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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`JUNIPER NETWORKS INC.,
`RUCKUS WIRELESS, INC.,
`BROCADE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.,
`and NETGEAR, INC.,
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`Petitioners,
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`CHRIMAR SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-013911
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,942,107
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`PATENT OWNER’S REPLY IN SUPPORT OF ITS
`MOTION TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE
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`1 Ruckus Wireless, Inc., Brocade Communication Systems, Inc. and Netgear, Inc.
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`filed a petition in (now terminated) IPR2017-00718, who have been joined to the
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`instant proceeding.
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`Table of Contents
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`Table of Authorities .................................................................................................. ii
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`List of Exhibits ......................................................................................................... iii
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`Exhibits 1021-28, 1031 and 1035 are inadmissible hearsay ................. 1
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`Petitioners’ late exhibits should not be admitted .................................. 3
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`Exhibit 1032 ................................................................................ 4
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`Exhibits 1025-1028 ..................................................................... 5
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`Exhibit 1034 ................................................................................ 5
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`Certificate of Service ................................................................................................. 7
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`Certificate of Compliance Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.24 ......................................... 9
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`Table of Authorities
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`Cases
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`Hendricks v. Ford Motor Co.,
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`Case No. 4:12cv71, 2012 WL 7958760 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 15, 2012) ................ 3
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`Rules
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`.Office Patent Trial Practice Guide,
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`77 Fed. Reg. 157, 48767 (Aug. 14, 2012) ....................................................... 4
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`Fed. R. Evid. 803 ...................................................................................................1, 2
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`List of Exhibits
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`Identifier
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`Description
`Ex. No.
`2017 Memorandum Opinion and Order,
`Dkt. No. 96, filed in Chrimar Systems,
`Inc., et al. v. AMX, LLC, Civil Action
`No. 6:13-cv-881-JDL, Eastern District
`of Texas
`2018 Memorandum Opinion and Order,
`Dkt. No. 105, filed in Chrimar
`Systems, Inc., et al. v. AMX, LLC,
`Civil Action No. 6:13-cv-881-JDL,
`Eastern District of Texas
`2019 Memorandum Opinion and Order,
`Dkt. No. 108, filed in Chrimar
`Systems, Inc., et al. v. AMX, LLC,
`Civil Action No. 6:13-cv-881-JDL,
`Eastern District of Texas
`2020 Memorandum Opinion and Order,
`Dkt. No. 122, filed in Chrimar
`Systems, Inc., et al. v. Alcatel-Lucent,
`et al., Civil Action No. 6:15-cv-163-
`JDL, Eastern District of Texas
`2021 Memorandum Opinion and Order,
`Dkt. No. 123, filed in Chrimar
`Systems, Inc., et al. v. Alcatel-Lucent,
`et al., Civil Action No. 6:15-cv-163-
`JDL, Eastern District of Texas
`2035 Memorandum Opinion and Order,
`Dkt. No. 318, filed in Chrimar
`Systems, Inc., et al. v. AMX, LLC,
`Civil Action No. 6:13-cv-881-JDL,
`Eastern District of Texas
`2036 Response to Office Action (Reexam
`Control No. 90/009,513) (June 15,
`2010)
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`Date
`Oct. 22, 2014
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`Jan. 8, 2015
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`Jan. 16, 2015
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`Mar. 28,
`2016
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`Mar. 28,
`2016
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`Sept. 27,
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`2042
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`Description
`Ex. No.
