`571-272-7822
`
`Paper No. 18
`Date Entered: July 21, 2017
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CoO., LTD. and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERCIA,INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`V.
`
`IMAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`
`Case IPR2017-00347
`Patent 8,805,001 B2
`
`Before JONI Y. CHANG, MICHAELR. ZECHER,and
`JESSICA C. KAISER,Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`KAISER, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`DECISION
`Granting Parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate Trial
`35 US.C. $ 317 and 37 CFR. § 42.72
`
`
`
`IPR2017-00347
`Patent 8,805,001 B2
`
`I. DISCUSSION
`
`On July 20, 2017, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate this
`proceeding (Paper 16), a true copy ofthe parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 2006),
`and a requestto treat the settlement agreementas business confidential information
`
`under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 17).
`
`Thetrialis still in its preliminary stages. On May25, 2017, we entered a
`
`decision instituting an inter partes review of claims 1+ of U.S. Patent No.
`
`8,805,001 B2 (Ex. 1001, “the °001 patent’). Paper 12. Although we have
`
`instituted a trial, Patent Owner, Image Processing Technologies LLC, hasnotfiled
`
`a responseto the Petition, nor has Petitioner, Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd.
`
`and SamsungElectronics America,Inc., filed a reply.
`
`In the Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding, the parties indicate that
`
`they havesettled their dispute regarding the ’001 patent. Paper 16, 1. According
`to the parties, terminating this proceedingat this early juncture would promote
`efficiency, preserve Board resources, and minimize unnecessary costs. Id. We
`agree with the parties in this regard. Consequently, we determine thatit is
`appropriate to terminate the trial without rendering any further decisions.
`See 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
`
`In consideration of the foregoing,it is hereby:
`
`II. ORDER
`
`ORDEREDthat the parties’ request to treat the settlement agreement
`(Ex. 2006) as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37
`
`C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is GRANTED; and
`FURTHER ORDEREDthatthe Joint Motion to Terminate this proceedingis
`
`GRANTED,andthis proceeding is hereby terminated.
`
`
`
`IPR2017-00347
`Patent 8,805,001 B2
`
`For PETITIONER:
`
`John Kappos
`Nicholas J. Whilt
`Brian M. Cook
`O’Melveny & Myers LLP
`jkappos@omm.com
`nwhilt@omm.com
`bcook@omm.com
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Chris Coulson
`Michael Zachary
`Mark Chapman
`Rose Cordero Prey
`Andrews Kurth Kenyon LLP
`Chris.Coulson@AndrewsKurthKenyon.com
`MichaelZachary@AndrewsKurthKenyon.com
`MarkChapman@AndrewsKurthKenyon.com
`RosePrey@AndrewsKurthKenyon.com
`
`
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