`571-272-7822
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`
`
` Paper 10
`Date: June 3, 2020
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`JUNIPER NETWORKS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`IMPLICIT, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`IPR2020-00585, IPR2020-00586, IPR2020-00587,
`IPR2020-00590, IPR2020-00591, and IPR2020-005921
`____________
`
`
`Before THOMAS L. GIANNETTI, BARBARA A. PARVIS,
`SHEILA F. MCSHANE, and NABEEL U. KHAN2, Administrative Patent
`Judges.
`
`PARVIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`ORDER
`Granting Petitioner’s Motions for Pro Hac Vice Admission
`of Dennis J. Courtney
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c)
`
`
`
`
`
`
`1 The patents are U.S. Patent Nos. 8,694,683 B2, 9,270,790 B2,
`9,591,104 B2, 10,027,780 B2, 10,033,839 B2, and 10,225,378 B2. This
`Order applies to each of the listed cases. The parties are not authorized to
`use this caption for subsequent papers.
`2 This is not a decision by an expanded panel.
`
`
`
`IPR2020-00585 (Patent 8,694,683 B2)
`IPR2020-00586 (Patent 9,270,790 B2)
`IPR2020-00587 (Patent 9,591,104 B2)
`IPR2020-00590 (Patent 10,027,780 B2)
`IPR2020-00591 (Patent 10,033,839 B2)
`IPR2020-00592 (Patent 10,225,378 B2)
`
`
`INTRODUCTION
`Petitioner filed motions for pro hac vice admission of Dennis J.
`Courtney, along with supporting declarations by Mr. Courtney, in each of
`the above referenced proceedings. Paper 9 (“Mot.”); Ex. 1059.3 Petitioner
`indicates Patent Owner does not oppose Petitioner’s motions. Mot. 4.
`Petitioner’s lead counsel, Jonathan M. Lindsay, is a registered
`practitioner. Mot. 2. Petitioner has shown by its motions and
`Mr. Courtney’s declarations that Mr. Courtney is an experienced litigating
`attorney, and has an established familiarity with the subject matter at issue in
`the proceeding. See, e.g., Mot. 2–3; Ex. 1059 ¶¶ 4, 12.
`Based upon consideration of the motions and the record before us, we
`grant Petitioner’s motions for pro hac vice admission of Mr. Courtney.
`
`
`ORDER
`
`It is therefore
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s unopposed motions for pro hac vice
`admission of Mr. Courtney to represent Petitioner in each of the above
`referenced proceedings as back-up counsel are granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is to continue to have a
`registered practitioner as lead counsel in each proceeding;
`
`
`3 Citations are to papers filed in IPR2020-00585. Corresponding papers
`have been filed in each proceeding.
`
`2
`
`
`
`IPR2020-00585 (Patent 8,694,683 B2)
`IPR2020-00586 (Patent 9,270,790 B2)
`IPR2020-00587 (Patent 9,591,104 B2)
`IPR2020-00590 (Patent 10,027,780 B2)
`IPR2020-00591 (Patent 10,033,839 B2)
`IPR2020-00592 (Patent 10,225,378 B2)
`
`
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Courtney is to comply with the
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s Consolidated Trial Practice Guide
`(November 2019)4 and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth
`in Title 37, Part 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Courtney 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–
`11.901.
`
`
`
`
`
`4 Available at https://www.uspto.gov/TrialPracticeGuideConsolidated.
`
`3
`
`
`
`IPR2020-00585 (Patent 8,694,683 B2)
`IPR2020-00586 (Patent 9,270,790 B2)
`IPR2020-00587 (Patent 9,591,104 B2)
`IPR2020-00590 (Patent 10,027,780 B2)
`IPR2020-00591 (Patent 10,033,839 B2)
`IPR2020-00592 (Patent 10,225,378 B2)
`
`FOR PETITIONER:
`
`Jonathan Lindsay
`David McPhie
`Dennis J. Courtney
`IRELL & MANELLA LLP
`jlindsay@irell.com
`dmcphie@irell.com
`dcourtney@irell.com
`
`
`FOR PATENT OWNER:
`
`Christian Hurt
`William E. Davis, III
`DAVIS FIRM, PC
`churt@bdavisfirm.com
`mbutton@bdavisfirm.com
`bdavis@davisfirm.com
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`
`4
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