`571-272-7822
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`Paper 29
`Date: August 17, 2015
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`
`AMNEAL PHARMACEUTICALS LLC AND PAR PHARMACEUTICAL, INC.,
`Petitioners,
`
`v.
`
`JAZZ PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Cases: IPR2015-00545 (Patent 8,589,182 B1)
`IPR2015-00546 (Patent 7,765,106 B2)
`IPR2015-00547 (Patent 7,765,107 B2)1
`____________
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`
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`Before JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, SUSAN L. C. MITCHELL, and
`BRIAN P. MURPHY, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`BONILLA, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`ORDER
`Motions to Withdraw and Substitute Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
`
`
`1 This Decision addresses issues that are the same in the identified cases.
`We exercise our discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each case.
`The parties are not authorized to use this style heading.
`
`
`
`IPR2015-00545 (Patent 8,589,182 B1)
`IPR2015-00546 (Patent 7,765,106 B2)
`IPR2015-00547 (Patent 7,765,107 B2)
`
`
`As authorized by the Board in e-mail correspondence of July 14, 2015,
`counsel for Amneal Pharmaceuticals, LLC, and Par Pharmaceutical, Inc. (together,
`“Petitioner”) filed a Motion to Withdraw as Counsel and Substitute New Counsel
`in the above-identified proceedings, IPR2015-00545, IPR2015-00546, and
`IPR2015-00547. Paper 20 (“Motion”).2
`In its Petition, Petitioner identifies Dennies Varughese and Deborah Sterling,
`both of Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox, P.L.L.C, as lead and back-up counsel,
`respectively. Paper 4 (“Pet.”), 60. Petitioner now requests withdrawal of that
`counsel and to substitute new counsel, i.e., Matthew Ruedy and Steven Maddox,
`both of Maddox Edwards PLLC, as lead and back-up counsel, respectively.
`Motion 1. Patent Owner Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. does not oppose. Id.
`Petitioner also has filed a Motion for Pro Hac Vice Admission of Mr. Maddox as
`back-up counsel for Petitioner. Paper 21. We grant that Motion for Pro Hac Vice
`Admission in a separate Order. Paper 28.
`Counsel may withdraw from an inter partes review proceeding only with
`authorization from the Board. 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e). Because no prejudice is
`shown and no party opposes in the instance cases, we see no reason to deny the
`Motion.
`It is therefore
`ORDERED that Dennies Varughese and Deborah Sterling are allowed to
`withdraw as counsel from these proceeding;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Matthew Ruedy is recognized as lead counsel,
`and Steven Maddox is recognized as back-up counsel for Petitioner; and
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`2 Citations are to IPR2015-00545 as representative unless otherwise indicated.
`2
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`IPR2015-00545 (Patent 8,589,182 B1)
`IPR2015-00546 (Patent 7,765,106 B2)
`IPR2015-00547 (Patent 7,765,107 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall file an updated Mandatory
`Notice within one week of the date of this Order.
`
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`
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`FOR PETITIONER:
`
`Dennies Varughese
`Deborah A. Sterling
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX
`dvarughe-PTAB@skgf.com
`dsterlin-PTAB@skgf.com
`
`Matthew C. Ruedy
`Steven A. Maddox
`Maddox Edwards PLLC
`1900 K Street NW
`Suite 725
`Washington, DC 20006
`
`FOR PATENT OWNER:
`
`F. Dominic Cerrito
`Evangeline Shih
`Frank Calvosa
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART & SULLIVAN, LLP
`nickcerrito@quinnemanuel.com
`evangelineshih@quinnemanuel.com
`frankcalvosa@quinnemanuel.com
`
`John V. Biernacki
`JONES DAY
`jvbiernacki@jonesday.com
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