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`Paper 14
`Entered: May 1, 2017
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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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`ORDER
`Pro Hac Vice Admission of Justin M. Barnes
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`PACIFIC SURF DESIGNS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SURF WAVES, LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01454
`Patent 8,088,016 B2
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`Before PHILLIP J. KAUFFMAN, BEVERLY M. BUNTING, and
`JASON W. MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`Case IPR2016-01454
`Patent 8,088,016 B2
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`As authorized in the Notice of Filing Date Accorded to Petition
`(Paper 3), Petitioner, Pacific Surf Designs, Inc., moves for admission pro
`hac vice of Mr. Justin M. Barnes (Paper 11, “Motion”). Petitioner also filed
`a Declaration of Justin M. Barnes in Support of Petitioner’s Motion for Pro
`Hac Vice Admission (Paper 12, “Declaration”). The Motion does not state
`whether it is unopposed, but Patent Owner, Surf Waves, Ltd., filed no
`opposition. The Motion is granted. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c); see also
`IPR2013-00639, Paper 7 (setting forth requirements for pro hac vice
`admission).1
`It is
`ORDERED that the Motion seeking admission pro hac vice for Justin
`M. Barnes is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Justin M. Barnes is authorized to
`represent Petitioner as backup counsel in this proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that a registered practitioner must remain as
`lead counsel throughout the proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Justin M. Barnes is to comply with the
`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for
`Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R.; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Justin M. Barnes is to be subject to the
`Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a), and the
`USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et.
`seq.
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`1 Available at https://go.usa.gov/x59Qk
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`2
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`Case IPR2016-01454
`Patent 8,088,016 B2
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`PETITIONER:
`Charanjit Brahma
`TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP
`charanjit.brahma@troutmansanders.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Barry Schindler
`Lennie Bersh
`Erik Squier
`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
`schindlerb@gtlaw.com
`bershl@gtlaw.com
`squiere@gtlaw.com
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