`571-272-7822
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`Paper: 8
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`Entered: May 8, 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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`SUPERCELL OY,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`GREE, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases
`PGR2018-00008 (Patent 9,597,594 B2)
`PGR2018-00029 (Patent 9,636,583 B2)
`PGR2018-00047 (Patent 9,770,659 B2) 1
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`Before MICHAEL W. KIM, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Withdrawal of Counsel and Substitute New Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`GREE, Inc. (“Patent Owner”) filed a “Patent Owner’s Motion To
`Withdraw As Counsel And Substitute New Counsel,” requesting
`authorization to withdraw Joseph Palys, Naveen Modi, and Phillip W.
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`1 This Order applies to each of the listed cases. We exercise our discretion to
`issue one Order to be docketed in each case. The parties, however, are not
`authorized to use this caption for any subsequent papers.
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`PGR2018-00008 (Patent 9,597,594 B2)
`PGR2018-00029 (Patent 9,636,583 B2)
`PGR2018-00047 (Patent 9,770,659 B2)
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`Citroën, and substitute John Alemanni, Andrew Rinehart, and Scott Kolassa.
`Paper 17 (“Motion”). 2 Patent Owner indicates that Petitioner does not
`oppose the motion. Id.
`Upon review of the record before us, we note that a Power of Attorney
`in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b) has not been submitted for
`substitute counsel. In view thereof, and for the reasons set in the Motion,
`Patent Owner’s Motion is conditionally granted, and is to be effective after
`Patent Owner files the aforementioned Power of Attorney.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion is conditionally granted, in
`that Joseph Palys, Naveen Modi, and Phillip W. Citroën are permitted to
`withdraw as counsel from this proceeding, provided that within seven (7)
`business days of the date of this Order, Patent Owner files a Power of
`Attorney for John Alemanni, Andrew Rinehart, and Scott Kolassa in
`accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(b); and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall submit, within seven
`(7) days of this Order, an updated mandatory notice identifying John
`Alemanni, Andrew Rinehart, and Scott Kolassa as counsel, in accordance
`with 37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3).
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`2 For purposes of expediency, we refer to the papers filed in PGR2018-
`00008. Patent Owner filed similar papers in PGR2018-00029 and
`PGR2018-00047.
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`PGR2018-00008 (Patent 9,597,594 B2)
`PGR2018-00029 (Patent 9,636,583 B2)
`PGR2018-00047 (Patent 9,770,659 B2)
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Jennifer R. Bush
`Michael J. Sacksteder
`FENWICK & WEST LLP
`jbush-ptab@fenwick.com
`msacksteder@fenwick.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Joseph E. Palys
`Naveen Modi
`Phillip Citroen
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`josephpalys@paulhastings.com
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
`phillipcitroen@paulhastings.com
`PH-GREE-PGR@paulhastings.com
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