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`DECLARATION OF RYAN E. DORNBERGER IN SUPPORT OF
`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`I, Ryan E. Dornberger, declare that:
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`I am an associate at the law firm of Robins Kaplan LLP and provide this
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`declaration in support of Patent Owner’s Motion for my pro hac vice
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`admission. I have personal knowledge of the matters set forth below.
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`I have litigated patent infringement disputes for over three years, including
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`fact and expert discovery, Markman hearings, and oral arguments in patent
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`infringement matters before both Federal district courts and the United
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`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`3) I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of Minnesota.
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`4) I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`5) No court or administrative body has ever denied my application for
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`admission to practice before it, and I have been admitted pro hac vice in the
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`Northern District of California, the Western District of Texas, the Western
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`District of Wisconsin, the Northern District of Illinois, and the District of
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`Delaware.
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`6) No court or administrative body has ever imposed sanctions or contempt
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`citations on me.
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`7) I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and
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`the Board's Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.
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`8) I understand that I will be subject to the Office's Rules of Professional
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`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.P.R. § 1l.19(a).
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`I have established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. I serve as Patent Owner’s litigation counsel in the parallel
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`litigation currently pending in the U.S. District Court for the Western
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`District of Texas in which the same patent is at issue Affinity Labs of Texas,
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`LLC v. Netflix, Inc., 1:15-cv-849-RP (W.D. Tex.). Further, I participated in
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`drafting the four Markman briefs submitted to the district court and
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`attended the Court’s day-long Markman hearing, which included live
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`testimony from both parties’ experts regarding the ’868 Patent.
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`10) I have jointly applied for pro hac vice admission in a related IPR, IPR2016-
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`01701. I have also applied for pro hac vice admission in one other
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`proceedings before the Patent Trial and Appeals Board, Polaris Industries
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`Inc. v. Arctic Cat Inc., IPR2016-01917, which is still pending.
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`Pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 1001, I declare under penalty of perjury that the
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`foregoing is true and correct.
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`Dated: November 14, 2017
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