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`IPR2015-01979 Paper 34
`IPR2016-00151 Paper 24
`Entered: October 20, 2016
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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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`PALO ALTO NETWORKS, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`FINJAN, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2015-01979
`Case IPR2016-001511
`Patent 8,141,154 B2
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`Before THOMAS L. GIANNETTI, RICHARD E. RICE,
`MIRIAM L. QUINN, and PATRICK M. BOUCHER, Administrative Patent
`Judges.
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`QUINN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Order addresses issues affecting the captioned cases. The use of this
`caption herein does not authorize the parties to use this caption without
`express authorization from the Board.
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`Case IPR2015-01979
`Case IPR2016-00151
`Patent 8,141,154 B2
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`This Order addresses supplemental briefing requested by the Board in
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`accordance with the following discussion. The facts concerning the
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`captioned cases are as follows:
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`1) Case IPR2015-01979, filed by Palo Alto Networks, was instituted
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`on March 21, 2016, and is scheduled for oral argument on
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`December 15, 2016;
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`2) Case IPR2016-00151, also filed by Palo Alto Networks, was
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`instituted on April 20, 2016, and is scheduled for oral argument on
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`January 24, 2017;
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`3) Both ongoing trials involve claims 18, 10, and 11 of Patent No.
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`8,141,154;
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`4) The above-captioned cases are neither consolidated nor joined; and
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`5) The Final Written Decisions under 35 U.S.C. § 318(a) are due by
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`March 21, 2017 for IPR2015-01979 and by April 20, 2017 for
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`IPR2016-00151.
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`In consideration of the above and the upcoming oral arguments (if
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`requested), the panel directs the filing of briefs concerning the potential
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`impact of petitioner estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(1) on the captioned
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`proceedings. 37 C.F.R. § 42.5(a). Petitioner and Patent Owner each shall
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`file one brief, of no more than 10 pages, by November 15, 2016. This is a
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`simultaneous briefing schedule, and no replies or other filings are
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`authorized.
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`Case IPR2015-01979
`Case IPR2016-00151
`Patent 8,141,154 B2
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`ORDER
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`It is hereby ORDERED that Petitioner and Patent Owner are each
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`directed to file one brief, of no more than 10 pages, addressing the potential
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`impact of petitioner estoppel under § 315(e)(1) on these proceedings;
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`It is further ORDERED that each party shall file its brief in the record
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`of the captioned cases, IPR2015-01979 and IPR2016-00151, by November
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`15, 2016; and
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`It is further ORDERED that no other filings are authorized.
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`Case IPR2015-01979
`Case IPR2016-00151
`Patent 8,141,154 B2
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`PETITIONER’s COUNSEL IN IPR2015-01979:
`Orion Armon
`Christopher Max Colice
`Jennifer Volk
`Brian Eutermoser
`COOLEY LLP
`oarmon@cooley.com
`mcolice@cooley.com
`jvolkfortier@cooley.com
`beutermoser@cooley.com
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`PETITIONER’S COUNSEL IN IPR2016-00151:
`Matthew I. Kreeger
`Jonathan Bockman
`Shouvik Biswas
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`MKreeger@mofo.com
`FinjanPANMofoTeam@mofo.com
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`Nathaniel Hamstra
`nathanhamstra@quinnemanuel.com
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`PATENT OWNER’S COUNSEL:
`James Hannah
`Jeffrey H. Price
`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP
`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
`jprice@kramerlevin.com
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`Michael Kim
`Finjan, Inc.
`mkim@finjan.com
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