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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE, INC.,
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD; and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioners
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`E-WATCH, INC. and E-WATCH CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-004141
`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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`1 Case IPR2015-00611 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §317 and 37 C.F.R. §42.74, Petitioner Samsung
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`Case IPR2015-00414/IPR2015-00611
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`Electronics Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“Samsung”) and Patent
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`Owner e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch Corporation (“e-Watch”) jointly move to
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`terminate the present inter partes review proceedings with respect to Petitioner
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`Samsung only, in light of the parties’ resolution of their dispute relating to U.S.
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`Patent No. 7,643,168 (“the ’168 patent”).
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`Termination with respect to Petitioner Samsung is appropriate in the instant
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`proceeding because the dispute between the parties has been resolved, and further,
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`the parties have agreed to terminate this inter partes review with respect to Samsung.
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`Petitioner Apple, Inc. has indicated that it does not oppose termination of this inter
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`partes review with respect to Petitioner Samsung only.
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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 1012. The parties further
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`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 request to treat the settlement
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`agreement as confidential business information pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`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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`Patent No. 7,643,168
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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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`Moreover, strong public policy considerations favor settlement between parties to
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`an inter partes review proceeding.
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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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`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.
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`Court
`E.D. Tex.
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`Filed
`Status
`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 Terminated 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,
`but termi-
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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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`Case IPR2015-00414/IPR2015-00611
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01062
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01074
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`E.D. Tex.
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`12/13/13 Terminated 13-01073
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`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Samsung Elec-
`tronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung
`Telecommunications America,
`Inc.
`e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch
`Corporation v. Sharp Corpora-
`tion and Sharp Electronics Cor-
`poration
`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.
`The status of all inter partes reviews (“IPR”) involving U.S. Patent No.
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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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`7,643,168 is presented below.
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`IPR
`IPR2015-00543 joined to
`IPR2014-00989
`IPR2015-00401
`IPR2015-00407
`IPR2015-00408
`IPR2015-00611 joined to
`IPR2015-00414
`IPR2015-00607
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`Status
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`For the foregoing reasons, Samsung and e-Watch jointly and respectfully
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`request that the instant proceedings be terminated with respect to Petitioner Samsung
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`only.
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`Date: October 9, 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 e-Watch
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`/Steven L. Park/
`Paul Hastings, LLP
`1170 Peachtree Street, NE
`Suite 100
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
`Telephone: (404) 815-2223
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`Attorney for Petitioner Samsung
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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 was
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`served in its entirety on October 9, 2015 on the following parties via electronic mail:
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`Brian Buroker
`Blair Silver
`Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP
`1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20036-5306
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
`bsilver@gibsondunn.com
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`Steven L. Park
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`1170 Peachtree Street, NE
`Suite 100
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`Telephone: (404) 815-2223
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
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`Naveen Modi
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`875 15th St. N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Telephone: (202) 551-1700
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`Elizabeth L. Brann
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`4747 Executive Drive - 12th Floor
`San Diego, CA 92121
`Telephone: (858) 458-3014
`elizabethbrann@paulhastings.com
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`/David Simmons/
`David Simmons