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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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`DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, LTD. and
`DR. REDDY’S LABORATORIES, INC.
`Petitioner
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`GALDERMA LABORATORIES, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2015-01782
`U.S. Patent No. 8,603,506
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION OF EVAN DIAMOND
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(C)
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` Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 (c), Patent Owner Galderma Laboratories,
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`Inc. respectfully moves the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) to recognize
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`counsel Evan Diamond as counsel pro hac vice for purposes of the above-
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`captioned inter partes review. As stated in the PTAB’s September 2, 2015, Notice
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`of Filing Date, any motion for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`must be filed in accordance with the guidance specified in the “Order --
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`Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case IPR2013-00639, Paper
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`Accordingly, Patent Owner seeks the counsel of Mr. Evan Diamond due to
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`his experience in patent-related matters and, in particular, due to his familiarity
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`with the substantive and technical issues involved in this proceeding.
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`I.
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`THE TIMING OF FILING
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`This motion for pro hac vice admission is being filed no sooner than twenty-
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`one days after service of the Petition. Accordingly, this motion is timely.
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`II. THIS MOTION IS UNOPPOSED
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`Patent Owner has conferred with Petitioner regarding the present motion,
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`and Petitioner has indicated that it would not oppose Patent Owner’s pro hac vice
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`motion.
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`III. GOOD CAUSE EXISTS TO GRANT THIS MOTION
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`The Board may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding upon a
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`showing of good cause, subject to the condition that lead counsel be a registered
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`practitioner and to any other conditions as the Board may impose. 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.10(c). Patent Owner’s lead counsel, Stephen B. Maebius, and backup counsels,
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`Sunit Talapatra, Michael Houston, and Gerald J. Flattmann, Jr., are all registered
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`practitioners.
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`The following statement of facts shows that good cause exists for the PTAB to
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`recognize Mr. Evan Diamond pro hac vice.
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`Mr. Diamond is admitted to practice in New York. Mr. Diamond is an
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`experienced litigation attorney in the fields of pharmaceuticals and biotechnology,
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`with an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this inter partes
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`review. He is an associate in the Life Sciences Intellectual Property practice of
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`Paul Hastings LLP and was a member of the trial team in Research Foundation of
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`State Univ. of N.Y. v. Mylan Pharms., Inc., No. 09-cv-184-LPS (D. Del.); Research
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`Foundation of State Univ. of N.Y. v. Lupin Ltd. et al., No. 09-cv-483-LPS (D.
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`Del.); Research Foundation of State Univ. of N.Y. v. Impax Labs. Inc., No. 09-cv-
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`703-LPS (D. Del.); Research Foundation of State Univ. of N.Y. v. Sandoz Inc., No.
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`11-cv-162-LPS (D. Del.); and Galderma Laboratories Inc. et al. v. Amneal
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`Pharms. LLC et al., No. 11-cv-1106-LPS (D. Del.)., which involved the same
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`subject matter at issue in this proceeding. Mr. Diamond received his J.D. from
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`Harvard Law School and graduated with a B.A. in Biochemistry from the
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`University of Pennsylvania and a M.S. in Chemistry in 2004. Mr. Diamond has
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`read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s
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`Rules of Practice for Trials, and further understands that he will be subject to the
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`USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility.
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`This motion for pro hac vice admission is accompanied by a Declaration of
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`Mr. Evan Diamond (Exhibit 2001), as required by The Order Authorizing Motion
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`for Pro Hac Vice Admission in Case IPR2013-00639, Paper 7 at 3.
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`Accordingly, Patent Owner submits that there is good cause under 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.10(c) for the Board to recognize Evan Diamond as counsel pro hac vice in
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`this proceeding.
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`Dated: September 15, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Stephen B. Maebius/
`Stephen B. Maebius
`Registration No. 35,264
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing Patent
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`Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Evan Diamond was served on
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`counsel of record on September 15, 2015, by filing this document through the
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`Patent Review Processing System as well as delivering a copy via email to the
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`counsel of record for the Petitioner at the following addresses:
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`WMentlik.ipr@ldlkm.com, MTeschner.ipr@ldlkm.com,
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`BTomkins.ipr@ldlkm.com, and MFuller.ipr@ldlkm.com.
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`By: /Stephen B. Maebius/
`Stephen B. Maebius
`Registration No. 35,264
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Dated: September 15, 2015
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