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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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`HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE COMPANY,
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`Patent Owner.
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`U.S. Patent No. 6,321,229
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`SERVICENOW, INC.’S AND HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
`COMPANY’S JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PROCEEDING
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(A)
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.72, ServiceNow, Inc.
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`move for termination of the inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 6,321,229 (“the
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`‘229 patent), Case No. IPR2015-00523, with the United States Patent and
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`Trademark Office, and request that the Settlement Agreement be treated as
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`business confidential information pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b). This Joint
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`Motion was authorized by the Board pursuant to its email dated March 9, 2016.
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`Petitioner filed its petition for inter partes review on January 5, 2015. The
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`inter partes review was instituted on July 21, 2015. The parties have settled their
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`dispute with respect to the above-captioned inter partes review and the related
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`litigation, and have reached agreement to terminate this inter partes review. The
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`Settlement Agreement between the parties has been made in writing and is dated
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`March 4, 2016. A true copy of the Settlement Agreement in accordance with 35
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`U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b) is being submitted concurrently herewith
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`as Exhibit 2005. There are no collateral agreements or understandings made in
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`connection with, or in contemplation of, the termination of this inter partes review.
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`Submitted concurrently herewith is a request by Petitioner and Patent Owner
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`good cause pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Patent Owner filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Petitioner, alleging
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`infringement of the ‘229 patent and seven other patents. The lawsuit is captioned
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`Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company v. ServiceNow, Inc., Case No. 14-cv-00570,
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`before the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. The
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`parties have agreed to the dismissal with prejudice of all claims in this lawsuit,
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`including those relating to the ‘229 patent, and the parties have filed a Stipulation
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`and Proposed Order for Dismissal with Prejudice. The lawsuit has now been
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`dismissed with prejudice. There is no other litigation or proceeding involving the
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`‘229 patent, and no litigation or proceeding is contemplated in the foreseeable
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`future in view of the Settlement Agreement.
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`Termination of this inter partes review is appropriate because the Board has
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`not yet decided the merits of this proceeding. There are no other petitioners in this
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`inter partes review, and no final written decision on the merits has been entered.
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`In addition, no dispute remains between the Patent Owner and the Petitioner
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`involving the ‘229 patent or any related patents, and the litigation between the
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`parties involving the ‘229 patent is being dismissed with prejudice as part of the
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`settlement. Termination of this inter partes review will conserve the time and
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`resources of the parties and the Board. For at least these reasons, termination of
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`42.74(a). Should this joint motion to terminate be denied, Petitioner would not
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`As stated in 35 U.S.C. § 317(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(d), because Petitioner
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`315(e) shall attach to the Petitioner.
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`/Joseph F. Haag/
`Joseph F. Haag, Reg. No. 42,612
`Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and
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`950 Page Mill Road
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`Telephone: 650-858-6032
`Facsimile: (617) 526-5000
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`/Andrew Mace/
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`Andrew Mace, Reg. No. 63,342
`COOLEY LLP, ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite
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`Washington, DC 20004
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`Tel: (650) 843‐5808
`Fax: (650) 849‐7400
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`Email: amace@cooley.com;
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that on March 10, 2016, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing materials:
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` SERVICENOW, INC.’S AND HEWLETT PACKARD
`ENTERPRISE COMPANY’S JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE
`PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(A), and
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` Exhibit 2005
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`to be served via email on the following attorneys of record for Petitioner:
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` Heidi L. Keefe (hkeefe@cooley.com; zpatdcdocketing@cooley.com)
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` Andrew C. Mace (amace@cooley.com)
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` Phillip E. Morton (pmorton@cooley.com)
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` Mark Weinstein (mweinstein@cooley.com)
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`Joseph F. Haag, Reg. No. 42,612
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`Dorr LLP
`950 Page Mill Road
`Palo Alto, CA 94304
`Telephone: 650-858-6032
`Facsimile: (617) 526-5000
`Email:
`Joseph.Haag@wilmerhale.com;
`WHIPDocketStaff@wilmerhale.com
`Counsel for Hewlett Packard
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