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`Paper 17
`Entered: February 17, 2017
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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01067 (Patent 8,407,356 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01141 (Patent 8,458,245 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01155 (Patent 8,694,657 B1)1
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`Before KARL D. EASTHOM and DAVID C. MCKONE Administrative
`Patent Judges.
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`EASTHOM, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of John W. McBride
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`1 This Decision applies to the three listed cases. The parties are not
`authorized to use this heading style.
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`Case IPR2016-01067 (Patent 8,407,356 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01141 (Patent 8,458,245 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01155 (Patent 8,694,657 B1)
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`Petitioner moves unopposed for the admission pro hac vice of John
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`W. McBride. Paper 7 (“Motion”).2 The Board may recognize counsel pro
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`hac vice upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition that lead
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`counsel be a registered practitioner. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`Petitioner’s lead counsel, Joseph A. Micallef, is a registered
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`practitioner. See Motion 3; Paper 2, 1. In support of the Motion, Petitioner
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`submits the McBride Declaration. Ex. 1049 (“Declaration”). Upon
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`consideration of the facts set forth in the Motion and Declaration in each of
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`the captioned proceedings, Petitioner has shown good cause for Mr.
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`McBride to be admitted pro hac vice in the proceedings.
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`It is
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion is granted in each of the
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`captioned proceedings, and John W. McBride is authorized to represent
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`Petitioner only as back-up counsel in each of the proceedings;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
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`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel in the proceedings;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that John W. McBride is to comply with the
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
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`Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that John W. McBride is to be subject to the
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`Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the
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`2 For purposes of expediency, the citations refer to the papers filed in Case
`IPR2016-01155. Patent Owner filed similar papers in Case IPR2016-01067
`and Case IPR2016-01141.
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`2
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`Case IPR2016-01067 (Patent 8,407,356 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01141 (Patent 8,458,245 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01155 (Patent 8,694,657 B1)
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`USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et.
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`seq.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Todd Siegel
`todd.siegel@klarquist.com
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`John Vandenberg
`john.vandenberg@klarquist.com
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`Joseph Micallef
`iprnotices@sidley.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Peter Lambrianakos
`plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
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`Vincent Rubino
`vrubino@brownrudnick.com
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