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` Date filed: February 21, 2018
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`Filed on behalf of: Nichia Corp.
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`By: Martin M. Zoltick, Lead Counsel
`Michael H. Jones, Back-up Counsel
`Mark T. Rawls, Back-up Counsel
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`607 14th Street, N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
`Emails: mzoltick@rfem.com
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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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` VIZIO INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NICHIA CORP.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00386
`Patent 9,490,411
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`DECLARATION OF ROBERT P. PARKER IN SUPPORT OF
`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE
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`Mail Stop PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent & Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`I, Robert P. Parker, declare as follows:
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`I have been practicing in the field of intellectual property, and
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`particularly, patent litigation, for 24 years.
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`I am a member in good standing of the Bar of the District of
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`Columbia. I am admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the
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`District of Columbia and Maryland and other federal district courts. I am also
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`admitted to practice in the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
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`I have been in private practice since 1985 and have been litigating
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`patent cases in the International Trade Commission and federal district courts since
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`1993.
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`I have never been suspended or disbarred from practice before any
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`court or administrative body.
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`I have never had a court or administrative body deny my application
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`for admission to practice.
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`No sanctions or contempt citations have ever been imposed against
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`me by any court or administrative body.
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`I have read and will comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice
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`Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of 37
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`C.F.R.
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`I agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set
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`forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a). I also agree to be subject to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct
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`as set forth in Changes to Representation of Others Before the United States Patent
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`and Trademark Office; Final Rule, 78 Fed. Reg. 20180 (Apr. 3, 2013) (effective
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`May 3, 2013).
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`9.
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`In the past three (3) years, I have been admitted pro hac vice in the
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`following proceeding before the United States Patent and Trademark Office:
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`- VIZIO Inc. v. Nichia Corp., IPR2017-1608; and
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`- VIZIO Inc. v. Nichia Corp., IPR2017-01623.
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`10.
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`I am familiar with the subject matter at issue in this proceeding. I am
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`lead counsel in the Nichia Corp. v. Lowe’s Home Centers, LLC patent infringement
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`litigation (Case No. 2:16-cv-01455-JRG), which is pending in the United States
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`District Court for the Eastern District of Texas and involves the same patent at
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`issue in this proceeding. I was also lead trial and appellate counsel in the Nichia
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`Corp. v. Everlight Electronics Co., Ltd. et al. (Case No. 2:13-cv-702-JRG (E.D.
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`Tex.), affirmed, Nos. 16-1585 & 16-1618 (Fed. Cir.)), a case that involved U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,530,250, which is related to the patent at issue in this proceeding.
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`11.
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`I hereby declare that all statements made herein of my own
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`knowledge are true and that all statements made on information and belief are
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`believed to be true; and further that these statements are made with the knowledge
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`that willful false statements and the like so made are punishable by fine or
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`imprisonment, or both, under Section 1001 of Title 18 of the United States Code
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`and that such willful false statements may jeopardize the validity of U.S. Patent
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`No. 9,490,411.
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`Date: February 21, 2018
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`By:---1--=--~ - - -~ -=----------,,,~--=-----
`Robert P. Parker
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST &
`MANBECK, P.C.
`607 14th St., N.W., Suite 800
`Washington, DC 20005
`Phone: 202-783-6040
`Facsimile: 202-783-6031
`Email: rparker@rfem.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 21st day of February, 2018, a true and correct
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`copy of the foregoing DECLARATION OF ROBERT P. PARKER IN SUPPORT
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`OF PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR ADMISSION PRO HAC VICE was
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`served, via electronic mail upon the following counsel of record for Petitioner
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`VIZIO Inc.:
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`Gabrielle E. Higgins
`Kathryn N.S. Hong
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1900 University Avenue, 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, CA 94303-2284
`Phone: 650-617-4000
`Facsimile: 650-566-4090
`Email: Gabrielle.Higgins@ropesgray.com
`Kathryn.Hong@ropesgray.com
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`/ Erik van Leeuwen /
`Erik van Leeuwen
`Litigation Operations Coordinator
`Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.
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