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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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`RUIZ FOOD PRODUCTS, INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`MACROPOINT LLC,
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`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,429,659
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`Case No.: IPR2017-02018
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`MANDATORY NOTICE BY PATENT OWNER
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`MacroPoint LLC’s Mandatory Notices
`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,429,659
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`MANDATORY NOTICES UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, the patent owner, MacroPoint, LLC (“Patent
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`Owner”), hereby submits the following Mandatory Notices in response to the
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`Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,429,659 (“the ’659 Patent”).
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`A. Real Party-In-Interest - 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1)
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`The real party-in-interest is MacroPoint LLC, which was recently acquired
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`by The Descartes Systems Group Inc., 120 Randall Drive, Waterloo, Ontario,
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`Canada N2V 1C6.
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`B. Related Matters - 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2)
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`There is a currently pending litigation in the Eastern District of Texas styled
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`MacroPoint, LLC v Ruiz Food Products, Inc., 6:16-cv-01133 (E.D. TX) involving
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`the ’659 Patent. The complaint for this litigation was served on Petitioner on
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`August 31, 2016. The ’659 Patent was previously the subject of FourKites, Inc. v
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`MacroPoint, LLC, Case No. 1:16-cv-02703-CAB (N.D. Ohio). The action
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`involving FourKites, Inc. has been terminated following the dismissal of the
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`complaint without prejudice on June 27, 2017.
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`On August 31, 2017, Ruiz Food Products, Inc. filed a Petition for Inter
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`Partes Review regarding U.S. Patent No. 8,275,358 in IPR2017-02016.
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`C.
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`Lead and Back-Up Counsel - 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3)
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`The Patent Owner designates the following lead and back-up counsel:
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`Lead Counsel
`Mark C. Johnson, Reg. No. 51,854
`mjohnson@rennerotto.com
`Renner Otto
`1621 Euclid Avenue
`Floor 19
`Cleveland, Ohio 44115
`t: 216.621.1113
`f: 216.621.6165
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`MacroPoint LLC’s Mandatory Notices
`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,429,659
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`First Back-up Counsel
`Kyle B. Fleming, (will seek pro hac vice)
`kfleming@rennerotto.com
`Renner Otto
`1621 Euclid Avenue
`Floor 19
`Cleveland, Ohio 44115
`t: 216.621.1113
`f: 216.621.6165
`Back-up Counsel
`Luis A. Carrion, Reg. No. 61,255
`lcarrion@rennerotto.com
`Renner Otto
`1621 Euclid Avenue
`Floor 19
`Cleveland, Ohio 44115
`t: 216.621.1113
`f: 216.621.6165
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`An appropriate Power of Attorney is being filed concurrently herewith.
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`Service Information - 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(4)
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`Please direct all correspondence regarding this proceeding to the lead and
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`back-up counsel at the addresses listed above. Patent Owner also consents to
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`electronic service by email to mjohnson@rennerotto.com,
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`kfleming@rennerotto.com, lcarrion@rennerotto.com and
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`litigation@rennerotto.com.
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`Date: October 25, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Mark C. Johnson/
`Mark C. Johnson, Reg. No. 51,854
`Renner Otto
`1621 Euclid Avenue, Floor 19
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`MacroPoint LLC’s Mandatory Notices
`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,429,659
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`Cleveland, Ohio 44115
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`f: 216.621.6165
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`MacroPoint, LLC
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`MacroPoint LLC’s Mandatory Notices
`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,429,659
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`(37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e) and 42.105(a))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned MANDATORY
`NOTICE BY PATENT OWNER UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8 is being served in its
`entirety on October 25, 2017, by filing this document through the Patent Review
`Processing System as well as delivering a copy via electronic mail upon the
`following at:
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`Lead Counsel
`James P. Murphy (Reg. No. 55,474)
`Polsinelli PC 1000 Louisiana Street
`Fifty-Third Floor
`Houston, Texas 77002
`Telephone: 713.374.1631
`jpmurphy@polsinelli.com
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`First Back-up Counsel
`Matt Frontz (Reg. No. 65,198)
`Polsinelli PC 1000 Louisiana Street
`Fifty-Third Floor
`Houston, Texas 77002
`Telephone: 713.374.1662
`mfrontz@polsinelli.com
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`Additional Back-up Counsel
`Ryan Murphy (Reg. No. 66,285)
`Polsinelli PC
`1401 I Street NW
`Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Telephone: 202.626.8373
`rmurphy@polsinelli.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` /Mark C. Johnson/
`Mark C. Johnson, Reg. No. 51,854
`Renner Otto
`1621 Euclid Avenue, Floor 19
`Cleveland, Ohio 44115
`t: 216.621.1113
`f: 216.621.6165
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
`MacroPoint, LLC
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`Date: October 25, 2017
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