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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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`SNAP INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`BLACKBERRY LIMITED,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2019-00715
`U.S. Patent No. 8,326,327
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`DECLARATION OF CHAD J. PETERMAN
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`SNAP EXHIBIT 1012
`Snap Inc. v. BlackBerry Limited
`IPR2019-00715
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`Case IPR2019-00715
`U.S. Patent 8,326,327
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`I, Chad J. Peterman, declare:
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of New York.
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`I am an attorney at Paul Hastings LLP. I am an experienced litigating
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`attorney with more than twenty years of experience practicing patent law. In that
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`time, I have served as lead counsel in numerous patent infringement suits before the
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`district courts and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`I have never had sanctions or contempt citations imposed by any court
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`or administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of title 37 of the Code
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`of Federal Regulations.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101, et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a).
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any other proceeding before
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`the USPTO.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. I have
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`reviewed U.S. Patent No. 8,326,327 (“the ’327 patent”), the patent-at-issue, and
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`other papers associated with this matter.
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`I hereby declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United
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`States of America that the foregoing is true and correct, and that all statements made
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`of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief
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`are believed to be true. I understand that willful false statements are punishable by
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`fine or imprisonment or both. See 18 U.S.C. § 1001.
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`Date: December 18, 2019
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Chad J. Peterman/
`Chad J. Peterman
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`200 Park Avenue
`New York, New York 10166
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