`IPR2016-01573
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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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`CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS RF LLC, CORNING
`INCORPORATED, AND CORNING OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS LLC,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`PPC BROADBAND, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
`__________
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`Case IPR2016-01573
`Patent 8,075,338
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PROCEEDING
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317(a)
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`Patent No. 8,075,338
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), Patent Owner, PPC Broadband, Inc.
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`(“PPC”), and Petitioners, Corning Optical Communications RF LLC, Corning
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`Incorporated, and Corning Optical Communications LLC, jointly move to
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`terminate this inter partes review (“IPR”) of U.S. Patent No. 8,075,338 (“’338
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`Patent”) due to settlement. Authorization for this motion was granted by the Board
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`in an email dated January 5, 2017.
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`I.
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`BRIEF STATEMENT OF WHY TERMINATION IS APPROPRIATE
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`Termination of this IPR is appropriate because the parties have settled their
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`dispute concerning the ‘338 Patent (and other patents) in a confidential Settlement
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`Agreement. (Exhibit 2031.)1 The Settlement Agreement is executed by Patent
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`Owner and Petitioner Corning Optical Communications RF LLC, and requires that
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`the parties jointly request termination of this IPR. (Exhibit 2031 ¶ 2.3.2.)
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`Petitioners Corning Incorporated and Corning Optical Communications LLC agree
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`to the termination of this IPR pursuant to the Settlement Agreement.
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`1 As authorized by the Board in its January 5, 2017 email, the parties have
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`concurrently filed a Joint Request to Treat Settlement Agreement as Business
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`Confidential Information Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R § 42.74(c).
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`The Settlement Agreement has been filed with the Board using the Patent Trial and
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`Appeal Board’s End to End (E2E) System with access provided to the “Parties and
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`Board only.”
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`Termination of this IPR is also appropriate since the proceeding is at an
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`early stage and has not been instituted. Petitioners filed their petition for IPR on
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`August 9, 2016. Patent Owner timely filed its Preliminary Patent Owner Response
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`on November 17, 2016. The Board has yet to issue its decision on whether to
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`institute the proceeding, which would be due on February 17, 2017.
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`II.
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`STATUS OF LITIGATION PROCEEDING(S) INVOLVING THE ‘338
`PATENT
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`The ‘338 Patent was involved in the following pending litigation between
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`the parties: PPC Broadband, Inc. v. Corning Optical Communications RF, LLC,
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`Case No. 5:16-00162 (N.D.N.Y.). Pursuant to the Settlement Agreement (Exhibit
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`2031 ¶¶ 1.5, 2.3.1), all claims in this litigation involving the ‘338 Patent have been
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`dismissed with prejudice as ordered by the Court on January 3, 2017. (Exhibit
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`2032.)
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`The ‘338 Patent is not involved in any other litigation. As requested by the
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`Board, the parties also confirm that no other litigation involving the ‘338 Patent is
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`contemplated in the foreseeable future.
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`III.
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`STATUS OF U.S. PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`PROCEEDINGS INVOLVING THE ‘338 PATENT
`The ‘338 Patent is also being challenged by Petitioners in Inter Partes
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`Review Case IPR2016-01569. The parties are concurrently filing a joint motion to
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`terminate this related proceeding.
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`The ‘338 Patent is not involved in any other U.S. Patent and Trademark
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`Office proceeding. As requested by the Board, the parties also confirm that no
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`other U.S. Patent and Trademark Office proceeding involving the ‘338 Patent is
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`contemplated in the foreseeable future.
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`IV. THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b), the Settlement
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`Agreement (Exhibit 2031) is in writing and a true copy has been filed with the
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`Board using the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s End to End (E2E) System. The
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`parties certify that there are no other collateral agreements referred to in the
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`Settlement Agreement or understandings made in connection with, or in
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`contemplation of, the termination of this IPR.
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`Date: January 12, 2017
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/ Denis J. Sullivan /
`Denis J. Sullivan (Reg. No. 47,980)
`BARCLAY DAMON, LLP
`Barclay Damon Tower
`125 East Jefferson Street
`Syracuse, NY 13202
`Tel.: (315) 425-2700
`dsullivan@barlcaydamon.com
`Attorneys for Patent Owner
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`/ Todd R. Walters /
`Todd R. Walters, Esq. (Reg. No. 34,040)
`BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
`1737 King Street, Suite 500
`Alexandria, VA 22314
`Tel.: (703) 836-6620
`todd.walters@bipc.com
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that, on January 12,
`2017, the JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO 35
`U.S.C. § 317(a) along with any exhibits cited therein, were electronically filed
`through the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s End to End (E2E) System, and were
`served via electronic mail in their entirety on the following:
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`Todd R. Walters, Esq.
`BUCHANAN INGERSOLL & ROONEY PC
`1737 King Street, Suite 500
`Alexandria, VA 22314
`Tel.: (703) 836-6620
`todd.walters@bipc.com
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`/ Denis J. Sullivan /
`Denis J. Sullivan (Reg. No. 47,980)
`BARCLAY DAMON, LLP
`Barclay Damon Tower
`125 East Jefferson Street
`Syracuse, NY 13202
`Tel.: (315) 425-2700
`dsullivan@barlcaydamon.com