UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`_________________
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`GOOGLE LLC,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SEVEN Networks, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-011(cid:19)(cid:21)(cid:3)
`Patent No. (cid:27)(cid:15)(cid:27)(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:15)(cid:28)(cid:24)(cid:21)
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`Declaration of Joseph Shear
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`Page 1 of 7
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`GOOGLE EXHIBIT 104(cid:19)
`Google LLC v. Seven Networks, LLC
`IPR2018-011(cid:19)(cid:21)
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`1
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`Exhibit 1030
`Samsung v. Seven Networks
`Proceeding No. IPR2018-01108
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`_________________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`_________________
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`GOOGLE LLC,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SEVEN Networks, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`_________________
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`Case IPR2018-011(cid:19)(cid:21)(cid:3)
`Patent No. (cid:27)(cid:15)(cid:27)(cid:20)(cid:20)(cid:15)(cid:28)(cid:24)(cid:21)
`_________________
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`Declaration of Joseph Shear
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`Page 1 of 7
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`GOOGLE EXHIBIT 104(cid:19)
`Google LLC v. Seven Networks, LLC
`IPR2018-011(cid:19)(cid:21)
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`1
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`Exhibit 1030
`Samsung v. Seven Networks
`Proceeding No. IPR2018-01108
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`I, Joseph Shear, declare:
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`1.
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`I am an attorney for Google LLC (“Google”). I provide this
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`Declaration in connection with the above-identified Inter Partes Review (“IPR”)
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`proceeding. Unless otherwise stated, the facts stated in this Declaration are based
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`on my personal knowledge.
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`2.
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`I am a member of Google’s Patent Litigation legal team and an
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`employee of Google (and not Alphabet Inc. or XXVI Holdings Inc.).
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`3.
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`At Google, my work has involved managing patent litigation in
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`federal court and supervising related proceedings before the USPTO at the time the
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`petition was prepared and filed.
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`Background
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`4.
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`Google is a Delaware limited liability company, having its principal
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`place of business in California. Google is a wholly owned subsidiary of XXVI
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`Holdings Inc. (“XXVI”).
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`5.
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`XXVI is a wholly owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc. (“Alphabet”)
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`that holds the equity of Alphabet’s subsidiaries, including Google.
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`6.
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`Alphabet is a publicly traded company. It is a holding company that
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`owns a collection of subsidiary companies known as “Bets”.
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`7.
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`8.
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`only named defendant in that district court proceeding; neither Alphabet nor XXVI
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`are parties to that district court proceeding. Ex.1041; Ex. 1052.
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`. Google is the
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`9.
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`This Underlying Litigation
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`10.
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` SEVEN Networks filed a Complaint on May 17, 2017, against
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`Google Inc. in E.D. Texas. See Ex. 1041.
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`11.
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` At the time the complaint was filed (May 17, 2017), Google Inc. had
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`already become a subsidiary of Alphabet. Neither Alphabet nor XXVI was named
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`in SEVEN Network’s Complaint, or in its First Amended Complaint filed on
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`August 22, 2017. See Ex. 1041; Ex. 1052.
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`12.
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` In August 2017, in the district court, Google filed its Rule 7.1.
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`Corporate disclosure statement to indicate that “Google Inc. [was] a wholly owned
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`subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., a publicly held corporation.” Ex. 1053.
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`13.
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` On October 5, 2017, Google submitted an unopposed Motion to the
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`District Court to reflect the corporate name change from Google Inc. to Google
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`LLC (see Ex. 1054), and a new corporate disclosure statement to state that “Google
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`LLC is a wholly owned subsidiary of XXVI Holdings Inc., which is a wholly
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`owned subsidiary of Alphabet Inc., a publicly traded company” (Ex. 1055).
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`14.
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` Neither Alphabet nor XXVI have agreed
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`15. Google, and not Alphabet or XXVI, controls the underlying litigation
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`strategy.
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`This IPR Proceeding
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`16.
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`This IPR petition was filed only on behalf of Google—not on behalf
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`of Alphabet or XXVI.
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`HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL
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`17. No individual or representative for Alphabet or XXVI has directed or
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`informed the strategy for the SEVEN Networks litigation, or this IPR proceeding.
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`Alphabet’s Board (Ex. 1046) has not directed, controlled, or funded this IPR
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`proceeding.
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`XXVI officer, director, or employee was consulted regarding the preparation of
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`this IPR petition or the decision to file this IPR petition.
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`. No Alphabet or
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`18.
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`Samsung’s Non-Participation in This Proceeding
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`19.
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`Seven also filed a district court litigation against Samsung. See
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`SEVEN Networks, LLC v. Samsung Electronics America, Inc., et al., 2:17-cv-
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`00441 (E.D. Tex. 2017)). The cases have been consolidated for pretrial
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`proceedings. As a result, Google has jointly filed certain papers with Samsung in
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`the consolidated cases (e.g., claim construction briefing and invalidity
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`contentions). The jointly-filed papers and coordination in district court were made
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`HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL - PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL
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`Ex. 1048 at 1. Google has reiterated this in correspondence stating that
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`20.
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`Samsung has not played a role in this IPR proceeding. I know that
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`because I directed the preparation and filing of this IPR petition.
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` Ex. 1047 at 4.
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`However, Google
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`selected the prior art for this IPR petition, determined the grounds for this IPR
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`petition, developed the positions for this IPR petition, and financed this IPR
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`petition. Google did not inform Samsung of the specific patent(s) for which Google
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`would file petition(s), the art or grounds for the petition(s), and did not provide
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`Samsung with drafts of this IPR. Samsung did not provide input into this IPR and
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`did not and does not have any control over this IPR and did not fund this IPR.
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`21.
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`I understand that SEVEN suggests that Google and Samsung are
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`coordinating because Google and Samsung filed their IPRs “[i]n a period of four
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`business days.” The timing of Google’s filing of this IPR was simply a
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`consequence of 35 U.S.C. § 315(b). Specifically, Google filed an IPR petition
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`within one year after it was “served with a complaint alleging infringement of the
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`patent.” 35 use. § 315(b).
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`“NW-—
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`(discussing, inter alia, Section 11.1.3 ofEx. 1051).
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`Jurat
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`23.
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`I 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 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 Section 1001 of Title 18 oflhe United States Code.
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`Dated: October 5,2018
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`i
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`/L{_ ,,,
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`Jo
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`ph Shear
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