`571-272-7822
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`Paper 25
`Entered: June 4, 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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`HTC CORPORATION, HTC AMERICA, INC.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD., and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`E-WATCH, INC. and E-WATCH CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2014-00987 (Patent 7,365,871 B2)1
`IPR2014-00989 (Patent 7,643,168 B2)2,3
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`Before JAMESON LEE, GREGG I. ANDERSON, and
`MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Trial Hearing
`35 U.S.C. § 326(a)(10)
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`1 Case IPR2015-00541 has been joined with this proceeding.
`2 Case IPR2015-00543 has been joined with this proceeding.
`3 This order addresses an issue that is identical in both cases. Therefore, we
`exercise discretion to issue one order to be filed in each of the two cases.
`The parties, however, are not authorized to use this style heading.
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`IPR2014-00987 (Patent 7,365,871 B2)
`IPR2014-00989 (Patent 7,643,168 B2)
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`The Scheduling Orders for these cases set the date for oral hearing on
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`June 30, 2015, if a hearing is requested by the parties and granted by the
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`Board. Paper 7.4 Patent Owner requested a hearing pursuant to 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.70(a) (Paper 23), but later withdrew that request (Paper 26). Petitioner
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`submits that a hearing is not necessary, but requests participation in a
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`hearing if we grant Patent Owner’s request. Paper 25.
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`It is
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`Order
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`ORDERED that there will be no oral argument, and Due Date 7 in the
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`Scheduling Order (Paper 7) no longer applies.
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`4 Citations are to IPR2014-00987 unless otherwise noted.
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`2
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`IPR2014-00987 (Patent 7,365,871 B2)
`IPR2014-00989 (Patent 7,643,168 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Bing Ai
`Cheng C. (Jack) Ko
`Kevin Patariu
`Babak Tehranchi
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`Ai-ptab@perkinscoie.com
`CKo@perkinscoie.com
`KPatariu@perkinscoie.com
`BTehranchi@perkinscoie.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Robert C. Curfiss
`bob@curfiss.com
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`David O. Simmons
`IVC Patent Agency
`dsimmons1@sbcglobal.net
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