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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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`FITBIT, INC. and WAHOO FITNESS LLC,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`BLACKBIRD TECH LLC d/b/a BLACKBIRD TECHNOLOGIES,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-020121
`Patent 6,434,212
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`PATENT OWNER’S REQUEST FOR ORAL ARGUMENT
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` Wahoo Fitness LLC, which filed a petition in IPR2018-00275, has been joined as
`a petitioner in this proceeding.
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`IPR2017-02012 – Patent Owner's Request for Oral Argument
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70 and the Scheduling Order dated March 12,
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`2018 (Paper 9), Patent Owner Blackbird Tech LLC d/b/a Blackbird Technologies
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`requests oral argument on the issues raised in (1) the Petition, (2) Patent Owner’s
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`Preliminary Response, and Sur-Reply to the Petition (if permission to file granted),
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`(3) Petitioners’ Reply to Patent Owner’s Response, and (4) all other issues raised
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`by the parties prior to the scheduled oral hearing.
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`Patent Owner respectfully requests that equal amounts of argument time be
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`allocated to Petitioners and Patent Owner, and respectfully proposes forty-five
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`minutes per side of argument time in this proceeding.
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`Dated: October 11, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /s/ Walter D. Davis, Jr.
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`Walter D. Davis, Jr. (Reg. No. 45,137)
`Aldo Noto (Reg. No. 35,628)
`Wayne M. Helge (Reg. No. 56,905)
`DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON &
`GOWDEY, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: 571-765-7700
`Fax: 571-765-7200
`Email: wdavis@dbjg.com
`Email: anoto@dbjg.com
`Email: whelge@dbjg.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that on October 11, 2018, a true and correct copy
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`of the foregoing Patent Owner’s Request for Oral Argument is being served
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`electronically to the Petitioners at the correspondence email addresses of record as
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`follows:
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`Harper Batts (Reg. No. 56,160)
`Chris Ponder (Reg. No. 77,167)
`Sheppard, Mullin,
`Richter & Hampton LLP
`379 Lytton Avenue
`Palo Alto, CA, 94301
`hbatts@sheppardmullin.com
`cponder@sheppardmullin.com
`LegalTM-Fitbit-BB-
`IPRs@sheppardmullin.com
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`Matthew L. Cutler (Reg. No. 43,574)
`Douglas A. Robinson (Reg. No. 59,703)
`Harness, Dickey & Pierce PLC
`7700 Bonhomme Ave., Suite 400
`St. Louis, MO 63105
`mcutler@hdp.com
`drobinson@hdp.com
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`By: /s/ Walter D. Davis, Jr.
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`Walter D. Davis, Jr.
`USPTO Reg. No. 45,137
` DAVIDSON BERQUIST JACKSON &
`GOWDEY, LLP
`8300 Greensboro Drive, Suite 500
`McLean, VA 22102
`Telephone: 571-765-7700
`Fax: 571-765-7200
`Email: wdavis@dbjg.com
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` Counsel for Patent Owner
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