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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
`SANTA ANA DIVISION
`Case No. 8:13-cv-00984 AG (JPRx)
`UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS, INC.,
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`JOINT STATEMENT OF THE
`PARTIES PURSUANT TO ORDER
`STAYING ACTION (ECF NO. 88)
`AND JOINT REQUEST TO
`CONTINUE STATUS
`CONFERENCE FROM JANUARY
`26, 2015 TO MARCH 9, 2015;
`DECLARATION OF MARK A.
`FINKELSTEIN
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`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
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`UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL,
`INC., et al.,
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`Defendants.
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`))))))))))))))
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`Pursuant to the Court’s Order Staying Action Pending Petitions for Inter Partes
`Review of All Asserted Claims (ECF No. 88) (the “Stay Order”), Plaintiff and
`Counterclaim-Defendant Universal Electronics, Inc. (“UEI”) and Defendants and
`Counterclaimants Universal Remote Control, Inc. (“URC”), Ohsung Electronics Co.,
`Ltd., and Ohsung Electronics U.S.A., Inc. (collectively, “Ohsung”) (all collectively,
`“Defendants”), met and conferred on January 15, 2015. Pursuant to the Stay Order
`and the parties’ meet and confer, the parties hereby provide the following joint
`statement and jointly request that the Status Conference currently scheduled for
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`JOINT STATEMENT OF THE PARTIES - CASE NO. 8:13-CV-00984 AG (JPRX)
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`Universal Electronics Exhibit 2027, Page 1
`Universal Remote Control v. Universal Electronics, Trial No. IPR2014-01146
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`Case 8:13-cv-00984-AG-JPR Document 102 Filed 01/20/15 Page 2 of 7 Page ID #:638
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`January 26, 2015, at 9:00 a.m. be continued to March 9, 2015, at 9:00 a.m., for the
`reasons provided below.
`A.
`Status of PTO Inter Partes Review Proceedings Involving the Patents-
`In-Suit
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`Pursuant to the Stay Order, the parties report that all asserted claims of the ten
`UEI patents-in-suit were subject to ten petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) filed
`with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (“PTO”). As the following chart
`demonstrates, the PTO Patent & Trademark Appeal Board (“PTAB”) instituted review
`with respect to all asserted claims in five of the asserted patents; instituted review with
`respect to some, but not all, asserted claims in two of the asserted patents; and did not
`institute any review with respect to the asserted claims of the remaining three patents.
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`Asserted Patent
`5,228,077 to Darbee
`(expired)
`5,552,917 to Darbee
`(expired)
`5,414,761 to Darbee
`(expired)
`5,255,313 to Darbee
`(expired)
`7,831,930 to Dresti
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`IPR Docket No.
`IPR2014-01102
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`IPR2014-01103
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`IPR2014-01104
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`IPR2014-01106
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`IPR2014-01109
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`7,126,468 to Arling
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`IPR2014-01084
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`8,243,207 to Arling
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`IPR2014-01146
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`7,589,642 to Mui
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`IPR2014-01082
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`Decision on Petition
`Instituted
`(all asserted claims)
`Instituted
`(all asserted claims)
`Instituted
`(all asserted claims)
`Instituted
`(all asserted claims)
`Instituted
`(all asserted claims)
`Instituted
`(instituted as to claims 27,
`28, 33, 35, 45, and 49; not
`instituted as to claims 1,
`2, 11, 29, and 46)
`Instituted
`(instituted as to claims
`13–15; not instituted as to
`claim 12)
`Not instituted
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`JOINT STATEMENT OF THE PARTIES - CASE NO. 8:13-CV-00984 AG (JPRX)
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`Universal Electronics Exhibit 2027, Page 2
`Universal Remote Control v. Universal Electronics, Trial No. IPR2014-01146
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`6,407,779 to Herz
`RE39059 to Foster
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`IPR2014-01111
`IPR2014-01112
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`Not instituted
`Not instituted
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`B.
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`Parties’ Statements Regarding Case Management
`1.
`Statement of Plaintiff UEI
`On January 9, 2015, the PTAB rendered its final decision on the petitions for
`IPR. UEI intends to seek rehearing with respect to at least one of the IPR decisions.
`UEI and its new counsel are still evaluating the IPR decisions and, depending
`on the outcome of its rehearing request(s), may drop certain patents from this lawsuit,
`may seek to amend its complaint in other ways, or may stipulate to a further stay of
`this proceeding. To preserve judicial resources while UEI completes its analysis and
`awaits a ruling on its rehearing request(s), UEI requests that the Status Conference be
`continued until March 9, 2015. At that time, UEI expects to be in a position to inform
`the Court regarding its views on the case management including, without limitation,
`whether there is any need to continue the stay.
`2.
