`571-272-7822
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` Paper No. 26
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` Date Entered: November 2, 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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`HYTERA COMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00128
`Patent 8,116,284 B2
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`Before TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, DANIEL N. FISHMAN,
`PATRICK M. BOUCHER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BOUCHER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Joshua M. Ryland
` 37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`Petitioner filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Joshua M. Ryland
`in this proceeding. Paper 24 (“Motion”). Petitioner represents that Patent Owner
`does not oppose the Motion. Id. at 1. The Motion is granted.
`In its Motion, Petitioner states that there is good cause to recognize Mr.
`Ryland during this proceeding because “Mr. Ryland is an experienced intellectual
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`property litigation attorney” having “more than fifteen years of patent litigation
`experience,” and because “Mr. Ryland is counsel for Hytera in several
`corresponding patent disputes relating to the subject matter the Petition, including
`counsel of record in the co-pending patent litigation matter, Hytera
`Communications Corp. Ltd. v. Motorola Solutions, Inc. (N.D. Ohio, Case No. 1-
`17-cv-01794).” Id. at 2. The Motion includes, as an exhibit, a Declaration made
`by Mr. Ryland, attesting to and sufficiently explaining these facts. Ex. 1019. In
`addition, Mr. Ryland acknowledges his understanding that he “agree[s] to be
`subject to the United States Patent and Trademark Office Rules of Professional
`Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and disciplinary jurisdiction under
`37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a).” Id. at 2.
`Upon consideration, Petitioner has demonstrated sufficiently that Mr.
`Ryland has sufficient legal and technical qualifications to represent Petitioner in
`this proceeding.
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`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion seeking admission Pro Hac Vice for
`Joshua M. Ryland is GRANTED;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall submit, within seven (7)
`business days of the date of this order, a Power of Attorney for Mr. Ryland in
`accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b);
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall submit, within seven (7) days of
`this order, an updated mandatory notice identifying Mr. Ryland as back-up counsel
`in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3);
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Ryland is to comply with the Board’s Rules
`of Practice for Trials set forth in Part 42 of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations
`and the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide including the August 2018 update;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Ryland is subject to the USPTO’s Rules of
`Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq. and to the USPTO’s
`disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a); and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall continue to have a registered
`practitioner represent it as lead counsel in this proceeding; Mr. Ryland is
`authorized to represent Petitioner only as back-up counsel in this proceeding.
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Todd R. Tucker
`Mark W. McDougall
`Joshua A. Friedman
`CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP
`ttucker@calfee.com
`mmcdougall@calfee.com
`jfriedman@calfee.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Jon R. Carter
`Eugene Goryunov
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`carterj@kirkland.com
`egoryunov@kirkland.com
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