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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`KOSS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`CASE: IPR2021-00381
`U.S. PATENT NO. 10,491,982
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`PATENT OWNER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Patent Owner, Koss Corporation, submits the following updates to its
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`IPR2021-00381
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`Mandatory Notices.
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`REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
`No change.
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`II. RELATED MATTERS
`U.S. Patent No. 10,491,982 (“the ’982 Patent”) is currently involved in the
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`following lawsuits: Koss Corporation v. PEAG LLC d/b/a JLab Audio, Case No.
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`6:20-cv-00662 (W.D. Tex.); Koss Corporation v. Skullcandy, Inc., Case No. 6:20-
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`cv-00664 (W.D. Tex); Koss Corporation v. Apple Inc., Case No. 6-20-cv-00665;
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`and Apple Inc. v. Koss Corporation, Case No. 4:20-cv-05504 (N.D. Cal.)
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`The ‘982 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”). The following IPRs
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`are also for patents that claim priority to the PCT Application and the Provisional
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`Application: IPR2021-00297 for Patent 10,368,155; and IPR2021-00305 for Patent
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`10,506,325. Also, IPR2021-00546, filed February 22, 2021 is for a patent (Patent
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`10,206,025) that also claims priority to the PCT Application and the Provisional
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`Application. In addition, the following inter partes reviews are for patents that
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`claim priority to the PCT Application and the Provisional Application:
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`IPR2021-00381
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` IPR2021-00592, for U.S. Patent 10,469,934, filed March 2, 2021;
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` IPR2021-00612, for U.S. Patent 10,206,025, filed March 3, 2021.
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`The following pending U.S. patent applications also claim priority to the PCT
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`Application and the Provisional Application: Serial No. 17/070,295, filed October
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`14, 2020; Serial No. 17/070,363, filed October 14, 2020; and Serial No. 17/178,946,
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`filed February 18, 2021.
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`III. LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL
`No change.
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
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`Dated: March 15, 2021
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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
`Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
`Tel.: (412) 355-6342
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`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Certification of Service Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4)
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`IPR2021-00381
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`I hereby certify that on March 15, 2021, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing to be served on the following counsel for Petitioner by electronic mail
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`to the following email address:
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`W. Karl Renner
`Roberto Devoto
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Email: IPR50095-0019IP1@fr.com
`Email: PTABInbound@fr.com
`Email: axf-ptab@fr.com
`Email: devoto@fr.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
`Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
`Tel.: (412) 355-6342
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`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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