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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RADWARE, TNC.,
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`Petitioner
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`V.
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`F5 NETWORKS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-00653
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`Patent 7,472,413 B1
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`Case IPR2017-00654
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`Patent 7,472,413 B1
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`DECLARATION OF AMIR PELES IN
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`SUPPORT OF PETITIONER’S REPLY
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`Radware Exhibit 1023
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`I, Amir Peles, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`1 am Vice President of Technologies of Radware, Inc. (“INC”).
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`I
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`make this declaration based upon my personal knowledge of the facts stated herein.
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`2.
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`Although INC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Radware, Ltd.
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`(“LTD”), INC and LTD are separate companies with separate budgets. They
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`maintain separate business records, pay separate taxes, and are measured based
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`upon different business targets.
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`3.
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`INC is a New Jersey corporation engaged in selling, marketing
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`installing, and servicing network management and data-security devices, and is the
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`only Radware entity that operates in the United States. Besides INC’s
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`headquarters are in Mahwah, New Jersey, INC also has offices in Illinois, North
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`Carolina, and California.
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`In total, INC employs approximately 176 persons in the
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`US.
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`4.
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`LTD, on the other hand, is a publically traded Israeli corporation
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`based in Tel Aviv, engaged in design, research and development and
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`manufacturing of network management and data-security devices.
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`5.
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`In April of 2016, F5 Networks, Inc. (“F5”) sued INC -— but not LTD —
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`in the US. District Court for the Western District of Washington for allegedly
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`infringing US. Patent Nos. 6,31 1,278; 7,472,413; and 8,676,955 (“asserted
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`patents").
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`6.
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`INC therefore has a direct and immediate interest in adjudicating the
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`validity of the asserted patents. For this reason, INC has petitioned the United
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`States Patent and Trade Mark Office for review of the validity of these patents.
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`7.
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`INC is solely responsible for directing, controlling, and bearing the
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`costs of these petitions, including: (i) legal fees, (ii) filing fees, and (iii) expert
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`fees, associated with the proceedings.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
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`America that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this 3 1st of May, 2017, at
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`Mahwah, New Jersey.
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`By:
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`m1r Peles
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