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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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`SLING TV L.L.C. and
`VUDU, INC.
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`Petitioners
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC
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`Patent Owner
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`IPR2019-013671
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`PATENT 8,407,609
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`PATENT OWNER REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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`1 Vudu, Inc., which filed a petition in IPR2020-00677, has been joined as a petitioner
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`Patent Owner Uniloc 2017 LLC hereby requests oral argument in accordance
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`with 37 C.F.R. §42.70 and pursuant to the Scheduling Order (Paper 8) entered
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`February 4, 2020. Patent Owner proposes no more than thirty (30) minutes per side.
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`Under the unusual circumstances caused by the pandemic, Patent Owner requests that
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`a videoconference be held in this matter so that the parties may participate remotely.
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`Should the current restrictions due to COVID-19 be lifted by November 4, 2020, the
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`scheduled date for oral argument, Patent Owner also requests permission to use
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`audiovisual display equipment to present demonstratives, including a projector
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`and screen for computer-generated slides, and a document camera/projector.
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`Issues to be argued include:
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`Any issues pertaining to the grounds on which this IPR was instituted.
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`This may include, for example, the level of ordinary skill in the art, claim
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`construction, the absence of elements in the prior art, and reasons/motivations to
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`combine references.
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`Any issues specified in the Petition.
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`Any issues specified in Patent Owner’s Response.
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`Any issues specified in Petitioner’s Reply.
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`Any issues specified in Patent Owner’s Sur-Reply.
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`Any issues otherwise raised by the Board.
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`Date: September 21, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: / Ryan Loveless/
`Brett A. Mangrum
`Reg. No. 64,783
`Ryan Loveless
`Reg. No. 51,970
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that an
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`electronic copy of the foregoing was served via email to Petitioners’ counsel at the
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`following addresses identified in the Petitioners’ consents to electronic service:
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`Lead Counsel
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`Eliot D. Williams
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`eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`G. Hopkins Guy
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`hop.guy@bakerbotts.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Ali Dhanani
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`ali.dhanani@bakerbotts.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Kurt Pankratz
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`kurt.pankratz@bakerbotts.com
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`Lead Counsel
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`Alyssa Cardis
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`ptabdocket@orrick.com;
`A8CPTABDocket@orrick.com
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`Back Up Counsel
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`Donald Daybell
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`ptabdocket@orrick.com;
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`D2DPTABDocket@orrick.com
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`Date: September 21, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
`By: / Ryan Loveless/
`Brett A. Mangrum
`Reg. No. 64,783
`Ryan Loveless
`Reg. No. 51,970
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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