`571-272-7822
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`Paper 43
`Entered: December 21, 2015
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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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`SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS (USA) INC., SONY MOBILE
`COMMUNICATIONS AB, SONY MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS, INC.,
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`SONY ELECTRONICS, INC., SONY CORP. OF AMERICA, and
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`SONY CORP.,
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`Petitioner,
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`V.
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`ADAPTIX, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-01525
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`Patent 7,454,212 B2
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, and
`JUSTIN BUSCH, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BLANKENSHIP, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`IUDGMENT
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`Termination Pursuant to Settlement
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5, 42. 71, 42. 73, 42.74
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`On December 9, 2015, Petitioner and Patent Owner filed a Joint
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`Motion to Terminate. Paper 37. Along with the Motion, the parties filed a
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`copy of their Settlement Agreement, made in connection with the
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`termination of this case, in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b). Ex. 1026.
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`The parties submitted a joint request that the Settlement Agreement be
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`treated as business confidential information and kept separate from the files
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`of the patent at issue, U.S. Patent No. 7,454,212 B2 (“the ’212 patent”),
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`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Paper 38. The parties also filed a copy of their
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`Binding Term Sheet and a joint request that the Term Sheet be treated as
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`business confidential information and kept separate from the ’212 patent
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`files. Ex. 1027; Paper 41. For the reasons set forth below, the Joint Motion
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`to Terminate and the joint requests are granted.
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`The Board generally expects that a case “will terminate after the filing
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`of a settlement agreement, unless the Board has already decided the merits.”
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`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,768 (Aug. 14,
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`2012); see 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. In their joint motion to terminate, the parties
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`indicate that the Settlement Agreement resolves all disputes between them
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`involving the patent-at-issue in this case. Paper 37, 2. Upon consideration
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`of the facts before us, we determine that it is appropriate to terminate this
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`case and enter judgment, without rendering a final written decision. See
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a), 42.73(a), 42.74. We, therefore, grant the
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`Joint Motion to Terminate. Paper 37.
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`We also determine that the parties have complied with the
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`requirements of 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) to have the Settlement Agreement and
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`Binding Term Sheet treated as business confidential information and kept
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`separate from the files of the ’212 patent. Thus, we grant the joint requests.
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`Papers 38, 41.
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`For the foregoing reasons, it is:
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`ORDER
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`ORDERED that the joint requests that the Settlement Agreement and
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`Binding Term Sheet be treated as business confidential information and kept
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`separate Under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Papers 38, 41) are granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate (Paper 37)
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`is granted and this proceeding is terminated.
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`IPR2014-01525
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`Patent 7,454,212 B2
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`PETITIONER:
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`L. Scott Bloebaum
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`scottb1oebaum@andrewsku1th.com
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`Scott McKeown
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`cpdocketmckeown@ob1on.corn
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`Amedeo Ferraro
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`aferraro@ma1tinfe1raro.com
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`Wesley Meinerding
`Wmeinerding@martinfe1raro.corn