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IN THE 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
`CO., LTD.; and SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`E-WATCH, INC. and E-WATCH CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-009891
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`1 Case IPR2015-00543 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`Case IPR2014-00989
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, Petitioner HTC
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`Corporation and HTC America, Inc. (“HTC”), and Petitioner Samsung Electronics
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`Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“Samsung”) (collectively
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`“Petitioner”) and Patent Owner e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch Corporation (“e-
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`Watch”) jointly move to terminate the present inter partes review proceedings with
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`respect to both Petitioners and Patent Owner, in light of the parties’ resolution of
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`their dispute relating to U.S. Patent No. 7,643,168 (“the ’168 patent”).
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`Termination with respect to Petitioners and Patent Owner e-Watch is
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`appropriate in the instant proceeding because the dispute between the parties has
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`been resolved, and further, the parties have agreed to terminate this inter partes
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`review.
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`As required by 35 U.S.C. § 317(b), the parties are filing, concurrently
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`herewith, a true copy of their written agreements as Exhibits 1011 and 1012. The
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`parties further request, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), that the agreements be
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`treated as confidential business information and kept separate from the files of the
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`involved patent. The parties are filing, concurrently herewith, a request to treat the
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`settlement agreements as confidential business information pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §
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`317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`The applicable statute, provides that an inter partes review proceeding “shall
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`be terminated with respect to any petitioner upon the joint request of the petitioner
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`Case IPR2014-00989
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`and the patent owner, unless the Office has decided the merits of the proceeding
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`before the request for termination is filed.” 35 U.S.C. § 317(a) (emphasis added).
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`Moreover, strong public policy considerations favor settlement between parties to
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`an inter partes review proceeding. Indeed, the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide
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`provides:
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`N. Settlement. There are strong public policy reasons to favor
`settlement between the parties to a proceeding. The Board will be
`available to facilitate settlement discussions, and where appropriate,
`may require a settlement discussion as part of the proceeding. The
`Board expects that a proceeding will terminate after the filing of a
`settlement agreement, unless the Board has already decided the merits
`of the proceeding.
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`The Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48768 (Aug. 14
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`2012). Pursuant to the Board’s Order on August 28, 2015, the Board has not yet
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`issued a decision on the merits. Order, Paper 27, at 2. Moreover, no public inter-
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`est factors militate against termination of this proceeding with respect to both Peti-
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`tioners and Patent Owner.
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`The status of all district court cases involving U.S. Patent No. 7,643,168 is
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`presented below.
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`Judicial Matter
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Apple, Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Blackberry
`Limited and Blackberry Corpo-
`ration
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`Court
`E.D. Tex.
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`Filed
`Status
`12/09/13 Pending
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`Cause No.
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01078
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`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. HTC Corpora-
`tion and HTC America, Inc.
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`E.D. Tex.
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`E.D. Tex.
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`Case IPR2014-00989
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`12/13/13 Pending,
`but termi-
`nation im-
`minent
`12/13/13 Pending
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`13-01063
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`13-01076
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`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Huawei Tech-
`nologies Co., Ltd. and Huawei
`Technologies USA, Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Kyocera Com-
`munications, Inc. and Kyocera
`International, Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. LG Electronics,
`Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A,
`Inc., and LG Electronics Mo-
`bilecomm U.S.A.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Nokia Corpora-
`tion and Nokia, Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Samsung Elec-
`tronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung
`Telecommunications America,
`Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Sharp Corpora-
`tion and Sharp Electronics
`Corporation
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Sony Corpora-
`tion, Sony Mobile Communi-
`cations AB, and Sony Mobile
`Communications (USA), Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. ZTE Corpora-
`tion, ZTE (USA), Inc., and
`ZTE Solutions, Inc.
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/09/13 Terminated 13-01077
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Pending,
`but termi-
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`13-01064
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01075
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Pending,
`but termi-
`nation im-
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`13-01062
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01074
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01073
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Pending
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`13-01071
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`Case IPR2014-00989
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`The status of all inter partes reviews (“IPR”) involving U.S. Patent No.
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`7,643,168 is presented below.
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`IPR
`IPR2015-00543 joined to
`IPR2014-00989
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`IPR2015-00401
`IPR2015-00407
`IPR2015-00408
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`IPR2015-00611 joined to
`IPR2015-00414
`IPR2015-00607
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`Status
`Pending, but
`termination
`requested
`Terminated
`Not Instituted
`Pending, but
`Board has
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`quest to file
`motion to
`terminate
`Pending
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`Pending, but
`parties will
`request right
`to file motion
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`soon
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`For the foregoing reasons, the parties jointly and respectfully request that the
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`instant proceedings be terminated with respect to both Petitioners and Patent
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`Owner.
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`Date: September 11, 2015
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`/Robert C. Curfiss/
`Robert C. Curfiss
`Reg. No. 26,540
`19826 Sundance Drive
`Humble, Texas 77346
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Attorney for Patent Owner e-Watch
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`/Bing Ai/
`Bing Ai
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`11988 El Camino Real
`Suite 350
`San Diego, CA 92130
`ai-ptab@perkinscoie.com
`Telephone: (858) 720-5700
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`Attorney for Petitioner HTC
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`/Steven L. Park/
`Paul Hastings, LLP
`1170 Peachtree Street, NE
`Suite 100
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
`Telephone: (404) 815-2223
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), 42.105(a))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned JOINT MOTION
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`TO TERMINATE PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74 was
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`served in its entirety on September 11, 2015 on the following parties via electronic
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`mail:
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`Bing Ai
`Cheng C. (Jack) Ko
`Kevin Patariu
`Babak Tehranchi
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`11988 El Camino Real, Suite 350
`San Diego, CA 92130
`Telephone: (858) 720-5700
`HTC-EWATCH-IPR-Service@perkinscoie.com
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`Steven L. Park
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`1170 Peachtree Street, NE
`Suite 100
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`Telephone: (404) 815-2223
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
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`Naveen Modi
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`875 15th St. N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Telephone: (202) 551-1700
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`Elizabeth L. Brann
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`4747 Executive Drive - 12th Floor
`San Diego, CA 92121
`Telephone: (858) 458-3014
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`/Robert C. Curfiss/
`Robert C. Curfiss
`Reg. No. 26,540
`19826 Sundance Drive
`Humble, Texas 77346
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner

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