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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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`FACEBOOK, INC., INSTAGRAM, LLC, AND WHATSAPP INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`BLACKBERRY LIMITED
`Patent Owner
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`Case No.: IPR2019-00516
`Patent No. 8,279,173
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`DECLARATION OF SAM STAKE IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
`ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`BlackBerry's Exhibit No. 2013
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`I, Sam Stake, declare as follows:
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`Case No.: IPR2019-00516
`Patent No. 8,279,173
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`1. I am a partner at the law firm of Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP,
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`and provide this declaration in support of Patent Owner’s Motion for my pro
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`hac vice admission. I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth
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`herein, and if called as a witness, I could testify competently thereto.
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`2. I have been practicing law for nearly 12 years, since 2008, primarily in the
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`field of intellectual property and, particularly, patent litigation.
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`3. I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of California. I am
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`admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeals for the
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`Federal Circuit and Ninth Circuit and the United States District Courts for
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`the Northern District of California and the Central District of California.
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`4. I have never been suspended or disbarred by any court or administrative
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`body. No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for
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`admission to practice. No court or administrative body has ever sanctioned
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`or imposed contempt citations on me.
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`5. 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, as set forth in Part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`6. I agree to be subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Rules
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`of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R §§ 11.101 et seq. and
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`BlackBerry's Exhibit No. 2013
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`Patent No. 8,279,173
`7. I have not applied to appear pro hac vice before the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office in any other proceeding in the past.
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`8. I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. In particular,
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`I have spent considerable time reviewing U.S. Patent No. 8,279,173, the
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`petition, all exhibits accompanying the petition, and all documents filed in
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`this action. I have also reviewed the pertinent issues of claim construction
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`that have been briefed in this proceeding.
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` declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America
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`that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Date: April 13, 2020
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`/s/ Sam Stake
`Sam Stake
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART,
` & SULLIVAN, LLP
`50 California Street, 22nd Floor
`San Francisco, CA 94111
`samstake@quinnemanuel.com
`Phone: (415) 875-6600
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`BlackBerry's Exhibit No. 2013
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