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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`ERICSSON INC. AND TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON,
`Petitioner
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`V.
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES II LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case 1PR2014-01 195
`Patent No. 7,787,431
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO
`WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL AND SUBSTITUTE NEW COUNSEL
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`I. RELIEF REQUESTED
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e), and as authorized by the Board via an
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`email dated October 23, 2014 (see 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(b)), counsel for Patent
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`Owner, Intellectual Ventures II LLC, respectfully requests authorization to
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`withdraw as counsel for Patent Owner in this
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`inter partes review proceeding.
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`The undersigned lead counsel for Patent Owner has conferred with
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`Petitioner’s counsel, who has stated that Petitioner will not oppose the present
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`motion.
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`II. STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL
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`Patent Owner wishes for new counsel, Herbert D. Hart III (Registration No.
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`30,063) and Sharon A. Hwang (Registration No. 39,717) to be designated as lead
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`and back-up counsel, respectively, and represent Patent Owner going forward in
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`this proceeding. Patent Owner’s new counsel meet the requirements of 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.10(c) as registered practitioners.
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`No extensions of time will be needed upon grant of this Motion. It is
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`believed that granting this Motion will not hinder the economy, the integrity of the
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`patent system, the efficient administration of the Office, or the ability of the Office
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`to timely complete this proceeding. See 35 U.S.C. § 316(b).
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`An executed updated Power of Attorney is being filed concurrently.
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`Updated Mandatory Notices Under 37 C.F.R. §42.8(b)(3) and (b)(4) will be filed
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`upon grant of the present motion.
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`Respectfully submitted,
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`Michael D. Specht
`Registration No. 54,463
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Date: October 24, 2014
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`1100 New York Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-2600
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing PATENT OWNER’S
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`MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL AND SUBSTITUTE NEW
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`COUNSEL AND SUBSTITUTE NEW COUNSEL and PATENT OWNER
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`POWER OF ATTORNEY were served electronically via e-mail on October 24,
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`2014, in their entirety on the following:
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`J. Andrew Lowes (Lead Counsel)
`David M. O’Dell (Back-up Counsel)
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`andrew.lowes.ipr@haynesboone.com
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEfN & Fox P.L.L.C.
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`Michael D. Specht
`Registration No. 54,463
`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`Date: October 24, 2014
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`1100 New York Avenue, N. W.
`Washington, D.C.20005
`(202) 371-2600
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