`571-272-7822
`
` Paper 11
`
`
` Entered: June 2, 2016
`
`
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`AMIT AGARWAL,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`IMMERSION CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2016-00807
`Patent 8,773,356 B2
`____________
`
`
`
`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, BEVERLY M. BUNTING, and
`MINN CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`
`CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`DECISION
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of Joseph Lipner
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
`
`
`
`
`
`IPR2016-00807
`Patent 8,773,356 B2
`
`
`Patent Owner Immersion Corporation (“Patent Owner”) filed an
`
`unopposed Motion requesting pro hac vice admission of Joseph Lipner in
`
`this proceeding, and provided a Declaration from Mr. Lipner in support of
`
`its request. See Paper 7; Ex. 2001.1 Based on the facts set forth in the
`
`Motion and Declaration, we determine that Patent Owner has established
`
`good cause for Mr. Lipner’s pro hac vice admission. See 37 C.F.R.
`
`§ 42.10(c); Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC, Case IPR2013-
`
`00639, slip op. at 3–4 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2013) (Paper 7) (setting forth the
`
`requirements for pro hac vice admission).
`
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby
`
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for pro hac vice admission of
`
`Joseph Lipner is granted, and Mr. Lipner is authorized to represent Patent
`
`Owner as back-up counsel in this proceeding only;
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`
`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel in this proceeding;
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Lipner is to comply with the Office
`
`Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
`
`set forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Lipner is to be subject to the Office’s
`
`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the Office Rules of
`
`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101–11.901.
`
`
`
`
`
`
`
`1 Paper 7 and Exhibit 2001 were filed on May 16, 2016, to replace Paper 5
`and Exhibit 2001 filed on May 12, 2016. Patent Owner has moved to
`expunge the papers filed on May 12, 2016 due to typographical errors of a
`clerical nature in these papers. Paper 6. We granted Patent Owner’s Motion
`to Expunge. Paper 10.
`
`2
`
`
`
`IPR2016-00807
`Patent 8,773,356 B2
`
`PETITIONER:
`
`
`Amit Agarwal
`Ama7386@gmail.com
`
`
`PATENT OWNER:
`
`Michael Fleming
`ImmersionIPR@irell.com
`
`Babak Redjaian
`bredjaian@irell.com
`
`
`3