Atty Docket No. WHAT‐001‐00US 
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` Inter Partes Review of  
`U.S. Patent No. 8,332,475 
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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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`WhatsApp Inc. and Facebook, Inc. 
`Petitioner 
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`v. 
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`TriPlay Communications Ltd. 
`Patent Owner 
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`Case IPR2015‐00740 
`U.S. Patent No. 8,332,475 
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`PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION 
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 41.10(c) 
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`Atty Docket No. WHAT‐001‐00US 
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` Inter Partes Review of  
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`Petitioner WhatApp Inc. and Facebook, Inc. respectfully requests that the 
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`Board  recognize  Reuben  Chen,  Esq.,  as  counsel  pro  hac  vice  during  this 
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`proceeding. 
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`I.
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`BACKGROUND 
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`Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is being filed in compliance 
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`with  and  pursuant  to  the  “Order—Authorizing  Motion  for  Pro  Hac  Vice 
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`Admission” in Case No. IPR2013‐00639 (MPT) [“the Order”].  
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS 
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`As required by the Order, the following statement of facts shows that there 
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`is good cause for the Board to recognize Mr. Chen pro hac vice. 
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`Mr.  Chen  is  an  experienced  litigation  attorney  and  has  been  involved  in 
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`numerous complex litigations in state and federal courts.  Mr. Chen’s biography is 
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`attached hereto to this Motion. 
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`Mr. Chen has reviewed U.S. Patent No. 8,332,475, and the petition already 
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`filed in this proceeding.  Further, Mr. Chen is familiar with the pending litigation 
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`between the parties pending before the U.S. District Court for Delaware entitled 
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`Triplay, Inc. et al. v. WhatsApp Inc., Case No. 1:13‐cv‐01703‐LPS; and, as such, is 
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`familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. 
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`Therefore, Petitioner respectfully submits that there is good cause for the 
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`Board to recognize Mr. Chen as counsel pro hac vice during this proceeding. 
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`III.
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`AFFIDAVIT OR DECLARATION OF INDIVIDUAL SEEKING TO APPEAR 
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`Petitioner’s  Motion  for  Pro  Hac  Vice  Admission  is  accompanied  by  an 
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`Affidavit of Reuben Chen as required by the Order. 
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`Dated: March 18, 2015 
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`COOLEY LLP 
`ATTN: Patent Group 
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 700 
`Washington, DC  20004 
`Tel: (650) 843‐5001  
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`By: 
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Heidi L. Keefe/ 
`Heidi L. Keefe 
`Reg. No. 40,673 
`Counsel for Petitioner    
`WhatsApp Inc. and Facebook, 
`Inc. 
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`REUBEN CHEN
`PARTNER
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`OFFICE:
`Palo Alto
`3175 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, California
`94304
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`T: +1 650 843 5480
`F: +1 650 849 7400
`E: rchen@cooley.com
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`PRACTICES:
`Clean Energy & Technologies
`Communications
`Food Litigation
`Intellectual Property
`Intellectual Property Litigation
`Inter Partes Review
`Internet & Social Media
`Life Sciences
`Medical Devices
`Patent Counseling & Prosecution
`Patent Office Litigation
`Semiconductor
`Software
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`Reuben Chen is a partner in the Intellectual Property Litigation practice group and a member of Cooley's
`Llitigation department. He joined the firm in 2003 and is resident in the Palo Alto office.
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`Mr. Chen's practice focuses on intellectual property litigation and counseling, across a wide range of
`technologies, including computer, web, mobile, and communications technologies as well as biotechnology
`and chemistry. He has been recognized repeatedly by Super Lawyers magazine as one of Northern
`California's Rising Stars in IP Litigation.
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`Mr. Chen has successfully handled cases in popular patent litigation venues such as the Northern District
`of California, the Eastern District of Texas, and the District of Delaware, as well as in alternative dispute
`resolution forums.
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`Recent representative cases include:
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`Evolutionary Intelligence, LLC v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) – Defended Facebook in a patent
`infringement action. The case is stayed pending PTO inter partes review proceedings.
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`Huntley, LLC v. Monterey Mushrooms, Inc., (D. Del.) – Defended Monterey Mushrooms in a
`patent infringement action, obtaining a dismissal of the case with prejudice along with attorneys'
`fees and costs.
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`JDS Uniphase Corporation v. CoAdna Photonics, Inc., (N.D. Cal.) – Defended CoAdna Photonics
`in a patent infringement action. The case was dismissed with prejudice.
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` Macrosolve, Inc. v. MediaFire, LLC, (E.D. Tex.) – Defended MediaFire in a patent infringement
`action, obtaining a dismissal.
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` Mekiki Co., Ltd. v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) – Defended Facebook in a patent infringement
`action. The case was dismissed in light of PTO's reexamination of patents-in-suit, after
`Facebook requested reexamination. The PTO subsequently rejected the asserted patent claims
`in reexamination.
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`PersonalWeb Techs., LLC, et al. v. Facebook, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) - Defended Facebook in a patent
`infringement action. The case was administratively closed in light of pending PTO inter partes
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`review of the patents-in-suit.
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`The Penn State Research Foundation, Inc. v. Monterey Mushrooms, Inc. (M.D. Pa.) – Defended
`Monterey Mushrooms in a correction of inventorship and ownership dispute, obtaining a
`settlement and dismissal.
