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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., INSTAGRAM, LLC, AND WHATSAPP INC.,
`Petitioner
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`BLACKBERRY LIMITED
`Patent Owner
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`Case No.: IPR2019-00528
`Patent No. 8,279,173
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR ADMISSION
`PRO HAC VICE OF SAM STAKE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`Case No.: IPR2019-00528
`Patent No. 8,279,173
`Patent Owner Blackberry Limited respectfully requests the Board recognize
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`Sam Stake as counsel pro hac vice during this proceeding.
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`I.
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`Background
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` This Motion for Admission is being filed in compliance with and pursuant to
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`the “Order-Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission” in Case No.
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`IPR2013-00639 (MPT) (the “Order”) and the Board’s authorization provided in the
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`Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition and Time for Filing Patent Owner
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`Preliminary Response (Paper No. 6). Petitioners do not oppose this request.
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`II.
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`Statement of Facts Showing Good Cause
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`Patent Owner has been authorized to file motions seeking admission pro hac
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`vice under 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c). Paper No. 6. Patent Owner’s lead counsel is a
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`registered practitioner:
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`Lead Counsel: James M. Glass, Reg. No. 46,729
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`As demonstrated below and in the accompanying declaration (Ex. 2013),
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`there is good cause for the Board to recognize Mr. Stake pro hac vice. Mr. Stake is
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`an experienced litigation attorney and has been involved in numerous litigations
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`involving patent infringement in district court and the Ninth and Federal Circuits.
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`Mr. Stake’s biography is attached hereto as Exhibit 2014.
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`Furthermore, Mr. Stake has established familiarity with the subject matter at
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`issue in this proceeding, including U.S. Patent No. 8,279,173 and the petition filed
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`Case No.: IPR2019-00528
`Patent No. 8,279,173
`in this proceeding, all exhibits accompanying the petition, and all other documents
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`filed in this action.
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`Therefore, Patent Owner respectfully submits that there is good cause for the
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`Board to recognize Mr. Stake as counsel pro hac vice during this proceeding.
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`III. Declaration of Individual Seeking to Appear
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`This Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice is accompanied by a Declaration
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`of Sam Stake attached hereto as Exhibit 2013, as required by the Order.
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`Date: April 13, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ James M. Glass
`James M. Glass (Reg. No. 46,729)
`Attorney Lead Counsel
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART,
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`Case No.: IPR2019-00528
`Patent No. 8,279,173
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT
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`OWNER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE OF
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`SAM STAKE was served electronically on April 13, 2020, on counsel of record
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`for the Patent Owner as follows:
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`Heidi L. Keefe
`Email: hkeefe@cooley.com
`Andrew C. Mace
`Email: amace@cooley.com
`Mark R. Weinstein
`Email: mweinstein@cooley.com
`Yuan Liang
`Email: yliang@cooley.com
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`Dated: April 13, 2020
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`By: /s/ James M. Glass
`Attorney Lead Counsel
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`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART,
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`Attorney for Patent Owner – BlackBerry Limited
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