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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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`GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND GARMIN USA,
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`Petitioner
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`LOGANTREE, LP,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-00564
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`Patent 6,059,576
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`Before Lawrence J. Banks, Trial Paralegal
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR
`ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF ARNOLD
`SHOKOUHI PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10
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`RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.10 and the Board’s “Order Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission – 37 C.F.R. §42.10,” entered December 5, 2012, Patent Owner LoganTree, LP, requests
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`that the Board admit Arnold Shokouhi pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §42.10(c), the Board
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`may recognize counsel pro hac vice during a proceeding
`upon a showing of good cause, subject to the condition that
`lead counsel be a registered practitioner and to any other
`conditions as the Board may impose. For example, where the
`lead counsel is a registered practitioner, a motion to appear
`pro hac vice by counsel who is not a registered practitioner
`may be granted upon showing that counsel is an experienced
`litigating attorney and has an established familiarity with the
`subject matter at issue in the proceeding.
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`37 C.F.R. §42.10(c). The facts, supported by the attached Declaration of Arnold Shokouhi in Support
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`of Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice (“Shokouhi Decl.”), establish good cause to admit Mr.
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`Shokouhi pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Lead counsel Christopher M. Barkley is a registered practitioner and is
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`experienced in proceedings before the Board.
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`2.
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`Arnold Shokouhi is an experienced litigating attorney who serves
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`McCathern, PLLC, as its firm-wide Managing Partner. (Shokouhi Decl. ¶ 1.) Mr. Shokouhi has
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`been a litigating attorney for more than 11 years and has been litigating patent cases for at least 7
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`years. (Id. ¶ 2-3.) Mr. Shokouhi is a member in good standing of the Texas State Bar and the
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`California State Bar, with no suspensions or disbarments from practice, nor any application for
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`admission to practice denied, and is admitted to practice in each of the United States District Courts
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`for the states of Texas and California. (Id. ¶ 4-5.)
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`Mr. Shokouhi has familiarity with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding
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`based on his work as counsel in the pending district court case LoganTree LP, vs. Garmin
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`International, Inc., and Garmin USA, Inc., Case No. 6:17-cv-01217 (D. Kan.), as well as LoganTree
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`LP v. Fitbit Inc., Case No. 2:15-CV-1575-JRG (E.D. Tex.), both of which involve the same patent at
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`issue in this proceeding. (Id. ¶ 6.) Mr. Shokouhi has been actively involved in all aspects of these
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`district court cases, including the issue of validity of the patent-in-suit. (Id. ¶ 7.)
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`4.
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`Mr. Shokouhi has read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules for Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R., and he agrees
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`to be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§10.20 et
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`seq., and to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §11.19(a). (Id. ¶ 8-9.) Mr. Shokouhi has not
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`applied to appear pro hac vice in any other proceedings before the Office in the last three (3) years.
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`(Id. ¶ 10.)
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`III. ANALYSIS
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`The facts contained in the Statement of Facts above, and contained in the Shokouhi
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`Declaration, establish that there is a good cause to admit Mr. Shokouhi pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding under 37 C.F.R. §42.10. Lead counsel is a registered practitioner, Mr. Shokouhi is an
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`experienced litigating attorney, and Mr. Shokouhi has an established familiarity with the subject
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`matter at issue in the proceeding.
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`IV. CONCLUSION
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`For the foregoing reasons, Patent Owner LoganTree, LP, respectfully request that the
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`Board admit Arnold Shokouhi pro hac vice in this proceeding.
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`Dated: March 14, 2018
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Christopher M. Barkley/
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`Christopher M. Barkley (Reg. No. 64,329)
`Barkley IP
`100 Oceangate 12th Floor - #1009
`Long Beach, CA 90802
`Telephone: 562- 548-0393
`Facsimile: 562-683-0358
`Email:chris@barkleyip.com
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`Arnold Shokouhi (pro hac vice)
`James E. Sherry (pro hac vice)
`McCathern, PLLC
`3710 Rawlins Street, Suite 1600
`Dallas, TX 75219
`Telephone: 214-443-4478
`Facsimile: 214-741-4717
`Email: arnolds@mccathernlaw.com
`Email: jsherry@mccathernlaw.com
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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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`GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND GARMIN USA,
`INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`LOGANTREE, LP,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-00564
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`Patent 6,059,576
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`Before Lawrence J. Banks, Trial Paralegal
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`DECLARATION OF ARNOLD SHOKOUHI IN
`SUPPORT OF PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR
`ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF ARNOLD
`SHOKOUHI PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10
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`I, Arnold Shokouhi, declare as follows:
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`experience.
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`I am the firm-wide Managing Partner for McCathern, PLLC.
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`I am an experienced litigating attorney with more than eleven (11) years of
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`I have been litigating patent cases for at least seven (7) years.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Texas State Bar and the California Bar and
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`am admitted to practice in each of the United States District Courts for the states of Texas and
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`California. I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any court or
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`administrative body.
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`I have never had an application for admission to practice before any court or
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`administrative body denied.
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`6.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding, including the
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`patent-at-issue. I am counsel in the pending district court case LoganTree LP, vs. Garmin
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`International, Inc., and Garmin USA, Inc., Case No. 6:17-cv-01217 (D. Kan.), as well as LoganTree
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`LP v. Fitbit Inc., Case No. 2:15-CV-1575-JRG (E.D. Tex.), both of which involve the same patent at
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`issue in this proceeding.
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`I am actively involved in all aspects of the pending district court case, including
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`the issue of validity of the patent-in-suit and at issue in this proceeding.
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`8.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the
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`Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in part 42 of the C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Code of Professional Responsibility set forth
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`in 37 C.F.R. §§10.20 et seq., and to disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §11.19(a).
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`I have not applied to appear pro hac vice in any proceeding before the Office in
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`the last three (3) years.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own knowledge are true
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`and that all statements made on information and belief are believed to be true; and further that
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`these statements are made with the knowledge that willful false statements and the like so made
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`are punishable by fine or imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United
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`States Code and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of U.S. Patent No.
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`Dated: March 14, 2018 By: /Arnold Shokouhi/
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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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`GARMIN INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND GARMIN USA,
`INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`LOGANTREE, LP,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2018-00564
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`Patent 6,059,576
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC
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`VICE OF ARNOLD SHOKOUHI PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 and attached
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`DECLARATION OF ARNOLD SHOKOUHI IN SUPPORT OF PATENT
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`OWNER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF ARNOLD
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`SHOKOUHI PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 in connection with Inter Partes
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`Review Case IPR2018-00564 was served on this 14th day of March 2018 by
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`Express Mail on Petitioner's counsel Adam P. Seitz, Megan J. Redmond, and
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`2018 Petition submission.
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`Dated: March 14, 2018 By: /Melinda Lloyd/
`Melinda Lloyd
`Legal Assistant and Compliance Paralegal
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