00823 (D. Conn. filed May
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`29, 2015). I have reviewed the challenged patent, underlying technology at
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`issue, the Petition, and the accompanying exhibits and have deep
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`understanding of the validity of the challenged patent.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true;
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`and further that these statements are 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 and that such willful false
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`statements may jeopardize the validity of the application or any patents issued
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`thereon.
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`Dated: July 5, 2016
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`/ Elizabeth A. Alquist /
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`Elizabeth A. Alquist
`eaalquist@daypitney.com
`Day Pitney LLP
`242 Trumbull Street
`Hartford, CT 06103
`Tel: (860) 275-0137
`Fax: (860) 881-2456
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