`571-272-7822
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`IPR2015-00586, Paper 8
`IPR2015-00587, Paper 8
` IPR2015-00588, Paper 8
`IPR2015-00590, Paper 10
`Date Entered: May 22, 2015
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`SONOS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`BLACK HILLS MEDIA, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2015-00586 (Patent 6,757,517)1
`Case IPR2015-00587 (Patent 7,236,739)
`Case IPR2015-00588 (Patent 7,742,740)
`Case IPR2015-00590 (Patent 8,050,652)
`______________
`
`
`Before, BRIAN J. McNAMARA, DAVID C. McKONE,
`PETER P. CHEN, FRANCES L. IPPOLITO, and TINA E. HULSE,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`McNAMARA, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`JUDGMENT
`TERMINATION OF THE PROCEEDING
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73
`
`
`
`1 This paper addresses issues common to each of the identified proceedings.
`We, therefore, exercise our discretion and issue a single paper to be entered
`in each case. The parties, however, are not authorized to use this style
`heading in any subsequent papers.
`
`
`
`IPR2015-00586 (Patent 6,757,517)
`IPR2015-00587 (Patent 7,236,739)
`IPR2015-00588 (Patent 7,742,740)
`IPR2015-00590 (Patent 8,050,652)
`
`
`The parties have requested that this matter be terminated pursuant to a
`settlement. In our e-mail of April 28, 2015, the Board authorized the parties
`to file a Joint Motion To Terminate and a Joint Request that the Settlement
`Agreement Be Treated As Business Confidential Information under
`37 C.F.R. 42.74(c). On May 14, 2015, in each of these proceedings the
`parties filed a Joint Motion Terminate2 and a joint Request That The
`Settlement Agreement Be Treated As Business Confidential Information.3
`See 35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. The parties also filed a copy of a
`written settlement agreement. Ex. 2001 in each proceeding. The Joint
`Motion to Terminate states that there are no other written or oral collateral
`agreements or understandings made in connection with, or in contemplation
`of, the termination of this matter.
`This matter was in the preliminary stages at the time the parties
`moved to terminate. A Patent Owner Preliminary Response was not filed
`and a decision on institution had not yet been entered. The parties have not
`identified any other related matters. Under these circumstances, the Board
`determines that it is appropriate to enter judgment4 and terminate the matter
`without rendering a final written decision. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
`It is, therefore,
`
`
`
`
`
`
`2 IPR2015-00586, -00587, -00588, Paper 6; IPR2015-00590, Paper 8
`3 IPR2015-00586, -00587, -00588, Paper 7; IPR2015-00590, Paper 9
`4 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination
`of a proceeding. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
`2
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`
`
`
`IPR2015-00586 (Patent 6,757,517)
`IPR2015-00587 (Patent 7,236,739)
`IPR2015-00588 (Patent 7,742,740)
`IPR2015-00590 (Patent 8,050,652)
`
`
`
`ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate this matter is
`GRANTED and the proceeding is hereby terminated;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the
`settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information which
`shall be kept separate from the file of the involved patents under the
`provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), is GRANTED.
`
`
`PETITIONER: (via electronic transmission)
`
`George I. Lee
`Sean M. Sullivan
`Rory P. Shea
`John Dan Smith
`LEE SULLIVAN SHEA & SMITH LLP
`lee@leesullivanlaw.com
`sullivan@leesullivanlaw.com
`shea@leesullivanlaw.com
`smith@leesullivanlaw.com
`
`
`PATENT OWNER: (via electronic transmission)
`
`Thomas Engellenner
`Reza Mollaaghababa
`George Haight
`Andrew Schultz
`PEPPER HAMILTON LLP
`engellennert@pepperlaw.com
`mollaaghababar@pepperlaw.com
`haightg@pepperlaw.com
`schultza@pepperlaw.com
`
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