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`Trials@uspto.gov
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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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`AGILA SPECIALTIES INC. and MYLAN LABORATORIES LIMITED,
`Petitioner,
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`CEPHALON, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00026
`Patent 8,791,270 B2
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`Before JACQUELINE WRIGHT BONILLA, ZHENYU YANG, and
`TINA E. HULSE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`YANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Patent Owner’s Motion for Withdrawal and Substitution
`of Lead and Back-up Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`IPR2016-00026
`Patent 8,791,270 B2
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, Patent Owner filed a motion to
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`withdraw its current lead and back-up counsel, Eleanor M. Yost and Ira J.
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`Levy of Goodwin Procter LLP. Paper 7, 1. Patent Owner seeks the
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`withdrawal so that it may be represented by Soumitra Deka, as lead counsel,
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`and Aaron Stiefel, as back-up counsel, both of Kaye Scholer LLP. Id.
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`Patent Owner states that its new counsel meet the requirements of 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.10(c). Id. Patent Owner filed a Power of Attorney listing its
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`new counsel. Paper 8. According to Patent Owner, Petitioner indicated that
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`it does not oppose the motion. Paper 7, 2.
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`ORDER
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Motion for Withdrawal and
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`Substitution is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Eleanor M. Yost and Ira J. Levy shall be
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`considered withdrawn as counsel for Patent Owner, and that Soumitra Deka
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`and Aaron Stiefel will be recognized as lead and back-up counsel,
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`respectively, for Patent Owner in the instant proceeding, effective once
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`Patent Owner files, within five business days of this Order, a motion for pro
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`hac vice admission of Aaron Stiefel, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10, and
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`updated mandatory notice information listing its new counsel, pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.8; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall update its counsel
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`information in the Patent Review Processing System accordingly.
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`IPR2016-00026
`Patent 8,791,270 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Steven Parmelee
`sparmelee@wsgr.com
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`Michael Rosato
`mrosato@wsgr.com
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`Nicole Stafford
`nstafford@wsgr.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Eleanor Yost
`eyost@goodwinprocter.com
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`Ira Levy
`ILevy@goodwinprocter.com
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