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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ROKU, INC. and VIZIO, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`____________________
`Case IPR2021-01406
`U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941
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`PETITIONER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR
`ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY
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`Mail Stop "PATENT BOARD"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Case IPR2021-01406
`U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941
`TABLE OF CONTENTS
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`I.
`II.
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`B.
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`C.
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`STATEMENT OF THE FACTS .................................................................... 1
`THE PARTIES HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT FOR PATENT
`OWNER TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS BUT REQUIRE
`ACTION FROM THE BOARD. .................................................................... 2
`III. THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE SUPPORT GRANTING ADDITIONAL
`DISCOVERY. ................................................................................................ 2
`A. Garmin Factor 1: The requested discovery is based on more
`than a mere possibility of finding something useful. ............................ 4
`Garmin Factor 2: The requested discovery does not seek
`Ancora’s litigation positions or the basis for those positions. .............. 4
`Garmin Factor 3: The information cannot reasonably be
`generated without the discovery request. .............................................. 4
`D. Garmin Factor 4: The requested discovery
`is easily
`understandable. ...................................................................................... 5
`Garmin Factor 5: The requested discovery is not overly
`burdensome for Patent Owner to answer. ............................................. 5
`IV. CONCLUSION ............................................................................................... 5
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`E.
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`PETITIONER’S UPDATED EXHIBIT LIST
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`Description
`U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941 to Mullor et al. (“’941 Patent”)
`Image File Wrapper of U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941 (“’941 Patent
`File History”)
`Declaration of Andrew Wolfe, Ph.D. (“Wolfe Decl.”)
`U.S. Patent No. 4,658,093 (“Hellman”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,892,906 (“Chou”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,933,498 (“Schneck”)
`Scheduling Order, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. TCT Mobile (US),
`Inc., No. 8:19-cv-2192 (C.D. Cal. Mar. 17, 2020) (ECF No.
`34)
`In re: Coronavirus Public Emergency, Order Concerning
`Phased Reopening of the Court, General Order No. 20-09,
`United States District Court for the Central District of
`California, Aug. 6, 2020
`Civil Docket, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Sony Mobile Commc’ns
`AB, No. 1:19-cv-01703 (D. Del.)
`Civil Docket, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Lenovo Grp. Ltd., No.
`1:19-cv-01712 (D. Del.)
`Claim Construction Order, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Apple Inc., No.
`4:11-cv-06357 (N.D. Cal. Dec. 31, 2012) (ECF No. 107)
`Final Claim Constructions of the Court, Ancora Techs., Inc. v.
`LG Elecs., Inc., No. 1:20-cv-00034 (W.D. Tex. June 2, 2020)
`(ECF No. 69)
`Supplemental Claim Construction Order, Ancora Techs., Inc. v.
`LG Elecs., Inc., No. 1:20-cv-00034 (W.D. Tex. Aug. 19, 2020)
`(ECF No. 93)
`Joint Claim Construction and Prehearing Statement, Ancora
`Techs., Inc. v. TCT Mobile (US), Inc., No. 8:19-cv-2192 (C.D.
`Cal. July 17, 2020) (ECF No. 49)
`European Patent Application No. EP 0766165A2 (“’165
`Application”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,724,425 (“’425 Patent”)
`U.S. Patent No. 6,138,236 (“’236 Patent”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,802,592 (“’592 Patent”)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,835,594 (“’594 Patent”)
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`Exhibit No.
`1001
`1002
`1003
`1004
`1005
`1006
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`1007
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`1008
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`1009
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`1010
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`1011
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`1012
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`1013
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`1014
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`1015
`1016
`1017
`1018
`1019
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`Description
`Telephonic Markman Hearing, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. TCT
`Mobile (US), Inc., et al., No. 8:19-cv-2192 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 15,
`2020) (ECF No. 60)
`Telephonic Markman Hearing, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. TCT
`Mobile (US), Inc., et al., No. 8:19-cv-2192 (C.D. Cal. Oct. 15,
`2020) (ECF No. 69)
`Complaint, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. TCL Corp., et al., No. 4:19-cv-
`00624 (E.D. Tex. Aug. 27, 2019) (ECF No. 1)
`U.S. Patent No. 5,734,819 (“Lewis”)
`File Wrapper of Ex Parte Reexamination of U.S. Patent No.
