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`Date Entered: May 5, 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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`BUNGIE, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`ACCELERATION BAY, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-00936
`Patent 6,714,966 B1
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`Before LYNNE E. PETTIGREW and WILLIAM M. FINK,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`FINK, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`Case IPR2016-00936
`Patent 6,714,966 B1
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`On April 22, 2016, Bungie, Inc. (“Petitioner”) filed a Petition
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`requesting an inter partes review of claim 1–12, 16, and 17 of U.S. Patent
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`No. 6,714,966 B1 (Ex. 1101, “the ’966 patent”). Paper 2 (“Pet.”). On the
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`same day, Petitioner filed a Motion for Joinder pursuant to 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 315(c), seeking to join this proceeding with Activision Blizzard, Inc., et al.
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`v. Acceleration Bay, LLC, Case IPR2015-01953 (“the 1953 IPR”). Paper 3
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`(“Mot.”). In the 1953 IPR, we instituted inter partes review of claims 1–11,
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`16, and 17 of the ’966 patent.1 See 1953 IPR, slip op. at 1 (PTAB March 24,
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`2016) (Paper 8); Pet. 1; Mot. 1–2. Petitioner represents that counsel for
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`Petitioner, Activision et al., in the 1953 IPR does not oppose joinder. Mot.
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`2. Petitioner also represents that the instant petition is “practically a copy of
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`the Activision et al. IPR petition with respect to its instituted ground” with
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`“a nominal additional of a single dependent claim.” Id. at 1–2.
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`Patent Owner, Acceleration Bay, LLC, if it wishes, may file an
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`opposition to Petitioner’s Motion for Joinder, limited to 15 pages, no later
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`than May 25, 2016.
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`Patent Owner may file a preliminary response to the Petition no later
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`than May 25, 2016. This is a shortened time for filing a preliminary
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`response. Patent Owner may, in the alternative, file an election to waive the
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`preliminary response to expedite the proceeding.
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`1 We did not institute inter partes review of claim 12. In a separate petition,
`Petitioner in the 1953 IPR, Activision et al., has challenged claim 12 of the
`’966 patent and filed a Motion for Joinder seeking to join the proceeding
`with the 1953 IPR. Activision Blizzard, Inc., et al. v. Acceleration Bay, LLC,
`Case IPR2016-00932 (PTAB April 21, 2016) (Paper 2, 3).
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`Accordingly, it is:
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`ORDER
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner is authorized to file an opposition to
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`Petitioner’s Motion for Joinder of this proceeding with Activision Blizzard,
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`Inc., et al. v. Acceleration Bay, LLC, Case IPR2015-01953, limited to 15
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`pages, no later than May 25, 2016; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner may file a preliminary
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`response to the Petition, or file an election to waive the preliminary
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`response, no later than May 25, 2016.
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`FOR PETITIONER BUNGIE:
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`Michael T. Rosato
`Andrew S. Brown
`WILSON SONSINI GOODRICH & ROSATI
`mrosato@wsgr.com
`asbrown@wsgr.com
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`FOR PETITIONER ACTIVISION ET AL.:
`J. Steven Baughman
`Andrew Thomases
`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
`andrew.thomases@ropesgray.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Perkins Coie LLP - Boeing
`P.O. Box 1247 Patent - SEA
`Seattle WA 98111-1247
`Express Mail Label No:
`EF 124 367 596
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`Acceleration Bay, Inc.
`370 Bridge Parkway
`Redwood City, CA 94065
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`James Hannah
`Michael Lee
`Shannon Hedvat
`KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP
`990 Marsh Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Express Mail Label No:
`EF 124 367 605
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`jhannah@kramerlevin.com
`mhlee@kramerlevin.com
`shedvat@kramerlevin.com
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