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`Entered: March 27, 2020
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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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`LKQ CORPORATION and
`KEYSTONE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRIES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2020-00530 (Patent D813,755 S)
`IPR2020-00534 (Patent D797,625 S)
`IPR2020-00536 (Patent D797,624 S)
`PGR2020-00020 (Patent D852,099 S)1
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`Before GRACE KARAFFA OBERMANN, SCOTT A. DANIELS,
`and CHRISTOPHER G. PAULRAJ, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`OBERMANN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motion for
`Pro Hac Vice Admission of Joseph A. Herriges
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This Order addresses issues that are the same in all identified proceedings.
`We exercise our discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each proceeding.
`The parties, however, are not authorized to use this style heading in
`subsequent papers.
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`IPR2020-00530 (Patent D813,755 S)
`IPR2020-00534 (Patent D797,625 S)
`IPR2020-00536 (Patent D797,624 S)
`PGR2020-00020 (Patent D852,099 S)
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`Patent Owner filed Motions for pro hac vice admission of Joseph A.
`Herriges in the above-listed proceedings (“Motions”). Paper 7.2 Patent
`Owner also filed supporting declarations from Mr. Herriges. Ex. 2001.
`Patent Owner states that the Motions are unopposed. Paper 7, 1.
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), the Board may recognize counsel
`pro hac vice during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to
`the condition that lead counsel is a registered practitioner. In its notice
`authorizing motions for pro hac vice admission, the Board requires a
`statement of facts showing there is good cause for the Board to recognize
`counsel pro hac vice, and an affidavit or declaration of the individual
`seeking to appear in this proceeding. See Paper 4, 2 (citing Unified Patents,
`Inc. v. Parallel Iron, LLC, Case IPR2013-00639 (PTAB Oct. 15, 2013)
`(Paper 7) (representative “Order – Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission”)).
`The Board has reviewed the submissions and determined that the
`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 have been met, and that there is good
`cause to admit Mr. Herriges pro hac vice.
`It is, therefore,
`ORDERED that the Motions are granted and Joseph A. Herriges is
`authorized to represent Patent Owner only as back-up counsel in these
`proceedings;
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`2 All citations are to IPR2020-00536 with the understanding that
`substantially similar papers were filed in each of the other proceedings.
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`IPR2020-00530 (Patent D813,755 S)
`IPR2020-00534 (Patent D797,625 S)
`IPR2020-00536 (Patent D797,624 S)
`PGR2020-00020 (Patent D852,099 S)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner must file an updated
`mandatory notice identifying Mr. Herriges as back-up counsel in accordance
`with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3);
`FURTHER ORDERED that a registered practitioner shall continue to
`represent Patent Owner as lead counsel in the each proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Herriges shall comply with the
`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, as updated by the Consolidated Office
`Patent Trial Practice Guide (84 Fed. Reg. 64,280 (Nov. 21, 2019)) and the
`Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of Title 37, Code
`of Federal Regulations; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that that Mr. Herriges is subject to the
`USPTO’s Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et
`seq. and to the USPTO’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R.
`§ 11.19(a).
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`IPR2020-00530 (Patent D813,755 S)
`IPR2020-00534 (Patent D797,625 S)
`IPR2020-00536 (Patent D797,624 S)
`PGR2020-00020 (Patent D852,099 S)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Barry F. Irwin, P.C.
`Reid Huefner
`IRWIN IP LLC
`birwin@irwinip.com
`rhuefner@irwinip.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Dorothy P. Whelan
`Jennifer J. Huang
`Craig A. Deutsch Grace
`J. Kim
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`whelan@fr.com
`jhuang@fr.com
`deutsch@fr.com
`gkim@fr.com
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