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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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`FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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`UNILOC USA, INC.; and UNILOC
`LUXEMBOURG, S.A.,
`Plaintiffs,
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`APPLE INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`No. C 18-00360 WHA
`No. C 18-00363 WHA
`No. C 18-00365 WHA
`No. C 18-00572 WHA
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`ORDER SUA SPONTE
`STAYING CASES PENDING
`RESOLUTION OF IPR
`PROCEEDINGS
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`The Court has reviewed the parties’ responses regarding staying the above-captioned
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`actions (Case Nos. 3:18-cv-00360-WHA; -363-WHA; -365-WHA; -572-WHA). The Patent
`Trial and Appeal Board has instituted inter partes review on United States Patent No.
`6,216,158, United States Patent No. 6,446,127, and United States Patent No. 7,092,671 — three
`of the four currently valid patents-in-suit.
`While the showdown procedure is well underway and the parties desire to proceed at
`least with this round of early summary judgment motions, this order concludes that this is
`outweighed by the interest of conserving judicial and the parties’ resources. This is especially
`true given that the very claims selected for the showdown procedure are involved in the pending
`IPRs. Thus upon careful consideration, this order finds it more economical to let the IPR
`proceedings run their course first. Moreover, this order finds that United States Patent No.
`6,161,134 (“the ’134 patent”) is sufficiently related to the other patents-in-suit such that a stay
`with respect to the ’134 patent is also warranted.
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`APPL-1030 / IPR2018-00361
`Apple v. Uniloc / Page 1 of 2
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`Case 3:18-cv-00365-WHA Document 155 Filed 09/14/18 Page 2 of 2
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`Accordingly, this order hereby sua sponte STAYS the above-captioned actions pending
`resolution of the IPR proceedings. In the interim, defendant Apple Inc., may bring a motion in
`connection with the standing and subject matter issues relating to the discovery ordered at the
`September 4 hearing.
`The parties shall please file a joint status report on the progress of the aforementioned
`IPR proceedings by DECEMBER 14 AT NOON.
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`IT IS SO ORDERED.
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`Dated: September 14, 2018.
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`WILLIAM ALSUP
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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