`Patent 8,391,298
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`RINGCENTRAL, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
`v.
`ESTECH SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review No. IPR2021-00574
`Patent No. 8,391,298
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`JOINT STATEMENT REGARDING PRIOR ART
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`IPR2021-00574
`Patent No. 8,391,298
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`Estech Systems, Inc. (“Estech” or “Patent Owner”) and RingCentral, Inc.
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`(“RingCentral” or “Petitioner”) hereby submit this joint statement regarding the
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`extent to which the prior art cited in the Petition in this proceeding will be relied on
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`in the parallel litigations in the Eastern and Western Districts of Texas. See Paper
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`9, p. 4.
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`The prior art asserted in the Petition does not overlap with the prior art at issue
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`in the Eastern District of Texas Litigation.1
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`In the Western District of Texas Litigation, 2 the same primary reference (U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,240,558 to Chang) used in both Grounds of the Petition is currently
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`asserted. Petitioner is not a party to any of the pending litigations. But, if inter
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`partes review is granted, Petitioner represents that no Real Party-in-Interest with
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`respect to the above proceeding will rely upon the Grounds or prior art presented in
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`the Petition in the Western District of Texas Litigation. Thus, there would be no
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`overlap between this proceeding and the Western District of Texas Litigation.
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`1 Estech Systems, Inc. v. Target Corporation, et al., No. 2:20-cv-00123-JRG-RSP
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`(E.D. Tex.).
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`2 Estech Systems, Inc. v. Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC, No. 6:20-cv-
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`777-ADA (W.D. Tex.).
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`IPR2021-00574
`Patent No. 8,391,298
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`Dated: September 10, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Todd E. Landis/
` Todd E. Landis
`Registration No. 44,200
`WILLIAMS SIMONS & LANDIS
`PLLC
`2633 McKinney Avenue, Suite 130
`#366
`Dallas, TX 75204
`Telephone: (512) 541-1357
`Email: tlandis@wsltrial.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`By: /K. Patrick Herman/
` K. Patrick Herman
`Registration No. 75,108
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON, &
`SUTCLIFFE LLP
`51 West 52nd Street
`New York, NY 10019
`Telephone: (212) 506-3596
`Email: pherman@orrick.com
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`Counsel for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6, the undersigned certifies that on September 10,
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`2021, the foregoing document was served on counsel of record for Petitioner by
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`filing this document through the End-to-End System, as well as via electronic mail
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`to counsel of record for Petitioner at the following addresses:
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`K. Patrick Herman (P52PTABDocket@orrick.com)
`Alyssa Caridis (A8CPTABDocket@orrick.com)
`Clem Roberts (croberts@orrick.com)
`Robert L. Uriarte (ruriarte@orrick.com)
`Li Shen (lshen@orrick.com)
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: //Todd E. Landis//
`Todd E. Landis
`Registration No. 44,200
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Estech Systems, Inc.
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