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`Paper 22
`Date: October 19, 2015
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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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`SONY CORPORATION, SONY ELECTRONICS INC.,
`SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS AB, and
`SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MEMORY INTEGRITY, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00158
`Patent 7,296,121 B2
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`Before JENNIFER S. BISK, NEIL T. POWELL, and
`KERRY BEGLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`POWELL, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Motion to Withdraw
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e)
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`On October 7, 2015, Petitioner filed a motion to withdraw counsel. Paper 20
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`(“Mot.”). The Motion seeks withdrawal of Lewis V. Popovski and Michael Sander
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`as counsel for Petitioner in this proceeding. Id. at 1. Along with the motion,
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`IPR2015-00158
`Patent 7,296,121 B2
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`Petitioner filed updated mandatory notices identifying Walter E. Hanley, Jr. as new
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`lead counsel and Zaed M. Billah as new backup counsel for Petitioner in this
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`proceeding. Paper 21 (“Updated Mandatory Notices”). No opposition has been
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`filed, and Petitioner indicates that Patent Owner does not oppose the Motion.
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`Mot. 1.
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`Petitioner seeks to “withdraw Mr. Popovski and Mr. Sander because these
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`individuals are no longer associated with Kenyon & Kenyon LLP, the firm which
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`represents Petitioner[].” Id. Petitioner asserts that “Kenyon & Kenyon LLP has
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`retained all relevant papers and property necessary to continue representation of
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`Petitioner[].” Id. Petitioner’s Updated Mandatory Notices indicate that the new
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`lead and backup counsel—Mr. Hanley and Mr. Billah—are associated with
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`Kenyon & Kenyon LLP and are registered to practice before the U.S. Patent &
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`Trademark Office. Updated Mandatory Notices 1. We are persuaded that
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`withdrawal of Mr. Popovski and Mr. Sander is warranted.
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`It is therefore
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`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Lewis V. Popovski and Michael Sander are
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`permitted to withdraw as counsel in this proceeding;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Walter E. Hanley, Jr. is recognized as
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`Petitioner’s lead counsel in these proceedings;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Zaed M. Billah is recognized as Petitioner’s
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`backup counsel in these proceedings; and
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`IPR2015-00158
`Patent 7,296,121 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Walter E. Hanley
`whanley@kenyon.com
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`Zaed Billah
`zbillah@kenyon.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Jonathan Baker
`jbaker@farneydaniels.com
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`Gurtej Singh
`memoryintegrityIPR@farneydaniels.com
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