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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARRIS SOLUTIONS, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`REALTIME ADAPTIVE STREAMING LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`––––––––––
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`Patent No. 8,934,535
`Issued: January 13, 2015
`Filed: September 20, 2013
`Title: SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VIDEO AND AUDIO
`DATA STORAGE AND DISTRIBUTION
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`MOTION FOR JOINDER UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 315(c),
`37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b) TO RELATED
`INTER PARTES REVIEW IPR2018-01169
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`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`Page
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`I.
`II.
`III.
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested ............................................................ 1
`Statement of Material Facts and Related Proceedings .................................... 2
`Statement of Reasons for Relief Requested .................................................... 7
`A.
`Legal Standard ....................................................................................... 7
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`B.
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`C.
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`Petitioner’s Motion for Joinder is Timely ............................................. 8
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`Each Factor Weighs in Favor of Joinder ............................................... 8
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`1.
`2.
`3.
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`Joinder with the Netflix IPR is Appropriate ............................... 8
`Petitioner Proposes No New Grounds of Unpatentability .......... 9
`Joinder Will Not Unduly Burden or Negatively Impact
`the Netflix IPR Trial Schedule .................................................... 9
`Petitioner Proposes Procedures to Simplify Briefing and
`Discovery .................................................................................. 10
`IV. Conclusion ..................................................................................................... 13
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`4.
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`TABLE OF AUTHORITIES
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`Page(s)
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`CASES
`Kyocera Corp. v. Softview LLC,
`Case No. IPR2013-00004, slip op. (PTAB Apr. 24, 2013) .................................. 6
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`Mylan Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH,
`Case No. IPR2016-01386, slip op. (PTAB Nov. 30, 2016) ............................... 10
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`Mylan Pharms. Inc. v. Novartis AG,
`Case No. IPR2015-00268, slip op. (PTAB Apr. 10, 2015) .................................. 9
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`Samsung Elecs., Co., Ltd., et al. v. Raytheon Co.,
`Case No. IPR2016-00962, slip op. (PTAB Aug. 24, 2016) ............................. 6, 7
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`Sony Corp. v. Memory Integrity, LLC,
`Case No. IPR2015-01353, slip op. (PTAB Oct. 15, 2015) ............................ 8, 10
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`STATUTES
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`35 U.S.C. § 315(b) ..................................................................................................... 5
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`35 U.S.C. § 315(c) ................................................................................................. 1, 5
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`OTHER AUTHORITIES
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.53 ....................................................................................................... 9
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b) ........................................................................................ 1, 5, 6
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`ii
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`I.
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested
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`ARRIS Solutions, Inc. (“Petitioner”) respectfully submits this Motion for
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`Joinder together with a Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No.
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`8,394,535 (“ARRIS Petition”) filed contemporaneously herewith. The Board
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`instituted inter partes review of claims 1–14 of the ’535 Patent in Netflix, Inc., v.
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`Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, Case No. IPR2018-01169 on January 17, 2019
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`(“Netflix IPR”). Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 315(c) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b), ARRIS
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`requests institution of inter partes review for claims 1-14 of the ’535 Patent and
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`requests joinder with IPR2018-01169.
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`ARRIS’s request for joinder is timely because it is made no later than one
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`month after the January 17, 2019 institution date of the Netflix IPR. The ARRIS
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`Petition is substantively identical to the Netflix Petition, and ARRIS only seeks
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`institution on the same claims, prior art, and grounds for unpatentability that were
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`instituted in the Netflix IPR. Therefore, the ARRIS Petition warrants institution for
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`at least the same reasons that the Board instituted the Netflix IPR. In addition,
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`ARRIS proposes to streamline discovery and briefing by taking an “understudy
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`role.” ARRIS submits that joinder is appropriate because it will not unduly burden
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`or prejudice the parties to the Netflix IPR while efficiently resolving the question
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`of the ’535 Patent’s validity in a single proceeding.
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`II.
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`Statement of Material Facts and Related Proceedings
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`1.
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`On November 21, 2017, Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC (“Patent
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`Owner”) filed a civil action alleging that Netflix, Inc. infringes the ’535 Patent, as
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`well as five other patents. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et al.,
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`Case No. 1:17-cv-01692 (D. Del.).
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`2.
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`Netflix filed a petition for inter partes review of the ’535 Patent on
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`June 4, 2018. Netflix, Inc., v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, Case No.
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`IPR2018-01169.
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`3.
