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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC.,
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`E-WATCH, INC. AND E-WATCH CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-00401
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Case IPR2015-00401
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, Petitioner Sony Mobile
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`Communications (USA) Inc. (“Sony”) and Patent Owner e-Watch, Inc. (“e-
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`Watch”) jointly move to terminate the present inter partes review proceeding with
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`respect to both the Petitioner and Patent Owner, in light of the parties’ resolution of
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`their dispute relating to U.S. Patent No. 7,643,168 (“the ’168 patent”).
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`Termination with respect to Petitioner Sony and Patent Owner e-Watch is
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`appropriate in the instant proceeding because the dispute between the parties has
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`been resolved, and further, the parties have agreed to terminate this inter partes
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`review.
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`As required by 35 U.S.C. § 317(b), the parties are filing, concurrently
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`herewith, a true copy of their written agreement as Exhibit 1029. The parties
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`further request, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), that the agreement be treated as
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`confidential business information and kept separate from the files of the involved
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`patent. The parties are filing, concurrently herewith, a motion to seal pursuant to
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`35 U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`The applicable statute, provides that an inter partes review proceeding “shall
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`be terminated with respect to any petitioner upon the joint request of the petitioner
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`and the patent owner, unless the Office has decided the merits of the proceeding
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`before the request for termination is filed.” 35 U.S.C. § 317(a) (emphasis added).
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`This proceeding is still in its early stages. e-Watch’s Patent Owner Response is not
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`due until September 21, 2015. Moreover, strong public policy considerations favor
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`settlement between parties to an inter partes review proceeding. See Office Trial
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`Practice Guide, Fed. Reg., Vol. 77, No. 157 at 48768 (Aug. 14, 2012). No public
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`interest factors militate against termination of this proceeding with respect to both
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`Petitioner and Patent Owner.
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`The status of all district court cases involving U.S. Patent No. 7,643,168 is
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`presented below.
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`Case IPR2015-00401
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`Court
`E.D. Tex.
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`Filed
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`12/09/13 Pending
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`Cause No.
`13-01061
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01078
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Pending
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`13-01063
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Pending
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`13-01076
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/09/13 Terminated 13-01077
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Pending
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`13-01064
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01075
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Pending
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`13-01062
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`Judicial Matter
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Apple, Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Blackberry
`Limited and Blackberry Corpo-
`ration
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. HTC Corpora-
`tion and HTC America, Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Huawei Tech-
`nologies Co., Ltd. and Huawei
`Technologies USA, Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Kyocera Com-
`munications, Inc. and Kyocera
`International, Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. LG Electronics,
`Inc., LG Electronics U.S.A,
`Inc., and LG Electronics Mo-
`bilecomm U.S.A.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Nokia Corpora-
`tion and Nokia, Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Samsung Elec-
`tronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung
`Telecommunications America,
`Inc.
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`Court
`E.D. Tex.
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`Cause No.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01074
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Pending
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`13-01073
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Pending
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`13-01071
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`Judicial Matter
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Sharp Corpora-
`tion and Sharp Electronics
`Corporation
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Sony Corpora-
`tion, Sony Mobile Communi-
`cations AB, and Sony Mobile
`Communications (USA), Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. ZTE Corpora-
`tion, ZTE (USA), Inc., and
`ZTE Solutions, Inc.
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`For the foregoing reasons, the parties jointly and respectfully request that the
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`instant proceeding be terminated with respect to both Petitioner and Patent Owner.
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`Date: August 17, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Robert C. Curfiss/
`Robert C. Curfiss
`Reg. No. 26,540
`19826 Sundance Drive
`Humble, Texas 77346
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Attorney for Patent Owner
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`James V. Mahon
`Andrews Kurth, LLP
`4505 Emperor Blvd., Ste. 330
`Durham, NC 27703
`jamesmahon@andrewskurth.com
`Telephone: (919) 864-7210
`Facsimile:
`(202) 974-9551
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`Attorney for Petitioner
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), 42.105(a))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned JOINT MOTION
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`TO TERMINATE PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74 and
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`accompanying Exhibit 1029 were served in their entireties on August 17, 2015 on
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`the following parties via electronic mail:
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`James V. Mahon
`Andrews Kurth, LLP
`4505 Emperor Blvd., Ste. 330
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`jamesmahon@andrewskurth.com
`Telephone: (919) 864-7210
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`/Robert C. Curfiss/
`Robert C. Curfiss
`Reg. No. 26,540
`19826 Sundance Drive
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`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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