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`Paper 11
`Entered: July 19, 2016
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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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`
`DISH NETWORK L.L.C. and
`DIRECTV, LLC,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
`
`QURIO HOLDINGS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`
`
`Cases
`IPR2016-00080 (Petitioner DISH NETWORK L.L.C.)
`IPR2016-00994 (Petitioner DIRECTV, LLC )
`Patent 8,879,567 B1
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`
`
`Before BARBARA A. BENOIT, KERRY BEGLEY, and
`JASON J. CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`BEGLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
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`JUDGMENT
`Granting Request for Adverse Judgment
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)
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`
`
`Cases IPR2016-00080 and IPR2016-00994
`Patent 8,879,567 B1
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`I. BACKGROUND
`In DISH Network L.L.C. v. Qurio Holdings, Inc., Case
`IPR2016-00080, Petitioner, DISH Network L.L.C., filed a Petition for inter
`partes review of claims 20, 21, 24, and 25 of U.S. Patent No. 8,879,567 B1
`(“the ’567 patent”). Paper 1. Patent Owner filed a Preliminary Response.
`Paper 5. On April 25, 2016, we instituted an inter partes review of all of the
`challenged claims. Paper 6. On July 13, 2016, Patent Owner filed a Request
`for Adverse Judgment, asking the Board to cancel claims 20, 21, 24, and 25
`of the ’567 patent, which constitute all of the claims at issue in
`IPR2016-00080. Paper 10.
`In DIRECTV, LLC v. Qurio Holdings, Inc., Case IPR2016-00994,
`Petitioner, DIRECTV, LLC, filed a Petition for inter partes review of
`claims 20, 21, 24, and 25 of the ’567 patent. Paper 2. Petitioner
`concurrently filed a Motion for Joinder requesting joinder of IPR2016-00994
`with IPR2016-00080. Paper 3. Patent Owner, Qurio Holdings, Inc., filed a
`Preliminary Response. Paper 9. On July 13, 2016, Patent Owner filed a
`Request for Adverse Judgment, asking the Board to cancel claims 20, 21, 24,
`and 25 of the ’567 patent, which constitute all of the claims at issue in
`IPR2016-00994. Paper 10.
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`II. DISCUSSION
`A party may request adverse judgment against itself at any time.
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b). In IPR2016-00080 and IPR2016-00994, Patent Owner
`requests adverse judgment and the cancellation of all of the claims on which
`inter partes review was instituted (IPR2016-00080) or requested
`(IPR2016-00994). Thus, after the cancellation of the specified claims of the
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`Cases IPR2016-00080 and IPR2016-00994
`Patent 8,879,567 B1
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`’567 patent, no claims would remain in either of the above-captioned inter
`partes reviews. Under these circumstances, the Requests for Adverse
`Judgment are appropriate. Therefore, we grant Patent Owner’s requests and
`enter judgment in IPR2016-00080 and IPR2016-00994 against Patent Owner
`under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b).
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`III. ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Request for Adverse Judgment in
`IPR2016-00080 is granted, and judgment is entered against Patent Owner in
`IPR2016-00080 under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b) with respect to claims 20, 21,
`24, and 25 of the ’567 patent;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Request for Adverse
`Judgment in IPR2016-00994 is granted, and judgment is entered against
`Patent Owner in IPR2016-00994 under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b) with respect to
`claims 20, 21, 24, and 25 of the ’567 patent;
`FURTHER ORDERED that DIRECTV, LLC’s Petition (Paper 2) and
`Motion for Joinder (Paper 3) filed in IPR2016-00994 are dismissed as moot;
`FURTHER ORDERED that claims 20, 21, 24, and 25 of U.S. Patent
`No. 8,879,567 B1 are CANCELLED; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Decision is to be entered
`into the file of Cases IPR2016-00080 and IPR2016-00994.
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`Cases IPR2016-00080 and IPR2016-00994
`Patent 8,879,567 B1
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`PETITIONER:
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`Eliot D. Williams
`G. Hopkins Guy III
`Ali Dhanani
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
`eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
`hop.guy@bakerbotts.com
`ali.dhanani@bakerbotts.com
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`Thomas N. Millikan
`Kevin J. Patariu
`Joseph P. Reid
`Bing Ai
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`tmillikan@perkinscoie.com
`kpatariu@perkinscoie.com
`jreid@perkinscoie.com
`ai-ptab@perkinscoie.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Robert P. Renke
`QURIO HOLDINGS, INC.
`robert.renke@flashpoint.com
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