`571-272-7822
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`Paper 72
`Entered: April 14, 2016
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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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`SIPNET EU S.R.O.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2013-00246
`Patent 6,108,704 C1
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`Before KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2013-00246
`Patent 6,108,704 C1
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`As authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to the Petition
`(Paper 3), Straight Path IP Group (“Patent Owner”) filed a “Motion for Pro
`Hac Vice Admission” (Paper 71, “Mot.”) of Michael C. Newman.1 Lead
`counsel for Patent Owner, William A. Meunier, will continue to serve as
`lead counsel. Mot. 2. Sipnet EU S.R.O. (“Petitioner”) has not opposed to
`Patent Owner’s Motion. Patent Owner’s Motion is granted. See 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.10(c); see also Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC, IPR2013-
`00639, Order Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission, Paper 7
`(October 15, 2003) (setting forth requirements for pro hac vice admission).2
`It is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for pro hac vice admission is
`granted, and Mr. Newman is authorized to represent Patent Owner as back-
`up counsel in IPR2013-00246;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in these inter partes review
`proceedings; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Newman is to comply with the
`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
`Trials, as set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
`and that Mr. Newman is subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction
`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct
`set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`1 Patent Owner also filed a declaration of Mr. Newman (Ex. 2050) and a
`biography of Mr. Newman (Ex. 2051) in support of the Motion.
`2 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
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`IPR2013-00246
`Patent 6,108,704 C1
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`For PETITIONER:
`Pavel Pogodin
`Pavel@transpecificlaw.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
`William Meunier
`WAMeunier@mintz.com
`Michael Newman
`StraightPathIPRs@mintz.com
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