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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BOSE CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`KOSS CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`CASE: IPR2021-00297
`U.S. PATENT NO. 10,368,155
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`MANDATORY NOTICE BY PATENT OWNER UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`IPR2021-00297 Mandatory Notice by Patent Owner
`U.S. Patent 10,368,155
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2), Patent Owner Koss Corporation submits
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`the following updated mandatory notice.
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`I. Real Party-in-Interest (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(1))
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`The real party-in-interest for the Patent Owner is Koss Corporation a
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`corporation having its principal place of business at 4129 N. Port Washington Ave.,
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`Milwaukee, WI 53212.
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`II. Related Matters (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2))
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`U.S. Patent No. 10,368,155 (“the ’155 Patent”) is currently involved in the
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`following lawsuits: Koss Corporation v. Bose Corporation, Case No. 6:20-cv-00661
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`(W.D. Tex.); Koss Corporation v. PEAG LLC d/b/a JLab Audio, Case No. 6:20-cv-
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`00662 (W.D. Tex.); Koss Corporation v. Plantronics, Inc. et al., Case No. 6:20-cv-
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`00663 (W.D. Tex.); Koss Corporation v. Skullcandy, Inc., Case No, 6:20-cv-00664
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`(W.D. Tex.); and Bose Corporation v. Koss Corporation, Case No. 1:20-cv-12193
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`(D. Mass.).
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`The ‘155 Patent claims priority to PCT application No. PCT/US2009/039754,
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`filed April 7, 2009 (the “PCT Application”) and provisional application Serial No.
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`61/123,265 filed April 8, 2008 (the “Provisional Application”). IPR2021-00395,
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`filed December 15, 2020, is for a patent (Patent 10,506,325) that also claims priority
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`to the PCT Application and the Provisional Application.
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`The following pending U.S. patent applications also claim priority to the PCT
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`IPR2021-00297 Mandatory Notice by Patent Owner
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`Application and the Provisional Application: Serial No. 17/070,295, filed October
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`14, 2020 and Serial No. 17/070,363, filed October 14, 2020.
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`III. Lead and Backup Counsel (37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3))
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`Lead Counsel
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`Backup Counsel
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`Mark G. Knedeisen (Reg No. 42,747)
`K&L GATES LLP
`K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue
`Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
`Tel.: (412) 355-6342
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Ragae M. Ghabrial
`K&L GATES LLP
`K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue
`Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
`Tel.: (412) 355-8690
`ragae.ghabrial@klgates.com
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`Michelle Weaver
`K&L GATES LLP
`K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue
`Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
`Tel.: (412) 355-3746
`michelle.weaver@klgates.com
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b), a Power of Attorney accompanies this
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`Mandatory Notice.
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`Dated: December 22, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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`/Mark G. Knedeisen/
`Mark G. Knedeisen (Reg. No. 42,747)
`K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue
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`Tel.: (412) 355-6342
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Certification of Service Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4)
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`I hereby certify that on December 22, 2020, I caused a true and correct copy
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`of the foregoing to be served on the following counsel for Petitioner by electronic
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`mail to the following email address:
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`Michael N. Rader (Reg. No. 52,146)
`Gregory S. Nieberg (Reg. No. 57,063)
`Nathan R. Speed
`Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
`600 Atlantic Avenue
`Boston, MA 02210-2206
`Tel: 617-646-8000
`Fax: 617-646-8646
`Email: MRader-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
`Email: GNieberg@wolfgreenfield.com
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`By:
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`/Mark G. Knedeisen/
`Mark G. Knedeisen (Reg. No. 42,747)
`K&L Gates Center, 210 Sixth Avenue
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`Tel.: (412) 355-6342
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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