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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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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`___________________
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`Case IPR2016-01404
`Patent 6,968,459
`___________________
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`PATENT OWNER INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC’S
`MOTION TO WITHDRAW AND SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL UNDER 37
`C.F.R. § 11.116
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`IPR2016-01404
`Patent No. 6,968,459
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`I. RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 11.116 and 42.10(e), and as authorized by the Board
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`in an e-mail dated April 4, 2018, Patent Owner Intellectual Ventures II LLC (“Patent
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`Owner”) requests the Board withdraw Lori A. Gordon (Registration No. 50,633),
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`who is currently lead counsel for Patent Owner.
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`Patent Owner has conferred with Petitioner’s counsel. Petitioner does not
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`oppose this motion.
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`II.
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`STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL
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`Ms. Gordon is no longer associated with the law firm STERNE, KESSLER,
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`GOLDSTEIN & FOX, P.L.L.C. (Customer No. 26111). Patent Owner wishes to remove
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`Ms. Gordon as lead counsel in this proceeding. Patent Owner wishes for current
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`back-up counsel Byron L. Pickard (Registration No. 65,172) of STERNE, KESSLER,
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`GOLDSTEIN & FOX, P.L.L.C. to be its lead counsel going forward in this proceeding.
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`Updated Mandatory Notices removing Ms. Gordon and moving Byron L. Pickard
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`from back-up counsel to lead counsel will be filed upon grant of the present motion.
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`IPR2016-01404
`Patent No. 6,968,459
`An updated Power of Attorney accompanies this motion. The undersigned
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`confirms that granting this motion is consistent with, and that it has complied with,
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`the requirements set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 11.116 (a)-(d).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX, P.L.L.C.
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` Byron L. Pickard /
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` /
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`Byron L. Pickard
`Registration No. 65,172
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Date: April 20, 2018
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`- 2 -
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`IPR2016-01404
`Patent No. 6,968,459
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PATENT OWNER
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`
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC’S MOTION TO WITHDRAW
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`AND SUBSTITUTE COUNSEL UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 11.116 and Patent Owner’s
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`Updated Power of Attorney were served electronically via e-mail on April 20, 2018,
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`in their entireties on the following parties:
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`Lionel M. Lavenue (Lead Counsel for Petitioner)
`James D. Stein (Back-up Counsel for Petitioner)
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`Lionel.lavenue@finnegan.com
`James.stein@finnegan.com
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`Roshan Suresh Mansinghani (Back-up Counsel for Petitioner)
`Jonathan Stroud (Back-up Counsel for Petitioner)
`Unified Patents Inc.
`roshan@unifiedpatents.com
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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` Lori A. Gordon
`KING & SPALDING LLP
`lgordon@kslaw.com
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX, P.L.L.C.
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` / Byron L. Pickard /
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`Byron L. Pickard
`Registration No. 65,172
`Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Date: April 20, 2018
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
`9210625_1.DOC
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