throbber

`
`Paper No. __
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`_____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`_____________
`
`BOSE CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`KOSS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
`_____________
`
`Case No. IPR2021-00680
`Patent No. 10,469,934
`_____________
`
`PETITIONER’S FIRST UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`

`

`
`
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8, Petitioner hereby submits the following
`
`updates to its Mandatory Notices.
`
`I.
`
`REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
`[No Change.]
`
`Petitioner is the real parties-in-interest.
`
`II. RELATED MATTERS
`A decision in this proceeding could affect or be affected by the following:
`
`A. United States Patent & Trademark Office
`U.S. Patent No. 10,469,934 (“the ’934 patent”) is a continuation of U.S.
`
`Patent No. 10,368,155 (“the ’155 patent), which is a continuation of U.S. Patent
`
`No. 10,206,025 (“the ’025 patent”), which is a continuation of U.S. Patent No.
`
`9,986,325 (“the ’325 patent”), which is a continuation of U.S. Patent No.
`
`9,729,959 (“the ’959 patent”), which is a continuation of U.S. Patent No.
`
`9,497,535 (“the ’535 patent”), which is a continuation of U.S. Patent No.
`
`9,438,987 (“the ’987 patent”), which is a continuation of U.S. Patent No.
`
`9,049,502 (“the ’502 patent”), which is a continuation of U.S. Patent No.
`
`8,571,544 (“the ’544 patent”), which is a continuation of U.S. Patent No.
`
`8,190,203 (“the ’203 patent”).
`
`The following U.S. patents and patent applications claim the benefit of the
`
`filing date of the ’934 patent:
`
`1
`
`

`

`
`
`U.S. Patent Nos. 10,491,982; 10,506,325; 10,848,850; 10,827,251;
`
`10,848,851; 10,848,852; 10,757,498; 10,959,012, and 10,959,011.
`
`U.S. Patent Application No. 17/178,946.
`
`B. United States Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`(i) Bose Corporation v. Koss Corporation, Case Nos. IPR2021-00297,
`
`IPR2021-00612; (ii) Apple Inc. v. Koss Corporation, Case Nos., IPR2021-00381,
`
`IPR2021-00546; IPR2021-00592; IPR2021-00693.
`
`C. U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
`(i) Koss Corp. v. Bose Corporation, Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00661; (ii)
`
`Koss Corp. v. Plantronics, Inc., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00663 (transferred to the
`
`U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on May 20, 2021); (iii)
`
`Koss Corp. v. Skullcandy, Inc., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00664 (dismissed on
`
`March 31, 2021); (iv) Koss Corp. v. Apple Inc., Civil Action No. 6:20-cv-00665
`
`(v) Apple Inc. v. Koss Corporation, Civil Action No. 6:21-cv-00495.
`
`D. U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts
`(i) Bose Corporation v. Koss Corporation, Civil Action No. 1:20-cv-12193.
`
`E. U.S. District Court for the District of Utah
`(i) Koss Corp. v. Skullcandy, Inc., Civil Action No. 2:21-cv-00203.
`
`F. U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California
`(i) Apple Inc. v. Koss Corporation, Civil Action No. 4:20-cv-05504
`
`(transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas on May 12,
`
`2
`
`

`

`
`
`2021); (ii) KOSS Corporation v. Plantronics, Inc., et. al., Civil Action No. 3:21-
`
`cv-03854.
`
`III. LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL
`[No Change.]
`
`Lead Counsel:
`
`Backup Counsel:
`
`Backup Counsel:
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Michael N. Rader, Reg. No. 52,146
`
`Gregory S. Nieberg, Reg. No. 57,063
`
`Nathan R. Speed (pending admission pro hac vice)
`
`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
`[No Change.]
`
`Petitioner consents to electronic service of all documents to the below email
`
`addresses:
`
`Email:
`
`MRader-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
`GNieberg-PTAB@wolfgreenfield.com
`NSpeed@wolfgreenfield.com
`
`
`
`Postal Mail, Courier, or Hand Delivery:
`WOLF GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`600 Atlantic Avenue
`Boston, MA 02210
`Tel: (617) 646-8000
`Fax: (617) 646-8646
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`3
`
`

`

`
`
`V.
`
`POWER OF ATTORNEY
`[No Change.]
`
`All above-designated counsel were appointed in Petitioner’s Power of
`
`Attorney (Paper No. 1).
`
`
`
`
`Date: May 26, 2021
`
`
`
`Respectfully submitted,
`Bose Corporation
`
`/Michael N. Rader/
`Michael N. Rader, Reg. No. 52,146
`Gregory S. Nieberg, Reg. No. 57,063
`WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`600 Atlantic Avenue
`Boston, MA 02210
`(617) 646-8000 Phone
`(617) 646-8646 Fax
`
`4
`
`

`

`
`
`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.6 (E)(4)
`I certify that on May 26, 2021, I will cause a copy of the foregoing
`
`document, including any exhibits filed therewith, to be served via electronic mail,
`
`as previously consented to by Patent Owner, upon the following:
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
`ragae.ghabrial@klgates.com
`michelle.weaver@klgates.com
`
`/MacAulay Rush/
`MacAulay Rush
`Paralegal
`WOLF, GREENFIELD & SACKS, P.C.
`
`Mark G. Knedeisen
`Ragae M. Ghabrial
`Michelle Weaver
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Date: May 26, 2021
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`

This document is available on Docket Alarm but you must sign up to view it.


Or .

Accessing this document will incur an additional charge of $.

After purchase, you can access this document again without charge.

Accept $ Charge
throbber

Still Working On It

This document is taking longer than usual to download. This can happen if we need to contact the court directly to obtain the document and their servers are running slowly.

Give it another minute or two to complete, and then try the refresh button.

throbber

A few More Minutes ... Still Working

It can take up to 5 minutes for us to download a document if the court servers are running slowly.

Thank you for your continued patience.

This document could not be displayed.

We could not find this document within its docket. Please go back to the docket page and check the link. If that does not work, go back to the docket and refresh it to pull the newest information.

Your account does not support viewing this document.

You need a Paid Account to view this document. Click here to change your account type.

Your account does not support viewing this document.

Set your membership status to view this document.

With a Docket Alarm membership, you'll get a whole lot more, including:

  • Up-to-date information for this case.
  • Email alerts whenever there is an update.
  • Full text search for other cases.
  • Get email alerts whenever a new case matches your search.

Become a Member

One Moment Please

The filing “” is large (MB) and is being downloaded.

Please refresh this page in a few minutes to see if the filing has been downloaded. The filing will also be emailed to you when the download completes.

Your document is on its way!

If you do not receive the document in five minutes, contact support at support@docketalarm.com.

Sealed Document

We are unable to display this document, it may be under a court ordered seal.

If you have proper credentials to access the file, you may proceed directly to the court's system using your government issued username and password.


Access Government Site

We are redirecting you
to a mobile optimized page.





Document Unreadable or Corrupt

Refresh this Document
Go to the Docket

We are unable to display this document.

Refresh this Document
Go to the Docket