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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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`GOOGLE INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`AT HOME BONDHOLDERS’ LIQUIDATING TRUST
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-No. 00662
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,014,698
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION OF JARED BOBROW PURSUANT TO 37 § C.F.R. 42.10
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` RELIEF REQUESTED
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` Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, and as authorized in the Board’s Notice of
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`Filing Date Accorded to Petition (Paper 3) (“Authorizing Order”), entered on
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`February 24, 2015, Patent Owner At Home Bondholders’ Liquidating Trust
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`requests that the Board admit Jared Bobrow pro hac vice in this proceeding
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`involving U.S. Patent No. 6,014,698 (“the ’698 patent”).
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`Petitioner Google Inc. also filed four related petitions on the same day,
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`February 2, 2015: one involving the same ’698 patent (IPR2015-00666), and
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`another three involving U.S. Patent No. 6,286,045 (“the ’045 patent”) (IPR2015-
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`00657, IPR2015-00658 and IPR2015-00660). The ’698 patent is a continuation-
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`in-part of the ’045 patent. Patent Owner has asserted both the ’045 patent and the
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`’698 patent against Petitioner Google in a pending district court litigation in the
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`Northern District of California, Richard A. Williamson, On Behalf of and as
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`Trustee for At Home Bondholders’ Liquidating Trust v. Google Inc., No. 3:15-cv-
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`00966-JD.
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`II. GOVERNING LAW, RULES AND PRECEDENT
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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
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`granted upon showing that counsel is an experienced litigating attorney and
`has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). The Authorizing Order requires that any motion for
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`pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) must be filed in accordance
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`with the “Order – Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” entered in
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`Case IPR2013-00639 (Authorizing Order at 2).
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`The Order in Case IPR2013-00639 requires that a Motion for pro hac vice
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`Admission contain (1) “a statement of facts showing there is good cause for the
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`Board to recognize counsel pro hac vice during the proceeding”; and (2) “an
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`affidavit or declaration of the individual seeking to appear attesting to the
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`following”:
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`i. Membership in good standing of the Bar of at least one State or the
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`District of Columbia;
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`ii. No suspensions or disbarments from practice before any court or
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`administrative body;
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`iii. No application for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body ever denied;
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`iv. No sanctions or contempt citations imposed by any court or
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`administrative body;
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`v. The individual seeking to appear has read and will comply with the
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice
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`for Trials set forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.;
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`vi. The individual will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional
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`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);
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`vii. All other proceedings before the Office for which the individual has
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`applied to appear pro hac vice in the last three (3) years; and
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`viii. Familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding.
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`III. STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`The facts, supported by the attached Declaration of Jared Bobrow in Support
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`of Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice (“Bobrow Decl.”), establish good cause to
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`admit Mr. Bobrow pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`1. Jared Bobrow is an experienced litigating attorney. Mr. Bobrow has
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`been a litigating attorney for more than 27 years. (Bobrow Decl. ¶ 1.) In
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`particular, Mr. Bobrow has been litigating patent cases for approximately 25 of
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`those years. (Id.)
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`2. Lead counsel Garland Stephens is a registered practitioner (Reg. No.
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`37,242). (Id. ¶2.) Back-up counsel Justin Constant is a registered practitioner
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`(Reg. 66,884). (Id.) With respect to this proceeding, Mr. Bobrow will work
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`closely with the lead and back-up counsel. (Id.)
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`3. Mr. Bobrow is a member in good standing of the California State Bar,
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`with no suspensions or disbarments from practice, nor any application for
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`admission to practice denied, nor any sanctions or contempt citations, and is
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`admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit,
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`United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, United States Court of
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`Appeals for the First Circuit; California State Supreme Court; the United States
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`District Court for the Eastern District of Texas; and the United States District
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`Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern and Southern Districts of California. (Id.
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`¶¶ 3-6.)
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`4. Mr. Bobrow is familiar with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding based on his work as lead counsel in the pending district court case
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`Richard A. Williamson, On Behalf of and as Trustee for At Home Bondholders’
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`Liquidating Trust v. Google Inc., No. 3:15-cv-00966-JD (N.D. Cal. March 3,
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`2015), which involves the same patent at issue in this proceeding. (Id. ¶7.)
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`5. Mr. Bobrow has been actively involved in all aspects of the pending
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`district court case, which was originally filed in the District of Delaware (Case No.
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`1:14-cv-00216-GMS) on February 19, 2014 before getting transferred to the
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`Northern District of California on March 2, 2015, including the issue of validity of
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`the patents-in-suit that include the patent at issue in this proceeding. (Id. ¶8.)
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`Patent Owner also asserted the related ’045 patent in this case. In view of his legal
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`experience and familiarity with the issues in the present matter, Patent Owner has
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`requested his services in this proceeding. Denial of his appearance in this case
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`would create an undue burden for the Patent Owner. (Id.)
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`6. Mr. Bobrow has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in Part 42 of
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`37 C.F.R. (Id. ¶9.)
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`7. Mr. Bobrow also agrees to be subject to the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101
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`et seq., and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a). (Id. ¶10.)
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`8. Mr. Bobrow has applied to appear pro hac vice before this office in
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`the following proceedings in the past three years: CBM2014-00091, CBM2014-
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`00092, and CBM2014-00093 and was admitted to practice in these proceedings as
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`back-up counsel on March 10, 2015, subject to filing a supplemental declaration,
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`which filing occurred on March 19, 2015. (Id. ¶11.)
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`9. Petitioner Google has indicated that it will not oppose this Motion.
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`IV. ANALYSIS
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`The facts, contained in the Statement of Facts above and in the attached
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`Bobrow Declaration, establish that there is good cause to admit Mr. Bobrow pro
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`hac vice in this proceeding under 37 C.F.R. §42.10. Lead counsel is a registered
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`practitioner, Mr. Bobrow is an experienced litigation attorney, and Mr. Bobrow has
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`an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`V. CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owner respectfully requests that the Board
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`admit Jared Bobrow pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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` Dated: March 20, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Garland T. Stephens
`Garland T. Stephens Reg. No. 37,242
`Justin L. Constant Reg. No. 66,883
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`700 Louisiana, Suite 1700
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`garland.stephens@weil.com
`justin.constant@weil.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on March 20, 2015, a copy of PATENT OWNER’S
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION OF JARED BOBROW was served
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`by filing this document through the Patent Review Processing System as well as
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`delivering a copy via electronic mail to counsel of record for Petitioner Google Inc.
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`Michelle K. Holoubek (Reg. No. 54,179)
`mholoubek-PTAB@skgf.com
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`Michael V. Messinger (Reg. No. 37,575)
`Mikem-PTAB@skgf.com
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
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