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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`INNOLUX CORPORATION
`(formerly CHI MEI INNOLUX CORPORATION)
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`Petitioner
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`SEMICONDUCTOR ENERGY
`LABORATORY CO., LTD.
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`Patent OWNER
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`Case IPR2013-00066
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`Patent 7,876,413
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`PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION
`PRO HAC VICE OF STANLEY M. GIBSON
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10
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`Mail Stop "PA TENT BOARD"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Petitioner’s Motion for Admission
`Pro Hac Vice of Stanley M. Gibson
`Case IPR2013-00066
`Patent 7,876,413
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.10 and the Board’s “Order Authorizing Motion for Pro
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`Hac Vice Admission – 37 C.F.R. §42.10,” entered on December 5, 2012, Petitioner
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`Chi Mei Innolux Corporation (now known as Innolux Corporation) requests that
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`the Board admit Stanley M. Gibson pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.10(c), the Board
`may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
`upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition
`that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any
`other conditions as the Board may impose. For example,
`where the lead counsel is a registered practitioner, a
`motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is not a
`registered practitioner may be granted upon showing that
`counsel is an experienced litigating attorney and has an
`established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`37 C.F.R. §42.10(c). The facts, supported by the attached Declaration of Stanley M.
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`Gibson in Support of Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Gibson Decl.”),
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`establish good cause to admit Mr. Gibson pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Lead counsel Scott A. McKeown is a registered practitioner and is
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`experienced in inter partes proceedings in the USPTO.
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`Backup counsel Gregory S. Cordrey is a registered practitioner
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`and is experienced in inter partes proceedings in the USPTO.
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`Stanley M. Gibson is an experienced litigation attorney. Mr.
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`Gibson has been a litigating attorney for more than 20 years. (Gibson Decl.
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`¶ 1.) Mr. Gibson has been litigating patent cases for approximately twelve
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`of those years. (Id. ¶ 2.) Mr. Gibson is a member in good standing of the
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`California State Bar, with no suspensions or disbarments from practice, nor
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`any application for admission to practice denied, nor any sanctions or
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`contempt citations, and is admitted to practice in the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the
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`Ninth Circuit, and the United States District Courts for the Southern,
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`Central and Northern Districts of California. (Id. ¶¶ 3-6.)
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`4. Mr. Gibson has familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`this proceeding based on his work as lead counsel in the pending district
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`court case Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd. v. Chi Mei Innolux
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`Corp., et al., SACV12-0021-JST (C.D. Cal.), which involves the same
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`patent at issue in this proceeding. (Id. ¶ 7.) Mr. Gibson has been actively
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`involved in all aspects of the pending district court case, including the
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`issue of validity of the patents-in-suit. (Id. ¶¶ 7-8.)
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`5. Mr. Gibson has read and will comply with the Office Patent
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`Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules for Practice for Trials set forth
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`in part 42 of the C.F.R, and he agrees to be subject to the USPTO Code of
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`Professional Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§10.20 et seq., and to
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §11.19(a). (Id. ¶¶ 9-10.)
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`6.
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`Patent Owners Yoshiharu Hirakata and Shunpei Yamazaki,
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`have indicated that this Motion will not be opposed.
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`7.
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`On March 29, 2013, Mr. Gibson applied to appear pro hac
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`vice before the Office in Inter Partes Review Cases IPR2013-00028 and
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`IPR2013-00038. On April 2, 2013, the Office granted these motions for
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`pro hac vice admission.
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`I I I . A N A L Y S I S
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`The facts contained in the Statement of Facts above, and contained in the
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`Gibson Declaration, establish that there is good cause to admit Mr. Gibson pro
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`hac vice in this proceeding under 37 C.F.R. §42.10. Lead counsel are registered
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`practitioners, Mr. Gibson is an experienced litigation attorney, and Mr. Gibson
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`has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioner respectfully request that the Board admit
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`Stanley M. Gibson pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`No. 22850).
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`Date: April 30, 2013
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Scott A. McKeown/
`Scott A. McKeown (Reg. No. 42,866)
`Lead Attorney for Petitioner
` Innolux Corporation
`OBLON, SPIVAK, McCLELLAND,
` MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.
`1940 Duke Street
`Alexandria, Virginia 22314
`703-413-3000
`Gregory S. Cordrey (Reg. No. 190,144)
`Back-up Counsel for Petitioner
` Innolux Corporation
`JEFFER MANGELS BUTLER &
` MITCHELL LLP
`3 Park Plaza, Suite 1100
`Irvine, CA 92614
`Tel: (949) 623-7236
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of the foregoing PETITIONER’S
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`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF STANLEY M. GIBSON
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`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10 and DECLARATION OF STANLEY M.
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`GIBSON IN SUPPORT THEREOF was served on April 30, 2013, to the following
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`at their email addresses indicated below:
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`Mark J. Murphy
`Edward D. Manzo
`HUSCH BLACKWELL LLP
`120 So. Riverside Plaza, Suite 2200
`Chicago, IL 60606
`mark.murphy@huschblackwell.com
`edward.manzo@huschblackwell.com
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Scott A. McKeown/
`Scott A. McKeown (Reg. No. 42,866)
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