`571-272-7822
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`Paper 21
`Entered: May 22, 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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., and
`SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.
`Patent Owner.
`_______________
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`Cases
`IPR2014-01366 (Patent 6,108,704 C1)
`IPR2014-01367 (Patent 6,009,469 C1)
`IPR2014-01368 (Patent 6,131,121 C1)
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`Before KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2014-01366 (Patent 6,108,704 C1)
`IPR2014-01367 (Patent 6,009,469 C1)
`IPR2014-01368 (Patent 6,131,121 C1)
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`As authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to the Petition
`(Paper 31), Straight Path IP Group, Inc. (“Patent Owner”) filed a “Motion for
`Pro Hac Vice Admission” of Michael C. Newman (Paper 20).2 Samsung
`Electronics Co., Ltd., Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and Samsung
`Telecommunications America, LLC (collectively, “Petitioner”) did not file
`an opposition to the Motion. Patent Owner’s Motion is granted. See 37
`C.F.R. § 42.10(c); see also Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC,
`IPR2013-00639, Order Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission,
`Paper 7 (October 15, 2003) (setting forth requirements for pro hac vice
`admission).3
`It is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for pro hac vice admission is
`granted, and Mr. Newman is authorized to represent Patent Owner as back-
`up counsel in IPR2014-01366, IPR2014-01367, and IPR2014-01368;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in these inter partes review
`proceedings; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Newman is to comply with the
`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
`Trials, as set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations,
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`1 All citations are to IPR2014-01366 unless otherwise noted. IPR2014-
`01367 and IPR2014-01368 include the same cited papers and exhibits.
`2 Patent Owner also filed an affidavit of Mr. Newman in support of the
`Motion (Ex. 2011).
`3 Available at http://www.uspto.gov/patents-application-process/appealing-
`patent-decisions/decisions-and-opinions/representative-orders.
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`IPR2014-01366 (Patent 6,108,704 C1)
`IPR2014-01367 (Patent 6,009,469 C1)
`IPR2014-01368 (Patent 6,131,121 C1)
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`and that Mr. Newman is subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction
`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct
`set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Brian Erickson
`Jeff Cole
`Samsung-SP-IPR@dlapiper.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`William Meunier
`Matthew Durell
`StraightPathIPRs@mintz.com
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