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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SMARTFLASH, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2015-00016
`Patent 8,033,458 B2
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`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF
`LAUREN N. ROBINSON
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`Pursuant to Rule 42.10(c), and as authorized in the Board’s Notice of Filing
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`Date Accorded to Petition (Paper 7), Petitioner Apple Inc. (“Apple”) respectfully
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`requests pro hac vice admission of Lauren N. Robinson as counsel in this
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`proceeding.
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`Case CBM2015-00016
`Patent 8,033,458 B2
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`I.
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`Time for Filing
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`This Motion is timely because it is being filed no sooner than twenty one
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`(21) days after service of the Petition in this proceeding, which occurred on
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`October 30, 2014.
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`II.
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`Statement of Facts
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`The following statement of facts demonstrates that there is good cause for
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`the Board to recognize Lauren N. Robinson as counsel pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding.
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`Ms. Robinson is an experienced litigation attorney and has an established
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`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. Ms. Robinson has
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`been practicing law since 2008 and has extensive experience litigating patent
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`infringement cases in different District Courts across the country. Among her
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`experience in patent litigation matters, Lauren N. Robinson has participated in
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`multiple trials, Markman hearings, and other patent-related hearings and pleadings
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`concerning, inter alia, patent validity and infringement issues. Ms. Robinson has
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`also been recognized as a leading patent litigation attorney, including as a Northern
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`California Super Lawyers Rising Star (2010, 2013, 2014).
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`Ms. Robinson is familiar with U.S. Patent No. 8,033,458 B2 (“the ‘458
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`Patent”) and the issues involved in this case. Ms. Robinson has been representing
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`Apple against Patent Owner Smartflash LLC (“Smartflash”) as counsel in pending
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`Case CBM2015-00016
`Patent 8,033,458 B2
`District Court litigation—where Smartflash filed its infringement action asserting
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`the ‘458 Patent and the related U.S. Patent Nos. 7,334,720; 7,942,317; 8,061,598;
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`8,118,221; and 8,336,772 against Apple—since 2013, and has been actively
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`involved as counsel for Apple since that time. As counsel in the District Court
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`litigation, Ms. Robinson has, among other things, been heavily involved with
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`forming invalidity positions against Smartflash’s patents. Accordingly, Apple
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`prefers that Ms. Robinson continue as counsel in this CBM proceeding as well;
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`and, further, Smartflash does not oppose Ms. Robinson’s admission pro hac vice.
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`III.
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`Declaration of Lauren N. Robinson
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`As directed by the Board, this Motion is also accompanied by the
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`Declaration of Lauren N. Robinson in Support of Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission attesting to the requirements laid out in the Board’s Order Authorizing
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`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission in Case IPR2013-00639 (Paper 7).
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`For the foregoing reasons as well as the reasons contained in the attached
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`declaration, Apple respectfully requests admission of Lauren N. Robinson as
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`Respectfully submitted,
`By: /J. Steven Baughman/
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`J. Steven Baughman, Lead Counsel
`Ching-Lee Fukuda
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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`counsel pro hac vice.
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`Dated: December 3, 2014
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`Case CBM2015-00016
`Patent 8,033,458 B2
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`Prudential Tower
`800 Boylston Street
`Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600
`Steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
`Ching-Lee.fukuda@ropesgray.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioner Apple Inc.
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