`Google LLC
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`Paper 10
`Date: March 23, 2018
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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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`GOOGLE LLC1,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ALEX IS THE BEST, LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2017-02056
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`U.S. Patent 8,134,600
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`PETITIONER’S OBJECTIONS
`37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1)
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`1 As indicated in the Petitioner’s updated mandatory notices, Petitioner Google Inc.
`is now Google LLC.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1), Petitioner Google LLC (hereinafter,
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`“Google”) respectfully submits the following objections:
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`Google objects to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and particularly to
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`the attorney arguments and accompanying discussions contained therein (Paper 7,
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`pp. 1-33), as they lack relevance and are, therefore, inadmissible. Such arguments
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`and their accompanying discussions lack relevance because they do not make any
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`fact of consequence more or less probable. FED. R. EVID. 401, 402. Google
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`further objects to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and particularly to the
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`attorney arguments and accompanying discussions contained therein (Paper 7, pp.
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`1-33), because their probative value, if any, is substantially outweighed by the
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`danger of unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, misleading the fact finder, undue
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`delay, wasting time, and/or needlessly presenting cumulative evidence. FED. R.
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`EVID. 403. Google objects to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and
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`particularly to the attorney arguments and accompanying discussions contained
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`therein (Paper 7, pp. 1-33), as essentially attorney testimony by a witness lacking
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`competency, personal knowledge, and/or as improper opinion testimony by a lay
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`witness. FED. R. EVID. 601, 602, 701.
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`Google objects to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and particularly to
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`the statements therein regarding the USPTO’s consideration of prior art reference
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`Kusaka (US 2004/0109063) (Paper 7, pp. 9-10, 19-20, 26), and to Exhibit 2001 in
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`its entirety (Ex. 2001, pp. 1-75), because they lack relevance and are, therefore,
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`inadmissible. Such statements and Exhibit 2001 lack relevance because each item
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`does not make any fact of consequence more or less probable. FED. R. EVID.
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`401, 402. Google further objects to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and
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`particularly to the statements therein regarding the USPTO’s consideration of prior
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`art reference Kusaka (US 2004/0109063) (Paper 7, pp. 9-10, 19-20, 26), and to
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`Exhibit 2001 in its entirety, (Ex. 2001, pp. 1-75), because the probative value of
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`each item, if any, is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice,
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`confusing the issues, misleading the fact finder, undue delay, wasting time, and/or
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`needlessly presenting cumulative evidence. FED. R. EVID. 403.
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`Google objects to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and particularly to
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`the statements regarding the network connection of prior art reference Inoue (US
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`2004/0109066), prior art reference Nicholas (US 2004/0133668) in relation to
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`personal computers or the like, any/all discussion of simultaneous presence of
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`multiple networks, and the accompanying discussions contained therein (Paper 7,
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`pp. 1-3 and 8-33), as lacking relevance because they do not make any fact of
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`consequence more or less probable. FED. R. EVID. 401, 402. Google objects to
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`Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and particularly to the statements regarding
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`the network connection of prior art reference Inoue (US 2004/0109066), prior art
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`reference Nicholas in relation to personal computers or the like, any/all discussion
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`of simultaneous presence of multiple networks, and the accompanying discussions
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`contained therein (Paper 7, pp. 1-3 and 8-33), because their probative value, if any,
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`is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusing the issues,
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`misleading the fact finder, undue delay, and/or wasting time. FED. R. EVID. 403.
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`Google objects to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and particularly to
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`the statements regarding the status of patent rights, for example, those concerning
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`constitutionality of inter partes review, and accompanying discussions contained
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`therein (Paper 7, pp. 1, 3-4), as lacking relevance because they do not make any
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`fact of consequence more or less probable. FED. R. EVID. 401, 402. Inter partes
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`review is available for all qualified patents and does not consider issues of validity
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`or cancellation, but rather of unpatentability. 35 U.S.C. § 311(b). Google objects
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`to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and particularly to the statements
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`regarding the status of patent rights and accompanying discussions contained
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`therein (Paper 7, pp. 1, 3-4), because their probative value, if any, is substantially
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`outweighed by a danger of one or more of unfair prejudice, confusing the issues,
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`misleading the fact finder, undue delay, and/or wasting time. FED. R. EVID. 403.
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`Google objects to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and particularly to
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`the statements regarding effective filing dates and accompanying discussions
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`contained therein (Paper 7, pp. 4-5), as lacking relevance because they do not make
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`any fact of consequence more or less probable. FED. R. EVID. 401, 402. Google
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`objects to Patent Owner’s Preliminary Response, and particularly to the statements
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`regarding the status of effective filing dates and accompanying discussions
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`contained therein (Paper 7, pp. 4-5), because their probative value, if any, is
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`substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusing the issues,
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`misleading the fact finder, undue delay, and/or wasting time. FED. R. EVID. 403.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Joshua P. Larsen /
`Joshua P. Larsen
`Reg. 62,761
`BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
`11 South Meridian Street
`Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
`(317) 231-1313
`joshua.larsen@btlaw.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner Google LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on this 23rd
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`day of March 2018, I caused a true and correct copy of the foregoing
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`PETITIONER’S OBJECTIONS to be served on Patent Owner via electronic
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`mail at the following addresses of record:
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`aim@imiplaw.com
`docket@imiplaw.com
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`/ Joshua P. Larsen /
`Joshua P. Larsen
`Reg. 62,761
`BARNES & THORNBURG LLP
`11 South Meridian Street
`Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
`(317) 231-1313
`joshua.larsen@btlaw.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner Google LLC
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