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`Jonathan W. Fountain
`Nevada State Bar No. 10351
`LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP
`3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600
`Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996
`Tel: 702.949.8200
`E-mail: jfountain@lrrc.com
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`John M. Desmarais (admitted pro hac vice)
`Michael P. Stadnick (admitted pro hac vice)
`Ameet A. Modi (admitted pro hac vice)
`Kerri-Ann Limbeek (admitted pro hac vice)
`DESMARAIS LLP
`230 Park Avenue
`New York, NY 10169
`Tel: (212) 351-3400
`E-mail: jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com
`E-mail: mstadnick@desmaraisllp.com
`E-mail: amodi@desmaraisllp.com
`E-mail: klimbeek@desmaraisllp.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc.
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`DISTRICT OF NEVADA
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`VOIP-PAL.COM INC.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`v.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Case No. 2:16-cv-00260-RFB-VCF
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`STIPULATION AND PROPOSED
`ORDER TO STAY PENDING
`A DECISION BY THE PATENT
`TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`REGARDING INSTITUTION OF
`INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`It
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`is hereby STIPULATED and AGREED between Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc.
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`(“Plaintiff” or “Voip-Pal”) and Defendant Apple Inc. (“Defendant” or “Apple”),
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`to stay
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`litigation in this matter until decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board regarding whether
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`to institute inter partes review of various petitions involving the subject patents in this action.
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`Good cause exists for the requested stay:
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`1.
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`VoIP-Pal
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`filed this action on February 9, 2016, against Apple, alleging
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`infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,542,815 (the “‘815 patent”) and 9,179,005 (the “‘005
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`patent”). (ECF No. 1);
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`2.
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`On May 5, 2016, this Court entered an order extending the time for Apple to
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`answer the complaint until July 29, 2016. (ECF No. 13);
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`3.
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`On June 15, 2016, Apple filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) by the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) concerning the ‘815 patent on June 15, 2016 (the
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`“Apple ‘815 IPR petition”). Apple also petitioned the PTAB to conduct IPR on the ‘005 patent
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`(the “Apple ‘005 IPR petition”);
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`4.
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`By statute, the PTAB must decide whether to institute review within six months
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`of its notice granting the petition a filing date. See 37 C.F.R. 42.107(b) (2015); 35 U.S.C. §
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`314(b). The PTAB provided notice on June 18, 2016 that Apple’s ‘815 IPR petition had been
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`granted a filing date; accordingly, the PTAB must decide whether to institute review on or
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`before December 18, 2016;
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`5.
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`The PTAB must decide whether to institute Apple’s IPR on the ‘005 patent no
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`later than December 21, 2016;
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`6.
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`An unrelated third party, Unified Patents Inc., has also requested IPR review
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`concerning the ‘815 patent (the “Unified Patents IPR petition”). By statute, the PTAB must
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`decide whether to institute review on the Unified Patents petition by November 26, 2016. See
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`37 C.F.R. 42.107(b) (2015); 35 U.S.C. § 314(b);
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`7.
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`Apple filed a Motion to Stay Pending Resolution of Inter Partes Review by the
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`Patent Trial and Appeal Board on July 8, 2016 in this matter, (ECF No. 23);
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`and
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`Discovery has not yet begun, and a trial date has not yet been set in this matter;
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`District courts, pursuant to their inherent power to control and manage their own
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`dockets, have discretion to stay an action pending the outcome of reexamination proceedings
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`(including IPR) before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Unwired Planet, LLC v.
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`Google Inc., No. 3:12-cv-00504-MMD-VPC, 2014 WL 301002, at *5 (D. Nev. Jan. 27, 2014).
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`Based on the foregoing, the parties agree, with the Court’s permission, to stay this
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`litigation pending the PTAB’s decisions on whether to institute IPR review on the patents-in-
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`suit. Specifically, the parties hereby agree to submit a status report (“Joint Status Report”) to
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`the Court by January 11, 2017, outlining the parties’ respective positions on how the case
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`should proceed in light of the PTAB’s institution decisions. The parties further agree and
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`stipulate to an order staying litigation in this matter until the Court reviews the Joint Status
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`Report and makes a decision on how to proceed.
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`Dated: this 19th day of July, 2016.
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`IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED:
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`ALVERSON, TAYLOR,
`MORTENSEN & SANDERS
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`/s/ Adam R. Knecht
`Kurt R. Bonds
`Nevada State Bar No. 6228
`Adam R. Knecht
`Nevada State Bar No. 13166
`7404 W. Charleston Blvd.
`Las Vegas, NV 89117-1401
`Tel: 702.384.7000
`E-mail: kbonds@alversontaylor.com
`E-mail: aknecht@alversontaylor.com
`Attorneys for Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc.
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`LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER
`CHRISTIE LLP
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`/s/ Jonathan W. Fountain
`Jonathan W. Fountain
`Nevada State Bar No. 10351
`3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600
`Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996
`Tel: 702.949.8200
`E-mail: jfountain@lrrc.com
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`DESMARAIS LLP
`John M. Desmarais, Pro hac vice
`Michael P. Stadnick, Pro hac vice
`Ameet Modi, Pro hac vice
`Kerri-Ann Limbeek, Pro hac vice
`230 Park Avenue
`New York, New York 10169
`Tel: 212.351.3400
`E-mail: jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com
`E-mail: mstadnick@desmaraisllp.com
`E-mail: amodi@desmaraisllp.com
`E-mail: klimbeek@desmaraisllp.com
`Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc.
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`IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Apple Inc.'s Motion to Stay (ECF No. 23). is
`DENIED as MOOT.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED:
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`________________________________
`UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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`July 19, 2016
`DATED: ________________________
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