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`Entered: February 12, 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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`GOOGLE, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`RPX CLEARINGHOUSE, LLC,
`Patent Owner.1
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`Case IPR2015-00079
`Patent 5,838,5512
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`Before JONI Y. CHANG, GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, and
`KERRY BEGLEY, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of Proceeding
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`1 Original Patent Owners, Rockstar Consortium US LP and MobileStar
`Technologies, LLC (collectively, “Rockstar”), assigned their rights to the
`patents-at-issue to RPX Clearinghouse, LLC. Paper 10, 2. The patents-at-
`issue are listed in the Appendix of the instant Decision.
`2 This Decision addresses the same issues in the cases identified in the
`Appendix. Therefore, we exercise our discretion to issue one Decision to be
`entered in each of the identified cases.
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`IPR2015-00079
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.73
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`On February 10, 2015, Petitioner, Google Inc. (“Google”), and Patent
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`Owner, RPX Clearinghouse, LLC (“RPX”), filed a Corrected Joint Motion
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`to Terminate in each proceeding listed in the Appendix. Paper 10.3 The
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`parties also filed a true copy of their Written Settlement Agreement
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`(Ex. 2001), made in connection with the termination of these proceedings, in
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`accordance with 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b), and a Patent
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`Assignment (Ex. 2002). Additionally, the parties submitted a Corrected
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`Joint Request to have their Written Settlement Agreement and Patent
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`Assignment treated as business confidential under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Paper 11.
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`Pursuant to the Board’s authorization, the parties timely filed a Joint
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`Motion to Terminate and Request in each of the 17 proceedings at issue, on
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`February 9, 2015. Papers 8, 9. The Motions and Requests, however,
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`identified Rockstar as the patent owner, instead of RPX. Id. Subsequently,
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`the Board notified the parties of the improper filings and authorized them to
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`file the Corrected Motions and Requests. For the reasons set forth below,
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`the Corrected Joint Motions to Terminate and Corrected Requests are
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`granted.
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`Generally, the Board expects that a proceeding will terminate after the
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`filing of a settlement agreement. See, e.g., Office Patent Trial Practice
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`3 For clarity and expediency, we treat IPR2015-00079 as representative, and
`all citations are to IPR2015-00079 unless otherwise noted.
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`Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,768 (Aug. 14, 2012). Google filed 17
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`Petitions for inter partes reviews of the patents listed in the Appendix. RPX
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`has not filed a Patent Owner Preliminary Response. The Board also has not
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`determined, under 35 U.S.C. § 314, whether or not to institute an inter
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`partes review in these proceedings. As no trial has been instituted based on
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`Google’s Petitions, the proceedings at issue are in the preliminary
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`proceeding4 stage. In their Corrected Joint Motions to Terminate, the parties
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`indicate that they have reached a settlement as to all the disputes involving
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`the patents-at-issue. Paper 10, 3; Ex. 2001. Upon consideration of the facts
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`before us, we determine that it is appropriate to terminate each of the 17
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`proceedings as to both parties, and enter judgment.
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`For the foregoing reasons, it is hereby:
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`ORDERED that the Corrected Joint Motions to Terminate for the
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`inter partes reviews identified in the Appendix are granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that each of these proceedings is terminated
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`as to all parties—namely, Google and RPX; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Corrected Joint Request, in each of
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`these proceedings, to have the parties’ Written Settlement Agreement
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`(Ex. 2001) and Patent Assignment (Ex. 2002) treated as business
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`confidential information kept separate from the patent file, and made
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`available only to Federal Government agencies on written request, or to any
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`4 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.
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`person on a showing of good cause, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74(c), are granted.
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`APPENDIX
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`Case No.
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`U.S. Patent No.
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`IPR2015-00079
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`IPR2015-00090
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`IPR2015-00091
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`IPR2015-00197
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`IPR2015-00200
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`IPR2015-00201
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`IPR2015-00202
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`IPR2015-00204
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`IPR2015-00205
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`IPR2015-00206
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`IPR2015-00207
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`IPR2015-00210
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`IPR2015-00211
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`IPR2015-00212
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`IPR2015-00215
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`IPR2015-00235
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`IPR2015-00236
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`5,838,551
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`6,937,572 B1
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`6,937,572 B1
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`6,128,298
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`6,333,973 B1
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`6,333,973 B1
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`6,128,298
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`6,037,937
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`6,037,937
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`6,128,298
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`6,333,973 B1
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`6,128,298
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`6,128,298
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`6,128,298
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`6,765,591 B2
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`6,463,131 B1
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`6,463,131 B1
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Kenneth J. Weatherwax
`Parham Hendifar
`GOLDBERG, LOWENSTEIN & WEATHERWAX, L.L.P.
`weatherwax@glwllp.com
`hendifar@glwllp.com
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`For PETITIONER:
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`David C. Kiernan
`Aaron P. Maurer
`WILLIAMS & CONNOLLY, L.L.P.
`dkiernan@wc.com
`amaurer@wc.com
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`Scott A. McKeown
`Greg Gardella
`OBLON, SPIVAK, MCCLELLAND MAIER & NEUSTADT, L.L.P.
`cpdocketmckeown@oblon.com
`cpdocketgardella@oblon.com
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