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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,
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`Petitioner
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`Straight Path IP Group, Inc.,
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`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2013-00246
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,108,704
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`Before KAYLAN K. DESHPANDE, THOMAS L. GIANNETTI, and TRENTON
`A. WARD, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
`OF R. WILLIAM SIGLER
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`December 5, 2013
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`Case No. IPR2013-00246
`US Patent No. 6,108,704
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`I.
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`STATEMENT OF PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), Patent Owner Straight Path IP Group, Inc.
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`(“Straight Path”) respectfully requests that the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“the
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`Board”) admit R. William Sigler pro hac vice in this proceeding, IPR2013-00246.
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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
`THIS PROCEEDING
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board may recognize counsel
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`pro hac vice during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to the
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`condition that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any other conditions
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`as the Board may impose. Section 42.l0(c) indicates that “where lead counsel is a
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`registered practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is not a
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`registered practitioner may be granted upon a showing that counsel is an
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`experienced litigating attorney and has an established familiarity with the subject
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`matter at issue in the proceeding.” The facts here establish good cause for the
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`Board to recognize Mr. Sigler pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Lead counsel, Patrick J. Lee, is a registered practitioner.
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`Counsel, R. William Sigler, is an experienced litigator and has an
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`established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding.
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`Accompanying this motion as Exhibit 2017 is the December 5, 2013 Declaration of
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`Case No. IPR2013-00246
`US Patent No. 6,108,704
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`R. William Sigler in Support of this Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Sigler
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`Decl.”). In his declaration, Mr. Sigler asserts:
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the State of Virginia, and am
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`admitted to practice before the United States Courts of Appeal for the
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`Second, Eleventh, and Federal Circuits, the United States District Court for
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`the District of Columbia, the United States District Court for the Eastern
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`District of Virginia, the United States District Court for the Western District
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`of Virginia, and the United States District Court for the Northern District of
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`Illinois.
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`Sigler Decl. ¶ 2 (Ex. 2017). Mr. Sigler also asserts:
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`Sigler Decl. ¶ 9 (Ex. 2017).
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`3.
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`In his declaration, Mr. Sigler also attests to each of the listed items
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`required by the Order - Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission - 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.10 in IPR2013-00246. See Sigler Decl. ¶¶ 1-11 (Ex. 2017).
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`III. CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board
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`admit R. William Sigler pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Case No. IPR2013-00246
`US Patent No. 6,108,704
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`Date: December 5, 2013
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Patrick J. Lee/
`Patrick J. Lee (Reg. No. 61,746)
`Fisch Hoffman Sigler LLP
`5335 Wisconsin Avenue
`Suite 830
`Washington, D.C. 20015
`Tel.: 202-362-3500
`Fax: 202-362-3501
`Email: patrick.lee@fischllp.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2013-00246
`US Patent No. 6,108,704
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that this PATENT OWNER’S MOTION
`FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF R. WILLIAM SIGLER was served, by
`agreement of the parties, by electronic mail on counsel for the Petitioner on
`December 5, 2013 as follows:
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`Paul C. Haughey
`Michael T. Morlock
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, LLP
`phaughey@kilpatricktownsend.com
`mmorlock@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`/ Patrick J. Lee /
`Patrick J. Lee
`Registration No. 61,746
`Fisch Hoffman Sigler LLP
`5335 Wisconsin Avenue NW
`Suite 830
`Washington, DC 20015
`Telephone: 202-362-3500
`Fax: 202-362-3501
`Email: patrick.lee@fischllp.com
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Dated: December 5, 2013
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