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`Paper 10
`Entered: July 31, 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 IPR2015-00610
`Patent 7,365,871 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, GREGG I. ANDERSON, and
`MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`Patent 7,365,871 B2
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`An initial conference call in the above proceeding was held on July
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`29, 2015, between respective counsel for the parties and Judges Lee,
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`Anderson, and Clements.
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`Prior to the call, only Petitioner filed a proposed motions list. Paper 9.
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`On the call, both parties confirmed that, at this time, they do not anticipate
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`filing any motions.
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`Petitioner sought to coordinate the Due Dates in this case with those
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`in Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. v.
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`e-Watch, Inc., IPR2015-00607, which involves the same parties. We
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`reminded the parties that, without obtaining prior authorization from the
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`Board, they may stipulate to different dates for DUE DATES 1–5, as
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`provided in the Scheduling Order, by filing an appropriate notice with the
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`Board. With respect to DUE DATE 6, it is changed to February 17, 2016,
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`consistent with IPR2015-00607. With respect to DUE DATE 7, we
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`observed that the parties will be participating two hearings—for both
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`IPR2015-00607 and Apple Inc., Samsung Electronics Ltd., and Samsung
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`Electronics America, Inc. v. e-Watch, Inc., IPR2015-004141—on February
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`24, 2016, and asked Patent Owner whether it objected to having a third
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`hearing—for the present case—on the same date. Counsel for Patent Owner
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`requested an opportunity to confer with the client. Patent Owner agreed to
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`notify the panel if it objects to scheduling the hearing in the present case on
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`February 24, 2016.
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`1 IPR2015-00611 is joined to this case.
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`Finally, we took the opportunity to advise counsel for each party that
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`a proper Motion to Exclude Evidence should not include arguments alleging
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`that a reply exceeds the scope of a proper reply. If such an issue arises, the
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`parties should initiate a telephone conference call with the Board.
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`ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is ordered that
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`Due Date 6 is reset to February 17, 2016; and
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`Patent Owner is ordered to notify the panel by Friday, August 7, 2015,
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`if it objects to resetting Due Date 7 to February 24, 2016.
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`IPR2015-00610
`Patent 7,365,871 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Steven L. Park
`Naveen Modi
`PAUL HASTINGS LLP
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Robert C. Curfiss
`David O. Simmons
`bob@curfiss.com
`dsimmons1@sbcglobal.net
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