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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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`TD AMERITRADE HOLDING CORP., TD AMERITRADE, INC., AND
`TD AMERITRADE ONLINE HOLDINGS CORP.,
`Petitioner,
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`CBM2014-00131 (Patent 7,533,056)
`CBM2014-00133 (Patent 7,676,411)
`CBM2014-00135 (Patent 6,772,132)
`CBM2014-00137 (Patent 7,685,055)
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, and
`PHILIP J. HOFFMANN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73
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`On June 30, 2015, the parties informed the Board that the parties had
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`settled the proceedings and that the parties sought authorization to file a joint
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`motion to terminate the proceedings. On July 5, 2015, and pursuant to 35
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`U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, the parties filed a joint motion to
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`terminate each proceeding. CBM2014-00131, Paper 60.1 The parties also
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`filed a joint request in each proceeding to have their settlement agreement
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`treated as confidential business information under 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74(c). CBM2014-00131, Paper 62. Lastly, the parties filed a
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`joint request to withdraw previously filed oral hearing requests. CBM2014-
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`00131, Paper 61. In each of the joint motions, the parties represent that each
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`of the settlement agreements filed is a true copy and resolves all disputes
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`between the parties. CBM2014-00131, Paper 60, 1.
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`These covered business method patent reviews were instituted on
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`December 2, 2014. At this juncture of the proceedings, the Board does not
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`have before it full briefing on the trial issues; the cases have not been heard;
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`and the Board has not entered a final decision. Based on the facts of these
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`cases, it is appropriate to enter judgment.2 Therefore, the joint motions to
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`terminate the proceedings are granted.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the parties’ joint requests that the settlement
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`agreements be treated as business confidential information, to be kept
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`separate from the patent file are granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate the
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`proceedings are granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motions to withdraw oral
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`hearing requests are granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the hearing scheduled for July 9, 2015 is
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`1 Citations are to CBM2014-00131.
`2 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination
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`vacated; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the proceedings are terminated.
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`PETITIONER:
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`Lori Gordon
`Robert E. Sokohl
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox
`lgordon-ptab@skgf.com
`rsokohl-ptab@skgf.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Erika H. Arner
`Steven F Borsand
`Joshua L. Goldberg
`erika.arner@finnegan.com
`Steve.Borsand@tradingtechnologies.com
`joshua.goldberg@finnegan.com
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