`Patent 9,131,864
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`Filed: November 2, 2017
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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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`ANALYTICS FOR LIFE, INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`8825319 CANADA LIMITED,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case: IPR‐01742
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`Patent No. 9,131,864
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`DECLARATION OF MICHAEL KORENBERG IN SUPPORT OF
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`I, Michael Korenberg, make the following declaration pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
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`1746:
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`1. I am President of 8825319 CANADA LIMITED, the Patent Owner.
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`2. I provide this Declaration in connection with the above‐identified Inter
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`Partes Review proceeding requested at the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office by ANALYTICS FOR LIFE, INC., against 8825319 CANADA
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`LIMITED, under 35 U.S.C. § 311, 37 C.F.R. § 42.104. Unless otherwise
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`stated, the facts stated in this Declaration are based on my personal
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`knowledge.
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`3. Exhibit 2001 hereto is a true and correct copy of what I downloaded on
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`November 4, 2012 from
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`http://www.whoismind.com/whois/analytics4life.net.html
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`and records that on July 9, 2012 Dino Trevisani registered the Domain
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`Name: ANALYTICS4LIFE.NET (yellow highlighting added).
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`4. Exhibit 2002 hereto is a true and correct copy of screen views that I
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`downloaded from the Petitioner’s webpage
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`http://Analytics4Life.com/directors/
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`on April 20, 2015, and under its Directors, Analytics For Life lists: “Dino
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`Trevisani, MBA, President and General Manager IBM Canada”.
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`5. Exhibit 2003 hereto is a true and correct copy of screen views that I
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`downloaded from the Petitioner’s webpage
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`http://analytics4life.com/team/
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`on November 22, 2015, and under the heading “OUR TEAM” began: “The
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`company was founded in 2012, when the 2 founders – Sunny Gupta and
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`Dino Trevisani – assembled the rest of the team to translate years of
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`research and development into commercially viable products and services.”
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`6. Exhibit 2004 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded August 7,
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`2017 from
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`http://www.bcsc.bc.ca/ViewDocument.aspx?DocNum=O7E5O6YAI7C0E7C7
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`I6H4H7TEO7D3
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`is dated September 30, 2015 by Analytics For Life Inc, and is entitled “Form
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`45‐106F6 – AMENDED1 British Columbia Report of Exempt Distribution”.
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`7. Exhibit 2005 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded August 6,
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`2017 from http://www.newestfilings.com/p/dino‐trevisani
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`entitled “Dino Trevisani | Newest Form D's & SEC filings”, and refers to
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`filings for Analytics for Life made on May 15, 2017; April 3, 2017; June 27,
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`2016; and June 3, 2015.
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`8. Exhibit 2006 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded August 6,
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`2017 from http://www.newestfilings.com/284276‐analytics‐for‐life‐inc
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`entitled “Analytics for Life, Inc. $30,000,000 Financing | Newest SEC
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`Filings”. It refers to the May 15, 2017 Amended Form D filing by Analytics
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`for Life, and notes that “The form was signed by Dino Trevisani.” (Yellow
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`highlight added.)
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`9. Exhibit 2007 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded August 4,
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`2017 from http://insightaas.com/ibm‐launches‐innovation‐space/
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`entitled “IBM launches Innovation Space”, and is dated October 3, 2016.
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`10. Exhibit 2008 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded August 4,
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`2017 from
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`https://www.analytics4life.com/news/ibm‐launches‐toronto‐startup‐hub‐
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`enrolls‐first‐participant/
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`entitled “IBM launches Toronto startup hub, enrolls first participant –
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`Analytics 4 Life”, and is dated September 23, 2016.
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`11. Exhibit 2009 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded August 7,
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`2017 from
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`https://www.ibm.com/news/ca/en/2016/09/21/b408173w47376h64.html
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`entitled “IBM Opens Innovation Space for Entrepreneurs and Startups in
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`Canada to Scale Up Development with Cloud and Cognitive Technology –
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`Canada” and is dated September 21, 2016. (All yellow highlighting added on
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`X2009).
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`12. Exhibit 2010 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded August
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`19, 2017 from https://pitchbook.com/profiles/analytics‐4‐life‐profile‐
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`investors‐funding‐valuation‐and‐analysis
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`entitled “Analytics 4 Life Company Profile: Valuation & Investors |
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`PitchBook” (yellow highlighting added).
