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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
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`Petitioner
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`DSS TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT, INC.,
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00782
`Patent No. 6,784,552
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`PETITIONER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION
`PRO HAC VICE OF JARED BOBROW
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10
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`I.
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, Petitioner Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,
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`requests that the Board admit Jared Bobrow pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board
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`may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
`upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition
`that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any
`other conditions as the Board may impose. For example,
`where the lead counsel is a registered practitioner, a
`motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is not a
`registered practitioner may be granted upon showing that
`counsel is an experienced litigating attorney and has an
`established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
`the proceeding.
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`The facts, supported by the accompanying Affidavit of Jared Bobrow in Support of
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`Petitioner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Bobrow Affidavit,” Ex.
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`SAMSUNG-1013), establish good cause to admit Mr. Bobrow pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding.
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`1.
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`2.
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`Lead counsel Jeremy Jason Lang is a registered practitioner.
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`Backup counsel Robert S. Magee is a registered practitioner.
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`3.
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`Jared Bobrow is an experienced litigation attorney. Mr. Bobrow has
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`been a litigating attorney for more than 28 years. Bobrow Aff. ¶ 1. Mr. Bobrow
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`has been litigating patent cases for over 25 years. Id. Mr. Bobrow is a member in
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`good standing of the California State Bar, with no suspensions or disbarments from
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`practice, nor any application for admission to practice denied, nor any sanctions
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`or contempt citations, and is admitted to practice in the United States Court of
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`Appeals for the Federal Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth
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`Circuit, United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; California State
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`Supreme Court; the United States District Court for the Eastern District of
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`Texas; and the United States District Courts for the Central, Eastern, Northern
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`and Southern Districts of California. Id. ¶¶ 1-4.
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`4. Mr. Bobrow has familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding based on his work as counsel in the pending district court case DSS
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`Technology Management, Inc., v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., 15-cv-690 (E.D.
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`Tex.), in which U.S. Patent No. 6,784,552 is and was asserted by the Patent
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`Owner. Id. ¶ 9. Mr. Bobrow has been actively involved in all aspects of the
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`pending district court case, including the issue of validity of the patent-in-suit. Id.
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`5. Mr. Bobrow has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules for Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of
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`the C.F.R, and he agrees to be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional
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`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 10.20 et seq., and to disciplinary
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`jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a). Id. ¶¶ 5-6.
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`III. ANALYSIS
`The facts contained in the Statement of Facts above, and contained in the
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`Bobrow Affidavit, establish that there is good cause to admit Mr. Bobrow pro hac
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`vice in this proceeding under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10. Lead counsel and Back-up
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`Counsel are registered practitioners, Mr. Bobrow is an experienced litigation
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`attorney, and Mr. Bobrow has an established familiarity with the subject matter at
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`issue in the proceeding.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
`For the foregoing reasons, Petitioners respectfully request that the Board
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`admit Jared Bobrow pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Dated: October 3, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP
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`/Jeremy Jason Lang/
`Jeremy Jason Lang
`(Reg. No. 73604)
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`Robert S. Magee
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`Back-up Counsel for Petition
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