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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC
`Samsung Electronics America, Inc.
`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
`Petitioners
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`Affinity Labs of Texas, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Not Yet Assigned
`Patent Number 8,532,641
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`PETITIONERS’ POWER OF ATTORNEY AND
` DESIGNATION OF LEAD AND BACKUP COUNSEL
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`Pursuant to C.F.R. § 42.10(b), Petitioners, Samsung Telecommunications
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`America, LLC, Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,
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`hereby appoints the following practitioners as its attorneys to transact all business in
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`the United States Patent & Trademark Office associated with inter partes reviews of the
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`above-captioned patent, and designates its lead and backup counsel as follows:
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`BACK-UP COUNSEL
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`Gabrielle E. Higgins
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`1900 University Avenue - 6th Floor
`East Palo Alto, California 94303-2284
`P: 650-617-4000
`F: 650-617-4090
`gabrielle.higgins@ropesgray.com
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`Mailing address for all PTAB
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`IPRM – Floor 43
`Prudential Tower
`800 Boylston Street
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`LEAD COUNSEL
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`J. Steven Baughman
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`One Metro Center
`700 12th Street - Suite 900
`Washington, DC 20005-3948
`P: 202-508-4606
`F: 202-383-8371
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
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`Mailing address for all PTAB
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`IPRM – Floor 43
`Prudential Tower
`800 Boylston Street
`Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600
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`The Petitioners also hereby appoints the Practitioners associated with USPTO
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`Customer No. 28120.
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`The individual signing below has the authority to execute this document on behalf of
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`Petitioners, Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, Samsung Electronics
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`America, Inc., Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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`/Michelle W. Yang/
`By:
`Name: Michelle W. Yang
`Title: Director, Intellectual Property
`Date: July 9, 2014
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Attorney Docket No.:
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` 110797-0004-655
`Customer No. 28120
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`Inventor: White et al.
`United States Patent No.: 8,532,641 §
`Formerly Application No.:13/673,391 §
`Issue Date: September 10, 2013
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`Filing Date: November 9, 2012
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`Former Group Art Unit: 2646
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`Former Examiner: Erika Washington §
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`For: SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MANAGING MEDIA
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`MAIL STOP PATENT BOARD
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`United States Patent and Trademark Office
`Post Office Box 1450
`Alexandria, Virginia 22313-1450
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`Petitioner: Samsung Electronics Co.,
`Ltd.;
`Samsung Electronics America, Inc.;
`Samsung Telecommunications
`America, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`It is certified that a copy of the following document has been served in its
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`entirety on the patent owner as provided in 37 CFR § 42.205:
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`Power of Attorney For Proceedings Before The Patent Trial and Appeal
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`Board.
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`The copy has been served on July 28, 2014 by causing the aforementioned
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`document to be deposited in the United States Postal Service as Express Mail postage
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`Attorney Docket No. 110797-0004-655
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`pre-paid in an envelope addressed to:
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`Trop, Pruner & Hu, P.C.
`1616 S. Voss Road, Suite 750
`Houston, Texas 77057-2631
`(Label No. EF 004 167 187 US)
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`/ Kathryn N. Hong /
`By
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`Kathryn N. Hong
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
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`Mailing address for all PTAB correspondence:
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`IPRM – Floor 43
`Prudential Tower
`800 Boylston Street
`Boston, MA 02199-3600
`Attorneys for Petitioners
`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.,
`Samsung Electronics America, Inc., and
`Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC
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