On April 28, 2014, the parties filed joint motions to terminate the trial in each of the instant proceedings under 35 U.S.C. § 317(a).2 Along with the motions, the parties filed copies of a document they describe as the written settlement agreement,3 as well as separate joint requests to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential information under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).4 As the motions and exhibits in all three proceedings are substantially similar, we refer herein to the papers filed in IPR2014-00229 for convenience.
Patent Owner has filed preliminary responses in each of the instant proceedings.5 The Board, however, has not determined whether trial will be instituted for any of the requests for inter partes review.
Cases IPR2014-00229, -230, -231 Patents 6,131,121, 6,108,704, 6,009,464 Petitioner as respondents in Certain Point-to-Point Network Communication Devices and Products Containing Same, Inv. No. 337-TA-892 (U.S.I.T.C.) and Straight Path IP Group, Inc. v. Sony Corp., No. 1:13-cv-01071-AJT (E.D.
Accordingly, it is: ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate these proceedings are granted, and that these proceedings are hereby terminated as to all parties, including Petitioner and Patent Owner; FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint requests that the settlement agreement (Ex. 1047) be treated as business confidential information, kept separate from the file of the involved patents, and made available only to Federal
Cases IPR2014-00229, -230, -231 Patents 6,131,121, 6,108,704, 6,009,464 Government agencies on written request, or to any person on a showing of good cause under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), are granted.