`FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`MARSHALL DIVISION
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`CIVIL ACTION NO. 2:19-CV-00395-JRG
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`LUMINATI NETWORKS LTD.,
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`TESO LT, UAB, METACLUSTER LT,
`UAB, OXYSALES, UAB,
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`Plaintiff,
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`Defendants.
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`ORDER
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`Before the Court is Defendants Teso LT, UAB, Oxysales, UAB, and Metacluster LT,
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`UAB’s (collectively, “Defendants” or “Teso”) Motion to Stay Pending Inter Partes Reviews (the
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`“Motion”). (Dkt. No. 124). In the Motion, Defendants ask the Court to stay all action in the above-
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`captioned matter pending the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s (“PTAB”) inter partes review of
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`the patents-in-suit.
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`Plaintiff Luminati Networks Ltd. (“Luminati”) has asserted three patents against
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`Defendants: U.S. Patent Nos. 10,469,614 (the “’614 Patent”); 10,257,319 (the “’319 Patent”); and
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`10,484,510 (the “’510 Patent”) (collectively, the “Asserted Patents”). (Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 14).
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`Defendants filed petitions for inter partes review on July 14, 2020, July 28, 2020, and September
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`4, 2020, challenging all three Asserted Patents.1 (Dkt. No. 124 at 2-3). The PTAB will issue its
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`institution decisions no later than January 26, 2021 for the ’319 Patent, February 22, 2021 for the
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`’510 Patent, and March 9, 2021 for the ’614 Patent. (Id. at 3).
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`1 IPR2020-01266 (’319 Patent IPR); IPR2020-01358 (’510 Patent IPR); IPR2020-01506 (’614
`Patent IPR).
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`Data Co Exhibit 1066
`Data Co v. Bright Data
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`The district court has the inherent power to control its own docket, including the power to
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`stay proceedings. Clinton v. Jones, 520 U.S. 681, 706 (1997). How to best manage the court’s
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`docket “calls for the exercise of judgment, which must weigh competing interests and maintain an
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`even balance.” Landis v. N. Am. Co., 299 U.S. 248, 254–55 (1936).
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`“District courts typically consider three factors when determining whether to grant a stay
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`pending inter partes review of a patent in suit: (1) whether the stay will unduly prejudice the
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`nonmoving party, (2) whether the proceedings before the court have reached an advanced stage,
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`including whether discovery is complete and a trial date has been set, and (3) whether the stay will
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`likely result in simplifying the case before the court.” NFC Techs. LLC v. HTC Am., Inc., Case No.
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`2:13-cv-1058-WCB, 2015 WL 1069111, at *2 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 11, 2015) (Bryson, J.). “Based on
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`th[ese] factors, courts determine whether the benefits of a stay outweigh the inherent costs of
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`postponing resolution of the litigation.” Id.
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`Where a motion to stay is filed before the PTAB institutes any proceeding, courts often
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`withhold a ruling pending action on the petition by the PTAB or deny the motion without prejudice
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`to refiling in the event that the PTAB institutes a proceeding. VirtualAgility Inc. v. Salesforce.com,
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`Inc., 759 F.3d 1307, 1316 (Fed. Cir. 2014) (citing Checkfree Corp. v. Metavante Corp., No. 12-
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`cv-15, 2014 WL 466023, at *1 (M.D. Fla. Jan. 17, 2014)); see also NFC Techs., 2015 WL
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`1069111, at *6. Indeed, this Court has a consistent practice of denying motions to stay when the
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`PTAB has yet to institute post-grant proceedings. Trover Group, Inc. v. Dedicated Micros USA,
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`No. 2:13-cv-1047-WCB, 2015 WL 1069179, at *6 (E.D. Tex. Mar. 11, 2015) (Bryson, J.) (“This
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`Court’s survey of cases from the Eastern District of Texas shows that when the PTAB has not yet
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`acted on a petition for inter partes review, the courts have uniformly denied motions for a stay.”).
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`Considering these circumstances, the Court concludes that the Defendants’ motion is
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`premature, and a stay of these proceedings in advance of the PTAB’s decision on whether or not
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`to institute inter partes review of any of the Asserted Patents should be denied. Accordingly, the
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`Motion is DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE to refiling of the same, which shall be permitted
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`within fourteen (14) days following the PTAB’s institution decision regarding the last of the
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`patents-in-suit to be acted upon by the PTAB.
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`So Ordered this
`Oct 29, 2020
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