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` Entered: May 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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`SONOS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`D&M HOLDINGS INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01045
`Patent 7,987,294 B2
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`Before JONI Y. CHANG, JENNIFER S. BISK, and
`JON M. JURGOVAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`JURGOVAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Patent Owner’s Motion for Admission Pro Hac Vice of
`John M. Jackson
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2017-01045
`Patent 7,987,294 B2
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`Patent Owner filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Mr. John
`M. Jackson (Paper 21), supported by a Declaration of Mr. Jackson (Ex.
`2045), in the instant proceeding. The Motion is unopposed.
`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c), we may recognize counsel pro hac
`vice during a proceeding upon a showing of good cause, subject to the
`condition that lead counsel be a registered practitioner. In authorizing
`motions for pro hac vice, we require the moving party to provide a statement
`of facts showing there is good cause for us to recognize counsel pro hac
`vice, and an affidavit or declaration of the individual seeking to appear in the
`proceeding.
`Upon review of Patent Owner’s Motion and supporting evidence, we
`determine that Patent Owner has demonstrated that Mr. Jackson has
`sufficient legal and technical qualifications to represent Patent Owner in this
`proceeding. We also recognize that there is a need for Patent Owner to have
`Mr. Jackson be involved in the proceeding at issue. Accordingly, Patent
`Owner has established that there is good cause for admitting Mr. Jackson.
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`of Mr. Jackson is granted; Mr. Jackson is authorized to represent Patent
`Owner as back-up counsel in the above-identified proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner represent it as lead counsel for this proceeding; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Jackson 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 he is to be
`subject to the Office’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a),
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`Patent 7,987,294 B2
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`and the USPTO Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R.
`§§ 11.101 et. seq.
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`PETITIONER:
`George I. Lee
`Sean M. Sullivan
`Rory P. Shea
`John Dan Smith III
`lee@ls3ip.com
`sullivan@ls3ip.com
`shea@ls3ip.com
`smith@ls3ip.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Christopher J. Rourk
`Wasif H. Qureshi
`John M. Jackson
`crourk@jw.com
`wqureshi@jw.com
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