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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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`VALVE CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`IMMERSION CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
`_____________
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`Case No. IPR2024-00556
`Patent No. 8,749,507
`_____________
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`DECLARATION OF NATHAN R. SPEED IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`Valve Exhibit 1081
`Valve v. Immersion
`IPR2024-00556
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`I, Nathan R. Speed, declare:
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`1.
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`I am a Shareholder at the law firm Wolf, Greenfield and Sacks, P.C.,
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`practicing in the Intellectual Property Litigation Group. I have been a patent litigator
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`at Wolf Greenfield since I joined the firm in 2012. Prior to that, I was a patent
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`litigator at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale & Dorr from September 2007 to October
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`2009 and again from October 2010 to May 2012. Between October 2009 and
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`October 2010, I served as a law clerk for the Honorable Arthur J. Gajarsa of the
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`2.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the Commonwealth of
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`Massachusetts, and am admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court for the
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`District of Massachusetts, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and
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`several other U.S. district courts pro hac vice.
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`3.
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`I have never been suspended, disbarred, sanctioned, or cited for
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`contempt by any court or administrative body.
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`4.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my application for
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`admission to practice.
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`5.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`6.
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`I agree to be subject to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s Rules
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`of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`7.
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`In the past three years, I have applied to appear pro hac vice in the
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`following proceedings before the Office: IPR2020-00849, IPR2020-00850,
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`IPR2020-00851, IPR2020-01013, IPR2020-01404, IPR2020-01555, IPR2020-
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`01426,
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`IPR2021-00154,
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`IPR2021-00155,
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`IPR2021-00164,
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`IPR2021-00165,
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`IPR2021-00178, IPR2021-00179, IPR2021-00297, IPR2021-00612, IPR2021-
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`00680,
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`IPR2023-00468,
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`IPR2023-00470,
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`IPR2024-00214,
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`IPR2024-00215,
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`IPR2024-00477, and IPR2024-00478. Contemporaneous with my application for
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`pro hac vice admission in this matter, I am also applying for pro hac vice admission
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`in IPR2024-00557.
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`8.
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`In the process of advising Petitioner Valve Corporation on this
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`proceeding, I have become familiar with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. In particular, I have studied in detail the petition, expert declaration,
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`and prior art references submitted in this proceeding.
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`9.
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`Through my years of patent litigation experience, I am familiar with the
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`legal theories advanced in this proceeding, including obviousness.
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`10.
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`I have engaged (and will continue to engage) in strategic and
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`substantive discussions regarding this proceeding with Richard F. Giunta, who is
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`Lead Counsel for Petitioner in this proceeding.
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`I declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true, that
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`all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and that these
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`statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like
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`are punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the
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`U.S. Code.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
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`Dated: June 5, 2024
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Nathan R. Speed /
`Nathan R. Speed
`Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
`600 Atlantic Avenue
`Boston, MA 02210-2206
`617.646.8000
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