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` Paper No. 16
`Entered: February 21, 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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`FACEBOOK, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01156 (Patent 8,458,245 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01157 (Patent 8,407,356 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01158 (Patent 8,473,552 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01159 (Patent 8,694,657 B1)
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`Before J. JOHN LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Admission Pro Hac Vice
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Case IPR2016-01156 (Patent 8,458,245 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01157 (Patent 8,407,356 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01158 (Patent 8,473,552 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01159 (Patent 8,694,657 B1)
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`Patent Owner Windy City Innovations, LLC moves for the admission
`pro hac vice of attorney Alfred R. Fabricant in each of the above-captioned
`cases. E.g., Facebook, Inc. v. Windy City Innovs., LLC, Case IPR2016-
`01156, Paper 12 (PTAB Jan. 17, 2017). The Board may recognize counsel
`pro hac vice upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition that lead
`counsel be a registered practitioner. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
`Lead counsel for Patent Owner in each of the above proceedings is
`Vincent J. Rubino, III, a registered practitioner. In support of each of the
`pro hac vice motions, Patent Owner submits a Declaration of Alfred R.
`Fabricant. E.g., Facebook, Case IPR2016-01156, Paper 13. Upon
`consideration of the facts set forth in the pro hac vice motions and
`Mr. Fabricant’s declarations, Patent Owner has shown good cause for
`Mr. Fabricant to be admitted pro hac vice to appear in each of these
`proceedings.
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`ORDER
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`It is
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice
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`of Alfred R. Fabricant in each of the above-captioned cases is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Fabricant is authorized to appear as
`back-up counsel for Patent Owner in each of the above proceedings, but he
`may not act as lead counsel;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that a registered practitioner must remain as
`lead counsel throughout the proceedings;
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`Case IPR2016-01156 (Patent 8,458,245 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01157 (Patent 8,407,356 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01158 (Patent 8,473,552 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01159 (Patent 8,694,657 B1)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Fabricant is to comply with the
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`Office Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set
`forth in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Fabricant is subject to the USPTO
`Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq., and
`the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`Case IPR2016-01156 (Patent 8,458,245 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01157 (Patent 8,407,356 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01158 (Patent 8,473,552 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01159 (Patent 8,694,657 B1)
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`PETITIONER:
`Heidi L. Keefe Cooley LLP
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
`Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
` hkeefe@cooley.com
`zpatdcdocketing@cooley.com
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` Phillip E. Morton Cooley LLP
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
`Suite 700
`Washington D.C. 20004
`pmorton@cooley.com
`zpatdcdocketing@cooley.com
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`Andrew C. Mace Cooley LLP
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
`Suite 700
`Washington, DC 20004
`amace@cooley.com
`zpatdcdocketing@cooley.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Peter Lambrianakos Brown Rudnick LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`plambrianakos@BrownRudnick.com
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`Vincent Rubino Brown Rudnick LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`vrubino@brownrudnick.com
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