`571-272-7822
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`Paper 48
`Entered: September 7, 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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`HTC CORPORATION and HTC AMERICA, INC.,1
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PARTHENON UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01500 (Patent 7,321,368 B2)
`Case IPR2015-01501 (Patent 7,777,753 B2)
`Case IPR2015-01502 (Patent 7,542,045 B2)2
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`Before JAMES B. ARPIN, MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, and
`SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice of
`Justin Chen
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.; Samsung Electronics America, Inc.; and
`LG Electronics, Inc. were terminated from this proceeding. See, e.g.,
`IPR2015-01500, Papers 28 and 43.
`2 This Order addresses issues pertaining to all three proceedings. Therefore,
`we exercise our discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each proceedings.
`The parties are not authorized to use this style heading for any subsequent
`papers.
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`IPR2015-01500 (Patent 7,321,368 B2)
`IPR2015-01501 (Patent 7,777,753 B2)
`IPR2015-01502 (Patent 7,542,045 B2)
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`Patent Owner, Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC, moves
`for pro hac vice admission of Mr. Justin Chen. IPR2015-01500, Paper 47;
`IPR2015-01501, Paper 46; IPR2015-01502, Paper 45. Patent Owner
`provides Declarations from Mr. Chen in support of its Motions. IPR2015-
`01500, Ex. 2014; IPR2015-01501, Ex. 2014; IPR2015-01502, Ex. 2014.
`Patent Owner also states that it has conferred with Petitioner, HTC
`Corporation and HTC America, Inc., regarding Mr. Chen’s admission pro
`hac vice and that Petitioner does not oppose Patent Owner’s Motions.
`IPR2015-01500, Paper 47, 2; IPR2015-01501, Paper 46, 2; IPR2015-01502,
`Paper 45, 2.
`Based on the facts set forth in the Motions and the accompanying
`Declarations from Mr. Chen, we conclude that Mr. Chen has sufficient legal
`and technical qualifications to represent Patent Owner in these cases, that
`Mr. Chen has demonstrated the necessary familiarity with the subject matter
`of these cases, and that there is a need for Patent Owner to have counsel with
`experience as a litigation attorney in patent matters involved in these cases.
`Accordingly, Patent Owner has established good cause for Mr. Chen’s pro
`hac vice admission. Mr. Chen 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 Patent Owner’s Motions for pro hac vice admission
`of Mr. Justin Chen are granted, and Mr. Chen is authorized to represent
`Patent Owner as back-up counsel in these proceedings;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in these cases;
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`IPR2015-01500 (Patent 7,321,368 B2)
`IPR2015-01501 (Patent 7,777,753 B2)
`IPR2015-01502 (Patent 7,542,045 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Chen shall 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
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Chen is 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. §§ 11.101–11.901.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Joseph A. Micallef
`Stephen M. Everett
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`jmicallef@sidley.com
`stephen.everett@sidley.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Masood Anjom
`Scott Clark
`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS, ALAVI & MENSING P.C.
`manjom@azalaw.com
`sclark@azalaw.com
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com
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