`Joint Motion To Terminate
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`Filed on behalf of Petitioners
`By:
`Joseph J. Richetti
`Kevin E. Paganini
`Bryan Cave LLP
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104
`Tel: (212) 541-2000
`Fax: (212) 541-4630
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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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`HYUNDAI MOTOR AMERICA, INC., HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY,
`KIA MOTORS CORPORATION & KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC.
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`PAICE LLC &
`ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.
`Patent Owners
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`Case: IPR2016-00251
`U.S. Patent No. 7,237,634
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PROCEEDING
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Case No. IPR2016-00251
`Joint Motion To Terminate
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`Pursuant
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`to 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), Petitioners and Patent Owners jointly
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`request termination of inter partes review (IPR) no. IPR2016-00251, which is
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`directed to U.S. Patent No. 7,237,634. The parties are also separately filing
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`motions to terminate IPR2016-00246, 00247, 00248 and 00249, which are also
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`directed to U.S. Patent No. 7,237,634, as well as IPR2016-00272 and 00250, which
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`are directed to U.S. Patent Nos. 7,104,347 and 8,214,097, respectively.1
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`Termination of this proceeding is appropriate as the parties have settled their
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`dispute and have reached an agreement to terminate all of the above-identified
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`inter partes review proceedings. The parties have entered into a written Settlement
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`Agreement, a true copy of which has been submitted as Exhibit No. 1591. The
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`parties desire and jointly request that this Settlement Agreement be treated as
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`confidential business information and that it be kept separate from the files of the
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`challenged patents and the above-identified IPRs in accordance with 35 U.S.C. §
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`317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). The parties are separately filing joint requests to
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`this effect.
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`1 The petitions for all of the identified proceedings were accompanied by
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`joinder motions. The parties respectfully request that the Board dismiss these
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`joinder motions as moot.
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`Case No. IPR2016-00251
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`The applicable statute, 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), provides that an inter partes
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`review proceeding “shall be terminated with respect to any petitioner upon the
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`joint request of the petitioner and the patent owner, unless the Office has decided
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`the merits of the proceeding before the request for termination is filed.” In this
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`case, the Board has not yet rendered a decision regarding whether trial will be
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`instituted. Thus, the Board has not yet reached any decision on the merits of the
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`proceeding. Termination at this early juncture promotes efficiency, conserves
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`Board resources and minimizes unnecessary costs.
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`On December 14, 2015, the parties advised the Board that they have reached
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`a settlement, and sought authorization to file a joint motion to terminate the
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`proceeding. The Board authorized the filing of a joint motion to terminate this
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`proceeding on December 15, 2015. Per the Board’s December 15, 2015 email, the
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`parties understood that they were also to file separate papers requesting that the
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`Settlement Agreement be treated as business confidential information as specified
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`in 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) and that the Settlement Agreement was to be filed in PRPS
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`under the designation of “Parties and Board Only.”
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`In view of the foregoing, the parties jointly and respectfully request that the
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`instant proceeding be terminated and that motion for joinder with IPR2015-
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`00784 be dismissed as moot.
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`Date: December 22, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Case No. IPR2016-00251
`Joint Motion To Terminate
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`By: /Joseph J. Richetti, Reg. No. 47024/
`Joseph J. Richetti (Reg. No. 47,024)
`Kevin Paganini (Reg. No. 66,286)
`BRYAN CAVE LLP
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104
`General Tel: (212) 541-2000
`Fax: (212) 541-4630
`Email: joe.richetti@bryancave.com,
`kevin.paganini@bryancave.com
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`Attorneys for Petitioners – Hyundai Motor
`America, Inc., Hyundai Motor Company, Kia
`Motors Corporation & Kia Motors America,
`Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the foregoing JOINT MOTION TO
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`TERMINATE PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 was served
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`electronically via e-mail on December 22, 2015, in its entirety on the following:
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`Attorneys for Patent Owners:
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`Timothy W. Riffe
`Kevin E. Greene
`Ruffin B. Cordell
`Linda L. Kordziel
`Brian J. Livedalen
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`3200 RBC Plaza
`60 South Sixth Street
`Minneapolis, MN 55402
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`Attorneys for Petitioner in IPR2015-00784:
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`Frank A. Angileri
`John E. Nemazi
`John P. Rondini
`Christopher C. Smith
`BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C.
`1000 Town Center, 22nd Floor
`Southfield, MI 48075
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`Lissi Mojica
`Kevin Greenleaf
`DENTONS US LLP
`233 South Wacker Drive
`Suite 7800
`Chicago, IL 60606-6306
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`Case No. IPR2016-00251
`Joint Motion To Terminate
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`Date: December 22, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By: /Joseph J. Richetti, Reg. No. 47024/
`Joseph J. Richetti (Reg. No. 47,024)
`Lead Attorney for Patent Owner
`BRYAN CAVE LLP
`1290 Avenue of the Americas
`New York, NY 10104
`General Tel: (212) 541-2000
`Direct Tel: (212) 541-1092
`Fax: (212) 541-4630
`Email: joe.richetti@bryancave.com
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`Attorney for Petitioners – Hyundai Motor
`America, Inc., Hyundai Motor Company,
`Kia Motors Corporation & Kia Motors
`America, Inc.
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