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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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`JUBILANT DRAXIMAGE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`BRACCO DIAGNOSTICS INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-01449
`U.S. Patent No. 9,299,467
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO MOVE THE ORAL ARGUMENT DATE
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`Patent Owner’s Motion to Move the Oral Argument Date
`IPR2018-01449
`U.S. Patent No. 9,299,467
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`Pursuant to the Board’s email of September 25, 2019, Patent Owner submits
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`this Motion to Move the Oral Argument Date.
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`Oral argument for the above identified IPR as well as related IPRs 2018-01448
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`and 2018-01450 (collectively “the IPRs”) is currently scheduled for November 6,
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`2019. On this date, both lead counsel (Barry Schindler) and back-up counsel (Heath
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`Briggs) for Patent Owner have an unavoidable conflict. Specifically, both Mr.
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`Schindler and Mr. Briggs are required to attend an IP leadership summit for their
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`firm (Greenberg Traurig) in Phoenix, AZ. Mr. Schindler and Mr. Briggs were made
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`aware of the IP leadership summit on June 27, 2019. Mr. Schindler and Mr. Briggs
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`identified the conflict shortly thereafter, and then conferred with Petitioner to obtain
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`suitable alternative times. Patent Owner timely requested movement of the oral
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`argument date thereafter, requesting its movement on September 3, 2019.
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`Attendance by both Mr. Schindler and Mr. Briggs at the firm’s IP leadership
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`summit is critical. Mr. Schindler is the Chair of firm’s patent prosecution group.
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`Mr. Briggs is in a leadership position for the firm’s AIA trial practice group. The
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`firm’s IP leadership summit is a critical meeting for the firm. Approximately thirty
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`members of the firm’s leadership are traveling from all over the United States
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`(including from Chicago, New York City, Morristown (NJ), Atlanta, San Francisco,
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`Los Angeles, Denver and Washington DC) as well as from Berlin, Germany to
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`attend the summit. Attendees besides Mr. Schindler and Mr. Briggs include three
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`Co-Chairs of the Global IP & Technology Practice, Chair and Vice Chair of the
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`firm’s Trademark & Brand Management Group, Vice-Chair of the Patent
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`Prosecution Group, and two Co-Chairs of the firm’s Data and Privacy Practice. It
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`would be severely detrimental to the firm’s summit if Mr. Schindler and Mr. Briggs
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`were absent.
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`Attendance by both Mr. Briggs and Mr. Schindler at oral argument for these
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`IPRs is also critical. The client expects Mr. Schindler to handle oral argument for
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`these IPRs. Further, both Mr. Schindler and Mr. Briggs have been intimately
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`involved with all aspects of these IPRs. It would be inefficient and inappropriate for
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`other counsel to handle oral argument for these matters.
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`Further, there appears to be no prejudice in moving the oral argument date to
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`another suitable day. Patent Owner has conferred with Petitioner, and both parties
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`are available to attend oral argument any day of October 28-November 1, November
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`13-15, and November 18-22. Although less preferred, the parties are also available
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`to attend oral argument any day of December 2-6 and December 9-13. A final
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`written decision in these matters is not due until February 8, 2020. Further, the
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`disputes between the parties are narrowly tailored. Thus, having the hearing as late
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`as December 13 would still provide nearly two-months for the Board to issue final
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`written decisions in these matters.
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`IPR2018-01449
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`For the above reasons, Patent Owner respectfully moves the Board to provide
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`for an alternative oral argument date for the above-identified IPRs, which alternative
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`date may be any of the above-identified dates.
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`Dated: September 30, 2019
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`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
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`/s/ Heath J. Briggs
`Heath J. Briggs (Reg. No. 54,919)
`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
`1144 15th Street, Suite 3300
`Denver, CO 80202
`briggsh@gtlaw.com
`Phone: (303) 572-6500
`Facsimile: (303) 572-6540
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`Barry J. Schindler (Reg. No. 32,938)
`GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
`500 Campus Drive, Suite 400
`Florham Park, NJ 07932
`Telephone: (973) 360-7900
`Facsimile: (973) 301-8410
`SchindlerB@gtlaw.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner Bracco
`Diagnostics Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on this 30th day of September, 2019, a copy of this
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`Patent Owner’s Motion to Move the Oral Argument Date has been served in its
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`entirety via electronic mail by emailing Petitioner’s lead and backup counsel at:
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`Robert L. Hails
`rhails@bakerlaw.com
`T. Cy Walker
`cwalker@bakerlaw.com
`Theresa M. Weisenberger
`tweisenberger@bakerlaw.com
`Jubilant-Baker@bakerlaw.com
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`as provided for by Petitioner’s listed Service Information in its Petition.
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` Respectfully submitted,
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`Date: September 30, 2019
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` GREENBERG TRAURIG, LLP
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`/s/ Heath J. Briggs
`Heath J. Briggs
`Registration No. 54,919
`1144 15th Street, Suite 3300
`Denver, CO 80202
`BriggsH@gtlaw.com
`Phone: (303) 572-6500
`Fax: (303) 572-6540
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