`571-272-7822
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`Paper 12
`Entered: December 31, 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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`GROUPON, INCORPORATED,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`ONLINE NEWS LINK LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2014-01327
`Patent 8,457,545 B2
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`____________
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`
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, GLENN J. PERRY, and
`GREGG I. ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Termination of Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`1
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`IPR2014-01327
`Patent 8,457,545
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`
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`On December 18, 2014, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74, the parties filed a true copy of a settlement agreement along
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`with a joint request to treat the settlement agreement as business
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`confidential, to be kept separate from the patent file. In addition, the parties
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`filed a joint motion to terminate the proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317.
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`This case is in the preliminary proceeding1 stage; no institution of a
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`trial has been made. Based on the facts of this case, it is appropriate to enter
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`judgment.2 Therefore, the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is
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`granted.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the settlement
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`agreement be treated as business confidential information, to be kept
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`separate from the patent file is granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the
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`proceeding is granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeding is terminated.
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`1 A preliminary proceeding begins with the filing of a petition for instituting
`a trial and ends with a written decision as to whether a trial will be instituted.
`37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
`2 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination
`of a proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
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`IPR2014-01327
`Patent 8,457,545
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`For PETITIONER:
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`
`Sandip H. Patel
`Scott A. Sanderson
`MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & GORUN LLP
`spatel@marshallip.com
`ssanderson@marshallip.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Amedeo F. Ferraro
`Wesley C. Meinerding
`MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP
`aferraro@martinferraro.com
`wmeinerding@martinferraro.com
`docketing@martinferraro.com
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