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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: IPR2021-00546
`U.S. PATENT NO. 10,206,025
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`MANDATORY NOTICE BY PATENT OWNER UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2), Patent Owner, Koss Corporation, submits
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`IPR2021-00546
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`the following 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. 10,206,025 (“the ’025 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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`(W.D. Tex.); Koss Corporation v Plantronics, Inc., Case No. 6-20=cv-00663 (W.D.
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`Tex.); Koss Corporation v. Bose Corporation, Case No. 6-20-cv-00661 (W.D. Tex);
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`Bose Corporation v. Koss Corporation, Case No. 1-20-cv-12193 (D. Mass.); and
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`Apple Inc. v. Koss Corporation, Case No. 4:20-cv-05504 (N.D. Cal.)
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`The ‘025 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; IPR2021-00305 for Patent
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`10,506,325; and IPR2021-00381 for Patent 10,491,982.
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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 (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
`Reg. No. 59,104
`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
`Reg. No. 72,132
`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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`IV. Service Information
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`IPR2021-00546
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`Patent Owner consents to electronic service of all documents at the below
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`email addresses:
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`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`ragae.ghabrial@klgates.com
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`michelle.weaver@klgates.com
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`Dated: March 3, 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
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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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`I hereby certify that on March 3, 2021, I caused a true and correct copy of the
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`foregoing to be served on the following counsel for Petitioner by electronic mail to
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`the following email address:
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`W. Karl Renner (Reg. No. 41,265)
`David L. Holt (Reg. No. 65,161)
`Joel A. Henry (Reg. 72,970)
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
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`Email: IPR50095-0021IP1@fr.com
`Email: PTABInbound@fr.com
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`Email: holt2@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
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`Tel.: (412) 355-6342
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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