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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
`Petitioner
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`DRAGON INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-01252
`Patent 5,930,444
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`Before GREGG I. ANDERSON, STACEY G. WHITE, and J. JOHN LEE,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WHITE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL
`PURSUANT TO 37 C.R.F. 42.10(E)
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`I.
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`Statement of Precise Relief Requested
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10 and authorization provided by the Patent Trial
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`and Appeal Board (“the Board”) on November 10, 2015, Patent Owner Dragon
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`Intellectual Property, LLC (“Dragon”) respectfully requests that the Board
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`authorize withdrawal of its current counsel Jason S. Angell and Robert E. Freitas
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`of Freitas Angell & Weinberg LLP.
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`II.
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`Statement of Facts Showing Good Cause for the Board to Authorize
`Withdrawal of Counsel
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`On August 26, 2015, Patent Owner Dragon appointed Jason S. Angell and
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`Robert E. Freitas as its attorneys in the above-captioned inter partes review.
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`Patent Owner Dragon requests that current designated counsel, Jason S. Angell and
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`Robert E. Freitas, be allowed to withdraw from the present proceeding, and new
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`counsel, Kai Zhu, be designated lead counsel to represent Dragon in this
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`proceeding. Dragon intends to appoint new counsel as follows:
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`Kai Zhu (Reg. No. 64,586)
`60 Cody Ln
`Los Altos, CA 94022
`Telephone: (650) 999-0172
`Facsimile: (928) 569-1639
`kz@dragonipllc.com
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`New counsel meets the requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(c) as lead counsel
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`and is a registered practitioner. In addition Dragon’s proposed lead counsel has
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`read and intends to comply with the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide and the
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`Board’s Rules of Practice for Trials, as set forth in Part 42 of the C.F.R. Dragon
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`has advised the Board that the withdrawal and change in lead counsel will not
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`affect the orderly progress of this proceeding.
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`Patent Owner Dragon respectfully requests that the Board grant its motion to
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`authorize withdrawal of counsel. Upon grant of this motion, current counsel for
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`Dragon will promptly file an updated mandatory notice. Dragon has herewith filed
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`a new Power of Attorney for Mr. Zhu.
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`Dated: November 11, 2015
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`By:/s/Jason S. Angell
`Jason S. Angell
`Reg. No. 51408
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`It is certified that a copy of the foregoing has been served on Petitioner via
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`electronic mail transmission addressed to the person(s) at the address below:
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`Michael L. Kiklis (Reg. No. 38,939)
`Scott McKeown (Reg. No. 42,866)
`Katherine D. Cappaert (Reg. No. 71,639)
`OBLON, MCCLELLAND, MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.
`cpdocketKiklis@oblon.com
`cpdocketMcKeown@oblon.com
`cpdocketCappaert@oblon.com
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`Jonathan Stroud
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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`Date: November 11, 2015
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`/s/Jason S. Angell
`Jason S. Angell
`Reg. No. 51408
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