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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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC., and
`SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS AMERICA, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`ARENDI S.A.R.L.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-01142
`Patent 7,917,843 B2
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, SALLY C. MEDLEY, and TREVOR M.
`JEFFERSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2014-01142
`Patent 7,917,843 B2
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`On June 11, 2014, an inter partes review was instituted in Apple Inc.,
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`Google Inc., and Motorola Mobility LLC v. Arendi S.A.R.L., Case IPR2014-00208
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`(PTAB June 11, 2014). Within a month of that decision, the Petitioner in the
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`instant proceeding filed a petition, along with a motion for joinder. Papers 1 and 3.
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` Petitioner moves for institution of an inter partes review and to be joined as a
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`party to the inter partes review in IPR2014-00208. Papers 1 and 3.
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`Patent Owner contacted the Board and requested authorization to file an
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`opposition to the motion for joinder. Petitioner contacted the Board and requested
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`authorization to file a reply to any opposition the Patent is authorized to file.
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`Upon consideration of the record,
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`It is
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner is authorized to file, no later than August 4,
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`2014, an opposition to the motion for joinder, not to exceed the page limit of the
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`motion for joinder; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner is authorized to file, no later than
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`August 11, 2014, a reply to the opposition, not to exceed three pages.
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`IPR2014-01142
`Patent 7,917,843 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Andrea Reister
`Gregory Discher
`Covington & Burling LLP
`areister@cov.com
`gdischer@cov.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Robert M. Asher
`Bruce D. Sunstein
`John Stickevers
`Dorothy Wu
`Sunstein Kann Murphy & Timbers LLP
`rasher@sunsteinlaw.com
`bsunstein@sunsteinlaw.com
`jstickevers@sunsteinlaw.com
`dwu@sunsteinlaw.com
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`cc: Counsel for Petitioner in case IPR2014-00208:
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`David L. Fehrman
`Mehran Arjomand
`Morrison & Foerster LLP
`dfehrman@mofo.com
`marjomand@mofo.com
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`Matthew A. Smith
`Zhuanjia Gu
`Turner Boyd LLP
`smith@turnerboyd.com
`gu@turnerboyd.com
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