`571-272-7822 Entered: August 5, 2016
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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION and MICROSOFT MOBILE, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`GLOBAL TOUCH SOLUTIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2015-01148 (Patent 7,498,749 B2)
`IPR2015-01149 (Patent 7,329,970 B2)1
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`Before JUSTIN BUSCH, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and BETH Z. SHAW,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`SHAW, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motion to
`Withdraw Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e)
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`On August 2, 2016, pursuant to our authorization, Patent Owner filed
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`a motion to withdraw Steven B. Kelber as backup counsel for the Patent
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`1 This order addresses a similar issue in the two cases. Therefore, we
`exercise discretion to issue one order to be filed in each case. The parties,
`however, are not authorized to use this style of heading in subsequent
`papers.
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`IPR2015-01148 (Patent 7,498,749 B2)
`IPR2015-01149 (Patent 7,329,970 B2)
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`Owner in these proceedings. Paper 38.2 Patent Owner argues that the
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`motion is unopposed and that withdrawal can be accomplished without
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`material adverse effect because competent replacement counsel was
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`designated as Lead Counsel on August 1, 2016, in Patent Owner’s Updated
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`Mandatory Notices. Id. at 2 (citing Paper 37).
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`Given the circumstances of these proceedings, we grant Patent
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`Owner’s motion.
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`Accordingly, it is:
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`ORDER
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` ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Unopposed Motion for Counsel to
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`Withdraw is granted.
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`2 References are to papers in IPR2015-01148.
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`IPR2015-01148 (Patent 7,498,749 B2)
`IPR2015-01149 (Patent 7,329,970 B2)
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Sarah Dukmen
`MSFT-GT@bakerlaw.com
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`Daniel Goettle
`dgoettle@bakerlaw.com
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`John Murphy
`johnmurphy@bakerlaw.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Peter Park
`pspark@sughrue.com
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`Fadi Kiblawi
`fkiblawi@sughrue.com
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`Nathan Cristler
`ncristler@cristlerip.com
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`Steven Kelber
`skelber@labgoldlaw.com
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`William Mandir
`wmandir@sughrue.com
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