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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RUBICON COMMUNICATIONS, LP
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`LEGO A/S
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01187
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`Patent 8,894,066
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`DECLARATION OF RYAN T. BEARD
`IN SUPPORT OF PETITIONER’S
`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`Declaration of Ryan T. Beard
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`I, Ryan T. Beard, declare the following:
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`1. This declaration is given in support of the Petitioners Rubicon
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`Communications, LP’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Ryan T.
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`Beard.
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`2. I am a shareholder at the law firm of Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert &
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`Goetzel.
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`3. I have been practicing law since 1999 and have extensive experience
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`litigating patent infringement cases in many different district courts across
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`the United States.
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`4. I am a member in good standing of the Bar of Texas. I am also admitted in
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`Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western District of Texas, as well as the
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`District of Colorado.
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`5. I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`6. I have never been denied admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`7. 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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`8. 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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`Civil Regulations.
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`9. 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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`10. I have not applied to appear pro hac vice for any other proceeding before the
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`Office.
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`11. I am an experienced litigator with over 13 years of patent litigation
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`experience. I have been counsel of record at trial and prepared and argued
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`numerous Markman hearings, summary judgment proceedings, and other
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`patent-related hearings and pleadings concerning, inter alia, patent validity
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`and infringement issues. I have represented clients, including Rubicon
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`Communications LP, in many cases involving a wide range of technologies.
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`12. I am very familiar with the legal and technical subject matter of this
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`proceeding. I am lead counsel in the related action involving the challenged
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`patent, Lego System A/S v. Rubicon Communications, LP dba Smallworks
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`and Smallworks, LLC, No. 3:15-cv-00823 (D. Conn. Filed on May 29,
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`2015). I have been lead counsel throughout the life of the case. As lead
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`counsel in this related action, I have been heavily involved with all aspects
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`of the litigation, including factual investigation and forming non-
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`infringement and invalidity positions against the challenged patent. I have
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`reviewed and studied the prior art asserted in the Petition. I have reviewed
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`and studied the challenged patent, including its claims. I am very familiar
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`with the technology at issue in the Petition.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true and
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`that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and
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`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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`Date: July 8, 2016
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`/ Ryan T. Beard /
`Ryan T. Beard
`rbeard@intprop.com
`MEYERTONS, HOOD,
`KIVLIN, KOWERT &
`GOETZEL
`1120 S. Capital of Texas Hwy.
`Building 2, Suite 300
`Austin, Texas 78746
`(512) 853-8833
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