`571-272-7822 Entered: September 14, 2018
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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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`GOOGLE LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`UNILOC USA, INC. and UNILOC LUXEMBOURG, S.A.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01683 (Patent 8,571,194 B2)
`Case IPR2017-01684 (Patent 7,853,000 B2)
`Case IPR2017-01685 (Patent 7,804,948 B2)1
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`Before KARL D. EASTHOM, KEN B. BARRETT, JEFFREY S. SMITH,
`and MINN CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.2
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`BARRETT, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Oral Argument
`37 C.F.R. § 42.70
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`1 This Order will be entered in each case. The parties are not authorized to
`use this caption style.
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`2 This is not an order from an expanded panel of the Board. Judges
`Easthom, Smith, and Chung are paneled on IPR2017-01683. Judges
`Easthom, Barrett, and Smith are paneled on IPR2017-01684 and
`IPR2017-01685.
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`IPR2017-01683 (Patent 8,571,194 B2)
`IPR2017-01684 (Patent 7,853,000 B2)
`IPR2017-01685 (Patent 7,804,948 B2)
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`Petitioner Google LLC and Patent Owner Uniloc 2017 LLC,3 in each
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`of the above-captioned cases, requested oral argument pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.70(a), and both parties request a single consolidated argument for all
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`three cases. E.g., IPR2017-01683, Papers 18, 19.4 The requests are granted.
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`The hearing will commence at 1:00 PM ET, on Tuesday,
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`October 16, 2018, on the ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600
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`Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.5 The hearings will be open to the
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`public for in-person attendance that will be accommodated on a first-come,
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`first-served basis. The Board will provide a court reporter, and the
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`reporter’s transcript will constitute the official record of the hearings.
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`As proposed by both parties, each party will have a total of forty-five
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`(45) minutes to present arguments for all three cases. Petitioner bears the
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`ultimate burden of proof that Patent Owner’s patent claims at issue are
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`unpatentable. Thus, Petitioner will proceed first to present its case with
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`respect to the challenged patent claims and grounds for which the Board
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`instituted trial; thereafter, Patent Owner will respond to Petitioner’s
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`3 Patent Owner previously filed Updated Mandatory Notices identifying
`Uniloc 2017 LLC as the patent owner. E.g., IPR2017-01683, Paper 17.
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`4 Unless otherwise indicated, we refer to the papers filed in IPR2017-01683.
`The parties filed substantively similar papers in the other cases listed in the
`caption.
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`5 We acknowledge Patent Owner’s request to hold the hearing in Dallas,
`Texas. The judges paneled on these cases are located in Virginia and
`California, but not Texas.
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`IPR2017-01683 (Patent 8,571,194 B2)
`IPR2017-01684 (Patent 7,853,000 B2)
`IPR2017-01685 (Patent 7,804,948 B2)
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`arguments; and Petitioner may reserve some of its argument time to respond
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`to Patent Owner’s presentation.
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`The parties also should note that at least one member of the panel may
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`be attending the hearing by video from a remote location. The parties are
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`reminded that the presenter must identify clearly and specifically each
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`demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number) referenced during the
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`hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the reporter’s transcript and the
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`ability of any judge participating in the hearing remotely to closely follow
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`the presenter’s arguments.
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`The parties are reminded that the demonstrative exhibits must be
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`served and filed in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b). Additionally, the
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`parties are requested either to file any demonstrative exhibits no later
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`than 4 pm ET on Monday, October 15, 2018, or to provide a courtesy copy
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`of any demonstrative exhibits to the Board by emailing them to
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`Trials@uspto.gov no later than that date and time.
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`The parties must attempt to resolve any objections to the
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`demonstratives, and, if the objections cannot be resolved, the parties must
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`file them with the Board at least two business days before the hearing. Any
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`objection to demonstrative exhibits that is not timely presented will be
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`considered waived. The objections should identify with particularity which
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`demonstratives are subject to objection, and include a short (one sentence or
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`less) statement of the reason for each objection. No argument or further
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`explanation is permitted. The Board will consider the objections and
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`schedule a conference if deemed necessary. Otherwise, the Board will
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`reserve ruling on the objections until after the oral argument. The parties
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`IPR2017-01683 (Patent 8,571,194 B2)
`IPR2017-01684 (Patent 7,853,000 B2)
`IPR2017-01685 (Patent 7,804,948 B2)
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`may refer to St. Jude Medical, Cardiology Div., Inc. v. The Board of Regents
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`of the University of Michigan, IPR2013-00041 (PTAB Jan. 27, 2014)
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`(Paper 65) regarding the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits.
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`Requests for audio-visual equipment are to be made five (5)
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`business days in advance of the hearing date. Any request is to be sent
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`to Trials@uspto.gov. If the request is not received timely, the
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`equipment may not be available on the day of the hearing.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present at the
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`hearings, although lead or back-up counsel of record may make the
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`presentation. If either party anticipates that its lead counsel will not attend
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`the oral argument, the parties should initiate a joint telephone conference
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`with the Board no later than two business days prior to the oral hearing to
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`discuss the matter.
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`Attorneys seated at counsel table will be allowed to use computers.
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`See IPR2017-01683, Paper 18, 1 (Petitioner requesting that three of its
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`attorneys be allowed to use computers.).
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`The parties are reminded that, at the oral argument, they “may rely
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`upon evidence that has been previously submitted in the proceeding and may
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`only present arguments relied upon in the papers previously submitted.”
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,768
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`(Aug. 14, 2012). “No new evidence or arguments may be presented at the
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`oral argument.” Id.
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`IPR2017-01683 (Patent 8,571,194 B2)
`IPR2017-01684 (Patent 7,853,000 B2)
`IPR2017-01685 (Patent 7,804,948 B2)
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that oral argument will commence at 1:00 PM ET, on
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`Tuesday, October 16, 2018, on the ninth floor of Madison Building East,
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`600 Dulany Street, Alexandria, Virginia.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Erika Arner
`erika.arner@finnegan.com
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`Jason Stach
`jason.stach@finnegan.com
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`Daniel Cooley
`daniel.cooley@finnegan.com
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`Cara Lasswell
`cara.lasswell@finnegan.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Brett Mangrum
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
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`Sean Burdick
`sean.burdick@unilocusa.com
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`Ryan Loveless
`ryan@etheridgelaw.com
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