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`Paper 23
`Entered: Jan. 31, 2024
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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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`AMAZON.COM, INC., AMAZON WEB SERVICES, INC., AND
`AMAZON.COM SERVICES LLC, 1
`Petitioners,
`v.
`LS CLOUD STORAGE TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2023-00120, IPR2023-00733
`Patent 10,154,092 B2
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`Before LARRY J. HUME, NEIL T. POWELL, and AMBER L. HAGY,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
`HUME, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Settlement as to the Amazon Entities
`35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`1 Cisco Systems, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon
`Web Services, Inc., and Amazon.com Services LLC, filed a petition in
`IPR2023-00733, and were joined as parties in this proceeding with Google,
`IPR2023-00120. Google, Cisco, and Microsoft have since been terminated
`as parties. Paper 15 (Google), Paper 19 (Microsoft), Paper 20 (Cisco).
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`IPR2023-00120, IPR2023-00733
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`I.
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`INTRODUCTION
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`Google LLC (“Google”) filed a Petition seeking institution of an inter
`partes review of claims 1–24 of U.S. Patent No. 10,154,092 B2 (Ex. 1001,
`“the ’092 patent”). Paper 2. After reviewing the Petition and Patent
`Owner’s preliminary response (Paper 6), we instituted an inter partes
`review. Paper 7.
`After institution, Cisco Systems, Inc., Microsoft Corporation,
`Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., and Amazon.com Services
`LLC (collectively “Cisco et al.”), filed a petition and a joinder motion in
`IPR2023-00733, requesting that Cisco et al. be joined as a petitioner in
`IPR2023-00120. Cisco et al. v. LS Cloud Storage Technologies LLC,
`IPR2023-00733, Paper 1 (petition), Paper 5 (joinder motion). After
`considering the parties’ papers, we instituted trial in IPR2023-00733,
`granted Cisco et al.’s joinder motion, and added Cisco et al. as a petitioner to
`IPR2023-00120. Cisco et al. v. LS Cloud Storage Technologies LLC,
`IPR2023-00733, Paper 10 (Institution Decision). In addition, we entered a
`copy of that decision in IPR2023-00120. Paper 10.
`Subsequently, after a joint request by Petitioner Google and Patent
`Owner, we entered an Order to terminate this proceeding as to Petitioner
`Google (Paper 15), and after a request by Petitioner Microsoft and Patent
`Owner, we entered an Order to terminate this proceeding as to Petitioner
`Microsoft (Paper 19). Similarly, after a later joint request by Petitioner
`Cisco and Patent Owner, we entered an Order to terminate this proceeding as
`to Petitioner Cisco (Paper 20).
`On January 26, 2024, pursuant to our authorization, Petitioners
`Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., and Amazon.com Services
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`LLC (hereinafter “Amazon Entities”) filed an “UNOPPOSED MOTION TO
`TERMINATE PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(A) AND
`37 C.F.R. § 42.72.” IPR2023-00733, Paper 24 (“Motion” or “Mot.”).
`Patent Owner has indicated that it does not oppose. IPR2023-00733,
`Ex. 1024.
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`II. DISCUSSION
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`In the Motion, the Amazon Entities state that they have settled their
`dispute with respect to IPR2023-00120 and IPR2023-00733 and with respect
`to the related district court litigation styled LS Cloud Storage Technologies
`LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., Amazon Web Services, Inc., and Amazon.com
`Services, Inc., 1:22-CV-1167-RP, (W.D. Tex.). Mot. 4. As evidence of
`settlement, the Amazon Entities filed a copy of a “Final Judgment” issued by
`the district court in the Western District of Texas on March 16, 2023, in the
`above-cited district court case. IPR2023-00733, Ex. 1025.
`With the Motion, we note that neither the Amazon Entities nor Patent
`Owner filed a copy of a document styled as a settlement agreement.
`However, the Amazon Entities submit, unrebutted by Patent Owner, that
`Exhibit 1025, styled “Final Judgment,” is a true copy of a document
`representing the parties’ agreement to terminate this proceeding. “Petitioner
`is moving to terminate this proceeding because Patent Owner’s district court
`action against Petitioner was dismissed with prejudice. (Ex. 1025). There
`are no agreements, oral or written, between the parties made in connection
`with, or in contemplation of, the termination of the proceeding.” Mot. 4.
`Under 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), “[a]n inter partes review instituted under
`this chapter shall be terminated with respect to any petitioner upon the joint
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`request of the petitioner and the patent owner, unless the Office has decided
`the merits of the proceeding before the request for termination is filed.” Any
`agreement or understanding “made in connection with, or in contemplation
`of, the termination of an inter partes review” must be in writing, and a true
`copy of any such documents must be filed in the Office before termination.
`Id. § 317(b); accord 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b).
`Because the Amazon Entities, unrebutted by Patent Owner, request
`termination and have submitted that there are no agreements, oral or written,
`between the parties made in connection with, or in contemplation of, the
`termination of the proceeding in compliance with the applicable
`requirements, and because we have not yet issued a final written decision,
`we terminate the inter partes review with respect to Petitioner Amazon
`Entities. See 35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.74.
`Because no other petitioners remain in this inter partes review, and no
`final written decision on the merits has been entered, we terminate IPR2023-
`00120 and IPR2023-00733 as to all parties.
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`III. ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that the Unrebutted Motion to Terminate with respect to
`Petitioner Amazon Entities is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED this paper does not constitute a final written
`decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
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`For PETITIONERS:
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`Brian Nash
`Cody Gartman
`Alex Yap
`Regan Rundio
`MORRISON & FOERSTER LLP
`bnash@mofo.com
`CGartman@mofo.com
`AYap@mofo.com
`RRundio@mofo.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`William P. Ramey, III
`Jacob B. Henry
`RAMEY LLP
`wramey@rameyfirm.com
`jhenry@rameyfirm.com
`uspto@rameyfirm.com
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