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`The Salk Institute for Biological Studies v. Acceleron Pharma, Inc. (D. Mass.) - Represented the
`Salk Institute in breach of contract action involving TGF-Beta ligand trap.
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`Tranz-Send Broadcasting Network, Inc. v. BitTorrent, Inc. (N.D. Cal.) – Defended BitTorrent in a
`patent infringement action, obtaining a dismissal with prejudice.
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` Weyer, et al. v. Facebook, Inc. (Fed. Cir.) – Represented Facebook and successfully argued at
`Federal Circuit to invalidate asserted patent.
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` WhoGlue, Inc. v. Facebook, Inc. (D. Del.) – Defended Facebook in a patent infringement action.
`The case was dismissed.
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`Zenith Electronics Corporation v. Thomson, Inc., et al. (E.D. Tex.). Represented Zenith in a patent
`enforcement action. All Defendants who manufacture are now licensees to the patents.
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`Mr. Chen is a frequent lecturer on intellectual property and patent matters and serves on the Advisory
`Board of the Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology. Additionally, Mr. Chen serves
`on the Stanford Law School Board of Visitors and as Co-Chair of the Stanford Alumni Regional Law
`Chapter for Silicon Valley. He further serves on the Board of Directors and is past President of the Asian
`Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley. Previously, Mr. Chen served on the Santa Clara County
`Bar Association's Judiciary Committee, which evaluates judicial candidates at the request of the California
`governor, and on the association's Board of Trustees and Strategic Planning Committee.
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`Additionally, Mr. Chen's efforts on pro bono matters have been recognized by the American Bar
`Association, the National Law Journal, the California Lawyers for the Arts, and the San Francisco Daily
`Journal.
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`Mr. Chen received a JD from Stanford Law School in 2003. During law school, he was a legal assistant to
`Professor Paul Goldstein and completed an externship with the Honorable Saundra Brown Armstrong of
`the United States District Court. Additionally, while at Stanford, Mr. Chen was a representative of the Law
`Association, the treasurer of the Asian and Pacific Islander Law Students Association, a committee co-chair
`for the Stanford Public Interest Law Foundation, a member of the Stanford Journal of International Law,
`and a volunteer for the East Palo Alto Community Law Project. Mr. Chen received a BA, summa cum
`laude, from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998 with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry.
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`Mr. Chen has received the following awards and recognition:
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`Northern California Rising Star for Intellectual Property Litigation by Super Lawyers magazine,
`2014 and 2013
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` Minority Bar Coalition Unity Award, 2013
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`Lawyers of Color Hot List, 2013
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`Prior to law school, Mr. Chen was a Medical College Admissions Test instructor for Kaplan, where he
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`taught the subjects of biology, general chemistry, organic chemistry, and physics.
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`Mr. Chen is an avid tennis player.
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`Education
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`Stanford Law School
`JD, 2003
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`University of Pennsylvania
`BA, 1998, summa cum laude
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`Bar Admissions
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`California
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`U.S. Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
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`U.S. District Court, Central District of California
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`U.S. District Court, Eastern District of California
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`U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
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`U.S. District Court, Northern District of California
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`U.S. District Court, Southern District of California
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`American Bar Association
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`Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Silicon Valley, Board of Directors
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`Santa Clara County Bar Association
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`Stanford Law School Board of Visitors
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`Stanford Law School Program in Law, Science & Technology, Advisory Board
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` William A. Ingram American Inn of Court
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`Inter Panes Review of US. Patent No. 8,332,475
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`AFFIDAVIT OF REUBEN CHEN IN SUPPORT OF
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`MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
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`I, Reuben Chen, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the
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`following:
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`1.
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`lam a member in good standing of the Bar of California as well as the
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`US. District Court for the Northern District of California, U.S. District Court for the
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`Central District of California, US. District Court for the Southern District of
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`California, US. District Court for the Eastern District of California, US. District
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`Court for the Eastern District of Texas, and Federal Circuit Court of Appeals.
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`2.
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`l have not been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`3.
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`l have never had an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`No sanction or contempt citation has been imposed against me by
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`any court or administrative body.
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`l have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board‘s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R.
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`6.
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`lwill be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.20, et seq., and disciplinaryjurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice before the Office in any
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`other proceeding in the last three (3) years.
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`8.
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`lam an experienced litigation attorney with experience with complex
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`litigation in both state and federal courts.
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`lam familiar with the subject matter at
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`issue in this proceeding, including the prior art on which Petitioners rely in this
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`request and U.S. Patent No. 8,332,475.
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`I have also reviewed the pertinent issues
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`of claim construction that have been briefed in this proceeding.
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`Reuben Chen
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`COOLEY LLP
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`1299 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Suite 700
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`Washington DC.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 
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`I hereby certify, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. Section 42.6, that a complete copy of 
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`the  attached  PETITIONER’S  MOTION  FOR  PRO  HAC  VICE  ADMISSION  (Reuben 
`Chen) and related documents, are being served via Federal Express on the 18th 
`day of March, 2015, the same day as the filing of the above‐identified document 
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`the Patent Owner by serving the correspondence address of 
`record with the USPTO, and 
`(2)   upon counsel of record for the Patent Owner in the litigation 
`pending before the U.S. District Court for the District of 
`Delaware entitled TriPlay, Inc. et al. v. WhatsApp Inc., Case No. 
`1:13‐cv‐01703‐LPS (D. Del.): 
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