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`Paper 19
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` Entered: May 26, 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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`I.M.L. SLU,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`WAG ACQUISITION, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01656
`Patent 8,122,141 B2
`Case IPR2016-01658
`Patent 8,364,839 B21
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`Before TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, BRIAN J. McNAMARA, and
`PATRICK M. BOUCHER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`JEFFERSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ORDER
`Authorizing Admission Pro Hac Vice
`37 C.F.R § 42.10
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`1 This Decision will be entered in each case. The parties are not authorized
`to use this caption style.
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`IPR2016-01656 (Patent 8,122,141 B2)
`IPR2016-01658 (Patent 8,364,839 B2)
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`Petitioner, I.M.L. SLU, moves for admission pro hac vice of Beth D.
`Jacob. Paper 6 (IPR2016-01656); Paper 6 (IPR2016-01658). Petitioner
`provides a declaration from Ms. Jacobs in support of its motion. Ex. 1013
`(IPR2016-01656); Ex. 1013 (IPR2016-01658). Petitioner also states that
`Patent Owner does not oppose the motion for the pro hac vice admission of
`Ms. Jacobs. Paper 6 (IPR2016-01656); Paper 6 (IPR2016-01658).
`After considering Patent Owner’s Motion and supporting Declaration,
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`it is:
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`of Beth D. Jacob is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Jacob is authorized to represent
`Patent Owner as back-up counsel in this proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall continue to designate
`a registered practitioner as lead counsel in this proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Jacob shall 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 Ms. Jacob is subject to the Office’s
`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a) and the USPTO Rules of
`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq.
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`IPR2016-01656 (Patent 8,122,141 B2)
`IPR2016-01658 (Patent 8,364,839 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`David Yohannan
`Beth Jacob
`Steven Yovits
`KELLEY DRYE & WARREN LLP
`dyohannan@kelleydrye.com
`bjacob@kelleydrye.com
`syovits@kelleydrye.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Ronald Abramson
`Ari J. Jaffess
`M. Michael Lewis
`LEWIS BAACH KAUFMANN MIDDLEMISS PLLC
`405 Lexington Avenue
`62nd Floor
`New York, NY 10174
`ronald.abramson@lbkmlaw.com
`ari.jaffess@lbkmlaw.com
`michael.lewis@lbkmlaw.com
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`Ernest Buff
`ERNEST D. BUFF & ASSOCIATES, LLC
`231 Somerville Rd.
`Bedminster, NJ 07921
`ebuff@edbuff.com
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