`571-272-7822
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`
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`Paper: 61
`
`Entered: May 1, 2024
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`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`ASSA ABLOY AB, ASSA ABLOY INC.,
`HID GLOBAL CORPORATION,
`ASSA ABLOY GLOBAL SOLUTIONS, INC., and
`MASTER LOCK COMPANY, LLC,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`CPC PATENT TECHNOLOGIES PTY, LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`IPR2022-01006 (Patent 9,665,705 B2)
`IPR2022-01045 (Patent 9,269,208 B2)
`IPR2022-01089 (Patent 9,269,208 B2)
`____________
`
`Before SCOTT A. DANIELS, BARRY L. GROSSMAN, and
`AMBER L. HAGY, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`GROSSMAN, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`ORDER1
`Granting Petitioner’s Motions for Withdrawal
`and Substitution of Counsel
`37 C.F.R. § 42.10
`
`
`
`
`1 This Order applies to each of the above captioned proceedings. Unless
`specifically authorized by the Board, the parties are not authorized to use
`this style of filing.
`
`
`
`IPR2022-01006 (Patent 9,665,705 B2)
`IPR2022-01045 (Patent 9,269,208 B2)
`IPR2022-01089 (Patent 9,269,208 B2)
`
`
`On April 22, 2024, ASSA ABLOY AB, ASSA ABLOY Inc., HID
`Global Corporation, ASSA ABLOY Global Solutions, Inc., and Master
`Lock Company, LLC (collectively “Petitioner”) filed, in each of the above-
`identified proceedings, Motions to Withdraw and Substitute Counsel
`(collectively “Motions”) requesting “withdrawal of all counsel from
`Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP” (including lead counsel Dion M. Bregman
`and back-up counsel Andrew V. Devkar and James J. Kritsas). Paper 60.2
`The Motions also request the substitution of lead counsel Lionel M. Lavenue
`(Reg. No. 46,859). Id. Petitioner represents that Patent Owner does not
`oppose the Motions. Id.
`Upon review of the record before us, for the reasons set forth in the
`Motions, Petitioner’s requests to withdraw Dion M. Bregman, Andrew V.
`Devkar, and James J. Kritsas, and substitute Lionel M. Lavenue as lead
`counsel in the above-identified proceedings are granted.
`Petitioner has filed a Power of Attorney in accordance with 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.10(b), including Lionel M. Lavenue, as well as Kara A. Specht,
`Benjamin A. Saidman, and Sydney R. Kestle (all from Finnegan, Henderson,
`Farabow, Garrett & Dunner, LLP), and more broadly including “the
`practitioners associated with Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow, Garrett &
`Dunner, L.L.P., Customer Number 22,852.” See IPR2022-01006, Papers
`57–58; IPR2022-01045, Papers 51–52; and IPR2022-01089, Papers 51–52.
`Petitioner has also filed a Mandatory Notice identifying Lionel M. Lavenue,
`Kara A. Specht, Benjamin A. Saidman, Sydney R. Kestle, and Safiya
`
`
`2 We cite to Papers filed in IPR2022-01006. Petitioner filed similar Motions
`in IPR2022-01045 (Paper 55) and IPR2022-01089 (Paper 55).
`
`2
`
`
`
`IPR2022-01006 (Patent 9,665,705 B2)
`IPR2022-01045 (Patent 9,269,208 B2)
`IPR2022-01089 (Patent 9,269,208 B2)
`
`Aguilar (all registered practitioners) as back-up counsel in accordance with
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3). IPR2022-01006, Paper 56; IPR2022-01045, Paper
`53; and IPR2022-01089, Paper 53. Petitioner requests that it “be authorized
`to file updated mandatory notices designating Mr. Lavenue as lead counsel.”
`See IPR2022-01006, Paper 60; IPR2022-01045, Paper 55; and IPR2022-
`01089, Paper 55.
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motions to withdraw Dion M. Bregman,
`Andrew V. Devkar, and James J. Kritsas as counsel in the above-identified
`proceedings are granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Lionel M. Lavenue is recognized as lead
`counsel for Petitioner in the above-identified proceedings, effective as of the
`date of this Order;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner must file updated Mandatory
`Notices in each of the above-identified proceedings in accordance with
`37 C.F.R. § 42.8(b)(3), identifying Lionel M. Lavenue as lead counsel; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Kara A. Specht, Benjamin A. Saidman,
`Sydney R. Kestle, and Safiya Aguilar are recognized as back-up counsel for
`Petitioner in the above-identified proceedings.
`
`
`
`3
`
`
`
`IPR2022-01006 (Patent 9,665,705 B2)
`IPR2022-01045 (Patent 9,269,208 B2)
`IPR2022-01089 (Patent 9,269,208 B2)
`
`
`
`FOR PETITIONER:
`
`
`Dion Bregman
`Andrew Devkar
`James Kritsas
`MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP
`dion.bregman@morganlewis.com
`andrew.devkar@morganlewis.com
`james.kritsas@morganlewis.com
`
`Lionel Lavenue
`Kara Specht
`Benjamin Saidman
`Safiya Aguilar
`Sydney Kestle
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW,GARRETT, & DUNNER LLP
`lionel.lavenue@finnegan.com
`kara.specht@finnegan.com
`benjamin.saidman@finnegan.com
`safiya.aguilar@finnegan.com
`sydney.kestle@finnegan.com
`
`
`FOR PATENT OWNER:
`
`Andrew Ryan
`CANTOR COLBURN LLP
`mrye@cantorcolburn.com
`
`
`
`
`
`4
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