`Statement of Defendants URC and Ohsung
`Defendants have no objection to rescheduling the January 26, 2015 Status
`Conference to permit UEI and its new counsel additional time and for purposes of
`efficiency. Specifically, Defendants agree that the January 26, 2015 Status
`Conference should be rescheduled for March 9, 2015. At this rescheduled Status
`Conference, Defendants expect that the parties will be in a position to discuss the
`scope of the stay, any petitions for rehearing filed by UEI with respect to the IPRs,
`and the status of any such petitions.
`C. Date for Further Case Management Conference
`Pursuant to the Stay Order, the parties propose that any further Case
`Management Conference should be held on April 27, 2015, after the parties have
`received instructions from the Court at the rescheduled Status Conference on the
`scope of the stay and other general case management issues. The parties agree that no
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`JOINT STATEMENT OF THE PARTIES - CASE NO. 8:13-CV-00984 AG (JPRX)
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`Universal Electronics Exhibit 2027, Page 3
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`later than seven (7) days prior to the Case Management Conference, the parties shall
`jointly file a Case Management Conference Statement. For avoidance of doubt, the
`parties understand that, pursuant to the Stay Order, the action remains stayed at least
`until the Case Management Conference has been held.
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`JOINT STATEMENT OF THE PARTIES - CASE NO. 8:13-CV-00984 AG (JPRX)
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`By: /s/ Mark A. Finkelstein
` Mark A. Finkelstein (SBN
`173851)
`JONES DAY
`3161 Michelson Drive, Suite 800
`Irvine, CA 92612-4408
`Tel: (949) 851-3939
`Fax: (949) 553-78539
`mafinkelstein@jonesday.com
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`Theodore M. Grossman (pro hac
`vice)
`David B. Cochran (pro hac vice)
`Thomas R. Goots (pro hac vice)
`JONES DAY
`North Point
`901 Lakeside Avenue
`Cleveland, OH 44114-1190
`tgrossman@jonesday.com
`dcochran@jonesday.com
`trgoots@jonesday.com
`Attorneys for Plaintiff-
`Counterclaim Defendant
`UNIVERSAL ELECTRONICS,
`INC.
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`By: /s/Peter H. Kang
`Peter H. Kang (Bar No. 158101)
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`pkang@sidley.com
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1001 Page Mill Road
`Building 1
`Palo Alto, California 94304
`Telephone: (650) 565-7000
`Facsimile: (650) 565-7100
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`Samuel R. Miller (Bar No. 66871)
`srmiller@sidley.com
`Teague I. Donahey (Bar No. 197531)
`tdonahey@sidley.com
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`555 California Street
`Suite 2000
`San Francisco, California 94104
`Telephone: (415) 772-1200
`Facsimile: (415) 772-7400
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`Theodore W. Chandler (Bar No.
` 219456)
`tchandler@sidley.com
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`555 West Fifth Street, Suite 4000
`Los Angeles, California 90013
`Telephone: (213) 896-6000
`Facsimile: (213) 896-6600
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`Attorneys for Defendants
`UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL,
`INC., OHSUNG ELECTRONICS CO.,
`LTD., and OHSUNG ELECTRONICS
`U.S.A., INC.
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`Brian K. Brookey (Bar No. 149522)
`brian.brookey@tuckerellis.com
`TUCKER ELLIS LLP
`515 South Flower Street
`Forty-Second Floor
`Los Angeles, California 90071
`Tel: (213) 430-3400
`Fax: (213) 430-3409
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`Douglas A. Miro (Pro Hac Vice)
`dmiro@ostrolenk.com
`Michael F. Hurley (Pro Hac Vice)
`mhurley@ostrolenk.com
`OSTROLENK, FABER LLP
`1180 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, New York 10036
`Tel: (212) 596-0500
`Fax: (212) 382-0888
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL,
`INC.
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`DECLARATION OF MARK A. FINKELSTEIN
`I, Mark A. Finkelstein, hereby declare as follows:
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`1.
`I am a partner with Jones Day, counsel of record for UEI in this action.
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`I have personal knowledge of the facts set forth herein and, if called upon to do so,
`could and would testify competently thereto.
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`2.
`All parties consent to continue the Status Conference from January 26,
`2015 to March 9, 2015. This is the first request for a continuance of the Status
`Conference. This action has been stayed, so it is my understanding that there are no
`current deadlines in this case.
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`I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of
`America that the foregoing is true and correct and that I executed this declaration on
`January 20, 2015, at Irvine, California.
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`By:/s/ Mark A. Finkelstein
`Mark A. Finkelstein
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`IRI-360070758v1
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`JOINT STATEMENT OF THE PARTIES - CASE NO. 8:13-CV-00984 AG (JPRX)
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`Universal Electronics Exhibit 2027, Page 7
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