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`Paper 12
`Entered: June 26, 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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`E-WATCH, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00611
`Patent 7,643,168 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, GREGG I. ANDERSON, and
`MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.05
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`IPR2015-00611
`Patent 7,643,168 B2
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`A telephone conference call was held on June 26, 2015. Participants
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`included Mr. Naveen Modi, counsel for Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. and
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`Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“Samsung”), Mr. Robert C. Curfiss
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`counsel for e-Watch, Inc. (“e-Watch”), Mr. Brian Buroker counsel for Apple
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`Inc. (“Apple”), and judges Jameson Lee, Gregg Anderson, and Matthew
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`Clements. Mr. Curfiss also represents e-Watch in Apple Inc. v. e-Watch,
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`Inc., IPR2015-00414 (“the ’414 IPR”).
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`The call was initiated by the Board to determine whether or not e-
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`Watch and Apple agreed to Samsung’s Motion for Joinder (“Motion” or
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`“Mot.,” Paper 3). The Motion seeks to join this case with the ’414 IPR.
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`If trial is instituted in the ’414 IPR, e-Watch and Apple agree to
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`joinder on the terms proposed by Samsung as set forth in the Motion. See
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`Mot. 8-9. Principle terms discussed expressly during the conference, and
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`agreed to by all participants, were that: (1) Samsung would not assert a
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`second argument relating to the earliest priority date of US Patent No.
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`7,643,168, the patent at issue (Mot. 6-7); and (2) Apple would take the lead
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`in making consolidated filings.
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` It is
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`ORDERED that a copy of this order shall be filed in IPR2015-00414.
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`IPR2015-00611
`Patent 7,643,168 B2
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Steven Park
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
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`Naveen Modi
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`Elizabeth Brann
`elizabethbrann@paulhastings.com
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`FOR PETITIONER in IPR2015-00414:
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`Brian Buroker
`BBuroker@gibsondunn.com
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`Blair Silver
`bsilver@gibsondunn.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Robert C. Curfiss
`bob@curfiss.com
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`David O. Simmons
`dsimmons1@sbcglobal.net
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