`6,411,941, Control No. 90/010,560 (“’560 Reexam File
`Wrapper”)
`Order Re: Joint Stipulation Re Stay Pending Inter Partes
`Review, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Vizio, Inc., No. 2:21-cv-08534
`(C.D. Cal.) (ECF No. 78)
`Order Granting Joint Motion to Stay Pending Inter Partes
`Review, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Roku, Inc., No. 6:21-cv-00737
`(W.D. Tex.) (ECF No. 33)
`Order Granting Joint Motion to Stay Pending Inter Partes
`Review, Ancora Techs., Inc. v. Nintendo Co., Ltd., et al., No.
`6:21-cv-00738 (W.D. Tex.) (ECF No. 46)
`Board Email Authorizing Motion For Additional Discovery, May
`27, 2022
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`Exhibit No.
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`1020
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`1021
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`1022
`1023
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`1024
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`1025
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`1026
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`1027
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`Roku, Inc. and Vizio, Inc. (“Petitioner”) seek production of all unproduced
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`licenses or settlement agreements involving the challenged ’941 patent, including
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`at least the additional unproduced licenses that were explicitly cited by Patent
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`Owner and its declarant in its papers. Patent Owner has alleged that it has not
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`produced all of its agreements involving the ’941 patent because of confidentiality
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`provisions associated with those agreements. But in a meet-and-confer preceding
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`this motion, Patent Owner said it would not oppose this motion requesting an order
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`requiring it to produce its additional ’941 patent licenses as long as they are subject
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`to the proposed protective order (EX2038). Consistent with this agreement
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`between Petitioner and Patent Owner, Petitioner submits this targeted additional
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`discovery request under 37 C.F.R. § 42.51(b)(2), which the Board authorized by
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`email dated May 25, 2022. EX1028. As shown below, the motion satisfies all five
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`“Garmin factors” set forth in Garmin Int’l Inc. v. Cuozzo Speed Techs. LLC,
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`IPR2012-00001, Paper No. 26, at 6–7 (P.T.A.B. Mar. 5, 2013) (precedential).
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`I.
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`STATEMENT OF THE FACTS
`In its POR, Patent Owner argues that objective evidence in the form of
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`certain licenses for the challenged ’941 patent support its non-obviousness
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`arguments. POR, 66-70. In support, Patent Owner selectively produced three
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`licenses under the Protective Order. See EX2029, EX2031, EX2032 (all designated
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`as Confidential and produced under proposed protective order EX2038).
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`In addition to these produced licenses, Patent Owner also references certain
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`additional unproduced licenses in its POR. See POR [Confidential], 69-70.
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`Moreover, Patent Owner’s declarant explicitly confirmed the existence of
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`additional licenses other than those produced so far. See EX2030 (Confidential),
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`¶7.
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`During a meet-and-confer on May 25, Patent Owner represented that
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`confidentiality provisions of certain license agreements prevent it from producing
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`the additional licenses absent an order from an official tribunal. EX1028.
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`II. THE PARTIES HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT FOR PATENT
`OWNER TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS BUT
`REQUIRE ACTION FROM THE BOARD.
`Patent Owner has agreed not to oppose this motion as long as the requested
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`documents will be subject to the proposed protective order (EX2038), and will
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`produce the requested licenses upon entry of an order from the Board in this
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`proceeding. EX1028. The Board’s grant of this motion is therefore merely a
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`condition to the parties’ agreement. This alone should be sufficient for the Board to
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`grant the motion. 37 C.F.R. § 41.51(b)(2)(i) (“The parties may agree to additional
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`discovery between themselves”).
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`III. THE INTERESTS OF JUSTICE SUPPORT GRANTING
`ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY.
`The Garmin factors also support granting this motion.
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`As Patent Owner has itself confirmed, the three licenses produced by Patent
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`Owner do not represent the full universe of licenses or settlement agreements
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`involving the ’941 patent. Patent Owner characterizes these additional unproduced
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`licenses, along with the already produced licenses, as “confirm[ing] the value of
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`the ’941 patent.” POR [Confidential], 70. In support, Patent Owner’s declarant
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`further stated the total amount of licensing revenue from both the produced and
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`unproduced licenses. EX2030 [Confidential], ¶7.
