`571-272-7822
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`Paper 27
`Date: April 16, 2014
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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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`FANDANGO, LLC, OPENTABLE, INC.,
`APPLE INC., DOMINO’S PIZZA, INC.,
`AND DOMINO’S PIZZA, LLC,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`AMERANTH, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2014-00013
`Patent 6,982,733
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`Before JAMESON LEE, MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, RICHARD E. RICE, and
`STACEY G. WHITE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`LEE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`Order
`Conduct of Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.05
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`CBM2014-00013
`Patent 6,982,733
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`On April 15, 2014, an initial telephone conference call was held between
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`respective counsel for the parties and Judges Lee, Petravick, Rice, and White.
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`Neither party filed a proposed motions list. Counsel for each party expressed that
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`the party is not contemplating filing any motion. Both parties, however, desired an
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`opportunity to see the Supreme Court’s decision in CLS Bank International v. Alice
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`Corporation Pty. Ltd. (Docket No. 13-298), prior to submitting further substantive
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`papers in this case. The parties represent that the Supreme Court’s decision is
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`expected by the end of June 2014.
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`Counsel for the parties explained that they do not need the Board to reset
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`any due date. Instead, they can stipulate to a seven week extension of Due Dates 1
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`and 2, as is authorized in the Scheduling Order of March 26, 2014 (Paper 24). The
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`Scheduling Order provides that the parties are authorized to stipulate to different
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`Due Dates 1-3, so long as the extended due dates do not extend beyond Due Date
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`4. Paper 24, 2.
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`We noted that the parties can proceed to stipulate to the desired seven-week
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`extension of Due Dates 1 and 2, and that that does not require approval of the
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`Board. We further authorized the parties to stipulate to extensions of Due Dates 1-
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`6, so long as the extended due dates do not extend beyond Due Date 7.
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`Neither party had any other issue to discuss in the initial conference call.
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`We further noted that in the event the parties file their briefs in this proceeding and
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`the Supreme Court subsequently renders a decision impacting the proceeding, the
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`parties may ask for authorization to file supplemental briefing.
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`It is
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`ORDERED that the parties are authorized to stipulate to extensions of Due
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`Dates 1-6, so long as the extended dates do not extend beyond Due Date 7.
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`CBM2014-00013
`Patent 6,982,733
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`For Petitioner:
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`Richard Zembek
`Gilbert Greene
`richard.zembeck@nortonrosefulbright.com
`bert.greene@nortonrosefulbright.com
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`For Patent Owner:
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`John Osborne
`Michael Fabiano
`josborne@osborneipl.com
`mdfabiano@fabianolawfirm.com
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