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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC and
`BMW MANUFACTURING CO., LLC,
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`Petitioners,
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`INNOVATIVE DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
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`Patent Owner.
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`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 6,886,956
`IPR2015-00934
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS
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`UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`IPR2015-00934
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` Joint Request for Confidential Treatment
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`Concurrently with the filing of this Request, Petitioners BMW of North
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`America, LLC and BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC (“Petitioners”) and Patent
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`Owner Innovative Display Technologies LLC (“Patent Owner”) are filing a Joint
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`Motion to Terminate this inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 6,886,956 (“the
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`ʼ956 patent”) due to settlement between the parties.
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`A true copy of the parties’ written settlement agreement is being filed as an
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`exhibit contemporaneously with this joint motion to terminate. (Ex. 1007,
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`Settlement Agreement). The settlement agreement has been filed for access by the
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`“Parties and Board Only.”
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` The settlement agreement contains business
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`confidential information, and the parties hereby request that the settlement be kept
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`separately, treated as business confidential information, and made available only
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`under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`The filing of this joint request was authorized by the Board in an e-mail
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`communication on July 8, 2015.
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`Date: July 9, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Jeffrey D. Sanok/
`Jeffrey D. Sanok
`Reg. No. 32169
`Jonathan M. Lindsay
`Reg. No. 45810
`Crowell & Moring LLP
`1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
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`IPR2015-00934
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`Washington, DC 20004-2595
`Tel.: (202) 624-2500
`Fax.: (202) 628-5116
`jsanok@crowell.com
`jlindsay@crowell.com
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`Counsel for Petitioners
`BMW of North America, LLC and
`BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC
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`/George W. Webb/
`George W. Webb III
`Reg. No. 60737
`Amir Alavi
`Pending Pro Hac Vice Motion
`Brian Simmons
`Pending Pro Hac Vice Motion
`Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi
`& Mensing P.C.
`1221 McKinney, Suite 3460
`Houston, TX 77010
`Tel.: (713) 655-1101
`Fax.: (713) 655-0062
`gwebb@azalaw.com
`aalavi@azalaw.com
`bsimmons@azalaw.com
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Innovative Display Technologies LLC
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`Date: July 9, 2015
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that, on this 9th day of July, 2015, true and correct
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`copies of
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`the foregoing JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT SETTLEMENT
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`AGREEMENT AS CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION AND KEEP
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`IT SEPARATE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) were served by Petitioners via
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`Federal Express™ on the attorney of record for the patent owner, with a courtesy
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`copy being sent by electronic e-mail to the attorneys of record in the co-pending
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`litigation, at the following addresses:
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`Attorney of Record
`for Patent Owner:
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`Attorneys of Record
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`Litigation:
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`George W. Webb III
`Reg. No. 60,797
`E-mail: gwebb@azalaw.com
`Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing PC
`1221 McKinney, Suite 3460
`Houston, TX 77010
`Tel: (713) 655-1101
`Facsimile: (713) 655-0062
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`Demetrios Anaipakos
`Ahmad, Zavitsanos, Anaipakos, Alavi & Mensing PC
`1221 McKinney, Suite 3460
`Houston, Texas 77010-2009
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`/Jonathan Lindsay /
`Jonathan M. Lindsay
`Reg. No. 45,810
`CROWELL & MORING LLP
`1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
`Washington, DC 20004-2595
`Tel.: (949) 263-8400
`Fax.: (949) 263-8414
`JLindsay@crowell.com
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