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`Paper 10
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`Entered: February 19, 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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`LG ELECTRONICS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00321 (Patent 7,095,945 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00322 (Patent 6,784,879 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00325 (Patent 7,742,053 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00326 (Patent 6,897,871 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00327 (Patent 6,897,871 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00330 (Patent 7,327,369 B2)
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`Before JAMES B. ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Petitioner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of Jamie B. Beaber and Michael Maas
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
`Petitioner, LG Electronics, Inc., moves for pro hac vice admission of
`Mr. Jamie B. Beaber (e.g., IPR2015-00321, Paper 8) and Mr. Michael Maas
`(e.g., IPR2015-00321, Paper 9) in each of the above-captioned cases.
`Petitioner provides declarations from Mr. Beaber (e.g., IPR2015-00321, Ex.
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`Case IPR2015-00321 (Patent 7,095,945 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00322 (Patent 6,784,879 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00325 (Patent 7,742,053 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00326 (Patent 6,897,871 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00327 (Patent 6,897,871 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00330 (Patent 7,327,369 B2)
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`1009) and Mr. Maas (e.g., IPR2015-00321, Ex. 1010) in support of its
`motions. Patent Owner, ATI Technologies ULC, has not filed an opposition
`to Petitioner’s motions.
`Based on the facts set forth in the motions and the accompanying
`declarations from Mr. Beaber and Mr. Maas, we conclude that Mr. Beaber
`and Mr. Maas have sufficient legal and technical qualifications to represent
`Petitioner in this case, that Mr. Beaber and Mr. Maas have demonstrated the
`necessary familiarity with the subject matter of these cases,1 and that there is
`a need for Petitioner to have counsel with experience as litigation attorneys
`in patent matters involved in these cases. Accordingly, Petitioner has
`established good cause for Mr. Beaber’s and Mr. Maas’s pro hac vice
`admission. Mr. Beaber and Mr. Maas will be permitted to appear pro hac
`vice in these cases as back-up counsel only. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s motions for pro hac vice admission of
`Mr. Jamie B. Beaber and Mr. Michael Maas are granted, and Mr. Beaber
`and Mr. Maas are authorized to represent Petitioner as back-up counsel in
`these cases;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner continue to have a registered
`practitioner as lead counsel in these cases;
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`1 There is an inconsistency in the identification of the related litigation.
`Compare, e.g., IPR2015-00321, Paper 8, 2–3 (“5:14-cv-1012”) with, e.g.,
`IPR2015-00321, Paper 3, 2 (“3:14-cv-01012”); see also, e.g., IPR2015-
`00321, Paper 2, 1 (“3:14-cv-01012”). Updated mandatory notices should be
`filed, as appropriate. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.8.
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`Case IPR2015-00321 (Patent 7,095,945 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00322 (Patent 6,784,879 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00325 (Patent 7,742,053 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00326 (Patent 6,897,871 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00327 (Patent 6,897,871 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00330 (Patent 7,327,369 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Beaber and Mr. Maas 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;
`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Beaber and Mr. Maas are subject to
`the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and to the
`USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et
`seq.
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`Case IPR2015-00321 (Patent 7,095,945 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00322 (Patent 6,784,879 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00325 (Patent 7,742,053 B2)
`Case IPR2015-00326 (Patent 6,897,871 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00327 (Patent 6,897,871 B1)
`Case IPR2015-00330 (Patent 7,327,369 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Robert G. Pluta
`Amanda Streff
`John Zhu
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`rpluta@mayerbrown.com
`astreff@mayerbrown.com
`jzhu@mayerbrown.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`(IPR2015-00325-7, 330)
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`Jason Eisenberg
`Michael D. Specht
`Michael B. Ray
`Ross Hicks
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`jasone-PTAB@skgf.com
`mspecht@skgf.com
`mray@skgf.com
`rhicks-PTAB@skgf.com
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`(IPR2015-00321, 322)
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`Cyrus A. Morton
`J. Scott Culpepper
`ROBINS, KAPLAN, MILLER & CIRESI L.L.P.
`CAMorton@rkmc.com
`JSCulpepper@rkmc.com
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