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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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`THE GILLETTE COMPANY, TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR
`MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD., TSMC NORTH AMERICA
`CORPORATION, FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED, and FUJITSU
`SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`ZOND, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review Case No. IPR2014-005801
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`Patent 6,896,773 B2
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` PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`This unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice admission is filed on behalf of
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`Zond, LLC (“Zond” or “Patent Owner”). Zond respectfully moves that the Board
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`recognize Mr. Michael D. Sadowitz as counsel pro hac vice during this proceeding.
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`Petitioners do not oppose this motion.
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`1 Case IPR2014-01479 has been joined with the instant proceeding.
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`1. Time for Filing
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`This Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is being filed no sooner than
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`twenty-one (21) days after service of the petition. See Unified Patents, Inc. v.
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`Parallel Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639, Paper No. 7.
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`2. Statement of Facts Showing Good Cause for Admission of Counsel
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`Pro Hac Vice
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`Patent Owner has been authorized to file motions seeking admission pro hac
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`vice under 37 C.F.R. 42.10(c). (Paper No. 3). Patent Owner’s lead and back-up
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`counsel are registered practitioners:
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`Lead Counsel: Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves, USPTO Reg. No. 43,639; and
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`Backup Counsel: Bruce Barker, USPTO Reg. No. 33,291.
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`Mr. Sadowitz is a skilled litigator, has extensively participated in the co-
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`pending litigation in federal district court involving the patent at issue in this
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`proceeding, and if admitted, will be involved with the depositions that occur in this
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`proceeding. U.S. Patent No. 6,896,773 is currently asserted by the Patent Owner in
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`co-pending litigation, in the District of Massachusetts, 1:13-cv-11576-DJC (Zond
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`v. Gillette, et al.) (“the co-pending litigation”). Mr. Sadowitz is a member of the
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`New York bar in good standing, and is representing the Patent Owner in the co-
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`pending litigation.
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`Mr. Sadowitz has analyzed prior art references and claim charts in
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`connection with invalidity contentions and has been involved in forming claim
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`construction positions related to the claimed inventions, all of which are relevant to
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`the petition requesting inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 6,896,773. Patent
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`Owner wishes to apply Mr. Sadowitz’s knowledge of the patent by employing him
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`as counsel in this proceeding. Admission of Mr. Sadowitz pro hac vice will enable
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`Patent Owner to avoid unnecessary expense and duplication of work between this
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`proceeding and the co-pending litigation.
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`Patent Owner’s lead and backup counsel are registered practitioners and Mr.
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`Sadowitz is an experienced litigation attorney having familiarity with the subject
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`matter at issue in this proceeding. Therefore, Patent Owner respectfully submits
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`that there is good cause for the Board to recognize Mr. Sadowitz as counsel pro
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`hac vice during this proceeding.
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`Patent Owner is filing (or has filed) motions to admit three additional
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`attorneys (Tigran Vardanian, Etai Lahav, and Maria Granovsky) pro hac vice to all
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`the petitions associated with U.S. Patents 6853142, 7147759, 7604716, 7808184,
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`7811421, 6896775, 8125155, and 6896773. Given that there are 25 such petitions
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`instituted over eight different patents, with numerous petitioners, Patent Owner
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`needs additional attorneys admitted to be able to address the several depositions
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`and related preparation that are expected to take place in the coming weeks.
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`3. Affidavit of Individual Seeking to Appear
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`This Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is supported by an Affidavit of
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`Mr. Sadowitz (Ex. 2004).
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`Date: January 2, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves/
`Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves
`Reg. No. 43,639
`2216 Beacon Lane
`Falls Church, Virginia 22043
`(571) 419-7252
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner Zond, LLC
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`PATENT OWNER’S EXHIBIT LIST IPR2014-00580
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`Exhibit No.
`Ex. 2001
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`Ex. 2002
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`Ex. 2003
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`Ex. 2004
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`Description
`Affidavit of Etai Lahav in Support of Patent Owner’s
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`Affidavit of Maria Granovsky in Support of Patent
`Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`Affidavit of Tigran Vardanian in Support of Patent
`Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`Affidavit of Michael D. Sadowitz in Support of
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that the foregoing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission was served
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`on the Petitioner by email to the following email addresses on January 2, 2015.
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`michael.diener@wilmerhale.com
`andrej.barbic@wilmerhale.com
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
`mark.matuschak@wilmerhale.com
`cosmin.maier@wilmerhale.com
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`/Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves/
`Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves
`Reg. No. 43,639
`2216 Beacon Lane
`Falls Church, Virginia 22043
`(571) 419-7252
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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