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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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`CHANEL, INC.,
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`Case IPR2022-00545
`Patent 9,689,161
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`Filed: February 25, 2022
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`PATENT OWNER’S MANDATORY NOTICE INFORMATION
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(a)(2), Patent Owner Molo Design, Ltd. (“Patent
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`Owner”) hereby provides the following mandatory notices. These notices are being
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`timely filed within 21 days of service of the petition.
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`REAL PARTY-IN-INTEREST
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`The real party-in-interest is Molo Design, Ltd., which is the sole owner of
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`U.S. Patent No. 9,689,161 (“the ’161 Patent”). Molo Design, Ltd. is a Canadian
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`limited liability company with its principal place of business at 1470 Venables
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`Street, Vancouver BC V5L2G7.
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`II. RELATED MATTERS
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`The ’161 Patent has been asserted against the petitioner Chanel, Inc. in the
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`following co-pending litigation: Molo Design Ltd. v. Chanel, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-
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`01578 (S.D.N.Y). Molo’s complaint in the litigation was filed on February 22,
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`2021.
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`III. LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL
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`Patent Owner identifies the below named Lead Counsel and Back-Up
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`Counsel.
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`Lead Counsel:
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`Jared D. Schuettenhelm
`Registration No. 59,539
`Bracewell LLP
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6200
`Seattle, WA 98104-7018
`(206) 204-6200 (t)
`(800) 404-3970 (f)
`jared.schuettenhelm@bracewell.com
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`Backup Counsel:
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`Michael Chibib
`Registration No. 40,950
`Bracewell LLP
`111 Congress Avenue, Suite 2300
`Austin, TX 78701
`(512) 472-7800 (t)
`(800) 404-3970 (f)
`michael.chibib@bracewell.com
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`Patrick J. Connolly
`Registration No. 69,570
`Bracewell LLP
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6200
`Seattle, WA 98104-7018
`(206) 204-6200 (t)
`(800) 404-3970 (f)
`patrick.connolly@bracewell.com
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`IV. SERVICE INFORMATION
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`Patent Owner consents to electronic service of documents to the email
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`addresses of the counsel identified below:
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`Lead Counsel
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`Jared D. Schuettenhelm
`Registration No. 59,539
`Bracewell LLP
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6200
`Seattle, WA 98104-7018
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`(800) 404-3970 (f)
`jared.schuettenhelm@bracewell.com
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`POWER OF ATTORNEY
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`Backup Counsel
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`Michael Chibib
`Registration No. 40,950
`Bracewell LLP
`111 Congress Avenue, Suite 2300
`Austin, TX 78701
`(512) 472-7800 (t)
`(800) 404-3970 (f)
`michael.chibib@bracewell.com
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`Patrick J. Connolly
`Registration No. 69,570
`Bracewell LLP
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6200
`Seattle, WA 98104-7018
`(206) 204-6200 (t)
`(800) 404-3970 (f)
`patrick.connolly@bracewell.com
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`A Power of Attorney naming the above lead and backup counsel as attorneys
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`of record is filed concurrently herewith.
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`VI. PATENT OWNER PRELIMINARY RESPONSE
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`Patent Owner reserves the right to file a preliminary response at a later date.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`Dated: February 25, 2022
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`By:
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`/s/ Jared D. Schuettenhelm
`Jared D. Schuettenhelm
`Registration No. 59,539
`Bracewell LLP
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6200
`Seattle, WA 98104-7018
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`jared.schuettenhelm@bracewell.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT
`OWNER MANDATORY NOTICE INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. §
`42.8(a)(2) was served on counsel of record for petitioner on February 25, 2022 by
`delivering a copy via electronic mail to the following counsel of record:
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`Gina Cornelio (lead counsel)
`Registration No. 64,336
`DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
`1400 Wewatta Street, Suite 400
`Denver, CO 80202
`Telephone: (303) 629-3400
`Fax: (303) 629-3450
`cornelio.gina@dorsey.com
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`Mark A. Miller
`Registration No. 44,944
`DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
`111 South Main Street, Suite
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`84111-2176
`Tel: (801) 933-4068
`Fax: (801) 933-7373
`miller.mark@dorsey.com
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`Shannon L. Bjorklund (pro hac vice to
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`DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
`50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`Tel: (612) 340-2600
`Fax: (612) 677-3086
`bjorklund.shannon@dorsey.com
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`Geoffrey M. Godfrey (pro hac vice to
`be filed)
`DORSEY & WHITNEY LLP
`Columbia Center
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6100
`Seattle, WA 98104
`Tel: (206) 903-8800
`Fax: (206) 299-3849
`godfrey.geoff@dorsey.com
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`Dated: February 25, 2022
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`/s/ Jared D. Schuettenhelm
`Jared D. Schuettenhelm
`Registration No. 59,539
`Bracewell LLP
`701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 6200
`Seattle, WA 98104-7018
`(206) 204-6200 (t)
`(800) 404-3970 (f)
`jared.schuettenhelm@bracewell.com
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`By:
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