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`U.S. Patent No. 8,155,298
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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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`YMAX CORPORATION
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`Petitioner
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`FOCAL IP, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2016-01256
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`U.S.; Patent No. 8,155,298
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`AFFIDAVIT OF ALEXANDER WALDEN
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`YMaX Exhibit 1028
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`YMaX Corp. V. Focal IP
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`Case No. IPR2016-01256
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`US. Patent No. 8,155,298
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`1.
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`I, Alexander Walden, am more than twenty-one years of age, am
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`competent to present this affidavit, and have perSonal knowledge of the facts set
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`forth herein.
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`' 2.
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`This affidavit is given in support of Petitioner YMax Corporation’s
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`(“YMax”) Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Alexander Walden.
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`3.
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`I am an associate at
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`the law firm Bryan Cave LLP.
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`I am an
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`experienced litigating attorney and have been litigating cases for more than
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`seven years. I have also been litigating patent cases for six years.
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`4.
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`- I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of New York. I have
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`never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or administrative
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`body. No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for
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`admission to practice before it. No court or administrative body has ever imposed
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`sanctionsior contempt citations onme. ~ ’7
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`5.
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`I I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`- Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the Code
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`of Federal Regulations.
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`6.
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`I understand that I will be Subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`.37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`7.
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`I was admitted pro hac vice in Case No. IPR2016-01433 on June '19,
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`2017 (Paper No. 15), in Case No. IPR2015-01892 on May 10, 2016 (Paper No.
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`18), and in Case IPR2014-00090 on October 30, 2014 (Paper No. 28), both
`proceedings involving the Petitioner.
`I also requested pro hac vice admission in
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`Case IPR2014—00088 (Paper No. 27), whiCh was a then co-pending proceeding
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`with IPR2014-00090.
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`In Case IPR2014-00088,
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`the Board indicated during a
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`conference call that it had no objection to the pro hac vice admission, but a written
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`Order was not issued in that proceeding.
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`I am also requesting pro hac vice
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`admission in two related IPR proceedings, Case Nos.
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`IPR2016—01258 and
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`IPR2016-01260, involving the same parties.
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`I have not applied to appear in any
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`A other proceedings before the Office in the last three (3) years.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this,
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`proceeding I have litigated patent cases in the area of electrical engineering,
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`computer science and electronic devices since at least 2009.
`began representing
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`2017. Since that time, I have become very familiar with US; Patent No. 8,155,298 _
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`In particular, I have assisted War in
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`preparing its reply to the patent owner’s response as well as other submissions in
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`the above-referenced proceeding.
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`Alexander Walden
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`Sworn to and subscribed before me
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`this 7th day of July, 2017
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`W??me
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`Notary Public
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