`Patent 7,848,439
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`DECLARATION OF JOHN K. HARTING IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, John K. Harting, declare that:
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`I am a Principal at the law firm of Robins Kaplan LLP and provide this
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`declaration in support of Patent Owner's Motion for my pro hac vice
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`admission. I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth below.
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`I have litigated patent infringement disputes for over seven years, and have
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`extensive experience in fact and expert discovery, Markman hearings, five
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`patent infringement trials, oral arguments in patent infringement matters
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`before Federal district courts, and appeals to the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`3) I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of Minnesota.
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`4) I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`5) No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for
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`admission to practice before it.
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`6) No court or administrative body has ever imposed sanctions or contempt
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`citations on me.
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`7) I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board's Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`8) I understand that I will be subject to the Office's Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.P.R. § 11.19(a).
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`9) I have established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. I serve as Patent Owner's litigation counsel in the parallel
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`litigation currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the District of
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`New Jersey in which the same patent is at issue IN VT SPE LLC v. ZTE et
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`al, 2:17-cv-06522-JMV-JBC (D.N.J. 2017), INVT SPE LLC v. Apple, Inc.,
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`2:17-cv-03738-JMV-JBC (D.N.J. 2017), and INVT SPE LLC v. Apple, Inc.,
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`2:17-cv-03738-JMV-JBC (D.N.J. 2017).
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`10) I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any proceedings before the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board prior to today's date.
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`Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1001, I declare under penalty of perjury that the
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`foregoing is true and correct.
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`Dated: October 8, 2019
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`John Harting
`Robi Kaplan LLP
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