Case 6:21-cv-00331-ADA Document 226 Filed 07/24/23 Page 1 of 8
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`IGT and IGT CANADA SOLUTIONS, ULC, §
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`Plaintiffs,
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`ZYNGA INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`C.A. No. 6:21-cv-00331-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`JOINT MOTION TO SEVER AND STAY CLAIMS OF ’089, ’064, AND ’212
`PATENTS PENDING ANY APPEALS OF INTER PARTES REVIEW DECISIONS
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`IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
`WACO DIVISION
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`IGT and IGT CANADA SOLUTIONS, ULC, §
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`Plaintiffs,
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`ZYNGA INC.,
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`Defendant.
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`C.A. No. 6:21-cv-00331-ADA
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`JURY TRIAL DEMANDED
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`JOINT MOTION TO SEVER AND STAY CLAIMS OF ’089, ’064, AND ’212
`PATENTS PENDING ANY APPEALS OF INTER PARTES REVIEW DECISIONS
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`Plaintiffs IGT and IGT Canada Solutions, ULC (“IGT”) and Defendant Zynga Inc.
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`(“Zynga”) jointly move to sever and stay IGT’s infringement claims for U.S. Patent Nos.
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`7,168,089 (the “’089 patent”), 8,795,064 (the “’064 patent”), and 8,266,212 (the “’212 patent”)
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`pending any appeals of the Final Written Decisions in inter partes reviews invalidating each of
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`the asserted claims for those patents. In support of this Motion, the parties state the following:
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`IGT currently asserts that Zynga infringes four patents: the ’089 patent, the ’064
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`patent, the ’212 patent and U.S. Patent No. 9,159,189 (the “’189 patent”).
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`• Zynga filed inter partes review proceedings on three of these four asserted
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`patents: IPR2022-00199 (’089 patent), IPR2022-00200 (’064 patent), and
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`IPR2022-00368 (’212 patent) (collectively, the “Zynga IPRs”).
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`IPR2022-00199 was filed on November 19, 2021 concerning the ’089 patent. The
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`PTAB instituted the petition on June 14, 2022 and issued a Final Written Decision
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`on June 8, 2023. That final written decision finds every asserted claim of the ’089
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`patent to be invalid.
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`IPR2022-00200 was filed on November 19, 2021 concerning the ’064 patent. The
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`PTAB instituted the petition on June 7, 2022 and issued a Final Written Decision
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`on June 6, 2023. That final written decision finds every asserted claim of the ’064
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`patent to be invalid.
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`IPR2022-00368 was filed on December 30, 2021 concerning the ’212 patent. The
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`PTAB instituted the petition on July 7, 2022 and issued a Final Written Decision
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`on June 30. That final written decision finds every asserted claim of the ’212
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`patent to be invalid.
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`• Currently, no appeals have been filed regarding the aforementioned Final Written
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`Decisions of the Zynga IPRs.
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`• The asserted claims of the ‘189 patent are not subject to any IPR proceeding.
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`In light of these final written decisions, and the Court’s prior practice involving cases in
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`which IPRs have impacted some, but not all of the asserted patents, the parties have concluded
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`that this case would benefit from severing and staying the asserted claims of the ’089, ’064, and
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`’212 patents pending any appeals of the Final Written Decisions in the Zynga IPRs. The parties
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`agree that the case will otherwise proceed with regards to the asserted claims of the ’189 patent
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`as currently scheduled.
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`Based on this agreement, should the Court sever and stay the infringement claims of the
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`’089, ’064 and ’212 patent, the parties agree that the following currently pending motions
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`concern issues that are subject to the requested stay. As such, the motions can be denied without
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`prejudice to their resubmission in the event that the stay is lifted:
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`• The portions of Zynga Inc.’s Motion to Exclude Damages Testimony of Dr. Keith
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`Ugone relating to the ’064, ’089, and ’212 patents. Dkt. No. 125.
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`• Zynga Inc.’s Renewed and Converted Motion for Summary Judgment on the ’064
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`Patent, Dkt. No. 126.
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`• Zynga Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment on the ’089 Patent. Dkt. No. 127.
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`• Zynga Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment that Asserted Patent 8,266,212 is
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`Not Infringed or Patent Eligible. Dkt. No. 129.
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`• The portions of Zynga Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment of No Willfulness
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`relating to the ’064, ’089, and ’212 patents. Dkt. No. 130.
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`IGT’s Partial Summary Judgment of No Invalidity Based on Alleged System
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`Prior Art. Dkt. No. 131.
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`IGT’s Partial Summary Judgment of No Invalidity Under 112. Dkt. No. 132.
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`• The portions of IGT’s Daubert Motion to Exclude or Strike Certain Testimony of
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`Mr. Douglas C. Kidder relating to the ’064, ’089, and ’212 patents. Dkt. No. 134.
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`IGT’s Daubert Motion to Exclude-In-Part Certain Opinions of Dr. Chatterjee
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`Relying on an Unproduced Version of Diablo II (1.09) in Violation of Rule 37.
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`Dkt. No. 135.