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`13. Exhibit 2011 hereto is a true and correct copy of an email received by
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`Michael Korenberg from Larry Aaronson, listed as Back‐Up Counsel on the
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`Petition, on Friday June 30, 2017 at 5:23 PM, with subject “RE: Offer to
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`Purchase US Patent No. 9,131,864”, and attaching a Draft Patent Purchase
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`Agreement.
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`14. Exhibit 2012 hereto is a true and correct copy of an email on March 2, 2011
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`from Michael Korenberg to Sunny Gupta.
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`15. Exhibit 2013 hereto is a true and correct copy of an email on March 3, 2011
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`from Sunny Gupta to Michael Korenberg.
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`16. Exhibit 2014 hereto is the relevant portion of an email dated May 25, 2011
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`from Sunny Gupta to Michael Korenberg. Information below Sunny Gupta’s
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`name has been removed for privacy reasons.
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`17. Exhibit 2015 hereto is a true and correct copy of a Request for Change
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`under Rule 92bis that I downloaded on October 24, 2017 from
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`https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/docservicepdf_pct/id0000002111742
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`2/R92BI/WO2012106729.pdf
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`On Pages 3‐4, SCHEDULE B has a WORLDWIDE ASSIGNMENT dated October
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`3, 2012, of patent applications from Phase Space Systems Inc. to Analytics
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`for Life Inc. by Elspeth Murray, Director.
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`18. Exhibit 2016 hereto is a true and correct copy of an email from Michael
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`Korenberg to Sunny Gupta on June 29, 2011.
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`19. Exhibit 2017 hereto is a true and correct copy of an email from Sunny
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`Gupta to his then patent agents and copied to Michael Korenberg on
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`August 8, 2011.
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`20. Exhibit 2018 hereto is a true and correct copy of an email from Michael
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`Korenberg to Elspeth Murray on August 21, 2011.
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`21. Exhibit 2019 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded on
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`October 22, 2017, from
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`https://www.analytics4life.com/news/straight‐from‐the‐heart/
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`entitled “Straight from the heart”, and is dated May 1, 2017 (yellow
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`highlight added).
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`22. Exhibit 2020 hereto is a true and correct copy of an email from Dino
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` Trevisani to Michael Korenberg on May 20, 2012.
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`23. Exhibit 2021 hereto is a true and correct copy of an email from Michael
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`Korenberg on June 7, 2012 to Mark Lewis.
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`24. Exhibit 2022 hereto is a true and correct copy of US 8,923,958 B2
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`(Gupta/Yazdi) patent, dated Dec. 30, 2014.
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`25. Exhibit 2023 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded August 8,
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`2017 from MIT OpenCourseWare:
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`https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/mathematics/18‐01sc‐single‐variable‐
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`calculus‐fall‐2010/1.‐differentiation/part‐a‐definition‐and‐basic‐
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`rules/session‐5‐discontinuity/MIT18_01SCF10_Ses5e.pdf
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`entitled “Differentiable Implies Continuous”.
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`26. Exhibit 2024 hereto is a true and correct copy that I downloaded
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`September 14, 2017 of extracts from pages 1040 and 1336 of Merriam‐
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`Webster's Collegiate Encyclopedia:
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`https://books.google.ca/books?id=V2d12iZkgOwC&pg=PA1336&lpg=PA133
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`6&dq=Merriam+Webster+differentiable&source=bl&ots=Mi8KuWUNOT&si
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`g=DrmsxMguLlqhsSSLt1ld4HvbpQE&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiSkuKV6InX
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`AhVIxoMKHQAoAjoQ6AEITjAJ#v=onepage&q=Merriam%20Webster%20diff
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`erentiable&f=false (yellow highlighting added)
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`27. Exhibit labels and numbers on all pages have been added to the
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`bottom of these exhibits and yellow highlighting has been added wherever
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`it appears but no other alterations have been made except for privacy
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`reasons where expressly indicated above.
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`28. I understand that willful false statements and the like are punishable
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`by fine or imprisonment, or both. I make this declaration of my own
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`personal knowledge. If called to testify as to the truth of the matters stated
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`herein, I could and would testify.
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`29. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and
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`correct.
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`Executed this 1st day of November, 2017, at Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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