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`Date Entered: September 28, 2017
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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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`LG ELECTRONICS, INC.,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ATI TECHNOLOGIES ULC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01225
`Patent 8,760,454 B2
`Case IPR2017-01226
`Patent 9,582,846 B21
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`Before, JONI Y. CHANG, BRIAN J. MCNAMARA, and
`JAMES B. ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judges
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`McNAMARA, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER AUTHORIZING FILING OF MOTION TO TERMINATE
`Conduct of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 This order is to be filed in each case. The parties are not authorized to use
`this style heading in any subsequent papers.
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`Case IPR2017-01225; IPR2017-01226
`Patent 8,760,454 B2; 9,582,846 B2
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`In e-mail correspondence on September 26, 2017, the parties advised
`the Board that a settlement agreement had been reached in the preliminary
`inter partes review proceedings before the office concerning of U.S. Patent
`No. 8,760,454 B2 and U.S. Patent No. 9,582,846 B2 (the subject patents).
`The parties may agree to settle any issue in a proceeding pursuant to a
`written agreement, a copy of which shall be filed with the Board before
`termination of the trial. 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(a)-(b). Any agreement or
`understanding between the patent owner and a petitioner, including any
`collateral agreements referred to in such agreement or understanding made
`in connection with, or in contemplation of, the termination shall be in
`writing and a true copy of such agreement or understanding shall be filed in
`the Office before the termination of such proceeding as between the parties.
`See 35 U.S.C. § 317(b). Any such agreement should be filed as a separate
`exhibit available to the Board and parties only.
`These matters are in the preliminary stage. Patent Owner filed a
`Preliminary Response in each proceeding on July 18, 2017, but we have not
`rendered a decision whether to institute a trial. The parties have identified
`co-pending litigation, which they represent they have stayed pending
`settlement, as to Petitioner and Patent Owner. The parties have identified no
`other related matters. Under these circumstances, it may be appropriate to
`enter judgment and terminate the proceeding without rendering a final
`written decision. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
`The parties are authorized to file a Joint Motion To Terminate each
`proceeding. The Joint Motion To Terminate must update the Board
`concerning the status of any litigation or proceeding, including, but not
`limited to proceedings in the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, involving
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`Case IPR2017-01225; IPR2017-01226
`Patent 8,760,454 B2; 9,582,846 B2
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`the subject patents, and advise the Board whether any litigation or
`proceeding involving the subject patents is contemplated in the foreseeable
`future. The Joint Motion To Terminate also must include a copy of any
`agreement and include a statement certifying that there are no collateral
`agreements or understandings made in connection with, or in contemplation
`of, the termination of these proceedings. A party to a settlement may request
`that any written agreement be treated as business confidential information
`and be kept separate from the files of an involved patent. 35 U.S.C.
`§ 317(b); 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). The request must be filed with the
`settlement. Id.
`It is ORDERED that the parties are authorized to file a Joint Motion
`To Terminate the proceeding and a Joint Request That The Settlement
`Agreement Be Treated As Business Confidential Information.
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`Case IPR2017-01225; IPR2017-01226
`Patent 8,760,454 B2; 9,582,846 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`Robert Pluta
`Amanda Streff
`Bryan Nese
`MAYER BROWN LLP
`rpluta@mayerbrown.com
`astreff@mayerbrown.com
`bnese@mayerbrown.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`William Meunier
`Michael Renaud
`Adam Rizk
`MINTZ, LEVIN, COHEN, FERRIS, GLOVSKY AND POPEO, P.C.
`wameunier@mintz.com
`mtrenaud@mintz.com
`arizk@mintz.com
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