`571-272-7822
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`Paper 32
`Entered: May 10, 2018
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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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`NIKE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`JEZIGN LICENSING, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00246
`Patent 6,837,590 B2
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`Before KRISTEN L. DROESCH, PHILLIP J. KAUFFMAN, and
`GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DROESCH, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2017-00246
`Patent 6,837,590 B2
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`Pursuant to our Order of May 2, 1018 (Paper 31, “Post-SAS Order”),
`the parties conferred and requested a conference call with the panel to
`discuss additional briefing. A conference call was held on May 9, 2018,
`between counsel for the parties and Judges Droesch and Braden.
`The parties indicated that they were in general agreement that
`additional briefing was not necessary. Counsel for Patent Owner, however,
`sought clarification regarding whether, by not seeking additional briefing,
`Patent Owner risked default judgment as to the claims and grounds modified
`by the Post-SAS Order. The panel advised the parties that Petitioner bears
`the burden of persuasion as to unpatentability, and a final written decision
`addressing all challenged claims and all grounds presented in the Petition
`will issue based on the record before the panel.
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`IPR2017-00246
`Patent 6,837,590 B2
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`PETITIONER:
`Edward H. Sikorski
`James M. Heintz
`DLA Piper LLP
`ed.sikorski@dlapiper.com
`jim.heintz@dlapiper.com
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`PETITIONER:
`Joseph J. Zito
`Richard A. Castellano
`Paul Grandinetti
`DNL ZITO
`jzito@dnlzito.com
`rcastellano@dnlzito.com
`mail@levygrandinetti.com
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