`2037 Notice of Intent to Issue Ex Parte
`Reexamination Certificate (Reexam
`Control No. 90/009,513) (Nov. 22,
`2010)
`2038 Declaration of Dr. Vijay Madisetti
`2039 Deposition transcript of Ian Crayford
`2040
`Slides titled “DTE Power via MDI:
`System Requirements,” presented on
`November 5, 1999 by Arlan Anderson
`of Nortel Networks
`IEEE Power via MDI Task Force
`Meeting Minutes from March 7-8,
`2000
`IEEE Power via MDI Task Force
`Meeting Minutes from May 24-25,
`2000
`Slides titled “DTE Power over MDI:
`Building Consensus,” presented on
`May 24, 2000 by Ralph Andersson of
`TDK Semiconductor, Daniel Dove of
`Hewlett Packard, and Robert Muir of
`Level One Communications
`Slides titled “Powering and Discovery
`Alternatives,” presented on May 24,
`2000 by Arlan Anderson of Nortel
`Networks
`IEEE Power via MDI Task Force
`Meeting Minutes from July 11-12,
`2000
`Slides titled “Technical Feasibility of
`Sending Common Mode Power on the
`Signal Pairs,” presented on May 24,
`2000 by Roger Karam and Karl
`Nakamura of Cisco Systems
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`2044
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`Date
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`11/5/1999
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`Identifier
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`Madisetti Decl.
`Crayford Dep.
`Anderson 1999
`slides
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`3/7-8/2000
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`5/24-25/2000
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`5/24/2000
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`Dove slides
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`5/24/2000
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`7/11-12/2000
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`Description
`E. Krol & E. Hoffman, Internet
`Engineering Task Force Network
`Working Group, Request for
`Comments: 1462, “FYI on ‘What is
`the Internet?’”
`2048 Declaration of Clyde Camp
`2049 U.S. Patent No. 5,995,392
`2050 Madisetti Curriculum Vitae
`2051 Not used
`2052 U.S. Pat. No. 7,061,142 B1
`2054 Declaration of Steven Johnson
`2055 Crayford 7-21-17 Deposition
`Transcript
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`Date
`May 1993
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`Identifier
`Krol RFC
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`Camp Decl.
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`the ‘142 patent
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`For the reasons discussed below, Chrimar’s motion to exclude should be
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`granted.
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`A. Exhibits 1021-28, 1031 and 1035 are inadmissible hearsay
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`Petitioners contend that Exhibits 1031 and 1035 fall under the hearsay
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`exception in Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) because they are commercial publications
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`published in the “ordinary course of business activity.” For Exhibits 1031 and 1035
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`to qualify for the exception under Fed. R. Evid. 803(6), Petitioners must establish:
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`(A) the record was made at or near the time by — or from information
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`transmitted by — someone with knowledge;
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`(B) the record was kept in the course of a regularly conducted activity
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`of a business, organization, occupation, or calling, whether or not for
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`profit;
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`(C) making the record was a regular practice of that activity;
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`(D) all these conditions are shown by the testimony of the custodian or
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`another qualified witness, or by a certification that complies with Rule
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`902(11) or (12) or with a statute permitting certification.
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`(E) the opponent does not show that the source of information or the
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`method or circumstances of preparation
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`trustworthiness.
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`Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) (emphasis added). Here, Petitioners have not established,
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`through a competent witness, that Exhibits 1031 and 1035 were kept in the ordinary
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`course of a regularly conducted activity of business.
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`Indeed, Petitioners only supporting evidence is the third declaration of Ian
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`Crayford (Ex. 1048)—Petitioners’ expert witness. However, Mr. Crayford does not
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`qualify as “someone with knowledge.” For Exhibit 1031, Mr. Crayford merely relies
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`on web-captures from the Internet Archive website, which proves nothing about
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`whether Ex. 1031 was a record of the regularly conducted activity for Belden Wire
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`& Cable Company (the author of the document). (Ex. 1048, at ¶26.) For Exhibit
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`1035, Mr. Crayford relies on statements from avaya.com, and the Exhibit itself, to
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`establish when Exhibit 1035 became publicly available. (Id., at ¶28.) Therefore, at
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`least this date information is being offered for the truth of the matter asserted and is
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`hearsay. But again, Mr. Crayford does not establish that Exhibit 1035 or the
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`avaya.com website fall under the business activity exception of Fed. R. Evid. 803(6).
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`And for both Exhibits 1031 and 1035, Mr. Crayford never establishes that he has
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`personal knowledge about the exhibits, was provided information from someone
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`with personal knowledge about the exhibits, or bases his opinion on information
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`from a custodian of those Exhibits, to qualify as “someone with knowledge,” as
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`required by Fed. R. Evid. 803(6).
