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`AMAZON DIGITAL SERVICES, INC.
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`FACEBOOK, INC.
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`LINKEDIN CORP.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`GROUPON, INC.,
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`Case 2:12-cv-02832-JPM-tmp Document 48 Filed 04/15/15 Page 2 of 8 PageID 435
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`Civil Action No. 12-cv-02782 – JPM-tmp
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`PANDORA MEDIA, INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`TWITTER, INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`BARNES & NOBLE, INC.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`SAMSUNG TELECOMMUNICATIONS
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`Case 2:12-cv-02832-JPM-tmp Document 48 Filed 04/15/15 Page 3 of 8 PageID 436
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`Plaintiff,
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`SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT
`AMERICA LLC,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`SONY MOBILE
`COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC.,
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`MICROSOFT CORP.,
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`GOOGLE INC.
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`APPLE INC.,
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`PEOPLE MEDIA, INC.
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`B.E. TECHNOLOGY, L.L.C.,
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`MOTOROLA MOBILITY
`HOLDINGS LLC,
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`JOINT INTERIM STATUS NOTICE REGARDING INTER PARTES REVIEWS
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`Consistent with the Order Granting Motions to Stay entered in these related patent
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`infringement actions on December 6, 2013,1 the parties are filing this Notice to apprise the Court
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`that over the past seven days, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) of the United States
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`Patent and Trademark Office has entered written decisions in the eleven inter partes reviews
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`1 The Order Granting Motions to Stay bears differing ECF Numbers among the eighteen related
`cases. It is ECF No. 71 in the first listed case, B.E. Technology, LLC v. Amazon Digital Services,
`Inc., No. 2:12-cv-02767-JPM-tmp.
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`Case 2:12-cv-02832-JPM-tmp Document 48 Filed 04/15/15 Page 6 of 8 PageID 439
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`initiated by seven of the defendants during 2014,2 finding that every claim of U.S. Patent
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`Numbers 6,771,290 and 6,628,314 asserted against any of the eighteen defendants in these
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`actions is unpatentable.
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`The parties will keep the Court informed of material developments, and in the interim are
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`not requesting that the stay in any action be lifted or that the Court take other action until the
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`plaintiff decides whether to appeal one or more of the PTAB decisions.
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`Respectfully submitted:
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`/s/_Robert E. Freitas (PER CONSENT)_
`Robert E. Freitas (CA Bar No. 80948)
`FREITAS ANGELL & WEINBERG LLP
`350 Marine Parkway, Suite 200
`Redwood Shores, CA 94065
`Telephone: (650) 593-6300
`Facsimile: (650) 593-6301
`rfreitas@fawlaw.com
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`Richard M. Carter (TN B.P.R. #7285)
`MARTIN, TATE, MORROW & MARSTON, P.C.
`6410 Poplar Avenue, Suite 1000
`Memphis, TN 38119-4839
`Telephone: (901) 522-9000
`Facsimile: (901) 527-3746
`rcarter@martintate.com
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`Counsel for Plaintiff B.E. Technology, L.L.C.
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`2 The subject inter partes review proceedings are identified by IPR Number, Patent, Claims, and
`Filer in notices previously filed with the Court, one counterpart of which is ECF No. 75 in Case
`No. 2:12-cv-02767-JPM-tmp.
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`Case 2:12-cv-02832-JPM-tmp Document 48 Filed 04/15/15 Page 7 of 8 PageID 440
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`/s/ Laura P. Merritt
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`Heidi Keefe (pro hac vice)
`hkeefe@cooley.com
`Mark Weinstein (pro hac vice motion to be filed)
`mweinstein@cooley.com
`COOLEY LLP
`3175 Hanover Street
`Palo Alto, CA 94304-1130
`Telephone: (650) 843-5000
`Facsimile: (650) 849-7400
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`Orion Armon (pro hac vice)
`oarmon@cooley.com
`Sara Bradford (pro hac vice)
`sbradford@cooley.com
`Peter Sauer (pro hac vice)
`psauer@cooley.com
`COOLEY LLP
`380 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 900
`Broomfield, CO 80021
`Telephone: (720) 566-4000
`Facsimile: (720) 566-4099
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`Laura P. Merritt (TN # 26482)
`WALLER LANSDEN DORTCH & DAVIS, LLP
`Nashville City Center
`511 Union St., Suite 2700
`Nashville, TN 37219-8966
`615-850-6024
`Fax: 615-244-6804
`laura.merritt@wallerlaw.com
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`The foregoing notice having been filed via the Court’s CM/ECF system, a copy is being
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