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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ARISTA NETWORKS, INC.,
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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`Case IPR2016-00309
`Patent No. 7,224,668
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`PETITIONER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION OF CHRISTOPHER W. DRYER 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), Petitioner (“Arista Networks, Inc.” or
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`“Arista”) respectfully requests that the Board recognize Christopher W. Dryer as
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`counsel pro hac vice in this proceeding. Petitioner seeks the counsel of Mr. Dryer
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`due to his experience representing Arista in other patent-related matters and
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`particularly due to his familiarity with the substantive and technical issues involved
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`in this proceeding. This motion is authorized by the Notice of Filing Date
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`Accorded to Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response that
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`was mailed on December 15, 2015.
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`Patent Owner had indicated that it will not oppose this motion.
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`Statement of Facts
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`Mr. Dryer is a patent litigation attorney with more than two years of
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`experience representing clients in cases involving network devices and protocols,
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`computer software, graphical user interfaces, liquid crystal display devices, and
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`lithium-ion batteries, among other technologies. Between 2012 and 2013, Mr.
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`Dryer also served as a law clerk to the Honorable Timothy B. Dyk at the United
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`States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Mr. Dryer regularly litigates
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`patent cases before federal district courts and the United States International Trade
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`Commission. Through this experience, Mr. Dryer has gained substantial
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`experience in trials, discovery, Markman hearings, and appeals. Arista provides
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`Mr. Dryer’s biography as Exhibit A to as his accompanying declaration, as
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`evidence.
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`Mr. Dryer also has particular experience and familiarity with the substantive
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`and technical issues involved in this inter partes review proceeding. Most
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`pertinently, Mr. Dryer represents Arista in Investigation No. 337-TA-945 at the
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`United States International Trade Commission, in which Patent Owner asserts U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,224,668 (“the ’668 patent”), among other patents relating to network
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`devices and technologies. As part of his work in that Investigation, Mr. Dryer was
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`deeply involved in many phases of the litigation from discovery through trial. As a
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`result, Mr. Dryer is very familiar with the ’668 patent and its subject matter.
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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 Declaration
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`of Christopher Dryer as required by the Order Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac
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`Vice mailed December 15, 2015.
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`Accordingly, Arista submits that there is good cause under 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.10(c) for the Board to recognize Christopher W. Dryer as counsel pro hac vice
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`during this proceeding.
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2016-00309
`Attorney Docket: 40963-0006IP3
`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/Lauren A. Degnan
`Lauren A. Degnan
`Reg. No. 40,584
`Counsel for Petitioner
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`Date: October 18, 2016
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`Customer Number 26171
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`Telephone: (202) 783-5070
`Facsimile: (877) 769-7945
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`Proceeding No.: IPR2016-00309
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 CFR § 42.6(e)(4), the undersigned certifies that on October
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`18, 2016, a complete and entire copy of this Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission of Christopher W. Dryer, and its supporting declaration, were provided
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`via email to the Patent Owner by serving the correspondence email address of
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`record as follows:
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`Jon E. Wright
`Robert Greene Sterne
`Lori A. Gordon
`Daniel 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
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`/Edward G. Faeth/
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`Edward G. Faeth
`Fish & Richardson P.C.
`60 South Sixth Street, Suite 3200
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
`(202) 626-6420
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