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` Entered: June 13, 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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`GOOGLE, INC.
`Petitioner
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-00744
`Patent 6,628,314
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY and KALYAN K. DESHPANDE,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`MEMORANDUM
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2014-00744
`Patent 6,628,314
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`On April 9, 2014, an inter partes review was instituted in Facebook, Inc. v.
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`B.E. Technology, L.L.C., Case IPR2014-00053 (PTAB Apr. 9, 2014). Within a
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`month of that decision, the Petitioner in the instant proceeding filed a petition,
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`along with a motion for joinder. Papers 1 and 3. Petitioner moves for institution of
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`an inter partes review and to be joined as a party to the inter partes review in
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`IPR2014-00053. Papers 1 and 3. On June 10, 2014, a conference call was held
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`between counsel for the respective parties and Judges Medley and Deshpande.
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`Counsel for the Petitioner in IPR2014-00053 (“the -00053 Petitioner”) also joined
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`the call. The purpose of the conference call was to discuss the procedural issues
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`arising from the motion for joinder.
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`During the conference call, counsel for the Patent Owner represented that the
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`Patent Owner does not oppose the motion for joinder; nor will the Patent Owner file
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`a Patent Owner Preliminary Response. Counsel for the -00053 Petitioner indicated
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`that the -00053 Petitioner does not oppose the motion for joinder with it in
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`IPR2014-00053. Based on the information obtained, the Board indicated that a
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`decision on the petition and motion for joinder will be made in due course.
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`IPR2014-00744
`Patent 6,628,314
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`PETITIONER:
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`Clinton Brannon
`cbrannon@mayerbrown.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Jason Angell
`jangell@fawlaw.com
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