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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,
`Petitioner
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`ZOND, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Inter Partes Review Case No. IPR2014-00726
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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 Motion for Pro Hac Vice admission is filed on behalf of Zond, LLC
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`(“Zond” or “Patent Owner”). Zond respectfully moves that the Board recognize
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`Mr. Etai Lahav as counsel pro hac vice during this 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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`Petitioner 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). Petitioner’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. Lahav 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
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`this proceeding. U.S. Patent No. 6,896,773 is currently asserted by the Patent
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`Owner in co-pending litigation, in the District of Massachusetts, 1:14-cv-12438-
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`WGY (Zond v. Fujitsu, et al.) (“the co-pending litigation”). Mr. Lahav is a
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`member of the New York bar in good standing, and is representing the Patent
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`Owner in the co-pending litigation.
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`Mr. Lahav has analyzed prior art references and claim charts in connection
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`with invalidity contentions and has been involved in forming claim construction
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`positions related to the claimed inventions, all of which are relevant to the
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`Owner wishes to apply Mr. Lahav’s knowledge of the patent by employing him
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`as counsel in this proceeding. Admission of Mr. Lahav 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
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`Mr. Lahav is an experienced litigation attorney having familiarity with the
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`subject matter at issue in this proceeding. Therefore, Patent Owner respectfully
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`submits that there is good cause for the Board to recognize Mr. Lahav as counsel
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`pro hac vice during this proceeding.
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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. Lahav (Ex. 2001).
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`Date: November 11, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Mr. Bruce Barker/
`Mr. Bruce Barker
`Reg. No. 33,291
`176 East Main Street, Suite 6
`Westborough, MA 01581
`(508) 366-3800
`bbarker@chsblaw.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner Zond, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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` 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 November 11, 2014.
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`michael.diener@wilmerhale.com
`andrej.barbic@wilmerhale.com
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`/Bruce Barker/
`Bruce Barker
`Bruce Barker
`Reg. No. 33,291
`Chao Hadidi Stark & Barker LLP
`176 East Main Street, Suite 6
`Westborough, MA 01581
`(508) 366-3800
`bbarker@chsblaw.com
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