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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
`WESTERN DIVISION
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`GROUPON, INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`Civil Action No. 2:12-cv-02781-JPM-tmp
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`Hon. Jon Phipps McCalla
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` JURY DEMAND
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`DEFENDANT GROUPON, INC.’S MOTION
`TO STAY PROCEEDINGS PENDING INTER PARTES REVIEW
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`Defendant Groupon, Inc. (“Groupon”) respectfully moves this Court to stay this case
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`pending inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 6,628,314. In support of its Motion, Groupon
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`relies on the Memorandum in Support of Its Motion to Stay and the Declaration of Aaron J.
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`Weinzierl, filed contemporaneously herewith.
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`Dated: November 26, 2013
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Stephanie A. Quick
`John S. Golwen (TN BPR #014324)
`Annie T. Christoff (TN BPR #026241)
`BASS, BERRY & SIMS, PLC
`100 Peabody Place, Suite 900
`Memphis, Tennessee 38103
`Telephone: (901) 543-5900
`Facsimile: (901) 543-5999
`Email: jgolwen@bassberry.com
`achristoff@bassberry.com
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`4827-8058-1399.2
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`Case 2:12-cv-02781-JPM-tmp Document 55 Filed 11/26/13 Page 2 of 3 PageID 345
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`Jeanne M. Gills
`Aaron J. Weinzierl (pro hac vice)
`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
`321 North Clark Street, Suite 2800
`Chicago, Illinois 60654
`Telephone: (312) 832-4500
`Facsimile: (312) 832-4700
`Email: jmgills@foley.com
` aweinzierl@foley.com
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`Stephanie A. Quick
`FOLEY & LARDNER LLP
`777 East Wisconsin Avenue
`Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202
`Telephone: (414) 297-2400
`Facsimile: (414) 297-4900
`Email: squick@foley.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant
`Groupon, Inc.
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`Case 2:12-cv-02781-JPM-tmp Document 55 Filed 11/26/13 Page 3 of 3 PageID 346
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`CERTIFICATE OF CONSULTATION
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`I, Aaron J. Weinzierl, attorney for Defendant Groupon, Inc., certify that I communicated
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`with Dan Weinberg, counsel for Plaintiff B.E. Technology, L.L.C., on November 26, 2013 via
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`telephone regarding Groupon’s intention to file this Motion and conferred with him to determine
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`whether B.E. would agree to the relief sought, such that the Motion could be presented as
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`unopposed. Mr. Weinberg advised that B.E. is not opposed to a stay of this case as long as all
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`litigation involving the ’290 and ’314 patents is also stayed.
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` /s/ _Aaron J. Weinzierl
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that, on November 26, 2013, all counsel of record who are deemed to
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`have consented to electronic service are being served with a copy of this document via the
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`Court’s CM/ECF system.
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` /s/ Stephanie A. Quick
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`4827-8058-1399.2