UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SIPNET EU S.R.O.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.
`(FORMERLY KNOWN AS INNOVATIVE COMMUNCATIONS
`TECHNOLOGIES, INC.)
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00246
`Patent 6,108,704
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`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF
`MICHAEL C. NEWMAN UNDER 37 C.F.R § 42.10
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SIPNET EU S.R.O.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.
`(FORMERLY KNOWN AS INNOVATIVE COMMUNCATIONS
`TECHNOLOGIES, INC.)
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00246
`Patent 6,108,704
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`UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF
`MICHAEL C. NEWMAN UNDER 37 C.F.R § 42.10
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`Case IPR2013-00246
`Patent No. 6,108,704
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`I.
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`Relief Requested
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and the Board’s “Notice of Filing Date
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`Accorded to Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response,”
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`entered April 16, 2013 (Paper No. 3), which authorized the parties to file motions
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`for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), Patent Owner requests that
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`the Board admit Michael C. Newman 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
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`vice during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition
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`that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any other conditions as the
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`Board may impose. For example, where the lead counsel is a registered
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`practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is not a registered
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`practitioner may be granted upon showing that counsel is an experienced litigating
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`attorney and has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`The facts, supported by the attached Declaration of Michael C. Newman in
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`Support of Patent Owner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Newman Decl.”;
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`Exhibit 2050), establish good cause to admit Mr. Newman pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding.
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`Case IPR2013-00246
`Patent No. 6,108,704
`Lead counsel William A. Meunier is a registered practitioner and is
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`experienced in proceedings before the USPTO.
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`Mr. Newman is an experienced litigating attorney. He has been a patent
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`litigation attorney for nine years, and is currently a Partner at Mintz Levin Cohn
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`Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC. (Newman Decl. at ¶ 1.) Mr. Newman is a member
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`in good standing of the Massachusetts State Bar, with no suspensions or
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`disbarments from practice, nor any application for admission to practice denied,
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`nor any sanctions or contempt citations, and is admitted to practice in the United
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`States District Courts for the District of Massachusetts, the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit. (Id. at ¶¶ 2-5.) His mailing address is at One
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`Financial Center, Boston MA, 02111. His email address is
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`mcnewman@mintz.com, and his direct dial is 617-348-1626.
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`Mr. Newman is particularly familiar with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding based on his work as trial counsel in a number of cases involving U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,108,704. He has been counsel to Patent Owner with respect to U.S.
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`Patent No. 6,108,704 in the following matters: Certain Point-to-Point Network
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`Communication Devices and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-892
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`(U.S.I.T.C., filed Aug. 1, 2013); Straight Path IP Grp., Inc. v. LG Elecs. Inc,
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`VIZIO, Inc., Toshiba Corp (E.D. Va., consolidated case No. 1:13-cv-00934-AJT-
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`IDD); Straight Path IP Grp., Inc. v. Samsung Electronics, Blackberry, ZTE, and
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`Huawei Technologies (E.D. Tex., consolidated Case No. 13-cv-604) Straight Path
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`IP Grp. Inc. v. Straight and Netflix, Inc. (E.D. Tex. Case No. 14-cv-405);
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`Amazon.com, Inc., v. Straight Path IP Grp., Inc. (E.D. Va. Case No. 15-cv-00682,
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`case transferred from N.D. Cal. Case No. 5:14-cv-4561-EJD); Straight Path IP
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`Group, Inc. v Sipnet EU S.R.O. (Fed. Cir. Case No. 2015-1212). (Newman Decl.
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`at 10.) Mr. Newman was the lead associate and/or partner in each of these cases,
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`and was involved in most all aspects of the litigations, including the issue of
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`validity of U.S. Patent No. 6,108,704. (Id.)
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`Mr. Newman has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board's Rules for Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R,
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`and he agrees to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq., and to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a). (Id. at ¶ 7.)
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`Mr. Newman applied and was admitted to appear pro hac vice in the
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`following proceeding during the past three (3) years: Samsung Electronics Co.,
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`LTD et.al. v. Straight Path IP Group, Inc. (IPR2014-01366, IPR2014-01367 &
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`IPR2014-01368); LG Electronics, Inc., et al. v. Straight Path IP Group, Inc.
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`(IPR2015-00196, IPR2015-00198 & IPR2015-00209). (Id. at ¶ 8.)
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`For these reasons Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board admit
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`Michael C. Newman pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Dated: March 28, 2016
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`/William Meunier/
`William A. Meunier (Reg. No. 41,193)
`Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
`and Popeo, P.C.
`One Financial Center
`Boston, MA 02111
`Telephone: (617) 348-1845
`Facsimile: (617) 542-2241
`StraightPathIPRs@mintz.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that a copy of Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission of Michael Newman Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 and supporting Exhibits
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`are being served by electronic mail on the following counsel for the Petitioner:
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`Pavel I. Pogodin
`TRANSPACIFIC LAW GROUP
`530 Lytton Avenue, 2nd Floor
`Palo Alto, CA 94301
`pavel@transpacificlaw.com
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`Sanjay Prasad
`PRASAD IP, PC
`1768 Miramonte Ave. #4845
`Mountain View, CA 94040
`sanjay@prasadip.com
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`Dated: March 28, 2016
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`/William A. Meunier/
`William A. Meunier (Reg. No. 41,193)
`Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky
`and Popeo, P.C.
`One Financial Center
`Boston, MA 02111
`Telephone: (617) 348-1615
`Facsimile: (617) 542-2241
`StraightPathIPRs@mintz.com
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