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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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`CORELOGIC, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BOUNDARY SOLUTIONS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Patent 7,092,957 B2
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`Before LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, CARL M. DEFRANCO, and
`PETER P. CHEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHEN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`SCHEDULING ORDER
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`This Order sets a schedule for trial, including due dates for the parties
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`to take action upon institution of the trial. See Appendix.
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`A. INITIAL CONFERENCE
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`The Appendix does not specify a date for an initial conference call.
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`An initial conference call will be scheduled if either party requests it within
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`21 days after entry of this Order. If an initial conference call is scheduled,
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`the parties are directed to the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed.
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`Reg. 48,756, 48,765–66 (Aug. 14, 2012) for guidance in preparing for the
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`call, and should be prepared to discuss any proposed changes to the schedule
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`and any motions the parties anticipate filing during the trial.
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`B. MEET AND CONFER REQUIREMENT
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`The parties are encouraged to engage in meaningful discussion before
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`seeking authorization under 37 C.F.R. § 42.20(b) to file a motion for relief
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`with the Board. At a minimum, before requesting authorization, the parties
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`shall confer with each other in a good-faith effort to resolve the issue for
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`which relief is to be sought. Only if the parties cannot resolve the issue on
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`their own may a party request a conference call with the Board in order to
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`seek authorization to move for relief.1 In any request for a conference call
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`with the Board, the requesting party shall: (1) certify that it has in good-
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`faith conferred (or attempted to confer) with the other parties in an effort to
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`resolve the issue; (2) identify with specificity the issue for which agreement
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`has not been reached; (3) state the precise relief to be sought; and
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`1 Patent Owner may file a motion to amend without prior authorization, but
`only after conferring with the Board. 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a).
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`(4) propose specific dates and times at which both parties are available for
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`the conference call.
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`C. DUE DATES
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`The Appendix specifies due dates for the parties to take action in this
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`trial. The parties may stipulate to different dates for DUE DATES 1 through
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`5 (earlier or later, but no later than DUE DATE 6). A notice of any
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`stipulation, specifically identifying the changed due dates, must be filed
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`promptly with the Board. The parties may not stipulate to an extension of
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`DUE DATES 6 and 7.
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`In stipulating to different times, the parties should consider the effect
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`of the stipulation on times to object to evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1)), to
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`supplement evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(2)), to conduct cross-
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`examination (37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2)), and to draft papers depending on the
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`evidence and cross-examination testimony (see section D, below).
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`1. DUE DATE 1
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`The patent owner may file—
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`b.
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`A response to the petition (37 C.F.R. § 42.120), and
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`A motion to amend the patent (37 C.F.R. § 42.121).
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`The patent owner must file any such response or motion to amend by DUE
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`DATE 1. If the patent owner elects not to file anything, the patent owner
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`must arrange a conference call with the parties and the Board. The patent
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`owner is cautioned that any arguments for patentability not raised in the
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`response will be deemed waived.
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`2. DUE DATE 2
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`The petitioner must file any reply to the patent owner’s response and
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`opposition to the motion to amend by DUE DATE 2.
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`3. DUE DATE 3
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`The patent owner must file any reply to the petitioner’s opposition to
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`patent owner’s motion to amend by DUE DATE 3.
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`4. DUE DATE 4
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`a.
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`Each party must file any motion for an observation on the
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`cross-examination testimony of a reply witness (see section C, below) by
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`DUE DATE 4.
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`b.
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`Each party must file any motion to exclude evidence (37 C.F.R
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`§ 42.64(c)) and any request for oral argument (37 C.F.R. § 42.70(a)) by
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`DUE DATE 4.
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`5. DUE DATE 5
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`a.
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`Each party must file any response to an observation on cross-
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`examination testimony by DUE DATE 5.
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`b.
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`Each party must file any opposition to a motion to exclude
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`evidence by DUE DATE 5.
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`6. DUE DATE 6
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`Each party must file any reply for a motion to exclude evidence by
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`DUE DATE 6.
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`7. DUE DATE 7
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`The oral argument (if requested by either party) is set for DUE
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`DATE 7.
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`D. CROSS-EXAMINATION
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`Except as the parties might otherwise agree, for each due date—
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`1.
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`Cross-examination begins after any supplemental evidence is
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`due. 37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2).
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`2.
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`Cross-examination ends no later than a week before the filing
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`date for any paper in which the cross-examination testimony is expected to
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`be used. Id.
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`E. MOTION FOR OBSERVATION ON CROSS-EXAMINATION
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`A motion for observation on cross-examination provides the parties
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`with a mechanism to draw the Board’s attention to relevant cross-
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`examination testimony of a reply witness because no further substantive
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`paper is permitted after the reply. See Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77
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`Fed. Reg. at 48,768. The observation must be a concise statement of the
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`relevance of precisely identified testimony to a precisely identified argument
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`or portion of an exhibit. Each observation should not exceed a single, short
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`paragraph. The opposing party may respond to the observation. Any
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`response must be equally concise and specific.
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`F. PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO AMEND
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`Pursuant to recent amendments to 37 C.F.R. § 42.24, the following
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`page limits apply in this proceeding: a motion to amend, if filed, and
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`petitioner’s opposition to the motion to amend, each are limited to twenty-
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`five (25) pages; and patent owner’s reply to the opposition to the motion to
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`amend is limited to twelve (12) pages. See Amendments to the Rules of
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`Practice for Trials Before the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, 80 Fed. Reg.
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`28,561, 28,565 (May 19, 2015). The page limit of the motion to amend does
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`not include the claim listing set forth in 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(b), which, as
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`amended, provides that the claim listing may be contained in an appendix to
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`the motion. See 80 Fed. Reg. at 28,566.
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`G.
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`PETITIONER’S REPLY
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`Pursuant to a recent amendment to 37 C.F.R. § 42.24(c), petitioner’s
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`reply brief to the patent owner’s response to the petition is limited to twenty-
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`five (25) pages. See 80 Fed. Reg. at 28,565.
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`DUE DATE APPENDIX
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`INITIAL CONFERENCE CALL ............................................. Upon Request
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`DUE DATE 1 ........................................................................ August 20, 2015
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`Patent owner’s response to the petition
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`Patent owner’s motion to amend the patent
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`DUE DATE 2 .................................................................. November 20, 2015
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`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner’s response to petition
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`Petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 3 ................................................................... December 17, 2015
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`Patent owner’s reply to petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 4 ......................................................................... January 7, 2016
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`Motion for observation regarding cross-examination of reply witness
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`Motion to exclude evidence
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`Request for oral argument
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`DUE DATE 5 ....................................................................... January 21, 2016
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`Response to observation
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`Opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 6 ....................................................................... January 28, 2016
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`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 7 ..................................................................... February 11, 2016
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`Oral argument (if requested)
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Joseph E. Palys
`Naveen Modi
`Paul Hastings LLP
`josephpalys@paulhastings.com
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Lawrence Edelman
`The Law Office of Lawrence Edelman
`lawrence.edelman@comcast.net
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