`571-272-7822
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`Paper No. 22
`Entered: February 1, 2018
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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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`TWITTER, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`YOUTOO TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
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`IPR2017-00829 (Patent 9,083,997 B2)
`IPR2017-00830 (Patent 9,083,997 B2)
`IPR2017-01131 (Patent 8,464,304 B2)
` IPR2017-01133 (Patent 8,601,506 B2)1
`____________
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, CHARLES J. BOUDREAU, and
`JESSICA C. KAISER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`KAISER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This Order will be entered in each case. The parties are not authorized to
`use this caption style.
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`IPR2017-00829 (Patent 9,083,997 B2)
`IPR2017-00830 (Patent 9,083,997 B2)
`IPR2017-01131 (Patent 8,464,304 B2)
`IPR2017-01133 (Patent 8,601,506 B2)
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`A conference call in these cases took place on January 31, 2018. The
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`parties were represented by their respective counsel. In addition, the
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`bankruptcy trustee for Patent Owner was present on the call. The purpose of
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`the call was to discuss the status of Patent Owner’s bankruptcy and whether
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`any party planned to address with the bankruptcy court the issue of whether
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`the automatic stay under 11 U.S.C. § 362 applies to the above-referenced
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`proceedings.
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`Prior to the call, the Board requested the parties meet and confer with
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`each other and with the trustee as to whether they would stipulate in the
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`bankruptcy court that the automatic stay does not apply to these proceedings
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`or that the bankruptcy court should grant relief from such a stay. During the
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`call, Patent Owner and the trustee reported that they were not amenable to
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`such a stipulation. The trustee also represented that he agrees with Patent
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`Owner’s position in the motion to stay (Paper 21)2 (i.e., that the automatic
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`stay applies to these proceedings). Petitioner informed the Board that it
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`intends to file a motion in the bankruptcy court seeking a determination that
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`the automatic stay does not apply to these proceedings or seeking relief from
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`such a stay.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that Patent Owner shall file a reply in support of its
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`Motion to Stay on the current schedule (no later than February 5, 2018);
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner shall provide the Board
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`with a status report on the bankruptcy proceedings by email on or before
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`2 We refer to the paper numbers in IPR2017-00829.
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`2
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`IPR2017-00829 (Patent 9,083,997 B2)
`IPR2017-00830 (Patent 9,083,997 B2)
`IPR2017-01131 (Patent 8,464,304 B2)
`IPR2017-01133 (Patent 8,601,506 B2)
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`February 19, 2018, and every thirty (30) days thereafter until ordered
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`otherwise in these proceedings; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Petitioner shall file as exhibits in these
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`proceedings any filings in the bankruptcy court made by either or both of the
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`parties, the trustee, or any third party and any opinions or orders of the
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`bankruptcy court related to whether the automatic stay applies to these
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`proceedings or whether relief should be granted from such a stay. Petitioner
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`shall make such filings in these proceedings no more than five (5) business
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`days after the item is filed or entered in the bankruptcy court.
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`IPR2017-00829 (Patent 9,083,997 B2)
`IPR2017-00830 (Patent 9,083,997 B2)
`IPR2017-01131 (Patent 8,464,304 B2)
`IPR2017-01133 (Patent 8,601,506 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`David L. McCombs
`David.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Gregory P. Huh
`Gregory.huh.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`Theodore Foster
`Ipr.theo.foster@haynesboone.com
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`Raghav Bajaj
`Raghav.bajaj.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Scott McKeown
`Scott.mckeown@ropesgray.com
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`Spencer Patterson
`spatterson@gchub.com
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`Stephen Levine
`slevine@ccsb.com
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