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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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`TOMTOM, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BLACKBIRD TECH LLC d/b/a BLACKBIRD TECHNOLOGIES,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-02023
`Patent 6,434,212
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`IPR2017-02023 – Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70, the Scheduling Order dated March 12, 2018
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`(Paper 8), and the Amended Scheduling Order dated June 15, 2018 (Paper 12),
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`Patent Owner Blackbird Tech LLC d/b/a Blackbird Technologies requests oral
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`argument on the issues raised in (1) the Petition, (2) Patent Owner’s Preliminary
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`Response, Response, and Sur-Reply to the Petition, (3) Petitioners’ Reply to Patent
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`Owner’s Response, and (4) all other issues raised by the parties prior to the
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`scheduled oral hearing.
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests that equal amounts of argument time be
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`allocated to Petitioner and Patent Owner, and respectfully proposes forty-five
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`minutes per side of argument time in this proceeding.
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`Dated: October 25, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Walter D. Davis, Jr.
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`Walter D. Davis, Jr. (Reg. No. 45,137)
`Aldo Noto (Reg. No. 35,628)
`Wayne M. Helge (Reg. No. 56,905)
`DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON &
`GOWDEY, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: 571-765-7700
`Fax: 571-765-7200
`Email: wdavis@dbjg.com
`Email: anoto@dbjg.com
`Email: whelge@dbjg.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that on October 25, 2018, a true and correct copy
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`of the foregoing Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument is being served
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`electronically to the Petitioner at the correspondence email addresses of record as
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`follows:
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`Dipu A. Doshi (Reg. No. 60,373)
`Michael S. Marcus (Reg. No. 31,727)
`Megan R. Wood (Reg. No. 72,367)
`BLANK ROME LLP
`1825 Eye Street NW
`Washington, DC 20006
`Tel.: (202) 420-2604
`Fax: (202) 420-2201
`ddoshi@blankrome.com
`TomTom.Blackbird@blankrome.com
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`By: /s/ Walter D. Davis, Jr.
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`Walter D. Davis, Jr.
`USPTO Reg. No. 45,137
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`GOWDEY, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: 571-765-7700
`Fax: 571-765-7200
`Email: wdavis@dbjg.com
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