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`Entered: April 4, 2018
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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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`TOPGOLF INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`AMIT AGARWAL,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00928
`Patent 5,370,389
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`Before LORA M. GREEN, MICHELLE N. WORMMEESTER, and
`AMANDA F. WIEKER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GREEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Douglas E. McCann
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
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`IPR2017-00928
`Patent 5,370,389
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`Petitioner filed an unopposed Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of
`Douglas E. McCann and a supporting Declaration in the above captioned
`proceeding. Paper 31, Ex. 1016. We have reviewed the submissions and
`determine that the requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 have been met and
`there is good cause to admit Mr. McCann pro hac vice in this proceeding.
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s unopposed motion for admission pro hac
`vice of Mr. McCann is granted; Mr. McCann is authorized to act only as
`back-up counsel in the instant proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall confirm that its
`mandatory notices and official electronic file records have been updated
`accordingly;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel for the instant proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. McCann 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
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. McCann 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. §§ 11.101–901.
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`IPR2017-00928
`Patent 5,370,389
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`PETITIONER:
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`Dorothy P. Whelan
`Mike Kane
`Craig Countrymen
`K. Nicole Williams
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`whelan@fr.com
`kane@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
`IPR36730-0004IP1@fr.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Amit Agarwal
`ama7386@gmail.com
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