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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.,
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`PARTHENON UNIFIED MEMORY ARCHITECTURE LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR No.: IPR2016-01114
`Patent 7,777,753 B2
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION OF MICHAEL MCBRIDE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`STATEMENT OF THE PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to the Board’s “Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition and Time
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`for Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response,” dated June 7, 2016 (Paper No. 3),
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`authorizing the parties to file motions for pro hac vice admission under 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.10(c), Patent Owner Parthenon Unified Memory Architecture LLC, respectfully
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`requests that the Board allow Michael McBride to appear pro hac vice on its behalf
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`in this proceeding. Petitioner consents to this motion.
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`II. REASONS THE REQUESTED RELIEF SHOULD BE GRANTED
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`As set forth in the Statement of Material Facts below, and as required by 37
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`C.F. R. § 42.10(c), Patent Owner has demonstrated good cause to admit Mr. McBride
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`pro hac vice in this proceeding. In particular, Patent Owner’s lead counsel is a
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`registered practitioner, and Mr. McBride is an experienced litigating attorney having
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`an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding.
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`Furthermore, this motion is being filed more than twenty one days after
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`service of the petition; includes a statement of facts showing good cause for the Board
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`to recognize Mr. McBride pro hac vice; and is being filed concurrently with Exhibit
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`2007, the Declaration of Michael McBride in Support of Patent Owner’s Unopposed
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`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Michael McBride Under 37 C.F.R.§ 42.10(c)
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`(“McBride Decl.”), all in accordance with the “Order Authorizing Motion for Pro
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`Hac Vice Admission” in Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC, IPR2013-00639,
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`Paper 7 at 3 (P.T.A.B. Oct. 15, 2013).
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`III. STATEMENT OF MATERIAL FACTS
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`1.
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` 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) provides that “[t]he Board may recognize counsel
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`pro hac vice during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to
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`the condition that lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any other
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`conditions as the Board may impose. For example, where the lead counsel is
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`a registered practitioner, a motion to appear pro hac vice by counsel who is
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`not a registered practitioner may be granted upon showing that counsel is an
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`experienced litigating attorney and has an established familiarity with the
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`subject matter at the issue in the proceeding.”
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`2. Masood Anjom, lead counsel for Patent Owner Parthenon Unified
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`Memory Architecture LLC in this proceeding, is a registered practitioner
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`holding Registration No. 62,167.
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`3.
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`As set forth in the McBride Decl., Mr. McBride is an experienced
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`litigating attorney, and has been involved in numerous litigations involving
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`patent infringement in District Courts across the country. He has experience
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`in Markman hearings in patent infringement matters. Mr. McBride’s
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`biography is attached hereto as Exhibit 2007.
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`4.
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,777,753 (“the ‘753 Patent”) is currently asserted in
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`co-pending litigations in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of
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`Texas against HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc.: Parthenon Unified
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`Memory Architecture LLC v. HTC Corp. et al., No. 2:14-cv-00690-RSP (E.D.
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`Tex.) filed June 12, 2014; and against Petitioner Apple, Inc.: Parthenon
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`Unified Memory Architecture LLC v. Apple, Inc., No. 2:15-cv-00621-JRG-
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`RSP (E.D. Tex) filed May 1, 2015. Mr. McBride is counsel for Parthenon
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`Unified Memory Architecture, LLC in the co-pending litigation and, as such,
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`has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this
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`proceeding. In the co-pending litigation Mr. McBride argued the Markman
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`hearings, reviewed prior art references and claim charts for invalidity
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`contentions, and was heavily involved in forming claim construction positions
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`and drafting claim construction briefs, all of which are relied upon in the
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`petition requesting inter parties review of U.S. Patent No. 7,777,753. Patent
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`Owner has expended significant financial resources in the co-pending
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`litigations with Mr. McBride as counsel, and Patent Owner wishes to continue
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`using Mr. McBride as counsel in this proceeding. Additionally, Mr. McBride
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`has thoroughly reviewed the Petition and accompanying Exhibits submitted
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`in this proceeding. (Id.).
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`5. Mr. McBride has attested to each of the requirements set forth in
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`paragraph 2(b)(i)-(viii) of the “Order Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission” in Case IPR2013-00639, Paper 7 at 3. (McBride Decl., ¶¶ 2-9)
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`IV. CONCLUSION
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`In view of the foregoing, Patent Owner respectfully submits that the
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`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) have been satisfied, and requests an Order
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`permitting Michael McBride to appear pro hac vice on its behalf in this proceeding.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By: /s/ Masood Anjom
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`Masood Anjom
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`Reg. No. 62,167
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Parthenon Unified Memory
`Architecture, LLC
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`Dated: January 12, 2017
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`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS,
`ALAVI &MENSING, P.C.
`1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500
`Houston, TX 77010
`Telephone: 713-655-1101
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission of Michael McBride Under 37 C.F.R.§ 42.10(c) was served on January
`12, 2017, by electronic mail to the following:
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`Lead Counsel for Apple Inc.
`Andrew S. Ehmke
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
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`andy.ehmke.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Back-up Counsel for Apple Inc.
`David W. O’Brien
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
`Email:
`david.obrien.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`By: /s/ Masood Anjom
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`Masood Anjom
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`Reg. No. 62,167
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`Parthenon Unified Memory
`Architecture, LLC
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`Dated: January 12, 2017
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`AHMAD, ZAVITSANOS, ANAIPAKOS,
`ALAVI &MENSING, P.C.
`1221 McKinney Street, Suite 2500
`Houston, TX 77010
`Telephone: 713-655-1101
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