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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
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`Civil Action No. 6:21-cv-00735-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`v.
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`GOOGLE, LLC,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendant.
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`DECLARATION OF STEVEN SEIGEL IN SUPPORT OF ANCORA TECHNOLOGIES,
`INC.’S OPPOSITION TO GOOGLE LLC’S MOTION TO STAY
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`I, Steven Seigel, declare under penalty of perjury that the following is true and correct:
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`I am over the age of twenty-one (21) years and am an associate in the firm of Susman
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`Godfrey LLP. I am counsel of record for Plaintiff Ancora Technologies, Inc., in the above-captioned
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`litigation. I submit this declaration in support of Ancora’s Opposition to Defendant Google, LLC’s
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`Motion to Stay Pending Ex Parte Reexamination.
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`I am competent to testify as to the matters stated herein, have personal knowledge of
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`the facts and statements in this declaration, and each of the facts and statements is true and correct.
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`3.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a true and correct copy of the Decision of the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board Denying Institution of Covered Business Method Patent Review on
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`December 1, 2017.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 2 is a true and correct copy of the Decision of the Patent
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`Trial and Appeal Board Denying Institution of Inter Partes Review and Denying Motion for Joinder
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`on June 10, 2021.
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`Case 6:21-cv-00735-ADA Document 29-1 Filed 12/30/21 Page 2 of 3
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`5.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 3 is a true and correct copy of HTC’s Request for Ex Parte
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`Reexamination transmitted on September 21, 2021.
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`6.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 4 is a true and correct copy of the Decision Granting Ex
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`Parte Reexamination of U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941.
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`7.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 5 is a true and correct copy of the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office’s Ex Parte Reexamination Filing Data as of September 30, 2020.
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`8.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 6 is a true and correct copy of the Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941 filed by petitioners Nintendo Co., Ltd., and Nintendo of
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`America Inc. on August 10, 2021.
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`9.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 7 is a true and correct copy of Petition for Inter Partes
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`Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,411,941 filed by petitioners Roku, Inc., and VIZIO, Inc., on August 24,
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`2021.
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`10.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 8 is a true and correct copy of Patent Owner’s Preliminary
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`Response to Petition for Inter Partes Review Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.107 filed on November 18, 2021.
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`11.
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`Attached hereto as Exhibit 9 is a true and correct copy of Patent Owner’s Preliminary
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`Response to Petition for Inter Partes Review Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.107 filed on December 17, 2021.
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`Dated: December 30, 2021
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Steven M. Seigel
`Andres Healy (WA 45578)
`Steven M. Seigel (admitted pro hac vice)
`SUSMAN GODFREY LLP
`1201 Third Avenue, Suite 3800
`Seattle, Washington 98101
`Tel: (206) 516-3880
`Fax: 206-516-3883
`ahealy@susmangodfrey.com
`sseigel@susmangodfrey.com
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`Case 6:21-cv-00735-ADA Document 29-1 Filed 12/30/21 Page 3 of 3
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`Lexie G. White (TX 24048876)
`SUSMAN GODFREY LLP
`1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 5100
`Houston, Texas 77002
`Tel: (713) 651-9366
`Fax: (713) 654-6666
`lwhite@susmangodfrey.com
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`Charles Ainsworth (TX 00783521)
`Robert Christopher Bunt (TX 00787165)
`PARKER, BUNT & AINSWORTH, P.C.
`100 E. Ferguson, Suite 418
`Tyler, TX 75702
`Tel: (903) 531-3535
`charley@pbatyler.com
`rcbunt@pbatyler.com
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`COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF ANCORA
`TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
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