Case No. IPR2016-00794
`Patent 8,090,309
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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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`APPLE, INC.
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`CHESTNUT HILL SOUND INC.
`Patent Owner
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`POWER OF ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b) AND
`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF JOHN AUSTIN CURRY
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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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`APPLE, INC.
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`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2016-00794
`Patent 8,090,309
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`POWER OF ATTORNEY PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b) AND
`MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF JOHN AUSTIN CURRY
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b), Patent Owner, Chestnut Hill Sound
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`Inc., hereby appoints:
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`Lead Counsel
`Backup Counsel
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`Hamad M. Hamad (Registration No. 64,641)
`John Austin Curry (pro hac vice requested below)
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`of Caldwell Cassady Curry, P.C., 2101 Cedar Springs Road, Suite 1000, Dallas,
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`Texas 75201, United States of America as its attorneys, to act on its behalf in the
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`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 8,090,309, with full power to appoint an
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`associate agent, and to transact all business before the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office in connection therewith.
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`Patent Owner also moves for the pro hac vice admission of John Austin
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`Curry. Mr. Curry is an attorney representing Patent Owner in pending district
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`court litigation concerning the infringement of the ’309 patent. While Mr. Curry is
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`not admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent Office, he has an electrical
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`engineering degree and has extensive patent litigation experience in the arts of
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`computer science, computer networks, and electrical engineering. Mr. Curry’s
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`other qualifications, as required for pro hac vice admission, are stated in the
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`attached Declaration of Mr. Curry.
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`Petitioner has indicated that it would not object to the pro hac vice
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`admission of Mr. Curry.
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`Lead and back counsel’s contact and service information is provided
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`Hamad M. Hamad (Reg. No. 64, 641)
`John Austin Curry
`CALDWELL CASSADY CURRY, P.C.
`2101 Cedar Springs Road, Suite 1000
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`Telephone: 214.888.4848
`Facsimile: 214.888.4849
`hhamad@caldwellcc.com
`acurry@caldwellcc.com
`chillsound@caldwellcc.com
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`Hill Sound Inc.
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`Date: June 27, 2016
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By:
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`Name: Robert Friedman
`Title: Chairman & CEO
`For Chestnut Hill Sound Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.6 (e)(4)
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`It is hereby certified that on this 27th day of June, 2016, a copy of the
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`foregoing document was served via electronic mail, as previously consented to by
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`Petitioner upon the following counsel of record:
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`W. Karl Renner, IPR39521-0016IP2@fr.com
`Joshua A. Griswold, PTABInbound@fr.com
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`Date: June 27, 2016
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`/Hamad M. Hamad/
`Hamad M. Hamad
`Registration No. 64,641
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`CHESTNUT HILL SOUND INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2016-00794
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`DECLARATION OF JOHN AUSTIN CURRY
`IN SUPPORT OF PRO HAC VICE MOTION FOR ADMISSION
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`I, the below-named Declarant, state as follows:
`1. My name is John Austin Curry, and I reside in Dallas, Texas.
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`I am a member in good standing of the State Bar of Texas;
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`No suspensions or disbarments from practice before any court or
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`No application for admission to practice before any court or
`administrative body ever denied;
`No sanctions or contempt citations imposed by any court or
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial
`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set
`forth in part 42 of 37 C.F.R.;
`I understand I will be subject to the USPTO Rules of
`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et. seq.
`and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a);
`I applied for and was granted admission to appear pro hac vice
`on behalf of REM Holdings 3, LLC on September 15, 2014 in
`Square, Inc. v. REM Holdings 3, LLC, Case IPR2014-00312
`Patent 8,584,946.
`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding.
`I am not registered to practice before the PTO, and am seeking
`admission only as backup counsel;
`I am an attorney in the pending litigation concerning the ‘309
`Patent that is mentioned in Apple’s Mandatory Notice;
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`I have read the ‘309 Patent, including the claims, and I have
`read the Petition in this IPR proceeding;
`I am familiar with the prosecution history of the ‘309 Patent.
`I have the appropriate technical background for the ‘309 Patent.
`Notably, I earned a Bachelor’s of Science degree in electrical
`engineering from Southern Methodist University, and I have
`worked at Texas Instruments and General Motors.
`15. My legal career has focused on patent litigation, and a number
`of patents I have litigated have been in the arts of computer
`science, computer networks, and electrical engineering.
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`Further, Declarant sayeth not.
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`I, the above-named Declarant, hereby declare that all statements made
`herein of my own knowledge are true and that all statements made on
`information and belief are believed to be true; and further that these statements
`were made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so
`made are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of
`Title 18 of the United States.
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`Date: June 27, 2016
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`Signature of Declarant
`John Austin Curry
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