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`571-272-7822
`Date Entered: June 24, 2015
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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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`THE JEWELRY CHANNEL, INC. USA d/b/a Liquidation Channel,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`AMERICA’S COLLECTIBLES NETWORK, INC.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2014-00119
`Patent 8,370,211 B2
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`Before LINDA M. GAUDETTE, BRIAN J. McNAMARA, and
`DAVID C. McKONE, Administrative Patent Judges
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`McNAMARA, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`37C.F.R. § 42.70
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`A trial in this proceeding was instituted on October 20, 2014.
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`Paper 10 (“Decision to Institute”). Our order of May 14, 2015, set the date
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`for oral hearing to July 16, 2015, if requested by the parties and granted by
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`the Board. Paper 24 (“Order Changing Date of Oral Hearing”). Both parties
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`have requested oral hearing pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.70. The request is
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`granted.
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`Each party will have 60 minutes of total argument time. The Jewelry
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`Channel, Inc. USA d/b/a Liquidation Channel (“Petitioner”) bears the
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`ultimate burden of proof that the claims at issue in this review are
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`unpatentable. Therefore, at oral hearing, Petitioner will proceed first to
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`present its case with regard to the challenged claims on which basis we
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`instituted trial. Thereafter, America’s Collectibles Network, Inc. (“Patent
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`Owner”) will argue its opposition to Petitioner’s case. Patent Owner will
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`also present its own case with regard to its motion to amend claims, as
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`Patent Owner bears the burden of proof on its motion to amend claims.
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`Petitioner may then use any time Petitioner reserved to rebut Patent Owner’s
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`opposition and to oppose Patent Owner’s motion to amend claims. Finally,
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`Patent Owner may use any time it reserved solely to rebut Petitioner’s
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`opposition to Patent Owner’s motion to amend.
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`There is a strong public policy interest in making all information
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`presented in these proceedings public, as the review determines the
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`patentability of claims in an issued patent and thus affects the rights of the
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`public. This policy is reflected in part, for example, in 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(1)
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`and 35 U.S. C. § 326(a)(1), which provide that the file of any inter partes
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`review or post grant review be made available to the public, except that any
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`petition or document filed with the intent that it be sealed shall, if
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`accompanied by a motion to seal, be treated as sealed pending the outcome
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`of the ruling on the motion. There are no motions to seal in this proceeding.
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`Accordingly, the Board exercises its discretion to make the oral hearing
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`publically available via in-person attendance.
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`Specifically, the hearing will commence at 1:30 PM, on July 16, 2015,
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`on the ninth floor of Madison Building East, 600 Dulany Street, Alexandria,
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`Virginia, and it will be open to the public for in-person attendance. In-
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`person attendance will be accommodated on a first come first serve basis.
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`The Board will provide a court reporter for the hearing and the
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`reporter’s transcript will constitute the official record of the hearing.
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`Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.70(b), demonstrative exhibits must be served five
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`business days before the hearing. The parties are directed to CBS Interactive
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`Inc. v. Helferich Patent Licensing, LLC, IPR2013-00033, Paper 118
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`(Oct. 23, 2013), regarding the appropriate content of demonstrative exhibits.
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`Any issue regarding demonstrative exhibits should be resolved at least two
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`days prior to the hearing by way of a joint telephone conference call to the
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`Board. The parties are responsible for requesting such a conference
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`sufficiently in advance of the hearing to accommodate this requirement.
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`Any objection to demonstrative exhibits that is not timely presented will be
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`considered waived. A courtesy copy of the demonstratives to be used at the
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`hearing should be filed at the Board no later than two days before the
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`hearing. A hard copy of the demonstratives should be provided to the court
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`reporter at the hearing.
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`Questions regarding specific audio-visual equipment should be
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`directed to the Board at (571) 272-9797. Requests for audio-visual
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`equipment are to be made 5 days in advance of the hearing date. The
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`request is to be sent to Trials@uspto.gov. If the request is not received
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`timely, the equipment may not be available on the day of the hearing.
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`The parties are reminded that the presenter must identify clearly and
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`specifically each demonstrative exhibit (e.g., by slide or screen number)
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`referenced during the hearing to ensure the clarity and accuracy of the
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`reporter’s transcript. The parties also should note that at least one member
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`of the panel will be attending the hearing electronically from a remote
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`location and that if a demonstrative is not filed or otherwise made fully
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`available or visible to the judge presiding over the hearing remotely,
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`that demonstrative will not be considered. If the parties have questions
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`as to whether demonstrative exhibits would be sufficiently visible and
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`available to all of the judges, the parties are invited to contact the Board at
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`571-272-9797.
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`The Board expects lead counsel for each party to be present in person
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`at the oral hearing. However, lead or backup counsel may present the
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`party’s argument. If either party anticipates that its lead counsel will not be
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`attending the oral argument, the parties should initiate a joint telephone
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`conference with the Board no later than two business days prior to the oral
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`hearing to discuss the matter.
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`PETITIONER: (via electronic transmission)
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`Jeffrey Ginsberg
`jginsberg@kenyon.com
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`Michael Turner
`mturner@kenyon.com
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`PATENT OWNER: (via electronic transmission)
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`Neil Jones
`Neil.jones@nelsonmullins.com
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