`571-272-7822
`
`Paper 22
`Entered: January 6, 2015
`
`
`
`
`
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`GOOGLE INC. and MOTOROLA MOBILITY LLC,
`Petitioners,
`
`v.
`
`ARENDI S.A.R.L.,
`Patent Owner.
`
`Case IPR2014-00452
`Patent 6,323,853 B1
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, NEIL T. POWELL, and
`KEVIN W. CHERRY, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`POWELL, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`
`
`DECISION
`Petitioners’ Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Robert J. Kent
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`IPR2014-00452
`Patent 6,323,853 B1
`
`Petitioners (“Google Inc. and Motorola Mobility LLC”) filed a
`
`Motion for pro hac vice admission of Robert J. Kent.1 Paper 20. The
`
`motion indicates that it is unopposed by Patent Owner. Id. at 2.
`
`The Board may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
`
`upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition that lead counsel is a
`
`registered practitioner. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). If lead counsel is a registered
`
`practitioner, a non-registered practitioner may be permitted to appear pro
`
`hac vice “upon showing that counsel is an experienced litigating attorney
`
`and has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
`
`proceeding.” Id.
`
`In this proceeding, lead counsel for Petitioners is Mathew A. Smith, a
`
`registered practitioner. Petitioners’ Motion relies on a Declaration of Robert
`
`J. Kent (Ex. 1015). Mr. Kent declares that he is a member in good standing
`
`of the Bar of the State of California. Id. ¶ 4. Mr. Kent also declares that he
`
`has never been suspended, disbarred, sanctioned or cited for contempt by
`
`any court or administrative body. Id. ¶ 5. Additionally, Mr. Kent declares
`
`that he has never had an application for admission to practice denied by any
`
`court or administrative body. Id. ¶ 6. Mr. Kent further declares that he is
`
`familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding based on having
`
`read the challenged patent and the references asserted by Petitioners, as well
`
`as familiarity with the contents of the Petition in this proceeding. Id. ¶¶ 10–
`
`12.
`
`Mr. Kent further states that (1) he has read and will comply with the
`
`
`1 The caption of the Motion identifies Google Inc., Motorola Mobility LLC,
`and Apple Inc. as Petitioners. No other paper filed by the parties lists Apple
`Inc. as a Petitioner. Unless Petitioners inform us otherwise, we will assume
`that a typographical error caused the inclusion of Apple Inc. in the list of
`Petitioners in the Motion.
`
`2
`
`
`
`IPR2014-00452
`Patent 6,323,853 B1
`
`Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of the Code of
`
`Federal Regulations, and (2) that he agrees to be subject to the United States
`
`Patent and Trademark Office Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in
`
`37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
`
`§ 11.19(a). Id. ¶¶ 7–8.
`
`Based on the foregoing, we determine that Petitioners have
`
`established good cause for admission, pro hac vice, of Mr. Robert J. Kent.
`
`It is
`
`ORDERED that Petitioners’ Motion for pro hac vice admission of
`
`Robert J. Kent is granted;
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Kent is authorized to represent
`
`Petitioners only as backup counsel; and
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Kent is subject to the USPTO’s
`
`Rules of Professional Conduct as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and
`
`to the USPTO’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
`
`
`
`
`
`3
`
`
`
`IPR2014-00452
`Patent 6,323,853 B1
`
`PETITIONER:
`Matthew A. Smith
`Zhuanjia Gu
`TURNER BOYD LLP
`smith@turnerboyd.com
`gu@turnerboyd.com
`
`
`PATENT OWNER:
`Robert M. Asher
`Bruce D. Sunstein
`SUNSTEIN KANN MURPHY & TIMBERS LLP
`rasher@sunsteinlaw.com
`bsunstein@sunsteinlaw.com
`
`
`4
`
`