UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`DIRECTSTREAM, LLC,
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`Patent Owner
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`IPR2018-01605, IPR2018-01606, and IPR2018-01607
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`Patent No. 7,620,800
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`DECLARATION OF G. DONALD PUCKETT IN SUPPORT OF PATENT
`OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF G. DONALD
`PUCKETT UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`DIRECTSTREAM, LLC,
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`Patent Owner
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`IPR2018-01605, IPR2018-01606, and IPR2018-01607
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`Patent No. 7,620,800
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`DECLARATION OF G. DONALD PUCKETT IN SUPPORT OF PATENT
`OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF G. DONALD
`PUCKETT UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`I, G. Donald Puckett, declare as follows:
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`1. I am more than twenty-one years of age, competent to present this declaration,
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`and have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein.
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`2. This declaration is given in support of Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission of G. Donald Puckett.
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`3. I am Of Counsel at the law firm Janik Vinnakota LLP.
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`4. I have been practicing law in the field of intellectual property, and specifically
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`patent litigation, for approximately twenty years. I also have been an Adjunct
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`Professor at Texas A&M School of Law where I have taught classes related to patent
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`litigation practice.
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`5. I have extensive experience litigating patent infringement cases in many
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`different courts across the United States. My experience in patent litigation matters
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`includes, but is not limited to: presenting oral arguments to the Board in IPR
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`proceedings; serving as lead trial counsel in district court patent litigation; presenting
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`oral arguments to the court in claim construction hearings and other patent-related
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`hearings; taking depositions of expert witnesses regarding invalidity, infringement,
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`and claim construction; drafting claim construction briefs; drafting briefs associated
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`with motions for summary judgments regarding invalidity and infringement issues;
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`drafting invalidity and infringement contentions; and handling patent appeals before
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`the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit and briefing before the
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`U.S. Supreme Court.
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`6. Because of my work for Patent Owner, I have an established familiarity with
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`U.S Patent Nos. 6,076,152, 6,247,110, 6,434,687, 7,225,324, 7,421,524, and
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`7,762,800, the field of high-performance computing design, and the prior art that
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`Microsoft has asserted in each of the ten IPRs filed against these six patents.
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`7. I am a member in good standing of the Bar of Texas (admitted 1999), as well as
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`the following Federal Courts: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
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`U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, U.S. District Court for the
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`Southern District of Texas, U.S District Court for Western District of Texas; U.S.
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`District Court for the District of Colorado; U.S. District Court for the District of
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`Nebraska; U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, the United States
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`Courts of Appeals for the Fifth and Federal Circuits, and the U.S. Supreme Court.
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`8. I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`9. No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for admission
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`to practice before it.
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`10. No court or administrative body has imposed sanctions or contempt citations
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`11. 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 in 37 C.F.R. § 42.
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`12. I understand that I will be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
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`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`13. I have appeared before the Board pro hac vice in the last several years in: (1)
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`IPR2014-00411 and IPR2015-00065 (consolidated); and (2) IPR2014-01431 and
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`IPR2014-01432 (consolidated); and IPR2016-00379. I presented oral arguments to
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`the Board in various cases. See IPR2014-00411 at Paper No. 112; IPR2014-01431 at
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`Paper No. 47.
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`14. I also developed specialized skills and experience regarding procedural issues
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`that arise in PTAB trials, including administrative law and constitutional issues. For
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`example, I was the lead briefing attorney in the following appeals from various
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`PTAB cases involving complex procedural issues: Wi-Fi One, Inc. v. Broadcom, 878
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`F.3d 1364 (Fed. Cir. 2018, en banc); Leak Surveys, Inc. v. FLIR, Inc., Case No. 16-
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`1299 (U.S. S.Ct. 2018, cert. denied).
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`15. I hereby declare that all statements made herein are of my own knowledge, are
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`true, and further that all statements made herein that are willful or false statements
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`are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of
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`the United States Code.
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`Dated: May 24, 2019
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`By:
`G. Donald Puckett
`Janik Vinnakota LLP
`8111 LBJ Freeway, Suite 790
`Dallas, TX 75248
`214-390-99990
`dpuckett@jvllp.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`This is to certify that I caused to be served true and correct copies of the
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`Declaration of G. Donald Puckett in Support of Patent Owner’s Motion For
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`Pro Hac Vice Admission of G. Donald Puckett Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) on
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`May 24, 2019 to the Petitioner at the correspondence address of the Petitioners as
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`follows:
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`Joseph A. Micallef
`jmicallef@sidley.com
`Scott M. Border
`sborder@sidley.com
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street N.W.
`Washington, DC 20005
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`Jason P. Greenhut
`jgreenhut@sidley.com
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1 South Dearborn
`Chicago, IL 60603
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`Alfonso Chan
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