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` Paper 14
`Entered: April 15, 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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`PORSCHE CARS NORTH AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`VEHICLE INTERFACE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00014
`Patent 6,842,677 B2
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`Before FRANCISCO C. PRATS, JOSIAH C. COCKS, and
`CARL M. DEFRANCO, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`COCKS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73
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`Case IPR2014-00014
`Patent 6,842,677 B2
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`On April 9, 2014, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate this
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`proceeding. Paper 11 (“Joint Motion to Terminate”); see 35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.72. The parties filed a copy of their written settlement agreement
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`(Exhibit 2003), dated April 9, 2014, as well as a request (Paper 12) to treat the
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`settlement agreement as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). The parties stated in their motion that they
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`“have settled their dispute, and have reached agreement to terminate this inter
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`partes review.” Paper 11, 1.
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`The parties are reminded that the Board is not a party to the settlement, and
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`may identify independently any question of patentability. 37 C.F.R § 42.74(a).
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`Generally, however, the Board expects that a proceeding will terminate after the
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`filing of a settlement agreement. See, e.g., Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77
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`Fed. Reg. 48756, 48768 (Aug. 14, 2012). This proceeding is still in the
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`preliminary stages. The Board has not instituted a trial. Petitioner indicates that it
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`will no longer participate in this inter partes review proceeding even if the Board
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`does not terminate the proceeding. Paper 11, 4. Under the circumstances, the
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`Board determines that it is appropriate to terminate this proceeding without
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`rendering either a decision to institute or a final written decision. See 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.72.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
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`ORDER
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`ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the settlement agreement
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`(Exhibit 2003) be treated as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is GRANTED; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is
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`GRANTED and this proceeding is terminated.
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`Case IPR2014-00014
`Patent 6,842,677 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Edgar H. Haug
`Eugene LeDonne
`David V. Rossi
`FROMMER LAWRENCE & HAUG LLP
`pcna.vit.ipr@flhlaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Tarek N. Fahmi
`FAHMI, SELLERS, EMBERT & DAVITZ
`tarek.fahmi@fseip.com
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