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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`INDEED, INC. and MONSTER WORLDWIDE INC.,
`Petitioner,1
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`v.
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`CAREER DESTINATION DEVELOPMENT, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases CBM2014-00068 (Patent 7,424,438 B2)
`CBM2014-00069 (Patent 8,374,901 B2)
`CBM2014-00070 (Patent 8,374,901 B2)
`CBM2014-00077 (Patent 7,424,438 B2)
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, MEREDITH C. PETRAVICK, and JUSTIN
`BUSCH, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73
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`1 In addition, the Ladders.com, Inc. is a real party-in-interest in CBM2014-00069
`and CBM2014-00070.
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`CBM2014-00068 (Patent 7,424,438 B2)
`CBM2014-00069 (Patent 8,374,901 B2)
`CBM2014-00070 (Patent 8,374,901 B2)
`CBM2014-00077 (Patent 7,424,438 B2)
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`On December 4, 2014, the parties informed the Board that the parties had
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`settled the proceedings, along with the related District Court cases, and that the
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`parties sought authorization to file a joint motion to terminate the proceedings. On
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`December 10, 2014, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, the
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`parties filed a joint motion to terminate each proceeding. See, e.g., CBM2014-
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`00068, Paper 18. The parties also filed a joint request in each proceeding to have
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`their agreement treated as confidential business information under 35 U.S.C.
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`§ 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). See, e.g., CBM2014-00068, Paper 19. In each
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`of the joint motions, the parties represent that each of the settlement agreements
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`filed is a true copy and resolves all disputes between the parties. See, e.g.
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`CBM2014-00068 Paper 18, 2.
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`These covered business method patent reviews were instituted on August 20,
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`2014. At this juncture of the proceedings, the Board does not have before it full
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`briefing on the trial issues and the Board has not entered a final decision. Based on
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`the facts of these cases, it is appropriate to enter judgment.2 Therefore, the joint
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`motions to terminate the proceedings are granted.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the parties’ joint requests that the settlement agreements be
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`treated as business confidential information, to be kept separate from the patent file
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`are granted; and
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`2 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination of a
`proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
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`CBM2014-00068 (Patent 7,424,438 B2)
`CBM2014-00069 (Patent 8,374,901 B2)
`CBM2014-00070 (Patent 8,374,901 B2)
`CBM2014-00077 (Patent 7,424,438 B2)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate the proceedings
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`are granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the proceedings are terminated.
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`CBM2014-00068 (Patent 7,424,438 B2)
`CBM2014-00069 (Patent 8,374,901 B2)
`CBM2014-00070 (Patent 8,374,901 B2)
`CBM2014-00077 (Patent 7,424,438 B2)
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`For Petitioner:
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`Brian M. Buroker
`Peter Weinberg
`GIBSON, DUNN & CRUTCHER LLP
`bburoker@gibsondunn.com
`pweinberg@gibsondunn.com
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`For Patent Owner:
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`James J. Kernell
`David L. Marcus
`ERICKSON KERNELL DERUSSEAU
`& KLEYPAS, LLC
`jjk@kcpatentlaw.com
`dmarcus@bmlawkc.com
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