`571-272-7822
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`Paper 17
`Date: March 3, 2015
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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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`TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
`(TSMC) and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-010301
`Patent 5,652,084
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`Before ERICA A. FRANKLIN, JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, and
`KRISTINA M. KALAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`KALAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`On February 6, 2015, Petitioner Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing
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`Company, Ltd. (“TSMC”) filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Mr. Scott
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`Cunning and an accompanying Affidavit in the above-captioned proceeding.
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`IPR2014-01030, Paper 13, Ex. 1013. Patent Owner did not file an opposition to
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`the Motion within the one-week period permitted for such a filing. See IPR2013-
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`1 Case IPR2014-01493 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`IPR2014-01030
`Patent 5,652,084
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`00639, Paper 7, p. 3 (“Parties seeking to oppose a motion for pro hac vice
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`admission must file their opposition no later than one week after the filing of the
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`underlying motion.”). After considering Petitioner TSMC’s Motion and
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`accompanying Affidavit, it is
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`ORDERED that Petitioner TSMC’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
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`Mr. Scott Cunning is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner TSMC is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceeding, but Mr. Scott
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`Cunning is authorized to be designated as backup counsel; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Scott Cunning is to comply with the
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
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`set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the C.F.R., and is subject to the USPTO’s
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the USPTO Rules of
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`Professional Conduct as set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`IPR2014-01030
`Patent 5,652,084
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`For Petitioner:
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`David Odell
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`David L. McCombs
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Scott Cunning
`scott.cunning@haynesboone.com
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`For Patent Owner:
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`Andriy Lytvyn
`andriy.lytvyn@smithhopen.com
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`Anton J. Hopen
`anton.hopen@smithhopen.com
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