`571-272-7822 Entered: November 19, 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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`TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.,
`TSMC NORTH AMERICA CORP., FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR
`LIMITED, FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC., ADVANCED
`MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS CORPORATION,
`RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES
`U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE ONE LLC &
`CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN MODULE TWO LLC & CO.
`KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, INC.,
`TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INFORMATION
`SYSTEMS, INC., TOSHIBA CORPORATION, and
`THE GILLETTE COMPANY,
`Petitioner,
`v.
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`ZOND, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00807
`Patent 7,604,716 B21
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`Before JENNIFER M. MEYER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Counsel to Withdraw
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e)
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`1 This Decision addresses the same issue in each of the inter partes reviews listed
`in the Appendix. Therefore, we issue one Decision to be filed in all of the cases.
`The parties, however, are not authorized to use this style of filing in subsequent
`papers.
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`IPR2014-00807
`Patent 7,604,716
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`Patent Owner has filed a Motion for Counsel to Withdraw and Permit
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`Substitution of Counsel for each of the proceedings listed in the Appendix. Paper
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`18.2 Patent Owner seeks withdrawal of its current lead counsel, Mr. Bruce J.
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`Barker. Id. at 1. Patent Owner also seeks to designate new lead counsel, Mr.
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`Tarek Fahmi. Id. Patent Owner indicates that Mr. Fahmi is a registered
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`practitioner, and he has read and intends to comply with the Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide and the Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42
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`of Title 37, Code of Federal Regulations. Id. Petitioner does not oppose this
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`Motion.
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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). Here, we discern no reason to
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`deny Patent Owner’s motion for counsel to withdraw. The change of counsel
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`would not cause any prejudice to Patent Owner or unnecessary delays in the
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`proceedings, as Patent Owner does not seek an extension of time. The motion also
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`indicates that “[u]pon grant of this motion, current counsel for Zond will promptly
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`file a new Power of Attorney . . . and [] Amended Mandatory Notice Information.”
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`Paper 18, 2. In light of the foregoing, we hereby grant Patent Owner’s Motion.
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`It is
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Counsel to Withdraw and
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`Permit Substitution of Counsel is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Bruce J. Barker is withdrawn as lead
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`counsel from each of the proceedings identified in the Appendix;
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`2 For the purpose of clarity and expediency, we treat IPR2014-00807 as
`representative, and all citations are to IPR2014-00807 unless otherwise noted.
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Tarek Fahmi is recognized as lead counsel
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`for Patent Owner in each of the proceedings identified in the Appendix; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner must file updated mandatory
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`notice information to identify and provide the role of Mr. Tarek Fahmi.
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`APPENDIX
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`U.S. Patent Numbers
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`Inter Partes Reviews
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`IPR2014-00807
`IPR2014-00808
`IPR2014-00846
`IPR2014-00849
`IPR2014-00972
`IPR2014-00973
`IPR2014-00974
`IPR2014-00975
`IPR2014-01065
`IPR2014-01067
`IPR2014-01099
`IPR2014-01100
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`IPR2014-00578
`IPR2014-00604
`IPR2014-01482
`IPR2014-01494
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`IPR2014-00861
`IPR2014-00864
`IPR2014-01000
`IPR2014-01003
`IPR2014-01066
`IPR2014-01088
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`7,604,716
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`6,896,775
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`6,806,652
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`PETITIONER:
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`TSMC and Fujitsu:
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`David M O’Dell
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`David L. McCombs
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Richard C. Kim
`rckim@duanemorris.com
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`AMD:
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`Robinson Vu
`robinson.vu@bakerbotts.com
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`Brian M. Berliner
`bberliner@omm.com
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`Ryan K. Yagura
`ryagura@omm.com
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`Xin-Yi Zhou
`vzhou@omm.com
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`John Feldhaus
`jfeldhaus@foley.com
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`Pavan K. Agarwal
`pagarwal@foley.com
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`John J. Feldhaus
`jfeldhaus@foley.com
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`Mike R. Houston
`mhouston@foley.com
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`David M. Tennant
`dtennant@whitecase.com
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`Gillette:
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`Michael A. Diener
`michael.diener@wilmerhale.com
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`Larissa B. Park
`larissa.park@wilmerhale.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Bruce J. Barker
`bbarker@chsblaw.com
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`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com