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`Without additional discovery, Patent Owner’s unverified statements would
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`be the final word on this issue. Petitioner would be unable to evaluate or rebut
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`Patent Owner’s characterizations. Any unproduced licenses, or settlement
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`agreements involving the ’941 patent that did not result in a license, are necessary
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`for Petitioner to fully evaluate Patent Owner’s objective-indicia arguments. Justice
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`is not served by allowing Patent Owner to selectively produce evidence that
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`allegedly supports patentability, but withhold potentially conflicting evidence of
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`the same character. This is especially true where the Patent Owner is undoubtedly
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`in possession of the withheld evidence. Accordingly, discovery of any unproduced
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`licenses (or settlement agreements that did not result in a license) is necessary to
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`permit Petitioner fully develop its rebuttal to Patent Owner’s objective-indicia
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`arguments.
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`All five Garmin factors weigh in favor of granting this additional discovery.
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`A. Garmin Factor 1: The requested discovery is based on more than
`a mere possibility of finding something useful.
`The requested discovery is limited to any unproduced licenses or settlement
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`agreements involving the challenged ’941 patent, including at least the additional
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`licenses specifically identified by Patent Owner’s declarant. Additional
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`unproduced licenses exist and Patent Owner currently possesses them. Their
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`production would be useful to complete the record for this proceeding and permit
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`Petitioner the opportunity to fully respond to Patent Owner’s objective evidence
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`arguments. Petitioner cannot adequately rebut Patent Owner’s arguments without
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`reviewing all license agreements involving the ’941 patent.
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`B. Garmin Factor 2: The requested discovery does not seek Ancora’s
`litigation positions or the basis for those positions.
`The requested documents contain factual evidence related to Patent Owner’s
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`claim that objective indicia of non-obviousness support its patentability arguments.
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`The documents are not believed to include Patent Owner’s litigation positions (or
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`the basis for such positions).
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`C. Garmin Factor 3: The information cannot reasonably be
`generated without the discovery request.
`The requested documents are Patent Owner’s confidential documents and
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`Petitioner is not currently aware of a way to obtain them from any other source
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`without this discovery request. Moreover, the documents can be produced under
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`the current proposed protective order (not yet granted), which provides additional
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`confidentiality protections.
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`D. Garmin Factor 4: The requested discovery is easily
`understandable.
`The requested discovery is easily understandable because Patent Owner
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`itself has specifically identified at least some of the requested documents in
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`EX2030 and references them in the POR. The request for all unproduced licenses
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`or settlement agreements is clear on its face.
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`E. Garmin Factor 5: The requested discovery is not overly
`burdensome for Patent Owner to answer.
`The requested discovery is limited to specific documents either confirmed to
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`exist by Patent Owner, or very likely to exist. Patent Owner is already in
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`possession of the documents and has already produced related documents. Patent
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`Owner therefore has limited, if any, search or production burden responding to this
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`request. And the current proposed protective order, once granted, will be in place
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`to protect confidentiality of the agreements. Moreover, there should be no impact
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`on the timing of the IPR as long as the documents are timely produced.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner respectfully asks the Board to grant
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`Petitioner’s motion for additional discovery and that it order Patent Owner to
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`produce all unproduced licenses or settlement agreements involving the challenged
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`’941 patent, including at least the additional unproduced licenses that were
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`explicitly cited by Patent Owner and its declarant in its papers.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C
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`/Jon E. Wright/
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`Jon E. Wright, Reg. No. 50,720
`Attorney for Petitioner Roku, Inc.
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`Date: June 6, 2022
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
`The undersigned certifies that true and correct copies of the above-captioned
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`PETITIONER'S MOTION FOR ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY and Exhibit
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`1028 were served in their entireties on June 6, 2022 upon the following parties via
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`electronic mail:
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`David A. Gosse
`Nicholas T. Peters
`Karen J. Wang
`FITCH, EVEN, TABIN & FLANNERY LLP
`ancora-ipr@fitcheven.com
`dgosse@fitcheven.com
`ntpete@fitcheven.com
`kwang@fitcheven.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C
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` /Jon E. Wright/
`Jon E. Wright, Reg. No. 50,720
`Attorney for Petitioner Roku, Inc.
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`Date: June 6, 2022
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005-3934
`(202) 371-2600
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`18433239.1
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