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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ACTIVISION BLIZZARD, INC. and RIOT GAMES, INC.
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`Petitioners
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`V.
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`GAME AND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD
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`Patent Owner
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`Patent No. 8,035,649
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`Filing Date: June 28, 2005
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`Issue Date: October 11, 2011
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`Title: METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR RENEWING SCREEN
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`Inter Partes Review No.: IPR2016-01880
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`UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`PO Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
`Submitted Electronically via the PTAB E2E System
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`As authorized by the PTAB and 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.8, 42.5(b), Petitioners
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`submit Updated Mandatory Notices whereby the Related Matters section has been
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`updated to correct the service date of Riot Games, Inc., which is incorrect as stated
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`in section III.A of the Original Petition.
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`UPDATED MANDATORY NOTICES
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`A. Related Matters under 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(2).
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`GAT filed complaints against Petitioners alleging infringement of the ‘649
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`Patent in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, on July 9,
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`2015. (GAT v. Blizzard, No. 2:15-cv-1257-RWS-RSP; GAT v. Riot, No. 2:15-cv-
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`1258-RWS-RSP.) Against Blizzard, GAT also alleged infringement of U.S. Patent
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`Nos. 7,682,243 (“the ‘243 Patent”) and 8,235,743 (“the ‘743 Patent”). Against
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`Riot, GAT also alleged infringement of the ‘743 Patent. Riot was served with a
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`Complaint asserting the ‘649 Patent on October 12, 2015. On July 9, 2015, GAT
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`filed further complaints alleging infringement of the ‘243 Patent against
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`Wargaming Group Ltd. (GAT v. Wargaming, No. 2:15-cv-1260), and the ‘743
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`Patent against Valve Corporation (GAT v. Valve, 2:15-cv-1259), both in the U.S.
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`District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Each of the Blizzard, Riot, Valve,
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`and Wargaming cases were consolidated for pretrial purposes in the Eastern
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`District of Texas. On August 5, 2016, the Court transferred the Blizzard, Riot, and
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`Wargaming cases to the Central District of California (GAT v. Riot, 2:16-cv-6486;
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`GAT v. Blizzard, 2:16-cv-6499; GAT v. Wargaming, 2:16-cv-6554). The Court
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`also transferred the Valve case to the Western District of Washington (GAT v.
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`Valve, 2:16-cv-1382). The Blizzard, Riot, and Wargaming cases are all currently
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`assigned to Judge Beverly O’Connell in the Central District of California.
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`In addition to the present Petition, Activision Blizzard, Inc. is filing a
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`petition for IPR on the ‘243 patent, and Petitioners are filing a petition for IPR on
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`the ‘743 patent. (Case numbers to be determined.)
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`Finally, U.S. Patent Application No. 14/731,006—a continuation of the
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`application that matured into the ‘649 patent—is also currently being prosecuted
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`before the USPTO.
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`Dated: December 20, 2016
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /John D. Garretson/
` John D. Garretson (Reg. No. 39,681)
` Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
`2555 Grand Blvd.
`Kansas City, MO 64108-2613
`jgarretson@shb.com
`Phone: (816) 474-6550
`Fax: (816) 421-5547
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`Tanya Chaney (Reg. No. 55,080)
`Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
`600 Travis St., Suite 3400
`Houston, TX 77002-2926
`tchaney@shb.com
`Phone: (713) 227-8008
`Fax: (713) 227-9508
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`Counsel for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the attached UPDATED
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`MANDATORY NOTICES in case IPR2016-01880 and this Certificate of Service
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`are being served on December 20, 2016, by electronic mail upon the following:
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`Correspondence Address:
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`gat@sughrue.com
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`William H. Mandir
`Reg. No. 32,156
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`wmandir@sughrue.com
`SUGHRUE MION PLLC
`2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20037
`Tel: (202) 293-7060
`Fax: (202) 293-7860
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`Peter S. Park
`Reg. No. 60,719
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`pspark@sughrue.com
`SUGHRUE MION PLLC
`2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20037
`Tel: (202) 857-3358
`Fax: (202) 293-7860
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`John M. Bird
`Reg. No. 46,027
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`jbird@sughrue.com
`SUGHRUE MION PLLC
`2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20037
`Tel: (202) 775-7584
`Fax: (202) 293-7860
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`Christopher J. Bezak
`Reg. No. 63,241
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`cbezak@sughrue.com
`SUGHRUE MION PLLC
`2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20037
`Tel: (202) 775-7596
`Fax: (202) 293-7860
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`Fadi N. Kiblawi
`Reg. No. 61,973
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`fkiblawi@sughrue.com
`SUGHRUE MION PLLC
`2100 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20037
`Tel: (202) 663-7386
`Fax: (202) 293-7860
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`Joseph Zito
`jzito@dnlzito.com
`Luiz Felipe Correa de Oliveira
`loliveira@dnlzito.com
`1250 Connecticut Ave. NW, Suite 200
`Washington D.C. 20036
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`Richard B. Vaught
`richard@rbvlawfirm.com
`111 West Saint John Street Suite 500
`San Jose, CA 95113
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`Litigation Counsel:
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`Dated: December 20, 2016
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /John D. Garretson/
` John D. Garretson
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` Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
`2555 Grand Blvd.
`Kansas City, MO 64108-2613
`jgarretson@shb.com
`Phone: (816) 474-6550
`Fax: (816) 421-5547
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`Tanya Chaney (Reg. No. 55,080)
`Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.
`600 Travis St., Suite 3400
`Houston, TX 77002-2926
`tchaney@shb.com
`Phone: (713) 227-8008
`Fax: (713) 227-9508
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`Counsel for Petitioners
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