`571-272-7822
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`Paper 31
`Entered: September 17, 2015
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`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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`
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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.
`
`CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Joint Motion to Terminate
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5(a), 42.71(a)
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`
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`
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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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`On September 11, 2015, Petitioner HTC Corporation and HTC
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`America, Inc. (“HTC”) and Petitioner Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and
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`Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“Samsung”) (collectively, “Petitioners”)
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`and Patent Owner e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch Corporation (“e-Watch) filed a
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`“Joint Motion to Terminate” based on a settlement agreement that resolves
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`the parties’ disputes related to the challenged patent. Paper 31.4 The parties
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`concurrently filed a copy of the settlement agreement between HTC and e-
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`Watch (Ex. 1013) and a copy of the settlement agreement between Samsung
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`and e-Watch (Ex. 1014), along with a “Joint Request to Treat the Settlement
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`Agreements as Business Confidential Information Under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
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`and 37 C.F.R. 42.74(c).” Paper 32; see also 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (“A party
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`to a settlement may request that the settlement be treated as business
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`confidential information and be kept separate from the files of an involved
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`patent or application.”).
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` Under 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), “[a]n inter partes review instituted under
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`this chapter shall be terminated with respect to any petitioner upon the joint
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`request of the petitioner and patent owner, unless the Office has decided the
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`merits of the proceeding before the request for termination is filed.”
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`We have not yet decided the merits of this proceeding. Under these
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`circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to terminate this
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`proceeding as to both Petitioners and Patent Owner without rendering a final
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`written decision. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`4 Citations are to the filings in IPR2014-00987, unless otherwise noted.
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`2
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`
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`IPR2014-00987 (Patent 7,365,871 B2)
`IPR2014-00989 (Patent 7,643,168 B2)
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`ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate is granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the settlement agreements (Exhibits 1013
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`and 1014 in IPR2014-00987 and Exhibits 1011 and 1012 in IPR2014-00989)
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`be treated as business confidential information and be kept separate from the
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`files of the involved U.S. Patent Nos. 7,635,871 B2 and 7,643,168 B2.
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`3
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`
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`IPR2014-00987 (Patent 7,365,871 B2)
`IPR2014-00989 (Patent 7,643,168 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
`
`Bing Ai
`Cheng C. (Jack) Ko
`Kevin Patariu
`Babak Tehranchi
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`
`Steven L. Park
`Naveen Modi
`Elizabeth Brann
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
`elizabethbrann@paulhastings.com
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`
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Robert C. Curfiss
`bob@curfiss.com
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`and
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`David O. Simmons
`IVC Patent Agency
`dsimmons1@sbcglobal.net
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`
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`4
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