UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ORACLE CORPORATION, NETAPP INC., and
`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.,
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-01207
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`Patent 7,051,147
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`PETITIONERS’ MOTION FOR ADMISSION
`PRO HAC VICE OF AARON Y. HUANG
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ORACLE CORPORATION, NETAPP INC., and
`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.,
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`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`CROSSROADS SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-01207
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`Patent 7,051,147
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`PETITIONERS’ MOTION FOR ADMISSION
`PRO HAC VICE OF AARON Y. HUANG
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10
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`Petitioners’ Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice - Aaron Y. Huang
`Case IPR2014-01207
`U.S. Patent No. 7,051,147
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
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`I.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.10, Petitioners ORACLE CORPORATION,
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`NETAPP INC., and HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD., request that the
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`Board admit Aaron Y. Huang pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`II. STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.10(c), the Board
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`may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
`upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition
`that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any
`other conditions as the Board may impose. For example,
`where the lead counsel is a registered practitioner, a
`motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is not a
`registered practitioner may be granted upon showing that
`counsel is an experienced litigating attorney and has an
`established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
`the proceeding.
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`37 C.F.R. §42.10(c). The facts, supported by the Declaration of Aaron Y. Huang in
`Support of Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Huang Decl.”, Exhibit 1234),
`establish good cause to admit Mr. Huang pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`1. Lead counsel Greg Gardella is a registered practitioner and is
`experienced in inter partes proceedings in the USPTO.
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`2. Backup counsel Scott A. McKeown is a registered practitioner and
`is experienced in inter partes proceedings in the USPTO.
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`3. Aaron Y. Huang is an experienced litigation attorney. Mr.
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`Petitioners’ Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice - Aaron Y. Huang
`Case IPR2014-01207
`U.S. Patent No. 7,051,147
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`Huang has been a litigating attorney for more than 6 years. Huang Decl. ¶ 1. Mr.
`Huang has been litigating patent cases for approximately all of those years. Id.
`¶ 1. Mr. Huang is a member in good standing of the California State Bar, with no
`suspensions or disbarments from practice, nor any application for admission to
`practice denied, nor any sanctions or contempt citations, and is admitted to
`practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, the
`United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; and the United
`States District Court for the Northern District of California. Id. ¶¶ 1-4.
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`4. Mr. Huang has familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
`this proceeding based on his work as counsel in the pending district court case
`Crossroads Systems, Inc. v. Oracle Corp., W.D. Tex. Case No. 13-895-SS, in
`which U.S. Patent No. 7,051,147 is and was asserted by the Patent Owner. Id. ¶
`9. Mr. Huang has been actively involved in all aspects of the pending district
`court case, including the issue of validity of the patents-in-suit. Id.
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`5. Mr. Huang has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial
`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules for Practice for Trials set forth in part 42
`of the C.F.R, and he agrees to be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§10.20 et seq., and to disciplinary
`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §11.19(a). Id. ¶¶ 5-6.
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`6. Patent Owner Crossroads Systems, Inc. has indicated that this
`Motion is not opposed.
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`Petitioners’ Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice - Aaron Y. Huang
`Case IPR2014-01207
`U.S. Patent No. 7,051,147
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`A N A L Y S I S
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`I I I .
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`The facts contained in the Statement of Facts above, and contained in the
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`Huang Declaration, establish that there is good cause to admit Mr. Huang pro
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`hac vice in this proceeding under 37 C.F.R. §42.10. Lead and backup counsel are
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`registered practitioners, Mr. Huang is an experienced litigation attorney, and Mr.
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`Huang has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`proceeding.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioners respectfully request that the Board
`admit Aaron Y. Huang pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`Oblon, McClelland, Maier &
`Neustadt, LLP
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`Dated: September 8, 2015
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`/Greg H. Gardella/
`Greg H. Gardella (Reg. No. 46,045)
`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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`Scott A. McKeown (Reg. No. 42,866)
`Back-up Counsel for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that PETITIONERS’ MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO
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`HAC VICE OF AARON Y. HUANG PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10,
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`Exhibit 1233 and Exhibit 1234 were served on September 8, 2015, on the counsel
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`of record for the Patent Owner by filing this document through the Patent Review
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`Processing System as well as delivering a copy via electronic mail to the following
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`addresses:
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`Steven Sprinkle
`John Adair
`SPRINKLE IP LAW GROUP
`crossroadsipr@sprinklelaw.com
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`Russell Wong
`James H. Hall
`BLANK ROME LLP
`CrossroadsIPR@blankrome.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Greg H. Gardella/
`Greg H. Gardella (Reg. No. 46,045)
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