`2000 University Avenue
`East Palo Alto, California 94303-2250
`www.dlapiper.com
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`Erik R. Fuehrer
`Erik.Fuehrer@dlapiper.com
`T 650.833.2045
`F 650.687.1243
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`November 23, 2021
`ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE
`VIA E-MAIL BRIAN.MICHALEK@SAUL.COM
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`Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr LLP
`Brian R. Michalek
`161 N. Clark St., Suite 4200
`Chicago, IL 60601
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`Re:
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`BillJCo, LLC v. Apple Inc.,
`Case No. 6:21-cv-00528 (W.D. Tex.)
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`Dear Counsel:
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`On behalf of Defendant Apple Inc. (“Defendant”) in the above-referenced case (“the Litigation”),
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`we write regarding a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) that Defendant intends to file with the Patent
`Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) to address claims 1, 5, 13, 20, 21, 29, 30, 34, 42, and 49 of U.S. Patent
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`No. 8,639,267 (the “Petition”) on November 23, 2021.
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`We write to inform you that Defendant, as real party-in-interest (“RPI”) in the Petition, hereby
`stipulates that in the event the PTAB institutes an IPR based on the Petition, Defendant will not seek
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`resolution in the Litigation of any ground of invalidity pursued in the instituted Petition.
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`By so stipulating, Defendant seeks to avoid multiple proceedings addressing the validity of claims
`1, 5, 13, 20, 21, 29, 30, 34, 42, and 49 of U.S. Patent No. 8,639,267 based on the instituted grounds in
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`the Petition. Defendant requests that the patentability of these claims over the grounds presented in the
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`Petition to be addressed at the PTAB. For the sake of clarity and to avoid any doubt, if the PTAB declines
`to institute an IPR based on the Petition, Defendant reserves the right to pursue the non-instituted
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`grounds from the denied Petition in this litigation. Additionally, even in the event of institution, Defendant
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`reserves their right in the Litigation to rely on any prior art and prior art combinations other than the
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`instituted grounds in the Petition.
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`Best regards,
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`Erik R. Fuehrer
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`ERF:
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