`571-272-7822
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`Paper 29
`Entered: August 14, 2020
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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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`SQUARE, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`4361423 CANADA INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2019-01649
`Patent 9,016,566 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, ROBERT J. WEINSCHENK, and
`KEVIN C. TROCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WEINSCHENK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Petitioner’s Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Petitioner filed a motion for pro hac vice admission of Mr. Bijal Vakil
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`in this proceeding. Paper 18 (“Motion” or “Mot.”). Patent Owner did not
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`oppose the Motion. For the following reasons, the Motion is granted.
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`II. ANALYSIS
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`Counsel may be admitted pro hac vice upon a showing of good cause,
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`subject to the condition that lead counsel is a registered practitioner. 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.10(c). Specifically, if lead counsel is a registered practitioner,
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`back-up counsel may be permitted to appear pro hac vice “upon showing
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`that counsel is an experienced litigating attorney and has an established
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`familiarity with the subject matter at issue in the proceeding.” Id. For the
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`reasons set forth in the Motion and the accompanying declaration of Mr.
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`Vakil (Ex. 1019), good cause exists to admit Mr. Vakil pro hac vice in this
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`proceeding.
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`It is hereby
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`III. ORDER
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`ORDERED that the Motion is granted, and Mr. Bijal Vakil is
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`authorized to represent Petitioner as back-up counsel in the above-listed
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`proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that a registered practitioner will continue to
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`represent Petitioner as lead counsel in the above-listed proceeding; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Vakil is to comply with the Board’s
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`Rules of Practice for Trials set forth in Part 42 of Title 37, Code of Federal
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`Regulations, and the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, and is subject to the
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`USPTO’s Rules of Professional Conduct set forth in 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.101 et
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`seq., and to the USPTO’s disciplinary jurisdiction under 37 C.F.R. §
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`11.19(a).
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`PETITIONER:
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`David M. Tennant
`Grace I. Wang
`WHITE & CASE LLP
`dtennant@whitecase.com
`grace.wang@whitecase.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Jason S. Jackson
`Niall A. MacLeod
`KUTAK ROCK LLP
`jason.jackson@kutakrock.com
`niall.macleod@kutakrock.com
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