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` BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`MICROSOFT, : Case Nos.
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` Petitioner, : IPR2014-00610
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` v. : IPR2014-00614
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`VIRNETX, : IPR2014-00615
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` Patent Owner. : IPR2014-01418
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` Friday, December 19, 2014
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` Telephone Conference before Judge Michael
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`the above-entitled matter, commencing at 11:02 a.m.,
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`the proceedings taken down by Stenotype by
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`VIRNETX EXHIBIT 2043
`Microsoft v. VirnetX
`Trial IPR2014-00614
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`APPEARANCES:
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`On behalf of the Petitioner:
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` KEVIN GREENE, ESQ.
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` KARL RENNER, ESQ.
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` Fish & Richardson
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` 1425 K Street, N.W., 11th Floor
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` Washington, D.C. 20005
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` (202) 626-6447
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`On behalf of the Patent Owner:
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` JOSEPH PALYS, ESQ.
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` NAVEEN MODI, ESQ.
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` Paul, Hastings, LLP
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` 875 15th Street, N.W.
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` Washington, D.C. 20005
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` (202) 551-1717
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` JASON E. STACH, ESQ.
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` Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
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` Garrett & Dunner, LLP
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` 3500 Sun Trust Plaza
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` 303 Peachtree Street, N.E.
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` Atlanta, Georgia 30308
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` (404) 653-6400
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Welcome to the call.
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` I now would just like to go to the parties
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`Petitioner. Is there a member of Petitioner on the
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` Not hearing from counsel from Petitioner,
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`we'll go ahead and wait until they come on the line.
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` MR. PALYS: Your Honor, this is Joe Palys for
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`VirnetX. Just to let you know, I sent opposing
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`counsel an E-mail just to let him know in case there
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`was some issue with the communication.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Thank you.
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` MR. GREENE: Kevin Greene for the Petitioner
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`is on the line. Karl Renner should be on as well.
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` MR. RENNER: I'm on also. Thanks, Kevin.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Okay. We were starting off
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`with a roll call for Petitioner and noticed a
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` MR. GREENE: There is. Kevin Greene and Karl
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Thank you. I now will turn
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`it over to the patent owner. Mr. Palys, you already
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`announced yourself, but could you please introduce
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` MR. PALYS: Sure. Again, this is Joseph
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`Palys, and with me is Naveen Modi, both of us from
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`Paul, Hastings, and Jason Stach from Finnegan is also
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Welcome to the call.
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` The parties had sent an E-mail to the board
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`indicating there's a potential for settlement in this
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`case and we wanted to, at the board, get a little bit
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` I believe there's a request to file a paper
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`announcing the settlement to the board and confirming
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`the settlement and, essentially, that the settlement
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`has to be in writing, as you're aware. Maybe if the
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`parties could give us a little bit more information,
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`and I'll start with the patent owner today.
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` MR. PALYS: Thank you, Your Honor. This is
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`Joseph Palys. Before we get into the particulars,
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`I'd just like to request that to the extent any
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`discussions during this call involves any
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`confidential information that the transcript be kept
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`confidential.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: I would appreciate it if you
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`could file it as an exhibit and do have a motion to
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`seal to go along with it and you can file it as
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`parties and board only. There is a question which
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`parties are aware of the settlement at this time.
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` MR. PALYS: To answer that question, I
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`believe it's the parties Microsoft and VirnetX. So
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`the fact of the settlement, as I hinted in our
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`E-mail, is still confidential. It is my
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`understanding, however, that the parties will be
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`making this fact public relatively soon, but at this
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`point, it's confidential, and depending on the nature
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`of this call, if it stays at that level, it might be
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`-- by the time we have to file, if we even have to
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`file the transcript, it might not be confidential,
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`just depending on how this call goes.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: And we'll figure out the time
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` MR. PALYS: Okay. Great.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Can you go ahead and give us
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`some background? Which cases are you seeking to
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`thinking to file your settlement, etc.?
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` MR. PALYS: Sure. Thank you, Your Honor.
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` So the parties have actually reached
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`settlement. It is in written form. That's for
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`Microsoft and VirnetX, and regarding the patents at
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`issue involving IPR2014 Nos. 610, 614, 615, 1418, and
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`1421, there are also a couple other matters that I'll
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`address as we address these particular matters.
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` We're requesting, both parties are seeking,
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` MR. MODI: Your Honor, this is Naveen Modi.
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`If I could just add one more point on the settlement,
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`Your Honor. The settlement agreement actually does
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`just wanted the Court to know that, for the
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: So this court litigation is
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` MR. PALYS: That's right.
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` MR. MODI: Yes, Your Honor.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Thank you.
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` And what timeframe are we looking at to have
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: By relatively soon -- and I'm
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` Do you wish us to hold in abeyance at this
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` MR. PALYS: Sure, Your Honor. Regarding
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Okay.
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` MR. MODI: And just -- I'm sorry, Judge. I
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` MR. MODI: Right.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: And I'm taking it from what
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`you're saying today is you would like to -- you're
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`go ahead and just terminate the proceedings instead
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` MR. PALYS: Yes, Your Honor. Thank you.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: That's what I was taking from
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` MR. PALYS: My apologies.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Oh, no, no, no. I
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` MR. PALYS: Yeah. I think I mentioned that
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Okay. Anything further
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` MR. PALYS: Well, I think that's it unless
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` MR. MODI: Nothing from me.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Okay. Thank you.
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` We'll now turn it over to the petitioner and
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` MR. GREEN: Thank you, Your Honor. Not much
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`It will be very, very shortly after we receive the
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`order to involve Apple as well?
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` MR. PALYS: Yes. This is Joe Palys.
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`Regarding the 403 and 404 matters, they're not at
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: This is Judge Tierney. Will
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` MR. GREENE: Most likely. Again, like I
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` MR. TIERNEY: For purposes of today, it's my
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` MR. PALYS: That's right.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Thank you.
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` MR. GREENE: The second was just seeking
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Did you receive sufficient
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`clarification on the 403-404?
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` MR. GREENE: Petitioner will follow up with
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: And it's my understanding we
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` MR. GREENE: Right.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Thank you for the
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` JUDGE EASTHOM: This is Judge Easthom. I was
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` MR. GREENE: This is Kevin Greene for the
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` JUDGE EASTHOM: Oh, I might have mis -- oh,
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`okay. This is Judge Easthom again. That's right.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: This is Judge Tierney. On an
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`have a number of VirnetX cases before us between
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`there, that we'll again ask that the parties give us
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`an update on the status of the various cases so we're
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` JUDGE EASTHOM: Not for Judge Easthom.
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` JUDGE SIU: This is Judge Siu. Nothing from
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Okay. Anything more from the
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`matter of filing and when to file?
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` MR. PALYS: Not from the patent owner, Your
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` MR. GREENE: Not from petitioner, Your
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: The only question I had
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: This is Judge Tierney. I
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` MR. MODI: That's acceptable to us.
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` JUDGE EASTHOM: That sounds like a good plan.
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` JUDGE SIU: I have no objection.
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` JUDGE EASTHOM: Okay. The panel has decided.
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: For purpose of the record,
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` JUDGE TIERNEY: Patent owner?
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