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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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`Unified Patents Inc.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`Universal Secure Registry LLC
`Patent Owner
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`CBM2018-00025
`Patent No. 8,577,813
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`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF
`HAROLD A. BARZA
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`Case CBM2018-00025
`U.S. Patent No. 8,577,813
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`I.
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`Relief Requested
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`Patent owner Universal Secure Registry LLC (“USR”) hereby moves pursuant to
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) for the admission pro hac vice of Harold A. Barza in the present
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`inter partes review, such that he may be appointed additional counsel for Patent Owner.
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`This motion is authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition and Time
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`for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response entered on June 12, 2018. Therefore, the
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`present motion is proper at this time.
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`II.
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`Statement of Facts Showing Good Cause for the Board to Recognize Counsel
`Pro Hac Vice During the Proceeding
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board may recognize counsel pro
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`hac vice during a proceeding, subject to the conditions set forth therein, and any others
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`that the Board may impose. Petitioner sets forth these facts in support of this motion:
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`Lead counsel for Patent Owner in the proceeding, James M. Glass (Reg.
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`No. 46,729), is a registered practitioner.
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`Counsel for Apple Inc., Monica Grewal, indicated that Petitioner did not
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`plan to oppose Mr. Barza’s admission pro hac vice.
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`Mr. Barza is an experienced litigator and has established familiarity with
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`the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. Accompanying this motion is
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`the Declaration of Harold A. Barza in Support of this Motion for
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`Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Barza Decl.”). In his declaration, Mr. Barza
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`attests, among other things, that he is a member in good standing of the
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`State Bar of California and several United States District Courts. Barza
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`Decl., ¶ 2. Mr. Barza has decades of experience in patent litigation. Id. ¶¶
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`1-3. In addition, Mr. Barza’s familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`this proceeding is demonstrated by his review of the patent-at-issue and the
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`cited prior art. Id. ¶ 9.
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`In his declaration, Mr. Barza also attests to each of the required items set
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`forth by 37 C.F.R. §42.10(c). Id. ¶¶ 2, 4-8.
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`III. Conclusion
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner respectfully requests that the Board admit
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`Mr. Barza pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Date: December 20, 2018
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`/Jim Glass/
`James M. Glass
`Reg. No. 38927
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned hereby certifies that the
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`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF HAROLD A. BARZA
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`and the attached, DECLARATION IN SUPPORT OF UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR
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`ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF HAROLD A. BARZA, were served in their entirety
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`on December 20, 2018 upon the following parties via Electronic Mail:
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` Monica.Grewal@wilmerhale.com;
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` Ben.Fernandez@wilmerhale.com.
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`Date: December 20, 2018
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`/Melissa Hurtado/
`Melissa Hurtado
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