`571-272-7822
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`Paper 13
`Date: June 28, 2021
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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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`ADOBE INC.,
`Petitioner,
`v.
`SYNKLOUD TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2020-01392, IPR2020-01393
`Patent 9,239,686 B2
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and
`KRISTI L. R. SAWERT, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PETTIGREW, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Due to Settlement After Institution of Trial
`35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`IPR2020-01392, IPR2020-01393
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`INTRODUCTION
`I.
`On our authorization (Ex. 30011), the parties filed a Joint Motion to
`terminate each of these proceedings under 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.72. Paper 11 (“Motion” or “Mot.”). The parties also filed what they
`indicate is a true and correct copy of their Settlement Agreement and
`Covenant Not-To-Sue. Ex. 2042 (“Settlement Agreement”). In a Joint
`Request, the parties identified the Settlement Agreement as business
`confidential information and requested that the Settlement Agreement be
`kept separate from the patent file. Paper 12 (“Joint Request”). For the
`reasons discussed below, the Motion and Joint Request are granted in each
`proceeding.
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`II. ANALYSIS
`We have not decided the merits of these proceedings. The parties
`indicate that they have settled their disputes regarding U.S. Patent
`No. 9,239,686 B2. Mot. 2. The parties represent that they submitted “the
`Parties’ settlement agreement and any collateral agreements made in
`contemplation of termination of the proceedings.” Id. at 3. Under these
`circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to terminate these
`proceedings. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. We also determine that it is
`appropriate to treat the Settlement Agreement as business confidential
`information to be kept separate from the patent file. See 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.74(c).
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`1 The cited papers and exhibits are the same in both proceedings.
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`IPR2020-01392, IPR2020-01393
`Patent 9,239,686 B2
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`III. ORDER
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`It is hereby:
`ORDERED that the Motion to terminate each of these inter partes
`review proceedings is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that these proceedings are terminated as to all
`parties; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Request to treat the Settlement
`Agreement (Ex. 2042) as business confidential information to be kept
`separate from the patent file is granted.
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`IPR2020-01392, IPR2020-01393
`Patent 9,239,686 B2
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`FOR PETITIONER:
`James L. Day
`Winston Liaw
`Daniel Callaway
`FARELLA BRAUN + MARTEL LLP
`jday@fbm.com
`wliaw@fbm.com
`dcallaway@fbm.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Gregory J. Gonsalves
`Yeasun Yoon
`CAPITOL IP LAW GROUP, PLLC
`gonsalves@capitoliplaw.com
`yoon@capitoliplaw.com
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