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`On January 17, 2019, the Board instituted a trial on all challenged
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`claims (claims 1–14). Id. (Paper 20).
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`4.
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`On November 6, 2017 Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, filed a
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`second amended complaint in a separate ongoing civil action in the United States
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`District Court for the District of Colorado alleging that ARRIS infringes the ’535
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`Patent, as well as one of the other patents asserted against Netflix. Realtime Data
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`LLC d/b/a IXO v. Sling TV LLC, Case No. 1:17-cv-02097 (D. Colo.).
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`5.
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`The ’535 Patent is further the subject of the following judicial or
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`administrative matters:
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`• Sling TV LLC et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`01331, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Sling TV LLC, et al., v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`01332, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Sling TV LLC, et al., v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`01342, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Unified Patents Inc. v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`00883, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Hulu, LLC, Amazon.com, Inc., and Netflix, Inc. v. Realtime Adaptive
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`Streaming LLC, IPR2018-01170, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Hulu, LLC v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-01090,
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Hulu, LLC et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`01169, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Amazon.com, Inc. et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC,
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`IPR2018-01187, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Hulu, LLC et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`01195, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Hulu, LLC et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`01189, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Amazon.com, Inc. et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC,
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`IPR2018-01227, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Sony Corporation et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC,
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`IPR2018-01299, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Cisco Systems, Inc. v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`01384, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Sony Corporation et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC,
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`IPR2018-01413, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Sony Corporation et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC,
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`IPR2018-01439, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Netflix, Inc. et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`01630, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Netflix, Inc. et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2018-
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`01817, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Netflix, Inc. et al v. Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC, IPR2019-
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`00209, Patent Trial and Appeal Board;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming v. Adobe Systems Inc., Case No. 2:18-
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`cv-09344, Central District of California;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Hulu, LLC, Case No. 2:17-cv-
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`07611, Central District of California;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Google LLC et al., Case No.
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`2:18-cv-03629, Central District of California;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Cox Communications, Inc., Case
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`No. 8:18-cv-00942, Central District of California;
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`• Realtime Data LLC d/b/a IXO v. Sling TV LLC et al, Case No. 1:17-
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`cv-02097, District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Apple Inc., Case No. 1:17-cv-
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`02869, District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Avaya, Inc., Case No. 1:18-cv-
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`01046, District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Broadcom Corporation et al.,
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`Case No. 1:18-cv-01048, District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Charter Communications, Inc. et
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`al, Case No. 1:18-cv-01345, District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming, LLC v. Comcast Cable
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`Communications, LLC d/b/a Xfinity et al, Case No. 1:18-cv-01446,
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`District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Polycom, Inc., Case No. 1:17-
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`cv-02692, District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.,
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`Case No. 1:18-cv-01173, District of Colorado;
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`5
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Intel Corporation, Case No.
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`1:18-cv-01175, District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Mitel Networks, Inc., Case No.
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`1:18-cv-01177, District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Wowza Media Systems LLC,
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`Case No. 1:18-cv-00927, District of Colorado;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Brightcove Inc. et al, Case No.
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`1:17-cv-01519, District of Delaware;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Haivision Network Video Inc.,
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`Case No. 1:17-cv-01520, District of Delaware;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Netflix, Inc. et al, Case No. 1:17-
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`cv-01692, District of Delaware;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Sony Electronics Inc., Case No.
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`1:17-cv-01693, District of Delaware;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Adobe Systems Incorporated,
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`Case No. 1:18-cv-10355, District of Massachusetts;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc. et al, Case
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`No. 6:17-cv-00549, Eastern District of Texas;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. EchoStar Technologies, LLC et
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`al, Case No. 6:17-cv-00567, Eastern District of Texas;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc., Case No.
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`6:17-cv-00591, Eastern District of Texas;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. et
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`al, Case No. 6:18-cv-00113, Eastern District of Texas;
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`• Realtime Adaptive Streaming LLC v. LG Electronics Inc. et al, Case
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`No. 6:18-cv-00215, Eastern District of Texas.
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`III.
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`Statement of Reasons for Relief Requested
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`Legal Standard
`A.
`The Board may join as a party to an instituted inter partes review a person
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`who has properly filed a petition for inter partes review that warrants institution.
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`35 U.S.C. § 315(c). A motion requesting joinder must be filed no later than one
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`month after the date of institution for the inter partes review to which the person
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`seeks joinder. 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b). In addition, a petition for inter partes review
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`is not subject to the one-year statutory time bar when the petition is accompanied
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`by a request for joinder. 35 U.S.C. § 315(b); 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b).
