`571-272-7822
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`Paper 25
`Date: December 13, 2019
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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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`HTC CORPORATION, HTC AMERICA, INC., and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`UNILOC 2017 LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`____________
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`IPR2018-015891
`Patent 7,653,508 B1
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, JOHN F. HORVATH, and
`SEAN P. O’HANLON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`O’HANLON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Petitioner’s Motion for Withdrawal of Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
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`1 Samsung Electronics America, Inc., which filed a petition in IPR2019-
`00889, has been joined as a petitioner in this proceeding.
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`IPR2018-01589
`Patent 7,653,508 B1
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`On December 10, 2019, Petitioner filed a Motion for Withdrawal of
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`Counsel. Paper 22 (“Motion” or “Mot.”). Although Petitioner did not first
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`seek authorization to file the Motion, we exercise our discretion to enter and
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`consider the Motion. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(b) (“Prior authorization. A
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`motion will not be entered without Board authorization.”).
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`In the Motion, “Petitioner requests that Mario A. Apreotesi be deemed
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`withdrawn from the present proceeding” because “Mr. Apreotesi is leaving
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`the firm of Vinson & Elkins LLP and will have no continuing involvement
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`in this matter.” Mot. 1. We note that Mr. Apreotesi is back-up counsel for
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`Petitioner. See Pet. 3. Petitioner asserts that “Todd E. Landis and Jeffrey R.
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`Swigart, Lead Counsel and Back-up Counsel, respectively, will remain as
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`counsel for Petitioner.” Mot. 1. This statement is consistent with the
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`Updated Mandatory Notices that Petitioner filed along with the Motion. See
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`Paper 21, 1. Petitioner indicates that Patent Owner does not oppose the
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`withdrawal of Mr. Apreotesi. Mot. 1.
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`In light of the foregoing, it is:
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`ORDERED that pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.10(e), Mr. Apreotesi may
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`withdraw from representing Petitioner in this proceeding; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that, Petitioner’s Motion is granted, such that
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`Mr. Landis is Petitioner’s lead counsel, and Mr. Swigart is Petitioner’s back-
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`up counsel.
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`IPR2018-01589
`Patent 7,653,508 B1
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`For PETITIONER HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc.:
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`Todd E. Landis
`Jeffrey R. Swigart
`Vinson & Elkins LLP
`HTCCounselUniloc@velaw.com
`tlandis@velaw.com
`jswigart@velaw.com
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`For PETITIONER Samsung Electronics America, Inc.:
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`Naveen Modi
`Joseph E. Palys
`Chetan Bansal
`David M. Valente
`Paul Hastings LLP
`PH-Samsung-Uniloc-IPR@paulhastings.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Brian Koide
`Ryan Loveless
`Brett Mangrum
`James Etheridge
`Jeffrey Huang
`Etheridge Law Group
`brian@etheridgelaw.com
`ryan@etheridgelaw.com
`brett@etheridgelaw.com
`jim@etheridgelaw.com
`jeff@etheridgelaw.com
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