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`Entered: November 7, 2014
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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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`SIPNET EU S.R.O.
`Petitioner,
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`STRAIGHT PATH IP GROUP, INC.
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2013-00246
`Patent 6,108,704
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`THOMAS L. GIANNETTI, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`MOTION TO AUTHORIZE WITHDRAWAL
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e)
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`Patent Owner has filed a motion to authorize withdrawal of its current
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`counsel, Alicia Carney, Alan Fisch, and Patrick Lee. Paper 64. Patent Owner
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`states that the motion is unopposed. For the following reasons the motion is
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`granted.
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`DISCUSSION
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`Counsel may withdraw from an inter partes review proceeding only with
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`authorization from the Board. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e). Normally, this is
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`accomplished by filing a motion to withdraw, which requires Board authorization
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`before filing. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(b). Once authorization is granted, the motion
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`is then made by the attorneys seeking to withdraw. See, e.g., Case IPR2013-00010,
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`Paper 30.
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`Here, the motion to withdraw was filed by the Patent Owner, and signed by
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`Mr. Lee. Patent Owner has filed a new Power of Attorney. Exhibit 2049. The
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`motion was authorized in advance by the Board.
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`Patent Owner has not followed the correct procedure in that the motion
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`should have been filed by withdrawing counsel. However, because there is no
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`prejudice shown, the Board will treat the motion as if it were filed by withdrawing
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`counsel.
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`Turning to the merits, the motion designates substitute counsel and back-up
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`counsel who are stated to be registered practitioners and does not seek any time
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`extensions. In fact, Patent Owner has advised the Board that the substitution of
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`counsel will not delay the proceeding.
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`It is therefore
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion to Authorize Withdrawal of
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`Counsel (Paper 64) is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Alicia Carney, Alan Fisch, and Patrick Lee are
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`permitted to withdraw as counsel for Patent Owner in this proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file updated mandatory
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`disclosures within five days of entry of this order designating William A. Meunier
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`and Matthew D. Durell as lead and back-up counsel, respectively;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that withdrawal by Alicia Carney, Alan Fisch, and
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`Patrick Lee shall become effective upon filing by Patent Owner of the updated
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`mandatory disclosures specified above.
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`Patent 6,108,704
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`PETITIONER:
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`Pavel I. Pogodin
`Sanjay Pasad
`Pavel@transpecificlaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Patrick J. Lee
`Alicia M. Carney
`Alan M. Fisch
`alicia.carney@fischllp.com
`patrick.lee@fischllp.com
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