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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`CASE: CBM2015-00080
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`Patent No. 6,384,850
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADNIISSION
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`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`AFFIDAVIT OF IVIR. ROBERT WILLIAMS IN SUPPORT OF
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, Robert Williams, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attests to the following:
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`1.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of California, as well as the following
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`a) Northern District of California
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`CBM2015-00081 and CBM2015-00082, which are requested on patents related to US.
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`2.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body;
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`3.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body denied;
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`No sanction or contempt citation has been imposed against me by any court or
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`administrative body;
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`1 have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the
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`Board's Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R.;
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`6.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility set forth in 37
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`C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a);
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`7.
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`I have only applied to appear pro hac vice before the Office in related proceedings
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`Patent No. 6,3 84,850, in the last three (3) years; and
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`8.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with experience in numerous litigations
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`involving patent infringement in District Courts across the country, including experience in
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`jury and bench trials, Markman hearings, and oral arguments in patent
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`infringement
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`litigation.
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`I am counsel for Apple Inc., Eventbrite, Inc., and Starwood Hotels & Resorts
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`Worldwide, Inc.
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`in co-pending litigations in which US. Patent No. 6,384,850 is asserted.
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`As a result, I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding, including the
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`prior art on which Petitioner relies in this request, as well as on issues of Claim construction.
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`Robert Williams
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`DLA Piper LLP (US)
`401 B Street, Suite 1700
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`(T) 619.699.2820
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`(F) 619.699.2701
`(E-Mail) robert.williams@dlapiper.com
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`A notary public or other office completing this certificate verifies only the identity ofthe
`individual who signed the document to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness,
`accuracy, or validity of that document.
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`STATE OF CALIFORNIA
`COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO
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`53.
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`On May 14, 2015 before me, Bonnie Lott, Notary Public, personally appeared
`Robert Williams, who proved to me On the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose
`name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he executed the same
`in his authorized capacity, and that by his signature on the instrument the person, or the entity
`upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.
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`I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California
`that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.
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`WITNESS my hand and official seal.
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