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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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`BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`STRAGENT, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2017-01521
`Patent No. 8,209,705
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`DECLARATION OF SEAN D. DAMON IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
`ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`BMW EXHIBIT 1019
`BMW v. STRAGENT
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`I, Sean D. Damon, declare as follows:
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`Case IPR2017-01521
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`1. I have been practicing law for nearly 6 years, since 2012, primarily in the
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`field of intellectual property, and particularly, patent litigation.
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`2. I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the District of Columbia and
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`the State of Maryland. I am admitted to practice before United States Courts
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`of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and the United States District Court,
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`Eastern District of Texas.
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`3. I have never been suspended or disbarred by 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. No court or administrative body has ever sanctioned
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`or imposed contempt citations on me.
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`4. 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, as set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.
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`5. I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Code
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`of Professional Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R §§ 10.20 et seq. and
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`6. In the past three (3) years, I have not appeared pro hac vice in any
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`proceedings before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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`7. I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding assisting in
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`both the litigation (Stragent, LLC v. BMW Of North America, LLC, BMW
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`Patent No. 8,209,705
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`C.A. No. 6:16-cv00446-RWS-KNM) and the parallel IPR proceedings
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`IPR2017-00676 and IPR2017-001522, which concern the same patent at
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`issue. Consequently, I have become familiar with the subject matter at issue
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`in this proceeding.
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`Executed on April 30, 2018.
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`/Sean D. Damon/
`Sean D. Damon
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,
` GARRETT & DUNNER, L.L.P.
`901 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, D.C. 20001
`sean.damon@finnegan.com
`Phone: (202) 408-4000
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