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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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`ROKU, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-01614
`U.S. Patent 9,911,325
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`PATENT OWNER’S OBJECTIONS TO PETITIONER’S EVIDENCE
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1), Universal Electronics Inc. (“Patent
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`Owner” or “UEI”) hereby objects to the admissibility of evidence submitted by
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`Roku, Inc. (“Petitioner”) with its Petition for Inter Partes Review of Claims 1-5
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`and 7 of U.S. Patent No. 9,911,325 (“the ’325 Patent”), as set forth below. The
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`following exhibits are inadmissible based on either the rules of these proceedings
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`or the Federal Rules of Evidence (“FRE”).
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`Patent Owner objects to Exhibits 10091-1026 as improperly incorporated by
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`reference under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.22(a)(2) and 42.6(a)(3). These exhibits were
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`never cited in the Petition and are therefore in violation of the Board’s rules that
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`the Petition contain “a detailed explanation of the significance of the evidence” and
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`“prohibiting argument made in a supporting document from being incorporated by
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`reference into a petition.” See Intervet Inc. a/k/a/ Merck Animal Health v.
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`Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc., IPR2018-01788, Paper 9 at 8-9 (P.T.A.B.
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`April 16, 2019).
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`Patent Owner objects to those portions of Exhibit 1003 that address Exhibits
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`1009-1026 as improper incorporation by reference under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.22(a)(2)
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`and 42.6(a)(3), as well as the other portions of Exhibit 1003 not cited or otherwise
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`relied on in the Petition. Patent Owner further objects to Exhibit 1003 under FRE
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`1 Petitioner appears to have meant to cite to Exhibit 1009 in the Petition but instead
`made a typographical error and cited to Exhibit 1010, which does not support the
`proposition in, nor is it related to, the associated text in the Petition. Patent Owner
`has thus objected to both exhibits for completeness.
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`702 to the extent the opinions contained in Exhibit 1003 are conclusory and lack
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`sufficient explanation.
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`Patent Owner additionally objects to Exhibits 1010-1013 and 1015-1017 as
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`hearsay under FRE 801-802, and as lacking authentication under FRE 901. Patent
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`Owner objects to those portions of Exhibit 1003 that address Exhibits 1010-1013
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`and 1015-1017 under FRE 702 as conclusory and lacking sufficient explanation.
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`Petitioner objects to Exhibit 1003 under FRE 702 because it is not based on
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`sufficient facts or data, and is not the product of reliable principles and methods.
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`Patent Owner further objects to Exhibit 1027 as irrelevant, confusing, and
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`misleading under FRE 401, 402 and 403, and as incomplete under FRE 106 for
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`failure to provide all related evidence.
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`Patent Owner reserves the right to revise, modify, or assert additional or
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`further objections.
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`Dated: April 30, 2020
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`/S. Benjamin Pleune/
`Benjamin S. Pleune
`Reg. No. 52,421
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`Bank of America Plaza, Suite 4000
`101 South Tryon Street
`Charlotte, NC 28280-4000
`Telephone: (704) 444-1000
`Facsimile: (704) 444-1111
`Email: ben.pleune@alston.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Universal Electronics Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.8 and 42.6(e), the undersigned hereby certifies
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`that the foregoing was served electronically in its entirety on the following:
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`Jon E. Wright, Reg. No. 50,720
`Lestin L. Kenton, Reg. No. 72,314
`Daniel S. Block, Reg. No. 68,395
`Timothy L. Tang, Reg. No. 75,187
`jwright-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`lkenton-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`dblock-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`ttang-PTAB@sternekessler.com
`PTAB@sternekessler.com
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`1100 NEW YORK AVENUE, N.W.
`WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
`TEL.: 202-772-8758
`FAX: 202-371-2540
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`Dated: April 30, 2020
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`/S. Benjamin Pleune/
`Benjamin S. Pleune
`Reg. No. 52,421
`ALSTON & BIRD LLP
`Bank of America Plaza, Suite 4000
`101 South Tryon Street
`Charlotte, NC 28280-4000
`Telephone: (704) 444-1000
`Facsimile: (704) 444-1111
`Email: ben.pleune@alston.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner Universal
`Electronics Inc.
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