`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822 Entered: January 25, 2016
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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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`ARRIS GROUP, INC. and COX COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`C-CATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-006351
`Patent 5,563,883
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`Before BARBARA A. BENOIT, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and
`MIRIAM L. QUINN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PETTIGREW, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Ms. Merri C. Moken
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.10
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`1 Cox Communications, Inc., who filed a Petition in IPR2015-01796, has
`been joined as a petitioner in this proceeding.
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`C-Cation Technologies, LLC (“Patent Owner”) filed a motion for pro
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`hac vice admission of Ms. Merri C. Moken. Paper 36. The motion was
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`accompanied by a declaration from Ms. Moken in support of the motion.
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`Paper 36 (Exhibit A). ARRIS Group, Inc. and Cox Communications, Inc.
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`(collectively, “Petitioner”) have not opposed the motion.
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`Having reviewed the motion and the declaration of Ms. Moken, we
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`conclude that Ms. Moken has sufficient qualifications to represent Patent
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`Owner in this proceeding and that Patent Owner has shown good cause for
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`Ms. Moken’s pro hac vice admission. See Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel
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`Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2013) (setting forth the
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`requirements for pro hac vice admission) (Paper 7). Ms. Moken will be
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`permitted to appear pro hac vice in this proceeding as back-up counsel only.
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`See 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`It is:
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`ORDER
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s motion for pro hac vice admission of
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`Ms. Merri C. Moken is granted, and Ms. Moken is authorized to represent
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`Patent Owner only as back-up counsel in this proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner as lead counsel in this proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Moken is to comply with the Office
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`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 Code of Federal Regulations; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Moken is subject to the USPTO’s
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`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the USPTO’s Rules
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`of Professional Conduct set forth at 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101–11.901.
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`FOR PETITIONER ARRIS Group, Inc.:
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`Andrew R. Sommer
`asommer@winston.com
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`Jonathan E. Retsky
`jretsky@winston.com
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`FOR PETITIONER Cox Communications, Inc.:
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`Mitchell G. Stockwell
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`mstockwell@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Michael J. Turton
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`mturton@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Walter E. Hanley
`whanley@kenyon.com
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`David J. Kaplan
`djkaplan@kenyon.com
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`David J. Cooperberg
`dcooperberg@kenyon.com
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