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`For Exhibits 1021-1024, Mr. Crayford cites to his own personal copies of the
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`exhibits and various websites from which he claims to have located versions of the
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`exhibits. However, Mr. Crayford never explains why these exhibits—including the
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`dates on the exhibits—are not inadmissible hearsay. (Ex. 1048, at ¶¶9-13.) Indeed,
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`substantive standpoint as well as for the truth of the dates contained on them. The
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`fact that Mr. Crayford has copies of versions of the exhibits does not attest to their
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`reliability or establish that a hearsay exception applies.
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`Finally, Exhibits 1025-1028 are patents. And “[i]t is settled law that while
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`patents are hearsay, the patents themselves fall under the public records exception
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`to the hearsay rule. . . . The statements made in the patents, however, must also fall
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`under a hearsay exception” Hendricks v. Ford Motor Co., Case No. 4:12cv71, 2012
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`WL 7958760, at *1 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 15, 2012). In its Response, Chrimar explained,
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`“Power-over-Ethernet (‘PoE’) did not exist in 1997.” (Res. at 8.) And in their Reply,
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`Petitioners rely on Exhibits 1025-1028 as evidence that operating PoE equipment
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`did exist at that time. (Reply at 4-5.) The information from Exhibits 1025-1028 relied
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`on by Petitioners is hearsay, and Petitioners identify no hearsay exception to
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`overcome the objection. Exhibits 1025-1028 should be excluded.
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`Petitioners’ late exhibits should not be admitted
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`Rather than focus on the merits of Chrimar’s arguments, Petitioners spend
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`significant time arguing about whether a tardy evidence objection is a proper basis
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`to exclude evidence. But the PTAB rules are clear: late evidence is not proper and
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`must be excluded. See, e.g., Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 157,
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`48767 (Aug. 14, 2012) (“[A] reply that raises a new issue or belatedly presents
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`attempt to sort proper from improper portions of the reply”).
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`Petitioners spend the remainder of their brief arguing the merits of the case
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`and whether certain evidence was offered to bolster the petition or respond to
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`Chrimar’s arguments. But as shown in the examples below, Petitioners cited several
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`new exhibits, which were late and used to improperly supplement the Petition.
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`Exhibit 1032
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`In their response, Petitioners try to mask their use of the isoEthernet standard
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`(Exhibit 1032) as merely a response to Dr. Madisetti’s opinions about the
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`shortcomings of the disclosure in Hunter. But Petitioners’ Reply tells a different
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`story. There, Petitioners repeatedly reference Exhibit 1032 to further broaden what
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`they contend is the claimed “Ethernet” to further shoehorn the disclosure of Hunter
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`into their analysis. Petitioners use Exhibit 1032 to argue for the first time that: (1)
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`Hunter’s disclosure of isoEthernet also teaches Ethernet, and therefore 10Base-T
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`(Reply at 11), and (2) 10Base-T Ethernet terminates at the Hunter ISTE (the
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`“terminal device” identified in Petitioners’ theory) (Reply at 12). This is not just use
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`of Exhibit 1032 to respond to Chrimar’s response, this is use of the isoEthernet
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`standard to supplement Petitioners’ deficient argument in their Petition that Hunter
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`discloses Ethernet. Petitioners’ late citation of Ex. 1032 prevented Chrimar from
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`presenting the complete story about the isoEthernet standard—namely that at the
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`relevant time of the Chrimar invention isoEthernet did not support phantom
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`powering of Ethernet. (Paper 44 at ¶4.)
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`Exhibits 1025-1028
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`Petitioners further added late Exhibits 1025-1028 to bolster their argument
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`that Ethernet phantom powering was known in the art at the time of the Chrimar
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`invention. (Reply at 5, 9.) Again, this evidence is being used to improperly
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`supplement Petitioners’ original Ground—likely because neither of Petitioners’
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`Grounds include even a single reference that discloses power over Ethernet.
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`Petitioners’ late supplementation is especially prejudicial because, had Chrimar been
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`provided the opportunity to respond, Chrimar could have submitted evidence that
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`the Chrimar invention was conceived before the patents of Exhibits 1027-1028.
