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`Paper 15
`Entered: August 8, 2023
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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.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`JAWBONE INNOVATIONS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`IPR2023-00251 (Patent 11,122,357 B2)
`IPR2023-00275 (Patent 8,467,543 B2)
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`Before GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, NORMAN H. BEAMER,
`and JASON M. REPKO, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BEAMER, 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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`IPR2023-00251 (Patent 11,122,357 B2)
`IPR2023-00275 (Patent 8,467,543 B2)
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`With the Board’s authorization, Petitioner and Patent Owner filed, in
`each of the captioned proceedings, a Joint Motion to Terminate. Paper 14.1
`The parties also filed their confidential agreements (IPR2023-00251,
`Exs. 2001, 2002; IPR2023-00275, Exs. 2001, 2002) and a Joint Motion to
`File the Agreement as Business Confidential Information (Paper 13).
`The parties represent that they have settled their dispute in these
`proceedings and in the related district-court litigation and they filed true
`copies of their agreement in its entirety. Paper 14, 1. The parties also
`represent that there are no other agreements between them made in
`connection with or in contemplation of the termination of these proceedings.
`Id. at 6. According to the parties, the agreements that they filed contain
`confidential information under the Board’s rules. Paper 13, 1 (citing
`37 C.F.R. § 42.54).
`The parties assert that these proceedings should be terminated because
`(1) the Board has not decided the merits, (2) the parties have settled their
`dispute, and (3) the parties jointly request termination. Paper 14, 3. We
`agree that termination is appropriate for all those reasons. See Consolidated
`Trial Practice Guide, 86 (Nov. 2019) (“The Board expects that a proceeding
`will terminate after the filing of a settlement agreement, unless the Board has
`already decided the merits of the proceeding.”).2
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`1 Similar motions were filed in both proceedings. See IPR2023-00251
`Paper 13 (Joint Motion to File Agreement as Business Confidential), Paper
`14 (Joint Motion to Terminate); IPR2023-00275, Paper 13 (Joint Motion to
`File Agreement as Business Confidential Information), Paper 14 (Joint
`Motion to Terminate). For brevity, citations in this order are to the papers in
`IPR2023-00251.
`2 Available at https://www.uspto.gov/TrialPracticeGuideConsolidated.
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`IPR2023-00251 (Patent 11,122,357 B2)
`IPR2023-00275 (Patent 8,467,543 B2)
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`Although there are multiple pending motions to join this proceeding,
`we see no reason here to postpone ruling on the Joint Motion to Terminate
`until ruling on the joinder motions. “[F]iling a petition accompanied by a
`request for joinder does not guarantee that the petition will be instituted, or
`that joinder will be granted,” and “there is no guarantee that such filings will
`be considered prior to a termination of the proceeding sought to be joined.”
`Mylan Techs., Inc. v. MonoSol Rx, LLC, IPR2017-00200, Paper 22 at 2–3
`(PTAB Oct. 5, 2017).
`We also agree that the agreements filed in each proceeding contain
`confidential information under the Board’s rules. See IPR2023-00251,
`Exs. 2001, 2002; IPR2023-00275, Exs. 2001, 2002. So they should be
`treated as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
`This Order does not constitute a final written decision under 35 U.S.C.
`§ 318(a).
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`IPR2023-00251 (Patent 11,122,357 B2)
`IPR2023-00275 (Patent 8,467,543 B2)
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`ORDER
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`It is
`ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motions to Terminate the
`Proceedings (IPR2023-00251, Paper 14; IPR2023-00275, Paper 14) are
`granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motions to File the
`Agreement as Business Confidential Information (IPR2023-00251,
`Paper 13; IPR2023-00275, Paper 13) are granted and the parties’
`confidential agreements (IPR2023-00251, Exs. 2001, 2002; IPR2023-00275,
`Exs. 2001, 2002) shall be treated as business confidential information and be
`kept separate from the files of the respective challenged patents, U.S. Patent
`No. 11,122,357 B2 and U.S. Patent No. 8,467,543 B2, and made available
`only under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c);
`and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that these proceedings are terminated.
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`IPR2023-00251 (Patent 11,122,357 B2)
`IPR2023-00275 (Patent 8,467,543 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Colin B. Heideman
`Nathan D. Reeves
`Logan P. Young
`Joseph R. Re
`KNOBBE MARTENS, OLSON & BEAR, LLP
`2cbh@knobbe.com
`2ndr@knobbe.com
`2lpy@knobbe.com
`2jrr@knobbe.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Peter Lambrianakos
`Vincent J. Rubino, III
`Enrique W. Iturralde
`Richard Cowell
`FABRICANT LLP
`plambrianakos@fabricantllp.com
`vrubino@fabricantllp.com
`eiturralde@fabricantllp.com
`rcowell@fabricantllp.com
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