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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: IPR2021-00686
`U.S. PATENT NO. 10,491,982
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`PATENT OWNER’S UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
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`IPR2021-00686
`Patent Owner Mandatory Notices
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`Patent Owner, Koss Corporation, submits the following updates to its
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`Mandatory Notices.
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`REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
`No change.
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`II. RELATED MATTERS
`A. District Court Litigation
`U.S. Patent No. 10,491,982 (“the ’982 Patent”) is currently involved in the
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`following lawsuits:
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` Koss Corporation v. PEAG LLC d/b/a JLab Audio, Case No. 6:20-cv-00662
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`(W.D. Tex.);
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` Koss Corporation v. Skullcandy, Inc., Case No. 6:20-cv-00664 (W.D. Tex.);
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` Koss Corporation v. Apple Inc., Case No. 6-20-cv-00665 (W.D. Tex.); and
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` Apple Inc. v. Koss Corporation, Case No. 4:20-cv-05504 (N.D. Cal.); and
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` Koss Corporation v. Skullcandy, Inc., Case No. 2-21-cv-00203 (D. Utah).
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`No change.
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`Patent Office
`No change.
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`III. LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL
`No change.
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
`No change.
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`Dated: April 9, 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 April 9, 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
`Roberto Devoto
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Email: IPR50095-0019IP2@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
`mark.knedeisen@klgates.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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