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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.,
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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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`PATENT OWNER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Patent Owner, Koss Corporation, submits the following updates to its
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`IPR2021-00546
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`Mandatory Notices.
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`I.
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`Real Party-in-Interest
`No change.
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`II. Related Matters
`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 is also involved in the following inter partes reviews:
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`Bose Corporation v. Koss Corporation, IPR2021-00612, filed March
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`3, 2021; and
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`Apple Inc. v. Koss Corporation, IPR2021-00626, filed March 17,
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`2021.
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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:
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` IPR2021-00297 for Patent 10,368,155, filed December 7, 2021;
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` IPR2021-00305 for Patent 10,506,325, filed December 15, 2021; and
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` IPR2021-00381 for Patent 10,491,982, filed January 4, 2021;
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` IPR2021-00592 for Patent 10,469,934, filed March 2, 2021;
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` IPR2021-00680 for Patent 10,469,934, filed March 17, 2021;
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` IPR2021-00670 for Patent 10,506,325, filed March 22, 2021;
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` IPR2021-00686 for Patent 10,491,982, filed March 22, 2021;
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` IPR2021-00693 for Patent 10,469,934, filed March 23, 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
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`IV. Service Information
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`Dated: March 25, 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
`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 25, 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 (Reg. No. 41,265)
`David L. Holt (Reg. No. 65,161)
`Joel A. Henry (Reg. 72,970)
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Email: IPR50095-0021IP1@fr.com
`Email: PTABInbound@fr.com
`Email: axf-ptab@fr.com
`Email: holt2@fr.com
`Email: in@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
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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