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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ORACLE CORPORATION, NETAPP INC. and
`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
`Petitioner,
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`CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-01207
`Patent No. 7,051,147
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR
`PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF SCOTT S. CROCKER
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) and the Board’s “Notice of Filing Date
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`Accorded to Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response”
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`entered on August 4, 2014, Patent Owner Crossroads Systems, Inc.,
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`(“Crossroads”) requests that the Board admit Scott S. Crocker pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding. Petitioner does not oppose this motion.
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`As set forth in the accompanying Declaration of Scott S. Crocker in Support
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`of Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission (“Crocker Decl.”), the following facts
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`demonstrate that there is good cause to admit Mr. Crocker pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding.
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`Steve Sprinkle, lead counsel in this proceeding, is a registered
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`practitioner.
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`2. Mr. Crocker is a member in good standing of the state bar of Texas.
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`(Crocker Decl. ¶ 2). He has never been suspended or disbarred from practice
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`before any court of administrative body. Id. ¶ 3. He has never been denied
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`admission to appear pro hac vice before any court or administrative body. Id. ¶ 4.
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`No sanctions or contempt citations have been imposed against him by any court or
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`administrative body. Id. ¶ 5.
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`3. Mr. Crocker has read and agrees to comply with the Office Patent
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`Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part
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`42 of 37 C.F.R. Id. ¶ 6
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`4. Mr. Crocker agrees to be subject to the USPTO’s Rules of
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`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq. and disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a). Id. ¶ 7.
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`5. Mr. Crocker is concurrently applying for pro hac vice admission in
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`the following inter partes review proceedings which are directed to patents in the
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`same family as the patent under review in the present proceeding:
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` IPR2014-01197 (United States Patent No. 6,425,035) by Oracle
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`Corporation, NetApp, Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
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` IPR2014-01209 (United States Patent No. 7,051,147) by Oracle
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`Corporation, NetApp, Inc. and Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd.
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` IPR2014-01226 (United States Patent No. 6,425,035) by Cisco
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`Systems, Inc. and Quantum Corporation
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`Id. ¶ 8.
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`6. Mr. Crocker is an experienced patent litigator as well as a litigator in
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`other commercial matters. Id. ¶ 9. He is familiar with the patent laws of the
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`United States as they relate to the present proceeding. Id.
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`7. Mr. Crocker has read the patent-in-suit, is familiar with the
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`technology described in the patent-in-suit, and has read the inter partes review
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`petition in this proceeding. Id. ¶¶ 10, 14.
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`8. Mr. Crocker is counsel of record and is substantively involved in the
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`following patent suits, which relate to the patent under review in this proceeding:
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` Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. Oracle Corporation
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`Case No. 1:13-CV-00895-SS (W.D. Tex.)
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` Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. et al.
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` Case No. 1:13-CV-01025-SS (W.D. Tex.)
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` Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. Cisco Systems, Inc.,
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`Case No. 1:14-CV-00148-SS (W.D. Tex.)
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` Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. NetApp, Inc.,
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`Case No. 1:14-CV-00149-SS (W.D. Tex.)
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` Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. Quantum Corporation,
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`Case No. 1:14-CV-00150-SS (W.D. Tex.)
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`Id. ¶¶ 11-13.
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`The facts set forth above and in the Crocker Declaration establish that there
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`is good cause to admit Mr. Crocker pro hac vice as back-up counsel in this
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`proceeding under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owner
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`Crossroads Systems respectfully requests that the Board admit Scott S. Crocker
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`pro hac vice as back-up counsel in this proceeding.
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ John L. Adair /
`John L. Adair
`Registration No. 48,818
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Dated: February 25, 2015
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies service of PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF SCOTT S. CROCKER and
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`accompanying declaration on February 25, 2015 upon Petitioner’s counsel of
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`record by electronic mail pursuant to agreement under 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) at the
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`following addresses:
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`Greg Gardella
`CPDocketGardella@oblon.com
`Scott McKeown
`CPDocketMcKeown@oblon.com
`Oblon
`1940 Duke Street
`Alexandria, VA 22314
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`/ John L. Adair /
`John L. Adair
`Registration No. 48,818
`Counsel for Patent Owner