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`A motion for joinder should (1) set forth reasons why joinder is appropriate;
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`(2) identify any new grounds of unpatentability asserted in the petition; (3) explain
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`what impact (if any) joinder would have on the trial schedule for the existing
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`review; and (4) address specifically how briefing and discovery may be simplified.
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`Samsung Elecs., Co., Ltd., et al. v. Raytheon Co., Case No. IPR2016-00962, slip
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`op. at 5 (PTAB Aug. 24, 2016) (Paper 12) (citing Kyocera Corp. v. Softview LLC,
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`Case No. IPR2013-00004, slip op. at 4 (PTAB Apr. 24, 2013) (Paper 15)).
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`B.
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`Petitioner’s Motion for Joinder is Timely
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`This Motion for Joinder is timely because it is filed within one month of the
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`January 17, 2019 institution of the Netflix IPR. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b).
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`Furthermore, the one-year bar set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 42.101(b) does not apply to
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`the ARRIS Petition because it was filed concurrently with this Motion for Joinder.
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b).
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`C.
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`Each Factor Weighs in Favor of Joinder
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`1.
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`Joinder with the Netflix IPR is Appropriate
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`Joinder with the Netflix IPR is appropriate because the ARRIS Petition
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`involves the same patent, challenges the same claims, relies on the same expert
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`declaration, and is based on the same grounds and combinations of prior art
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`submitted in the Netflix Petition. Further, the ARRIS Petition relies solely on
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`grounds from the Netflix Petition that the Board instituted on January 17, 2019.
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`The ARRIS Petition is substantively identical to the Netflix Petition, containing
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`only minor differences related to the formalities required by a different party filing
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`the petition. Other than these minor differences that stem from filing formalities,
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`there are no changes to the facts, citations, evidence or arguments presented in the
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`ARRIS Petition. Therefore, the ARRIS Petition warrants institution for at least the
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`same reasons that the Board instituted the Netflix Petition. Because these
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`proceedings are substantively identical, good cause exists for joinder with the
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`Netflix IPR so that the Board can efficiently resolve all grounds in a single
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`proceeding.
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`In addition, the substantial questions of invalidity as to the ’535 Patent are of
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`interest to ARRIS, which stands accused of infringing the ’535 Patent, as well to
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`the broader public interest in the likely invalidity of an issued patent. Joinder is
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`therefore appropriate for the additional reason that the invalidity grounds as to the
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`challenged and joined claims can be resolved through the participation of ARRIS
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`even if the original petitioner, Netflix, were to reach a settlement with Patent
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`Owner, or otherwise cease to participate in the proceeding.
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`2.
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`Petitioner Proposes No New Grounds of Unpatentability
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`As discussed above, the ARRIS Petition does not present any new grounds
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`of unpatentability, and is substantively identical to the Netflix Petition. This factor
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`weighs in favor of granting joinder because the Board “routinely grants motions
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`for joinder where the party seeking joinder introduces identical arguments and the
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`same grounds raised in the existing proceeding.” Samsung Elecs. Co., slip op. at 9
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`(internal quotations and citations omitted) (emphases in the original).
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`3.
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`Joinder Will Not Unduly Burden or Negatively Impact the
`Netflix IPR Trial Schedule
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`Because the ARRIS Petition is substantively identical to the Netflix Petition,
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`with the same grounds challenging the same claims, as instituted by the Board,
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`there are no new issues for Patent Owner to address. Due to the same issues being
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`presented in the Netflix Petition, Patent Owner will not be required to present any
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`additional responses or arguments. See Sony Corp. v. Memory Integrity, LLC,
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`IPR2015-01353, slip op. at 6 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2015) (Paper 11) (granting IPR and
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`motion for joinder where “joinder should not necessitate any additional briefing or
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`discovery from Patent Owner beyond that already required in [the original IPR].”).
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`Without any new issues present, there is no reason to delay or alter the trial
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`schedule already present in the Netflix IPR, and ARRIS explicitly consents to the
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`existing trial schedule. Further, the Patent Owner Preliminary Response already
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`filed in the Netflix IPR addresses any and all issues in the ARRIS Petition because
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`the issues are substantively identical to the issues of the Netflix Petition. See Patent
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`Owner’s Preliminary Response, Case No. IPR2018-01169 (Paper 19).
