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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY LTD., HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA,
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`HYUNDAI MOTOR MANUFACTURING ALABAIVIA, LLC, KIA MOTORS
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`CORPORATION, KIA MOTORS AIVIERICA, INC.,
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`KIA MOTORS MANUFACTURING GEORGIA, INC., NISSAN NORTH
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`AMERICA, INC., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD., and AIVIERICAN HONDA
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`MOTOR CO., INC.,
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`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BLITZSAFE TEXAS, LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00418‘
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`Patent 8,155,342 B2
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`NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD. AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.’S
`AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR
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`PRO HAC VYCE ADMISSION OF MICHAEL T. MURPHY
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`‘ Cases IPR2016-01533, IPR2016-01557, and IPR2016-01560 have been joined
`with this proceeding.
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`1, Michael T. Murphy, being duly sworn and upon oath, hereby attest to the
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`following pursuant to this Board’s decision in Unified Patents v. Parallel Iron, LLC,
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`IPR2013-00639:
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`i.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Maryland and District of
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`Columbia Bars, as well as the following Federal Courts: a) U.S. District Court for
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`the District of Maryland; b) U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; and c)
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`U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.
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`ii.
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`I have not been suspended or disbarred fi-om practice before any court
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`or administrative body.
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`iii.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any
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`court or administrative body denied.
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`iv.
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`No sanction or contempt citation has been imposed against me by any
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`court or administrative body.
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`v.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 ofthe Code of Federal
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`Regulations.
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`vi.
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`I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`ll.19(a).
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`vii.
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice before the Office in any other
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`proceeding in the last three years.
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`viii.
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`I am an experienced litigation attorney, with experience in many
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`litigations involving patent infringement in District Courts across the country,
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`including experience with fact and expert document and deposition discovery, claim
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`construction, Markman hearings, motion practice, trials and hearings.
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`ix. My firm serves as counsel for Petitioner Nissan North America, Inc.
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`with respect to patent prosecution matters.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at
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`issue in this proceeding as a result of my firm’s representation of Nissan North
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`America, Inc. with respect to patent prosecution matters. Additionally, I have
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`counseled Petitioners on intellectual property matters related to their business.
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`x.
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`I declare that all statements made of my own knowledge are true and
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`that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true, and that
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`these statements were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the
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`like are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both under section 1001 of Title 18
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`of the United States Code.
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` Date: February 2, 2017
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` Michael T.
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