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`Exhibit 1034
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`Exhibit 1034 was created by Dr. Madisetti under duress (and under protest)
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`due to improper questioning about Figure 4 of the Chrimar patents. (Ex. 1020 at
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`243:19-245:12, 246:9-247:16, 251:23-53:11, 259:17-263:14, 286:15-288:13,
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`289:12-293:16, 307:14-314:9.) Dr. Madisetti stated repeatedly that he had offered
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`no opinions about Figure 4, and neither the Petition nor the Response relies on Figure
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`4 for any argument. (Id.) Thus, Exhibit 1034 should be excluded.
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`Dated: August 18, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Christopher C. Smith (Reg. No. 59,669)
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`Frank A. Angileri (Reg. No. 36,733)
`Thomas A. Lewry (Reg. No. 30,770)
`Marc Lorelli (Reg. No. 43,759)
`Brooks Kushman P.C.
`1000 Town Center, 22nd Floor
`Southfield, MI 48075
`(248) 358-4400
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`Richard W. Hoffmann (Reg. No. 33,711)
`Reising Ethington PC
`755 West Big Beaver Rd., Suite 1850
`Troy, Michigan 48084
`248.786.0163
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`Certificate of Service
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`On August 18, 2017, a copy of this PATENT OWNER’S REPLY IN
`SUPPORT OF ITS MOTION TO EXCLUDE EVIDENCE has been served on
`Petitioner’s counsel via electronic mail at the email addresses shown below:
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`Lead Counsel & Back-up Counsel for Juniper
`Talin Gordnia, Reg. No. 76,214
`Michael Fleming, Reg. No. 67,933
`Jonathan Kagan, pro hac vice
`IRELL & MANELLA, LLP
`1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
`IRELL & MANELLA, LLP
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`1800 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 900
`Juniper-ChrimarIPR@irell.com
`Los Angeles, CA 90067
`Juniper-ChrimarIPR@irell.com
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`Nima Hefazi Reg. No. 63,658
`IRELL & MANELLA, LLP
`840 Newport Center Drive, Suite 400
`Newport Beach, CA 92660
`Juniper-ChrimarIPR@irell.com
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`Lead Counsel & Back up Counsel for Ruckus Wireless, Inc., Brocade
`Communication Systems, Inc., & Netgear, Inc.
`Joseph Powers (Reg. No. 47,006)
`Christopher Tyson (Reg. No. 63,850)
`Duane Morris LLP
`Duane Morris LLP
`30 South 17th Street
`505 9th St. NW, Ste 1000
`Philadelphia PA 19103-4196
`Washington DC 20004
`JAPowers@duanemorris.com
`CJTyson@duanemorris.com
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`Matthew S. Yungwirth
`DUANE MORRIS LLP
`1075 Peachtree Street, NE, Suite 2000
`Atlanta, Georgia 30309
`msyungwirth@duanemorris.com
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`Christopher C. Smith (Reg. No. 59,669)
`Brooks Kushman P.C.
`1000 Town Center, 22nd Floor
`Southfield, MI 48075
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`Certificate of Compliance Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.24
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`This paper complies with the type-volume limitation of 37 C.F.R. § 42.24.
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`The paper contains no more than 5 pages, excluding the parts of the paper exempted
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`by §42.24(a).
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`This paper also complies with the typeface requirements of 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.6(a)(ii) and the type style requirements of § 42.6(a)(iii) & (iv).
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`Dated: August 18, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Christopher C. Smith (Reg. No. 59,669)
`Frank A. Angileri (Reg. No. 36,733)
`Thomas A. Lewry (Reg. No. 30,770)
`Marc Lorelli (Reg. No. 43,759)
`Brooks Kushman P.C.
`1000 Town Center, 22nd Floor
`Southfield, MI 48075
`(248) 358-4400
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`Richard W. Hoffmann (Reg. No. 33,711)
`Reising Ethington PC
`755 West Big Beaver Rd., Suite 1850
`Troy, Michigan 48084
`248.786.0163
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