`571-272-7822
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`Paper 22
`Entered: March 7, 2022
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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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`BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`NANT HOLDINGS IP, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2021-01080
`Patent 8,463,030 B2
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`Before JAMESON LEE, THOMAS L. GIANNETTI, and
`STEPHEN E. BELISLE, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`GIANNETTI, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Settlement After Institution of Trial
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`IPR2021-01080
`Patent 8,463,030 B2
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`I. BACKGROUND
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`Bank of America, N.A. (“Petitioner”) filed a Corrected Petition
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`requesting inter partes review of claims 1–4, 6, 7, 19, 21, 25, 26, 29–32, 36,
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`and 37 of U.S. Patent No. 8,463,030 B2 (Ex. 1001, “the ’030 patent”).
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`Paper 9. Nant Holdings IP, LLC (“Patent Owner”) filed a Preliminary
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`Response. Paper 10.
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`The Board determined that Petitioner established a reasonable
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`likelihood that it would prevail with respect to at least one challenged claim,
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`and instituted inter partes review as to all of the challenged claims of the
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`’030 patent and all of the asserted grounds of unpatentability stated in the
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`Petition. Paper 14.
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`II. DISCUSSION
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`After institution, with Board authorization, Petitioner and Patent
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`Owner filed a “Joint Motion to Terminate Inter Partes Review Proceeding”
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`(Paper 21, “Joint Motion to Terminate”). The parties represent that Patent
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`Owner has agreed to (a) dismiss all allegations of infringement relating to
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`the ’030 patent with prejudice, and (b) execute a covenant not to sue relating
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`to the ’030 patent. Paper 21, 1. Further, the parties state that Petitioner has
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`agreed to dismiss its counterclaims relating to the ’030 patent with prejudice
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`in the pending district court action involving the ’030 patent and to submit a
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`joint motion to terminate this inter partes review proceeding. Id. The
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`parties certify that they have complied fully with 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b) by
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`filing the agreement, reflected in Exhibit 1046 (a stipulated motion to
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`dismiss filed with the district court) with the Board, which agreement
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`reflects final settlement and resolution of all disputes relating to the
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`’030 patent between the parties, and that there are no other collateral
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`agreements or understandings made in connection with, or in contemplation
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`of, the termination sought. Id. at 3.1
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`The parties represent that the district court action involving the
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`’030 patent has been dismissed and the parties contemplate no litigation or
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`proceeding involving the challenged patent in the foreseeable future. Id.
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`This trial is at an early stage. Patent Owner has not filed a response.
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`At this early stage, we determine that termination is warranted for the
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`reasons stated in the Joint Motion to Terminate.
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`III. ORDER
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby
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`ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate is granted and
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`this case is terminated.
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Dustin J. Edwards
`Michael A. Tomasulo
`WINSTON & STRAWN LLP
`dedwards@winston.com
`mtomasulo@winston.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`James M. Glass
`Todd M. Briggs
`QUINN EMANUEL URQUHART
`& SULLIVAN LLP
`jimglass@quinnemanuel.com
`toddbriggs@quinnemanuel.com
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`1 Only the first page of the Joint Motion to Terminate is numbered.
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