`571-272-7822
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` Paper 9
`Entered: May 29, 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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`TOYOTA MOTOR CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-00828
`Case IPR2015-00829
`Case IPR2015-00831
`Case IPR2015-00832
`Case IPR2015-00834
`Case IPR2015-00835
`Case IPR2015-00843
`Case IPR2015-00855
`Case IPR2015-00857
`Case IPR2015-00895
`Case IPR2015-00896
`Case IPR2015-00897
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`Before MIRIAM L. QUINN, LORA M. GREEN, and THOMAS L.
`GIANNETTI, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GIANNETTI, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`Case IPR2015-00828
`Case IPR2015-00829
`Case IPR2015-00831
`Case IPR2015-00832
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`Case 2015-00834
`Case 2015-00835
`Case 2015-00843
`Case 2015-00855
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`Case 2015-00857
`Case 2015-00895
`Case 2015-00896
`Case 2015-00897
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`On May 26, 2015, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate each of
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`these proceedings pursuant to a settlement agreement. Paper 6.1 The parties
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`also filed true copies of their written settlement agreement, made in
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`connection with the termination of these proceedings, in accordance with 35
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`U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b). Exhibit 1012. Additionally, the
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`parties submitted joint requests to have their settlement agreement treated as
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`confidential business information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.74(c). Paper 7. At the request of the panel, the parties also filed the
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`order of the district court, dismissing the related district court case against
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`Petitioner. Exhibit 1013.
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`These proceedings are in the preliminary stage. The Board has not
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`determined whether trial will be instituted. Further, the deadline to file a
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`patent owner preliminary response is almost a month away, and no motions
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`are pending. The parties submit that termination is appropriate because the
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`parties have settled their dispute, and the Board has not entered a decision
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`regarding institution. Paper 6, 5.
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`Upon consideration of the requests before us, we determine that
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`terminating these proceedings with respect to both Petitioner and Patent
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`Owner, at this early juncture, promotes efficiency and minimizes
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`1 Paper and exhibit numbers refer to Case IPR2015-00828. Corresponding
`motions and settlement agreements were filed in each of the other cases.
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`2
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`Case IPR2015-00828
`Case IPR2015-00829
`Case IPR2015-00831
`Case IPR2015-00832
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`unnecessary costs. Based on the facts of these cases, it is appropriate to
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`Case 2015-00834
`Case 2015-00835
`Case 2015-00843
`Case 2015-00855
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`Case 2015-00857
`Case 2015-00895
`Case 2015-00896
`Case 2015-00897
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`enter judgment terminating the proceedings without rendering a final written
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`decision. See 35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`Accordingly, it is:
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`ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate the following cases are
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`granted: Case IPR 2015-00828; Case IPR 2015-00829; Case IPR 2015-
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`00831; Case IPR 2015-00832; Case IPR 2015-00834; Case IPR 2015-
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`00835; Case IPR 2015-00843; Case IPR 2015-00855; Case IPR 2015-
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`00857; Case IPR 2015-00895; Case IPR 2015-00896; and Case IPR 2015-
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`00897;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the above cases are hereby terminated as
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`to all parties, including Petitioner and Patent Owner; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint requests that the
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`settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information, kept
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`separate from the patent file, and made available only to Federal
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`Government agencies on written request, or to any person on a showing of
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`good cause, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), are
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`granted.
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`Case 2015-00857
`Case 2015-00895
`Case 2015-00896
`Case 2015-00897
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`Case 2015-00834
`Case 2015-00835
`Case 2015-00843
`Case 2015-00855
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`Case IPR2015-00828
`Case IPR2015-00829
`Case IPR2015-00831
`Case IPR2015-00832
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`PETITIONER:
`Thomas W. Winland
`Finnegan, Henderson, Farabow,
` Garrett & Dunner, LLP
`tom.winland@finnegan.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`George W. Webb III
`Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing P.C.
`gwebb@azalaw.com
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