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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RUBICON COMMUNICATIONS, LP
`Petitioner,
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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 OPPOSITION TO MOTION TO CORRECT
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`LEGO A/S Ex. 2017
`Rubicon Communications, LP
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`IPR2016-01187
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`I, Elizabeth A. Alquist, declare the following statements upon my solemn
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`I am counsel of record for the Patent Owner in this proceeding,
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`admitted pro hac vice, and the related litigation involving the
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`challenged patent, LEGO System A/S v. Rubicon Communications, LP
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`dba Smallworks and Smallworks, LLC, No. 3:15-cv-00823 (D. Conn.
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`filed May 29, 2015) (the “Connecticut litigation”).
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`I make all statements in this declaration based upon my own personal
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`knowledge in support of the Patent Owner’s Opposition to the Motion
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`to Correct.
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`After months of discovery in the Connecticut litigation, the Patent
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`Owner is not fully aware of the Petitioner’s corporate transactions and
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`identity. As a result, the parties have been and continue to be in
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`discovery disputes regarding Rubicon Communications, LP’s
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`corporate transactions and identities. On December 5, 2016, I
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`deposed James W. Thompson in connection with the Connecticut
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`litigation. Mr. Thompson was designated by Rubicon
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`Communications LP and Smallworks LLC as their corporate
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`representative pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 30(b)(6) on, among others,
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`the topic of the corporate structure of Petitioner and its related
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`companies.
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`EXHIBIT 2011 is a true and accurate copy of Def.’s Answer,
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`Defenses, and Countercls., LEGO System A/S v. Rubicon Commc’ns,
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`LP dba Smallworks and Smallworks, LLC, No. 15-823 (D. Conn. July
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`31, 2015).
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`EXHIBIT 2012 is a true and accurate copy of Corporate Disclosure
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`Statement, No. 15-823 (D. Conn. July 31, 2015) submitted by the
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`Petitioner.
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` EXHIBIT 2013 is a true and accurate copy of Def.’s Answer,
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`Defenses, and Countercls. to Am. Compl., LEGO System A/S v.
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`Rubicon Commc’ns, LP dba Smallworks and Smallworks, LLC, No.
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`15-823 (D. Conn. Nov. 5, 2015).
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`EXHIBIT 2014 is a true and accurate copy of Def.’s Resp. to Pl.’s
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`First Set of Interrogs. in the Connecticut litigation, served on Aug. 27,
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`2015.
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`EXHIBIT 2015 is a true and accurate copy of Smallwork’s Markman
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`Br., LEGO System A/S v. Rubicon Commc’ns, LP dba Smallworks and
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`Smallworks, LLC, No. 15-823 (D. Conn. Mar. 25, 2016).
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`EXHIBIT 2016 is an excerpt of a true and accurate copy of the rough
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`transcript of Deposition of James W. Thompson taken on December 5,
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`2016.
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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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`SIGNED UNDER THE PENALTIES OF PERJURY, THIS 5th DAY OF
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`DECEMBER, 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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