`U.S. Patent No.6,725,456
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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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`WALMART INC. and VUDU, INC.,
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`SOUND VIEW INNOVATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2020-00818
`U.S. Patent No. 6,725,456
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`REQUEST FOR REFUND OF POST-INSTITUTION FEES
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`Petitioners, Walmart Inc. and Vudu, Inc., hereby request refund of their post-
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`institution fees in the sum of $15,000 deposited in the above proceeding on April 10,
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`2020, for the foregoing reasons:
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`1. Walmart Inc. and Vudu, Inc. filed their Petition for Inter Partes Review
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`on April 10, 2020, in the above proceeding. At that time, Walmart Inc. and Vudu, Inc.
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`deposited with the PTAB the inter partes request and inter partes post-institution fees
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`in the total sum of $30,500. The fees were charged to Cooley LLP’s deposit account
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`number 50-1283.
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`2.
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`Prior to the Board’s determination regarding institution, the parties
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`entered into a settlement of the proceedings.
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`On August 25, 2020, the Board entered its Decision – Settlement Prior to
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`Institution of Trial. (Paper 9)
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`For the foregoing reasons, Walmart Inc. and Vudu, Inc. request reimbursement
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`of the post-institution fees of $15,000.
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`Date: September 14, 2020
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Heidi L. Keefe/
`Heidi L. Keefe, Reg. No. 40,673
`COOLEY LLP
`ATTN: Patent Group
`1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 700
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`hkeefe@cooley.com
`Attorneys for Petitioners
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
`I hereby certify pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e) that a complete copy of this
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`Request for Refund of Post-Institution Fee is being served electronically via e-mail (as
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`consented to by the Patent Owner), on September 14, 2020, upon Patent Owner’s
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`counsel of record as follows:
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`Kenneth J. Weatherwax
`Nathan Lowenstein
`Briget Smith
`Edward Hsieh
`Lowenstein & Weatherwax LLP
`SVI_IPRs@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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`/Heidi L. Keefe/
`Heidi L. Keefe
`Reg. No. 40,673
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`DATED: September 14, 2020
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