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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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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`U.S. Pat. No. 8,694,657
`Issue Date: April 8, 2014
`Title: REAL TIME COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION AND WINDY CITY INNOVATIONS,
`LLC’S JOINT MOTION TO TREAT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS
`BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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`Case No. IPR2017-00656
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`IPR2017-00656
`PATENT NO. 8,694,657
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b), 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), and a conference call
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`with the Patent and Trial and Appeal Board on April 24, 2017 in which the Board
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`authorized the Parties to file the present motion, Petitioner Microsoft Corporation
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`and Patent Owner Windy City Innovations, LLC (the “Parties”) jointly request to
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`file the settlement agreement between the parties – as referenced in the Joint
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`Motion to Terminate Proceeding, filed concurrently herewith, and designated as
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`Exhibit 2001 – as business confidential information which shall be kept separate
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`from the file of the involved patent. The settlement agreement describes the
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`confidential terms of the parties’ settlement, which constitutes confidential
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`information under the Board’s rules. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.54; Office Patent Trial
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`Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,760 (Aug. 14, 2012). In view of that
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`request, the settlement agreement has been filed for access by the “Parties and
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`Board Only.”
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`Dated: April 24, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Vincent J. Rubino, III /
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`Vincent J. Rubino, III (Reg. No. 68,594)
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
`Brown Rudnick LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: 212-209-4800
`Facsimile: 212-209-4801
`Email: vrubino@brownrudnick.com
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`IPR2017-00656
`PATENT NO. 8,694,657
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e)(4) & 42.105(b)
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`A copy of MICROSOFT CORPORATION AND WINDY CITY
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`INNOVATIONS, LLC’S JOINT MOTION TO TREAT SETTLEMENT
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`AGREEMENT AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION has been
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`served on Petitioner’s counsel of record at the correspondence of the Petitioner as
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`follows:
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`By Email:
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`Joseph A. Micallef
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C., 20005
`Tel. 202-736-8492
`Fax. 202-736-8711
`iprnotices@sidley.com
`jmicallef@sidley.com
`By Email:
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`Herman F. Webley
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1501 K Street, N.W.
`Washington, D.C., 20005
`Tel. 202-736-8609
`Fax. 202-736-8711
`hwebley@sidley.com
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`April 24, 2017
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`By Email:
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`John W. McBride
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`1 South Dearborn St.
`Chicago, Illinois 60603
`Tel. 312-853-7014
`Fax. 312-853-7036
`jwmcbride@sidley.com
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`By Email:
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`Todd M. Siegel
`KLARQUIST SPARKMAN LLP
`121 SW Salmon Street, Ste. 1600
`Portland, OR 97204
`Tel. 503-595-5300
`Fax. 503-595-5301
`todd.siegel@klarquist.com
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`By:
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`/Vincent J. Rubino, III /
`Vincent J. Rubino, III (Reg. No. 68,594)
`Brown Rudnick LLP
`7 Times Square
`New York, NY 10036
`Telephone: 212-209-4800
`Facsimile: 212-209-4801
`Email: vrubino@brownrudnick.com
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