`571-272-7822
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`Paper 9
`Entered: August 3, 2016
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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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`ALARM.COM INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`VIVINT, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01080 (Patent 6,147,601)
`Case IPR2016-01091 (Patent 6,717,513 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01110 (Patent 6,462,654 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01124 (Patent 6,462,654 B1)
`Case IPR2016-01126 (Patent 6,535,123 B2)1
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, JAMES B. ARPIN, and
`CHARLES J. BOUDREAU, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Petitioner’s Motions for Admission Pro Hac Vice of
`Roger G. Brooks and Teena-Ann V. Sankoorikal
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 This Decision addresses issues pertaining to all five cases. Therefore, we
`exercise our discretion to issue one Decision to be filed in each case. The
`parties are not authorized to use this style heading for any subsequent
`papers.
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`IPR2016-01080 (Patent 6,147,601)
`IPR2016-01091 (Patent 6,717,513 B1)
`IPR2016-01110 (Patent 6,462,654 B1)
`IPR2016-01124 (Patent 6,462,654 B1)
`IPR2016-01126 (Patent 6,535,123 B2)
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`Petitioner, Alarm.com Incorporated (“Petitioner”), moves for pro hac
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`vice admission of Mr. Roger G. Brooks and Ms. Teena-Ann V. Sankoorikal.
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`IPR2016-01080, Papers 3 and 4; IPR2016-01091, Papers 3 and 4; IPR2016-
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`01110, Papers 3 and 4; IPR2016-01124, Papers 3 and 4; IPR2016-01126,
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`Papers 3 and 4. Petitioner provides Affidavits from Mr. Brooks and Ms.
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`Sankoorikal in support of its Motions.2 Id. Patent Owner, Vivint, Inc., has
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`not opposed Mr. Brooks’s or Ms. Sankoorikal’s admission pro hac vice in
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`these cases.
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`Based on the facts set forth in the Motions and the accompanying
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`Affidavits from Mr. Brooks and Ms. Sankoorikal, we conclude that Mr.
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`Brooks and Ms. Sankoorikal have sufficient legal and technical
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`qualifications to represent Petitioner in these cases. Mr. Brooks and Ms.
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`Sankoorikal have demonstrated the necessary familiarity with the subject
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`matter of these cases and that there is a need for Petitioner to have counsel
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`with experience as a litigation attorney in patent matters involved in these
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`cases. Accordingly, Petitioner has established good cause for Mr. Brooks’s
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`and Ms. Sankoorikal’s pro hac vice admission. Mr. Brooks and Ms.
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`Sankoorikal are permitted to appear pro hac vice in these cases as back-up
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`counsel only. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c).
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`2 The affidavits were included in the papers filed in each case, rather than as
`separate exhibits. We previously have cautioned these parties against this
`practice. See IPR2015-01965, Paper 11, 2 n.2. Future failures to follow our
`instructions may result in the dismissal or the denial of future motions.
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`IPR2016-01080 (Patent 6,147,601)
`IPR2016-01091 (Patent 6,717,513 B1)
`IPR2016-01110 (Patent 6,462,654 B1)
`IPR2016-01124 (Patent 6,462,654 B1)
`IPR2016-01126 (Patent 6,535,123 B2)
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motions for pro hac vice admission of
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`Mr. Roger G. Brooks and Ms. Teena-Ann V. Sankoorikal are granted, and
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`Mr. Brooks and Ms. Sankoorikal are authorized to represent Petitioner as
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`back-up counsel in these cases;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall continue to have a
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`registered practitioner as lead counsel in each case;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Brooks and Ms. Sankoorikal shall
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`comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of
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`Practice for Trials, as set forth in Title 37, Part 42, of the Code of Federal
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`Regulations; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Brooks and Ms. Sankoorikal are
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`subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a)
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`and to the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R.
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`§§ 11.101 et seq.
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`IPR2016-01080 (Patent 6,147,601)
`IPR2016-01091 (Patent 6,717,513 B1)
`IPR2016-01110 (Patent 6,462,654 B1)
`IPR2016-01124 (Patent 6,462,654 B1)
`IPR2016-01126 (Patent 6,535,123 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`William H. Mandir
`Brian K. Shelton
`SUGHRUE MION, PLLC
`wmandir@sughrue.com
`bshelton@sughrue.com
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`Roger G. Brooks
`Teena-Ann V. Sankoorikal
`CRAVATH, SWAINE & MOORE LLP
`rgbrooks@cravath.com
`tsankoor@cravath.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Robert Greene Sterne
`Jason D. Eisenberg
`Michael V. Messinger
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`rsterne@skgf.com
`jasone-PTAB@skgf.com
`mikem-PTAB@skgf.com
`PTAB@skgf.com
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