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`The parties likewise agree that the following pending motions are not subject to the stay
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`and remain to be decided:
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`• Zynga Inc.’s Motion to Strike Portions of Expert Report of Dr. Keith Ugone and
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`Exclude Related Testimony. Dkt. No. 124.
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`• The portions of Zynga Inc.’s Motion to Exclude Damages Testimony of Dr. Keith
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`Ugone relating to the ’189 patent. Dkt. No. 125.
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`• Zynga Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment on Pre-Suit and Foreign Damages
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`for the ’189 Patent. Dkt. No. 128.
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`• The portions of Zynga Inc.’s Motion for Summary Judgment of No Willfulness
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`relating to the ’189 patent. Dkt. No. 130.
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`IGT’s Daubert Partial Motion to Exclude the Testimony of Mr. David Crane and
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`Strike Untimely Disclosed Facts Regarding Non-Infringing Alternatives. Dkt.
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`No. 133.
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`• The portions of IGT’s Daubert Motion to Exclude or Strike Certain Testimony of
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`Mr. Douglas C. Kidder relating to the ’189 patent. Dkt. No. 134.
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`The parties further agree to file a joint status report concerning their respective positions
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`on whether any of the severed and stayed claims should be reinstated within 14 days from the
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`latter of either (1) the completion of the last appeal (including any petitions for certiorari), or (2)
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`the expiration of the period within which IGT must seek any such appeal.
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`Severing and staying this case will streamline this litigation and preserve the Court’s and
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`parties’ resources. If the appeals result in affirmance, the Court and parties will avoid the need
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`to proceed to trial on the invalidated claims. Murata Mach. USA v. Daifuku Co., 830 F.3d 1357,
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`1362 (Fed. Cir. 2016) (“Attendant to the district court’s inherent power to stay proceedings is the
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`court’s discretionary prerogative to balance considerations beyond those captured by the three-
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`factor stay test. The burden litigation places on the court and the parties … is one such
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`consideration that district courts may rightfully choose to weigh.”). On the other hand, if the
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`Federal Circuit reverses and/or vacates the PTAB’s rulings, then the parties may later proceed
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`with a trial on infringement for the additional patents.
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`The parties thus submit this Joint Motion to Sever and Stay the Claims of the ’089, ’064,
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`and ’212 patents pending completion of any appeals of the Zynga IPRs, with the parties to file a
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`joint status report concerning their respective positions on whether any of the severed and stayed
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`claims should be reinstated within 14 days after the last entered appeal.
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`Dated: July 24, 2022
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/s/ Mark D. Siegmund
`Mark D. Siegmund
`Texas Bar No. 24117055
`CHERRY JOHNSON SIEGMUND JAMES, PLLC
`400 Austin Ave., 9th Floor
`Waco, Texas 76712
`Telephone: 254-732-2242
`Facsimile: 866-627-3509
`msiegmund@cjsjlaw.com
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`Clement Seth Roberts (admitted pro hac vice)
`CA Bar No. 209203
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
`The Orrick Building
`405 Howard Street
`San Francisco, CA 94105
`Telephone: +1 415 773 5700
`Facsimile: +1 415 773 5799
`croberts@orrick.com
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`Alyssa Caridis (admitted pro hac vice)
`CA Bar No. 260103
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
`777 South Figueroa Street, Suite 3200
`Los Angeles, CA 90017
`Telephone: +1 213 629 2020
`Facsimile: +1 213 612 2499
`acaridis@orrick.com
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`Bas de Blank (admitted pro hac vice)
`CA Bar No. 191487
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
`1000 Menlo Road
`Menlo Park, CA 94025
`Telephone: +1 650 614 7343
`Facsimile: +1 415 773 5759
`basdeblank@orrick.com
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`Sten Jensen (admitted pro hac vice)
`DC Bar No. 443300
`Chris Childers (admitted pro hac vice)
`DC Bar No. 1719610
`ORRICK, HERRINGTON & SUTCLIFFE LLP
`Columbia Center
`1152 15th St NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`Telephone: +1 202 339 8400
`Facsimile: +1 202 339 8500
`sjensen@orrick.com
`cchilders@orrick.com
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`Attorneys for Defendant Zynga Inc.
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`By:
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`s/ Leif R. Sigmond, Jr.
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`Deron R. Dacus
`State Bar No. 00790553
`The Dacus Firm, P.C.
`821 ESE Loop 323
`Suite 430
`Tyler, TX 75701
`Telephone: 903-705-1117
`Facsimile: 903-581-2543
`ddacus@dacusfirm.com
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`Leif R. Sigmond Jr.
`Illinois Bar No. 6204980
`Baker & Hostetler LLP
`One North Wacker Drive
`Suite 4500
`Chicago, IL 60606-2841
`Telephone: 312-416-6275
`Facsimile: 312-416-6201
`LSigmond@bakerlaw.com
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`Attorneys for IGT and IGT Canada
`Solutions ULC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I certify that on July 24, 2023, the foregoing document was served upon all counsel of
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`record via the court’s electronic filing system in accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil
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`Procedure.
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`/s/ Mark Siegmund
`Mark Siegmund
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