UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`V,
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00309
`Patent No. 7,224,668
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`PETITIONER ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.'S UNOPPOSED MOTION
`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.,
`Petitioner
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`V,
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00309
`Patent No. 7,224,668
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`PETITIONER ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.'S UNOPPOSED MOTION
`FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Proceeding No." IPR2016-00309
`Attorney Docket: 40963-0006IP3
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Petitioner ("Arista Networks, Inc." or
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`"Arista") respectfully requests that the Board recognize William Nelson as counsel
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`pro hac vice in this proceeding. Petitioner seeks the counsel of Mr. Nelson due to
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`his experience in representing clients in patent cases in every major patent venue,
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`including U.S. district courts all over the country, as well as the ITC, and would
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`like Mr. Nelson to participate in the trial of this IPR proceeding. This motion is
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`authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition and Time for Filing
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`Patent Owner Preliminary Response that was mailed on December 14, 2015.
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`Patent Owner had indicated it would not oppose this motion.
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`Statement of Facts
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`Mr. Nelson is a patent litigation attorney with 16 years of experience
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`representing clients in cases involving computer hardware and software;
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`semiconductor devices; enterprise software; search engine technology; security;
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`networking; semiconductor devices, processing, and packaging; mobile phones and
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`other consumer electronics; and mobile commerce. Mr. Nelson has litigated patent
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`cases before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, various
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`federal district courts, and the International Trade Commission. Through his
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`practice in such cases, Mr. Nelson has gained substantial experience in jury trials,
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`bench trials, discovery, Markman hearings, and appeals. Arista provides Exhibit
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`Attorney Docket: 40963-0006IP3
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`A, as evidence, Mr. Nelson's biography.
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`Mr. Nelson also has particular experience and familiarity with the
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`substantive and technical issues involved in this inter partes review proceeding.
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`Mr. Nelson has been advising Arista in connection with the concurrent ITC
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`Investigation No. 337-TA-945, instituted on January 20, 2015, in which U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,224,668 has been asserted. He also has reviewed and considered the
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`Petition and supporting exhibits filed by Arista, Patent Owner's Preliminary
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`Response, the Institution Decision, the public version of Patent Owner's Response
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`and supporting public exhibits, U.S. Patent No. 7,224,668, and other material
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`related to these proceedings. Should the present motion be granted, Arista intends
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`for Mr. Nelson to participate in the trial of this IPR proceeding.
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`Affidavit of Individual Seeking to Appear
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`This Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is accompanied by an Affidavit of
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`William Nelson, as required by the Order Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`mailed December 15, 2015.
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`Accordingly, Arista submits that there is good cause under 3 7 C.F.R. §
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`42.10(c) for the Board to recognize William Nelson as counsel pro hac vice during
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`this proceeding.
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`Proceeding No." IPR2016-00309
`Attorney Docket: 40963-0006IP3
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Date:
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`Customer Number 26171
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`Telephone" (612) 337-2508
`Facsimile" (612)288-9696
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`Reg. No. 40,5 84
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`EXHIBIT A
`EXHIBIT A
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`Tensegrity Law Group LLP' Profile - William Nelson 1/26/17, 1'33 PM
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`WILLIAM NELSON
`Partner
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`William Nelson has extensive experience representing industry-leading high technology clients in patent, antitrust,
`copyright, licensing, and trade secret protection disputes, in U.S. district court, at the ITC, and in arbitration. He has
`litigated high-stakes patent disputes in matters relating to computers; mobile phones; enterprise software; search
`CONTACT engine technologies; semiconductor devices; networking; mobile commerce; computer vision; and other technologies.
`Email: william.nelson Prior to joining Tensegrity Law Group LLP in 2012, Mr. Nelson was a partner at Hosie Rice LLR
`(mailto:william.nelson@tensegritylawgroup.com)
`Phone: 650-802-6075
`ADMISSIONS AND QUALIFICATIONS
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`555 Twin Dolphin Drive
`Suite 650
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
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`EDUCATION
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`Berkeley Law, J.D. (1992)
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`UC Riverside, B.A., Public Policy
`(1989)
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`• 1998, California
`• California Supreme Court
`• United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
`• United States District Court for the Northern District of California
`• United States District Court for the Southern District of California
`• United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
`° United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
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`© 2015 I ellen.hart@tensegritylawgroup.com
`(mailto:ellen.hart@tensegritylawgroup.com) I 650-802-6000
`555 Twin Dolphin Dr., Suite 650 I Redwood Shores, CA 94065
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e)(4), the undersigned certifies that on January
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`27, 2017, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission and its supporting exhibit were provided via email to the Petitioner by
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`serving the correspondence email address of record as follows:
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`Jon E. Wright
`Robert Greene Sterne
`Lori A. Gordon
`Daniel S. Block
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox P.L.L.C.
`1100 New York Avenue, NW
`Washington, DC 20005
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`Email: jwright-PTAB@skgf.com
`Email: rsterne-PTAB@skgf.com
`Email: lgordon-PTAB@skgf.com
`Email: dblock-PTAB@skgf.com
`Email: ptab@skgf.com
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`/Edward G. Faeth/
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`Edward G. Faeth
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(202) 626-6420
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