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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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`CISCO SYSTEMS, INC.,
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10(c)
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`Patent Owner Orckit Corporation respectfully requests that the Board
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`recognize George Stamatopoulos as counsel pro hac vice during this proceeding.
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`BACKGROUND
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is being filed in
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`compliance with and pursuant to the “Order—Authorizing Motion for Pro Hac Vice
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`Admission” in Case No. IPR2013-00639, Paper 7 (MPT) [“the Order”]. In
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`particular, this motion for pro hac vice Admission is being filed no sooner than
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`twenty one (21) days after service of the petition.
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`Further, this motion is authorized by the Notice of Filing Date Accorded To
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`Petition and Time For Filing Patent Owner Preliminary Response (Paper 5).
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`II. STATEMENT OF FACTS
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`As required by the Order, the following statement of facts shows that there is
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`good cause for the Board to recognize Mr. Stamatopoulos pro hac vice.
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`Mr. Stamatopoulos is an experienced patent litigation attorney with more than
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`ten years of experience. In that time, he has served as counsel in numerous patent
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`infringement suits before the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia,
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`Eastern District of Texas, and District of Delaware and is admitted to practice in the
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`U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas, Eastern District of New York,
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`and Southern District of New York.
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`Mr. Stamatopoulos has reviewed and is very familiar with (i) U.S. Patent No.
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`10,652,111 (the “’111 patent”), the patent-at-issue in this proceeding, (ii) the prior
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`art relied upon in Petitioner’s Petition, (iii) the legal and factual arguments that have
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`been addressed by Patent Owner, and (iv) the developments in this proceeding since
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`the filing of the Petition. Mr. Stamatopoulos was counsel for Orckit Corporation in
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`the related district court case, Orckit Corporation. v. Cisco Systems, Inc., No. 2:22-
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`cv-00276-JRG-RSP (E.D. Tex.) (dismissed without prejudice on September 22,
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`2023), in which Orckit Corporation had asserted the ’111 patent against Cisco
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`Systems, Inc.
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`Because Mr. Stamatopoulos is an experienced practitioner with an established
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`familiarity with the subject matter of this proceeding, Patent Owner respectfully
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`submits that there is good cause for the Board to recognize Mr. Stamatopoulos as
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`counsel pro hac vice during this proceeding.
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`III. DECLARATION OF INDIVIDUAL SEEKING TO APPEAR
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`Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission is accompanied by a
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`Declaration of George Stamatopoulos attached hereto as Exhibit 2022 as required
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`by the Order.
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`Date: October 5, 2023
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`_/Stephen P. McBride______
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` James T. Carmichael
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the following documents were served
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`by electronic service, by agreement between the parties, on the date below:
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`PATENT OWNER’S UNOPPOSED MOTION FOR PRO HAC VICE
`ADMISSION PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §42.10(c)
`EXHIBIT 2022
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`The names and email addresses of the parties being served are as follows:
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`Jeffrey D. Blake
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`Daniel W. McDonald
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`OrckitIPR@merchantgould.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Stephen P. McBride
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`Date: October 5, 2023
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