`Filed: January 2, 2018
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`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`UNILOC LUXEMBOURG S.A.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-02041
`Patent 8,239,852 B2
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`Before MIRIAM L. QUINN, KERRY BEGLEY, and
`CHARLES J. BOUDREAU, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BEGLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Luann L. Simmons
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`IPR2017-02041
`Patent 8,239,852 B2
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`Petitioner Apple Inc. (“Petitioner”) filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission of Luann L. Simmons, along with a supporting declaration from
`Ms. Simmons. Paper 4; Ex. 1015. Patent Owner Uniloc Luxembourg S.A. did not
`oppose or otherwise respond to Petitioner’s Motion within the one-month time
`limit set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 42.25(a)(1).
`Having considered Petitioner’s Motion and the accompanying declaration of
`Ms. Simmons, we determine that Ms. Simmons has sufficient qualifications to
`represent Petitioner in this proceeding and Petitioner has established good cause
`for Ms. Simmons’s pro hac vice admission. See Unified Patents, Inc. v. Parallel
`Iron, LLC, Case IPR2013-00639 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2013) (Paper 7) (setting forth
`requirements for pro hac vice admission); 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). Ms. Simmons will
`be permitted to appear pro hac vice in this proceeding as backup counsel only. See
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission Pursuant
`to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) (Paper 4) is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Luann L. Simmons is authorized to
`represent Petitioner as backup counsel in the instant proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall continue to have a registered
`practitioner as lead counsel in the instant proceeding; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Ms. Luann L. Simmons shall comply with the
`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as
`set forth in Part 42 of Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and is subject to
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`Patent 8,239,852 B2
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`the Office’s Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101–11.901
`and the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).
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`IPR2017-02041
`Patent 8,239,852 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Xin-Yi Zhou
`Sina S. Aria
`Laura A. Bayne
`O’MELVENY & MYERS LLP
`vzhou@omm.com
`saria@omm.com
`lbayne@omm.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Brett Mangrum
`Ryan Loveless
`ETHERIDGE LAW GROUP
`brett.mangrum@unilocusa.com
`ryan@etheridgelaw.com
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`Sean D. Burdick
`UNILOC USA, INC.
`sean.burdick@unilocusa.com
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