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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLEINC.,
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`BILLJCO LLC,
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`Patent Owner
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`CASE: IPR2022-00310
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`U.S. PATENT NO. 9,088,868
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`AFFIDAVIT OF COURTLAND C. MERRILL IN SUPPORT OF
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION UNDER37 C.F.R § 42.10 (c)
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`1.
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`I, Courtland C. Merrill, am more than twenty-one years of age, am competent
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`to present this affidavit, and have personal knowledgeofthe facts set forth herein.
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`Dd.
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`This affidavit is given in support of Patent Owner, BillJCo, LLC’s Motion for
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`Pro Hac Vice Admission.
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`I am an attorney at the law firm Saul Ewing Arnstein & Lehr, LLP.
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`I am an experiencedtrial attorney whose practice focuses exclusively on
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`business and intellectual property disputes. I have been an intellectual property
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`litigation attorney for nearly 20 years, and I have been litigating patent cases
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`involving a variety of technologies during that entire time period. I havelitigated
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`numerous patent disputes involving the legal concepts of both infringement and
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`validity, and I have significant experience in all aspects of litigation, including
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`depositions, claim construction proceedings and variousstagesoftrial.
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`5.
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`I am a memberof goodstanding of the Bars of: Minnesota, Wisconsin, the
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`United State District Court of the District of Minnesota, The United States District
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`Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, the United States Court of Appeals for
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`the Eighth Circuit, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have never been denied admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`8.
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`No court or administrative body has ever imposed sanctions or contempt
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`citations on me.
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`2)
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board’s Rule of Practice for Trials set for in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`10.
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`I understand that I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`Conductset forth in 37 C.F.R §§ 11.101 ef seg. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
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`37 C.F.R § 11.19(a).
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`11.
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`Ihave not applied to appearpro hac vice in any proceedingsbefore the Office
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`in the last three (3) years.
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`12.
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`I have an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. I have reviewedin detail U.S. Patent No. 9,088,868, whichis the patent
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`challenged in this proceeding. I have also reviewed relevant references discussed in
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`Petitioner’s Petition for Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 9,088,868.
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`13.
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`I have read and understand the pleadings submitted by both Petitioner and
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`Patent Owner in this proceeding.
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`I have engaged in strategic and substantive
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`discussionsregarding this proceeding with counsel for Patent Owner, BillJCo, LLC.
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`Through my nearly 20 years of patent litigation experience, I am very familiar with
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`the legal theories advancedin this case.
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`14.
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`Through my involvementin the representation ofPatent Owner, BillJCo, LLC
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`in pending district court litigation involving the ‘011 patent -United States District
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`Court for the Northern District of California BillJCo, LLC v. Apple, Inc., Case No.
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`5:22-cv-3201-YGR (previously pending in the Western District of Texas Civil
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`Action No.: 6:21-cv-00528-ADA); BillJCo, LLC v. Cisco Systems, Inc. No. 2:21-cv-
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`00181 (E.D. Tex.); and BillJCo, LLC v. Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, No.
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`2:21-cv-00182 (E.D. Tex.). I have established familiarity with the subject matter at
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`issue in this proceeding.
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` Date: August 11, 2022
`this {day offUsgeh 2022.
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`Sworn to and subscribed before me
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`My Commission Expires Jan 31, 2027
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