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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`NFL ENTERPRISES LLC,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`OPENTV, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`CASE: IPR2017-02092
`Patent No. 6,233,736 B1
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`Before PATRICK E. BAKER, Trial Paralegal.
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`DECLARATION OF RACHAEL P. McCLURE IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION TO APPEAR PRO HAC VICE
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`I, Rachael P. McClure, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`I am an Associate with the law firm of Vinson & Elkins LLP. I have
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`personal knowledge of the following facts, except those stated on information and
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`belief, which I believe to be true. If called to testify, I could and would testify
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`competently to the contents hereof.
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`Pro Hac Order, Part 2 (b)(i) – Membership in Good Standing of a State Bar:
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`2.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the States of New York.
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`Pro Hac Order, Part 2 (b)(ii) – No Suspension or Disbarments:
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`3.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`Pro Hac Order, Part 2 (b)(iii) – No Application for Admission Denied:
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`I have not been denied on any application to practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`Pro Hac Order, Part 2 (b)(iv) – No Sanctions or Contempt Citations:
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`I have not been sanctioned or cited for contempt by any court or
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`administrative body.
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`Pro Hac Order, Part 2 (b)(v) -- Compliance with Rules:
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`6.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`Pro Hac Order, Part 2 (b)(vi) – Subject to Professional Responsibility Rules
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`and Jurisdiction:
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`7.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility
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`set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq., and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37
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`C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`Pro Hac Order, Part 2 (b)(vii) – Other Proceedings Before the Office:
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`8.
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`I have not appeared pro hac vice in any other proceedings before the
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`Office.
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`Pro Hac Order, Part 2 (b)(viii) – Familiarity with the Subject Matter:
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`9.
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`I have familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding
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`because I have over 5.5 years of experience in litigating patent suits, I have
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`litigated patent validity issues in federal court on many occasions, and because I
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`represent the Petitioner in the related proceeding Nagravision SA and OpenTV, Inc.
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`v. NFL Enterprises LLC, No. 2:17-cv-3919-AB-SK, filed in the U.S. District Court
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`for the Central District of California, concerning U.S. Patent Nos. 7,996,861,
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`7,421,729, 7,028,327, 7,950,033, 7,055,169, 7,020,888, 6,233,736, and 6,154,172,
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`and represented the Petitioner in OpenTV, Inc. v. NFL Enterprises LLC, No. 2:17-
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`cv-00031-JRG-RSP filed in the U. S. District Court for the Eastern District of
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`Texas where the Patent Owner previously asserted the ’736 Patent and then
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`voluntarily dismissed that action on May 24, 2017.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are
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`true and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true;
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`and further that these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false
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`statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both,
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`under 18 U.S.C. § 1001 and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the
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`validity of the application or any patent issued thereon. I hereby acknowledge that
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`any willful false statement made in this declaration is punishable under 18 U.S.C.
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`§ 1001 by fine or imprisonment of not more than five (5) years, or both.
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`Executed on March 28, 2018, at New York, NY.
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`US 5557802
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`/Rachael P. McClure/
`Rachael P. McClure
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