`571-272-7822 Date: February 17, 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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`FITBIT, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BODYMEDIA, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00545
`Patent 8,073,707 B2
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`Before TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK, and
`FRANCES L. IPPOLITO, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FITZPATRICK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.10
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`IPR2016-00545
`Patent 8,073,707 B2
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`Petitioner, Fitbit, Inc., filed a Motion for pro hac vice admission of
`Michael C. Hendershot as backup counsel in this proceeding. Paper 15.
`Patent Owner, BodyMedia, Inc., has not opposed the Motion. We grant the
`Motion.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Mr. Hendershot is authorized to represent Petitioner
`in this proceeding as back-up counsel only; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Hendershot 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 Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations, and
`shall 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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`IPR2016-00545
`Patent 8,073,707 B2
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Naveen Modi
`Yar R. Chaikovsky
`David T. Okano
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`PH-Fitbit-Aliph-IPR@paulhastings.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Clay Holloway
`Shayne O'Reilly
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
`cholloway@kilpatricktownsend.com
`soreilly@kilpatricktownsend.com
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