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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`HTC CORPORATION and HTC AMERICA, INC.,
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`PARTHENON UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE LLC,
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`Case IPR2015-01501
`Patent 7,777,753
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`PATENT OWNER’S
`AMENDED UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`OF JUSTIN CHEN UNDER 37 C.F.R.§ 42.10(c)
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`I. STATEMENT OF THE PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to the Board’s “Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition and
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`Time for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response,” dated July 8, 2015 (Paper
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`No. 3), authorizing the parties to file motions for pro hac vice admission under 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.10(c), Patent Owner Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC,
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`respectfully requests that the Board allow Justin Chen to appear pro hac vice on its
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`behalf in this proceeding. Petitioner consents to this motion.
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`II. REASONS THE REQUESTED RELIEF SHOULD BE GRANTED
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`As set forth in the Statement of Material Facts below, and as required by 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.10(c), Patent Owner has demonstrated good cause to admit Mr. Chen
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`pro hac vice in this proceeding. In particular, Patent Owner’s lead counsel is a
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`registered practitioner, and Mr. Chen is an experienced litigating attorney having an
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`established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`Furthermore, this motion is being filed more than twenty one days after
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`service of the petition; includes a statement of facts showing good cause for the
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`Board to recognize Mr. Chen pro hac vice; and is being filed concurrently with
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`Exhibit 2014, the Amended Declaration of Justin Chen in Support of Patent
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`Owner’s Amended Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Justin Chen
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`Under 37 C.F.R.§ 42.10(c) (“Chen Decl.”), all in accordance with the “Order
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`Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Unified Patents, Inc. v.
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`Parallel Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639, Paper 7 at 3 (P.T.A. B. Oct. 15, 2013).
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`III. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS
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`1.
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` 37 C.F. R. § 42.10(c) provides that “[t]he Board may recognize
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`counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause,
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`subject to the condition that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to
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`any other conditions as the Board may impose. For example, where the lead
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`counsel is a registered practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by
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`counsel who is not a registered practitioner may be granted upon showing
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`that counsel is an experienced litigating attorney and has an established
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`familiarity with the subject matter at the issue in the proceeding.”
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`2. Masood Anjom, lead counsel for Patent Owner Parthenon Unified
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`Memory Architecture LLC in this proceeding, is a registered practitioner
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`holding Registration No. 62,167.
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`3.
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`As set forth in the Chen Decl., Mr. Chen is an experienced litigating
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`attorney, and has been invoiced in numerous litigations involving patent
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`infringement in District Courts across the country. He has experience in
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`Markman hearings in patent infringement matters. Mr. Chen’s biography is
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`attached hereto as Exhibit 2014.
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,777,753 (“the ‘753 Patent”) is currently asserted
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`against Petitioners HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. in co-pending
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`litigations in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas:
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`Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC v. Huawei Techs. Co., Ltd. et
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`al., No. 2:14-cv-00687-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.) filed June 12, 2014; Parthenon
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`Unified Memory Architecture LLC v. Motorola Mobility, Inc., No. 2:14-cv-
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`00689-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.) filed June 12, 2014; Parthenon Unified
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`Memory Architecture LLC v. HTC Corp. et al., No. 2:14-cv-00690-RSP
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`(E.D. Tex.) filed June 12, 2014; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture
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`LLC v. LG Elecs., Inc. et al., No. 2:14-cv-00691-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.) filed
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`June 12, 2014; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC v. Samsung
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`Elecs. Co., Ltd. et al., No. 2:14-cv-00902-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.) filed
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`September 22, 2014; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC v.
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`Qualcomm Inc. et al., No. 2:14-cv-00930-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.) filed
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`October 1, 2014; Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC v. ZTE Corp.
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`et al., No. 2:15-cv-00225-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.) filed February 17, 2015;
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`Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 2:15-cv-
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`00621-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex) filed May 1, 2015; and Parthenon Unified
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`Memory Architecture LLC v. LG Electronics Mobilcomm USA, Inc., No.
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`2:15-cv-1950 (E.D. Tex) filed November 30, 2015. Mr. Chen is counsel for
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`Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture, LLC in the co-pending litigation
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`and, as such, has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
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`this proceeding. In the co-pending litigation Mr. Chen argued the Markman
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`hearings, reviewed prior art references and claim charts for invalidity
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`contentions, and was heavily involved in forming claim construction
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`positions and drafting claim construction briefs, all of which are relied upon
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`in the petition requesting inter parties review of U.S. Patent No. 7,777,753.
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`Patent Owner has expended significant financial resources in the co-pending
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`litigations with Mr. Chen as counsel, and Patent Owner wishes to continue
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`using Mr. Chen as counsel in this proceeding. Additionally, Mr. Chen has
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`thoroughly reviewed the Petition and accompanying Exhibits submitted in
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`this proceeding. (Id.).
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`5. Mr. Chen has attested to each of the requirements set forth in
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`paragraph 2(b)(i)-(viii) of the “Order Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission” in Case IPR2013-00639, Paper 7 at 3. (Chen Decl., ¶¶ 2-9)
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`IV. CONCLUSION
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`In view of the foregoing, Patent Owner respectfully submits that the
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`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) have been satisfied, and requests an Order
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`permitting Justin Chen to appear pro hac vice on its behalf in this proceeding.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
`By: /s/ Masood Anjom
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`Masood Anjom
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`Reg. No. 62,167
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Dated: August 31, 2016
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`1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify that Patent Owner’s Amended Unopposed Motion for Pro
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`Hac Vice Admission of Justin Chen Under 37 C.F.R.§ 42.10(c) was served on
`August 31, 2016, by electronic mail to the following:
`Lead Counsel for HTC Corporation
`Back-up Counsel for HTC Corporation
`Stephen M. Everett
`Joseph A. Micallef
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`Dated: August 31, 2016
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`By: /s/ Masood Anjom
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`Masood Anjom
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`Reg. No. 62,167
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Parthenon Unified Memory
`Architecture, LLC
`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS,
`ALAVI &MENSING, P.C.
`1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500
`Houston, TX 77010
`Telephone: 713-655-1101
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