`571-272-7822
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`Paper No. 10
`Entered: April 3, 2019
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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`AGIS SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2019-00411
`Patent 8,213,970 B2
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`Before TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, CHRISTA P. ZADO, and
`KEVIN C. TROCK, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ZADO, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Joint Motion to Dismiss
`37 C.F.R. § 42.71(a)
`Granting Request to Treat Settlement Document
`as Confidential Business Information
`35 U.S.C. § 317(b); 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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`IPR2019-00411
`Patent 8,213,970 B2
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`On March 22, 2019, pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.71(a), the parties filed
`a Joint Motion to Dismiss the Petition. Paper 7 (“Joint Motion”).
`Accompanying the Joint Motion, the parties filed what they assert is a true
`and correct copy of a settlement agreement along with a Joint Request to
`Treat Settlement Agreement as Business Confidential, to be kept separate
`from the patent file under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
`Paper 8 (“Joint Request”); Ex. 1022 (“Settlement Agreement”). We
`authorized the filing of these papers in an email sent on March 20, 2019.
`The instant proceeding is still in the preliminary stages, as we have
`not yet entered a decision on institution. Under these circumstances,
`Petitioner has demonstrated that dismissal of its petition is warranted, and
`we grant the parties’ Joint Motion and Joint Request. See 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.71(a) (authorizing the Board to dismiss a petition).
`Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Dismiss the Petition is
`granted and the petition is dismissed;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Request to Treat
`Settlement Agreement as Business Confidential is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Settlement Agreement, Ex. 1022,
`shall be treated as business confidential information and kept separate from
`the patent file, under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. §
`42.74(c).
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`IPR2019-00411
`Patent 8,213,970 B2
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`PETITIONER:
`Matthew J. Moore
`Robert Steinberg
`Jonathan M. Strang
`Lisa K. Nguyen
`David A. Zucker
`LATHAM & WATKINS LLP
`matthew.moore@lw.com
`bob.steinberg@lw.com
`jonathan.strang@lw.com
`lisa.nguyen@lw.com
`david.zucker@lw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Vincent J. Rubino, III
`Peter Lambrianakos
`Enrique W. Iturralde
`BROWN RUDNICK LLP
`vrubino@brownrudnick.com
`plambrianakos@brownrudnick.com
`eiturralde@brownrudnick.com
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