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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC., ET AL.,
`Petitioner,
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`XR COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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` Case IPR2022-00367
`Patent No. 10,715,235
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`XR COMMUNICATIONS, LLC’S MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE ADMISSION
`OF CHRISTIAN CONKLE
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`Patent Owner, XR Communications, LLC, hereby requests that the Board
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`recognize Christian Conkle as counsel pro hac vice for this proceeding under 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`I.
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`Statement of Facts
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`As required by § 42.10(c), the following statement of facts demonstrates that
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`there is good cause for the Board to recognize Mr. Christian Conkle pro hac vice.
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`Mr. Conkle is an experienced patent litigation attorney. Mr. Conkle (CA SBN
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`306374) has practiced patent litigation since 2016. He has experience litigating
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`numerous patent litigation matters before U.S. district courts and the U.S.
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`International Trade Commission (“ITC”), including several jury trials. U.S. Patent
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`10,715,235 and other patents are currently asserted by Patent Owner in pending
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`district court litigation. Mr. Conkle is among the principal attorneys responsible for
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`the representation of Patent Owner in those co-pending litigations. Through his role
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`as attorney in the co-pending litigations, he has an established familiarity with the
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`subject matter at issue in this IPR proceeding. He is heavily involved with issues
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`such as claim construction and invalidity present in those litigations, many of which
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`overlap with the issues presented in this IPR proceeding. Patent Owner has expended
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`significant resources in the co-pending litigation with Mr. Conkle as counsel, and it
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`wishes to continue using him as counsel in this IPR proceeding.
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`Patent Owner has executed a Power of Attorney authorizing Mr. Conkle to
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`serve as backup counsel in this IPR proceeding, which is being filed concurrently.
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`Petitioner Google indicated that it does not oppose this motion.
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`II. Declaration Of Individual Seeking To Appear
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`This Motion for Pro Hac Vice admission is accompanied by declaration of
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`Mr. Conkle attesting to the facts required by the Board in Unified Patents, Inc. v.
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`Parallel Iron, LLC, No. IPR2013-00639 (P.T.A.B. Oct. 15, 2013) (Paper 7).
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`Dated: December 27, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` / Reza Mirzaie /
`Reza Mirzaie
`Reg. No. 69,138
`Russ August & Kabat
`12424 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Fl.
`Los Angeles, CA 90025
`Phone: (310) 826-7474
`Fax: (310) 826-6991
`rmirzaie@raklaw.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(1))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above document was served on
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`December 27, 2022, by filing this document through the Patent Review E2E system
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`as well as delivering a copy via electronic mail upon the following attorneys of
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`record for the Petitioner:
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`W. Karl Renner, Reg. No. 41,265
`IPR50095-0047IP1@fr.com
`David Holt, Reg. No. 65,161
`Usman A. Khan, Reg. No. 70,439
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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`Date: December 27, 2022
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`RUSS AUGUST & KABAT
`12424 Wilshire Blvd., 12th Fl.
`Los Angeles, CA 90025
`(310) 826-7474
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` / Reza Mirzaie /
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`Reza Mirzaie (Reg. No. 69,138)
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
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