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`The Patent Owner Response will not be negatively impacted because the
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`issues presented in the Netflix Petition are identical to the issues presented in the
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`ARRIS Petition. Patent Owner will not be required to provide any additional
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`analysis or arguments beyond what it will already provide in responding to the
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`Netflix Petition. Also, because the ARRIS Petition relies on the same expert and a
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`substantively identical declaration, only a single deposition is needed for the
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`proposed joined proceeding.
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`4.
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`Petitioner Proposes Procedures to Simplify Briefing and
`Discovery
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`Additionally, ARRIS agrees to take an “understudy” role in the joined
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`proceeding, absent termination of the original petitioner, Netflix, as a party. In
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`particular, ARRIS agrees that, in the joined proceeding, the following conditions
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`shall apply so long as Netflix remains an active party, as previously approved by
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`the Board in similar circumstances:
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`(a)
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`all filings by ARRIS in the joined proceeding be consolidated with the
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`filings of the Netflix, unless a filing solely concerns issues that do not
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`involve Netflix;
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`(b) ARRIS shall not be permitted to raise any new grounds not already
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`instituted by the Board, or introduce any argument or discovery not
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`already introduced by Netflix;
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`(c) ARRIS shall be bound by any agreement between Patent Owner and
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`Netflix concerning discovery and/or depositions; and
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`(d) ARRIS at deposition shall not receive any direct, cross examination or
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`redirect time beyond that permitted for Netflix in this proceeding
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`alone under either 37 C.F.R. § 42.53 or any agreement between Patent
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`Owner and Netflix.
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`See Mylan Pharms. Inc. v. Novartis AG, Case No. IPR2015-00268, slip op. at 5–6
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`(PTAB Apr. 10, 2015) (Paper 17) (finding that same proposed limitations “are
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`consistent with the ‘understudy’ role that Petitioner agrees to assume, as well as
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`Petitioner’s assertion that its presence would not require introducing any additional
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`arguments, briefing, or discovery.”).
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`ARRIS would assume a primary role only if Netflix ceased to participate in
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`the proceeding. The Board has consistently found that that the acceptance of an
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`“understudy” role removes any undue complications or delay that might allegedly
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`result from joinder. See, e.g., Sony Corp. v. Memory Integrity, LLC, Case No.
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`IPR2015-01353, slip op. at 7 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2015) (Paper 11); see also Mylan
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`Pharmaceuticals Inc. v. Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH, Case No. IPR2016-01386, slip
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`op. at 6 (PTAB Nov. 30, 2016) (Paper 9).
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`Moreover, since no party to the Netflix IPR has notified1 ARRIS that it
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`intends to oppose this motion for joinder, it is unlikely that any additional briefing
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`by any party would be required by virtue of this motion.
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`1 Netflix has affirmatively indicated to ARRIS that it does not oppose this motion.
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`Patent Owner stated the following: “Patent Owner takes no position on the
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`statements in this motion but does not oppose the relief sought.”
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`IV. Conclusion
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`For the reasons stated above, ARRIS respectfully requests that the Board
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`institute ARRIS’s concurrently filed Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,934,535, and grant joinder with the Netflix, Inc., v. Realtime Adaptive
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`Streaming LLC, Case No. IPR2018-01169 proceeding.
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`Dated: February 15, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
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`/Jennifer Librach Nall/
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`Jennifer Librach Nall
`Reg. No. 57,053
`98 San Jacinto Blvd
`Suite 1500
`Austin, TX 78701-4078
`Phone: (512) 322-2500
`Facsimile: (512) 322-2501
`jennifer.nall@bakerbotts.com
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`LEAD ATTORNEY FOR PETITIONER
`ARRIS Solutions, Inc.
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), 42.105(a))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that on February 15, 2019, true and correct
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`copies of the foregoing MOTION FOR JOINDER UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 315(c),
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.122(b) TO RELATED INTER PARTES REVIEW IPR2018-
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`01169 was served in its entirety on the following parties via FedEx Express® or
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`Express Mail:
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`Shami Messinger PLLC
`1000 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Suite 200
`Washington, DC 20007
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`Harper Batts
`Chris Ponder
`Jeffrey Liang
`SHEPPARD MULLIN RICHTER &
`HAMPTON L.L.P.
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`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
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`/Jennifer Librach Nall/
`Jennifer Librach Nall (Reg. No. 57,053)
`Lead Attorney for Petitioner
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`Date: February 15, 2019
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`98 San Jacinto Boulevard
`Suite 1500
`Austin, TX 78701-4078
`(512) 322-2500
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