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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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`UBER TECHNOLOGIES, INC. and
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`CHOICE HOTELS INTERNATIONAL, INC.
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`Petitioners
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`v.
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`FALL LINE PATENTS, LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`CASE IPR2018-00535
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`PATENT 9,454,748 B2
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`PATENT OWNER'S MANDATORY NOTICE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`IPR2018-00535
`U.S. PATENT 9,454.748
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1), and within 21 days of service of the Petition on
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`undersigned, i.e., within 21 days of January 27, 2018, the undersigned, on behalf of and acting in
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`a representative capacity for patent owner, FALL LINE PATENTS, LLC ("Patent Owner"),
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`hereby submits the following mandatory notices in connection with the Petition mailed January
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`26, 2018, for Inter Partes Review of United States Patent 9,454,748, Case No. IPR2018-00535.
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`A. Real Party-in-Interest
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`The real party-in-interest is FALL LINE PATENTS, LLC (an Oklahoma limited liability
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`company). FALL LINE PATENTS, LLC is the assignee of 100% interest in U.S. Patent No.
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`9,454,748 (the '748 Patent"). A chain of title showing current ownership of U.S. Patent No.
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`9,454,748 is shown in the records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Assignment Branch,
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`as follows; Assignment from inventor, J. David Payne, to MacroSolve, Inc., executed 08/07/2003
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`and recorded 8/24/2016 at Reel/Frame 039527/0129; Assignment from MacroSolve, Inc. to
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`Ediche, LLC, recorded 8/24/2016 at Reel/Frame 039527/0213; Assignment from Ediche, LLC to
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`Fall Line Patents, LLC, recorded 03/13/2017 at Reel/Frame 041556/0916.
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`B. Related Matters
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`The '748 patent is presently the subject of patent infringement lawsuits filed in the
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`Eastern District of Texas against the following entities:
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`Case Caption
`Fall Line Patents, LLC v. Choice Hotels Int'l, Inc.
`Fall Line Patents, LLC v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
`Fall Line Patents, LLC v. Cinemark Holdings, Inc., et al.
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`Number
`6:17-cv-00407
`6:17-cv-00408
`6:17-cv-00203
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`In addition to the cases listed above, Patent Owner would state that the two cases listed
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`below were also filed in the Eastern District of Texas and both involved the '748 patent.
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`IPR2018-00535
`U.S. PATENT 9,454.748
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`However, both cases have now been dismissed but notice of the termination of these cases is not
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`yet of record in the Patent Office:
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`Case Caption
`Fall Line Patents, LLC v. American Airlines Group, Inc. et al.
`Fall Line Patents, LLC v. Grubhub Holdings, Inc. et al.
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`Number
`6:17-cv-00202
`6:17-cv-00204
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`C.
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`Lead Counsel
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`LEAD COUNSEL
`Terry L. Watt (Reg. No. 42214)
`terry.watt@crowedunlevy.com
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`Postal and Hand Delivery Address
`Crowe & Dunlevy
`321 South Boston, Suite 500
`The Kennedy Bldg.
`Tulsa, OK 74103
`Telephone: 918/592 9800
`918/592-9801
`Fax:
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
`Matthew J. Antonelli (Reg. No. 45973)
`matt@ahtlawfirm.com
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`Michael E. Ellis (Reg. No. 72628)
`michael@ahtlawfirm.com
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`Larry D. Thompson, Jr. (Reg. No. 43952)
`larry@ahtlawfirm.com
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`ANTONELLI, HARRINGTON &
`THOMPSON LLP
`4306 Yoakum Blvd., Suite 450
`Houston, TX 77006
`Telephone:713/581-3000
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`Please address all correspondence to lead and back-up counsel. Patent Owner consents to
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`electronic service.
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`02/15/2018
`(Date)
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`3305302.1
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`Respectfully submitted,
`/terry 1. watt/
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`Terry L. Watt
`Registration No. 42214
`Customer No. 22267
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`IPR2018-00535
`U.S. PATENT 9,454.748
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`The undersigned certifies, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.205, and pursuant to
`Petitioners' consent, via email correspondence on February 15, 2018 to electronic service, that
`service was made via email on the Petitioners as follows:
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`Lead Counsel
`Manner of service:
`Documents served:
`Persons served:
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`Email: jdextroxje@reedsmith.corn
`Patent Owner's Mandatory Disclosure
`Jonathan I. Destrixhe
`REED SMITH, LLP
`101 Second Street, Ste. 1800
`San Francisco, CA 94105
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`Phone: 415-543-8700
`Fax: 415-391-8269
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`Back-up Counsel (via email)
`Gerard M. Donovan
`REED SMITH, LLP
`1301 K Street, NW
`Suite 100 - East Tower
`Washington, DC 20005
`John P. Bovich
`REED SMITH, LLP
`101 Second Street, Suite 1800
`San Francisco, CA 94105
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`gdonovan@reedsmith.com
`Phone: 202-414-9224
`Fax: 202-414-9299
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`jbovich@reedsmith.com
`Phone: 415-543-8700
`Fax: 415-391-8269
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