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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CLOUDFLARE, INC. AND SONICWALL INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SABLE NETWORKS, INC.,
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2021-00909
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`Patent 8,243,593
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`DECLARATION OF DANIEL P. HIPSKIND
`IN SUPPORT OF PATENT OWNER’S
`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`OF DANIEL P. HIPSKIND
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`I, Daniel P. Hipskind, declare as follows:
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`1.
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`2.
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`I am an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of California.
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`I am a member in good standing in all jurisdictions where I have been
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`admitted to practice.
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`3.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`4.
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`I have never had an application denied for admission to practice
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`before any court or administrative body.
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`5.
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`I have never had any sanctions or contempt citations imposed upon
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`me by any court or administrative body.
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`6.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`7.
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`I agree to be subject to the U.S.P.T.O. Rules of Professional Conduct
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`set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37
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`C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`8.
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`9.
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`I am a partner at the law firm of Berger & Hipskind LLP.
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`I have practiced law in California since 2009, and part of my practice
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`has consisted of patent litigation and other patent related matters such as PTAB
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`litigations. A noncomprehensive list of representative patent litigations where I
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`have been actively involved as patent litigation counsel include:
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`• Sable Networks, Inc., et al. v. Cloudflare, Inc., No. 6:21-cv-00261-
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`ADA (W.D. Tex.).
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`• Sable Networks, Inc., et al. v. Splunk Inc., et al., No. 5:21-cv-00040-
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`RWS (E.D. Tex.).
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`• Castlemorton Wireless, LLC v. Arista Networks, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-
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`00482-ADA (W.D. Tex.).
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`• Castlemorton Wireless, LLC v. Juniper Networks, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-
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`00557-ADA (W.D. Tex).
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`• Sable Networks, Inc., et al. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 6:20-cv-00288-
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`ADA (W.D. Tex.).
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`• Dynamic Data Technologies, LLC v. Intel Corporation, No. 1:18-cv-
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`01977 (D. Del.).
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`• Dynamic Data Technologies, LLC v. Dell Inc., No. 1:18-cv-10454
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`(S.D.N.Y.).
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`• DIFF Scale Operation Research, LLC v. Huawei Technologies Co.,
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`Ltd., No. 2:18-cv-00062-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.).
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`• DIFF Scale Operation Research, LLC v. Maxim Integrated Products,
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`Inc., No. 3:18-cv-00611 (N.D. Tex.).
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`• DIFF Scale Operation Research, LLC v. Extreme Networks, Inc., No.
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`1:18-cv-02324 (S.D.N.Y.).
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`• University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Citrix Systems, Inc.,
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`No. 3:17-cv-00894 (M.D. Tenn.).
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`• University of Tennessee Research Foundation v. Microsoft
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`Corporation, No. 3:17-cv-00184 (E.D. Tenn.).
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`• Marking Object Virtualization Intelligence, LLC v. Hitachi Ltd., No.
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`2:16-cv-01055-JRG (E.D. Tex.).
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`10. My experience in post-grant patent proceedings includes drafting
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`patent owner responses and taking depositions. Representative matters where I am
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`or was actively involved include:
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`Yahoo! Inc. v. CreateAds LLC (IPR2014-00200).
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`• Crestron Electronics, Inc. v. Vesper Technology Research, LLC
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`(IPR2017-00497).
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`• Valens Semiconductor v. Vesper Technology Research, LLC
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`(IPR2017-00865).
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`• Unified Patents Inc. v. Dynamic Data Technologies, LLC (IPR2019-
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`01085).
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`• Arista Networks, Inc., et al. v. Castlemorton Wireless, LLC (IPR2020-
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`00986).
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`• Cloudflare, Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc., (IPR2021-00909).
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`• Cloudflare, Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc., (IPR2021-00969).
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`• Cloudflare, Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc., (IPR2021-01005).
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`• Cloudflare, Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc., (IPR2021-01067).
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`Splunk Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc., (IPR2021-01469).
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`Splunk Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc., (IPR2021-01594).
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`Splunk Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc., (IPR2022-00003).
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`Splunk Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc., (IPR2022-00228).
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`11.
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`I have previously been admitted to appear, pro hac vice, in the
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`following matter before the U.S.P.T.O:
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`Yahoo! Inc. v. CreateAds LLC (IPR2014-00200).
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`12.
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`I am concurrently applying for pro hac vice admission in the
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`following matter before the U.S.P.T.O:
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`• Cloudflare, Inc. v. Sable Networks, Inc. (IPR2021-00969).
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`13. A motion requesting my pro hac vice admission was filed in Arista
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`Networks, Inc., et al. v. Castlemorton Wireless, LLC (IPR2020-00986). However,
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`that Inter Partes Review petition was terminated prior to the Board ruling on the
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`pro hac vice motion; the Board neither granted nor denied the request for my
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`admission pro hac vice.
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`14. Other than the matter identified in ¶¶ 11-13 supra, I have not applied
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`to appear pro hac vice in any other proceedings before the U.S.P.T.O. in the last
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`three years.
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