`571-272-7822
`
` Paper No. 17
`
` Date Entered: August 9, 2018
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`
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`HYTERA COMMUNICATIONS CORP. LTD.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2018-00176
`Patent 6,591,111 B1
`____________
`
`
`
`Before TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, DANIEL N. FISHMAN,
`PATRICK M. BOUCHER, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`BOUCHER, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`DECISION
`Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of
`Joshua M. Ryland
` 37 C.F.R. § 42.10
`
`
`Petitioner filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Joshua M. Ryland
`in this proceeding. Paper 16 (“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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`Case IPR2018-00176
`Patent 6,591,111 B1
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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. 1011. 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.
`
`It is
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion seeking admission Pro Hac Vice for
`Joshua M. Ryland is GRANTED;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner must file updated Mandatory Notices
`identifying Joshua M. Ryland as back-up counsel in accordance with 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.8(b)(3);
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Ryland shall comply with the Office Patent
`Trial Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in
`Part 42 of 37 C.F.R., and is subject to the Office’s Code of Professional
`Responsibility set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et seq., and disciplinary jurisdiction
`under 37 C.F.R. § 11.19(a); and;
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`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.
`
`
`
`
`PETITIONER: (via electronic transmission)
`
`Todd R. Tucker
`Mark W. McDougall
`Joshua A. Friedman
`Joshua M. Ryland
`CALFEE, HALTER & GRISWOLD LLP
`ttucker@calfee.com
`mmcdougall@calfee.com
`jfriedman@calfee.com
`jryland@calfee.com
`ipupdate@calfee.com
`
`
`PATENT OWNER: (via electronic transmission)
`
`Jon R. Carter
`Eugene Goryunov
`KIRKLAND & ELLIS LLP
`jon.carter@kirkland.com
`eugene.goryunov@kirkland.com
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