`Date: August 26, 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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`adidas AG
`Petitioner
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`NIKE, Inc.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00067
`Patent 7,347,011 B2
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`Before JOSIAH C. COCKS, JAMES B. ARPIN, and SCOTT A. DANIELS,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Motion to Withdraw
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e)
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`On August 14, 2020, Patent Owner filed updated Mandatory Notices (Paper
`72) naming new lead and back-up counsel and an updated power of attorney (Paper
`73). On August 24, 2020, after obtaining our e-mail authorization pursuant to 37
`C.F.R. § 42.20(b), J. Pieter van Es, Thomas K. Pratt, H. Wayne Porter, and Joseph
`M. Skerpon (hereinafter “the withdrawing attorneys”) of Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.
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`IPR2013-00067
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`Patent 7,347,011 B2
`filed a joint Motion to Withdraw as Patent Owner’s counsel in this inter partes
`review. IPR2013-00067, Paper 76 (“Mot.”). No opposition has been filed, and
`Patent Owner indicates that Petitioner does not oppose this Motion to Withdraw.
`Mot. 3. For the following reasons, the motion is granted.
`Counsel may withdraw from an inter partes review proceeding only with
`authorization from the Board. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e). Normally, this is
`accomplished by filing a motion to withdraw, which requires Board authorization
`before filing. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(b). Once authorization is granted, the motion
`then is made by the attorney(s) seeking to withdraw. See, e.g., IPR2013-00010,
`Paper 30.
`The withdrawing attorneys have complied with our procedures. Patent
`Owner already has designated new lead and back-up counsel, who are a registered
`practitioners, and does not seek any time extensions.
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`It is therefore
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`ORDERED that the withdrawing attorneys’ Motion to Withdraw is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that J. Pieter van Es, Thomas K. Pratt, H. Wayne
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`Porter, and Joseph M. Skerpon are permitted to withdraw as counsel in this inter
`partes review;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Christopher J. Renk and Michael J. Harris of
`Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer LLP are recognized as Patent Owner’s lead and
`back-up counsel, respectively, in this inter partes review; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall update the Board’s
`electronic filing system to reflect the change in lead counsel.
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`WITHDRAWING ATTORNEYS:
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`Jonathan van Es
`Thomas K. Pratt
`BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD.
`pvanes@bannerwitcoff.com
`tpratt@bannerwitcoff.com
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`Joseph M. Skerpon
`H. Wayne Porter
`BANNER & WITCOFF, LTD.
`jskerpon@bannerwitcoff.com
`wporter@bannerwitcoff.com
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`PETITIONER:
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`Mitchell G. Stockwell
`Vaibhav P. Kadaba
`Tiffany L. Williams
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
`mstockwell@kilpatricktownsend.com
`wkadaba@kilpatricktownsend.com
`tiwilliams@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`Theodore G. Brown III
`KILPATRICK TOWNSEND & STOCKTON LLP
`tbrown@kilpatricktownsend.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Christopher J. Renk
`Michael J. Harris
`ARNOLD & PORTER KAYE SCHOLER LLP
`chris.renk@arnoldporter.com
`michael.harris@arnoldporter.com
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