`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 12
`Entered: June 8, 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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`PLAID TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`YODLEE, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00273
`Patent 6,317,783 B1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, MICHAEL R. ZECHER, and
`JOHN A. HUDALLA, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`HUDALLA, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`David M. Barkan
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`Patent Owner filed a motion requesting pro hac vice admission of
`David M. Barkan in the instant proceeding, and Patent Owner submitted a
`declaration from Mr. Barkan in support of the motion. Paper 9; Ex. 2002.
`Petitioner did not oppose the motion. Based on the facts set forth in the
`motion and the supporting declaration, we conclude that Patent Owner has
`established good cause for Mr. Barkan’s pro hac vice admission in the
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`Case IPR2016-00273
`Patent 6,317,783 B1
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`instant proceeding. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c); Unified Patents, Inc. v.
`Parallel Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639, slip op. at 3–4 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2013)
`(Paper 7). Patent Owner’s lead counsel, David M. Hoffman, is a registered
`practitioner. Paper 6.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s motion for pro hac vice admission of
`David M. Barkan is granted, and Mr. Barkan is authorized to represent
`Patent Owner as back-up counsel in the instant proceeding only;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Barkan is to 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. Barkan is subject to the USPTO
`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and
`the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`Case IPR2016-00273
`Patent 6,317,783 B1
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`PETITIONER:
`Brian Buroker
`Omar Amin
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
`oamin@gibsondunn.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`David Hoffman
`David M. Barkan
`IPR12233-0047IP1@fr.com
`hoffman@fr.com
`barkan@fr.com
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