`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822 Entered: June 24, 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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`TCL CORPORATION, TCL COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
`HOLDINGS, LTD., TCT MOBILE LIMITED, TCT MOBILE INC.,
`and TCT MOBILE (US), INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases1
`IPR2015-01584 (Patent 6,029,052)
`IPR2015-01600 (Patent 6,029,052)
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`Before BENJAMIN D. M. WOOD, PATRICK R. SCANLON, and
`BARBARA A. BENOIT, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BENOIT, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Mr. Scott A. Cunning
`C.F.R. §§ 42.10
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`1 We exercise our discretion to issue one order to be entered in each case.
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`IPR2015-01584 (Patent 6,029,052)
`IPR2015-01600 (Patent 6,029,052)
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`Patent Owner, filed motions for pro hac vice admission of Mr. Scott
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`A. Cunning. Paper 41.2 Each motion was accompanied by a declaration
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`from Mr. Cunning in support of the motion. Exhibit 2530. Patent Owner
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`represented that Petitioner (Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson, TCL
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`Corporation, TCL Communication Technology Holdings, Ltd., TCT Mobile
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`Limited, TCT Mobile Inc., and TCT Mobile (US), Inc.) does not oppose the
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`motions.
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`Having reviewed the motions and the declarations of Mr. Cunning, we
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`conclude that Mr. Cunning has sufficient qualifications to represent
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`Petitioner in these proceedings and that Petitioner has shown good cause for
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`Mr. Cunning’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). Mr. Cunning will be
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`permitted to appear pro hac vice in these proceedings as back-up counsel
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`only. 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 Petitioner’s motions for pro hac vice admission of
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`Mr. Scott A. Cunning are granted, and Mr. Cunning is authorized to
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`represent Petitioner only as back-up counsel in these proceedings;
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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 these proceedings;
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`2 Representative paper and exhibit numbers refer to IPR2015-01584.
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`IPR2015-01584 (Patent 6,029,052)
`IPR2015-01600 (Patent 6,029,052)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Cunning 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 Mr. Cunning 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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`PETITIONER:
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`John Zele
`john.zele@morganlewis.com
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`Alex Hanna
`alex.hanna@morganlewis.com
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`Bradford Cangro
`bradford.cangro@morganlewis.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Andrew Lowes
`andrew.lowes.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`David M. O’Dell
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`John Russell Emerson
`russell.emerson.ipr@haynesboone.com
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