Patent Owner has filed a Preliminary Response in these cases, but the Board has not yet issued institution decisions.
The parties represent that their settlement agreement resolves all underlying disputes with respect to the challenged patent.
Case IRP2018-00470 Case IRP2018-00471 Case IRP2018-00770 Case IRP2018-00771 Patent 6,924,226 B2 The parties also “jointly request that the Board order that in the event a person or entity makes a written request, as stated in 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)(1)-(2), for access to the settlement agreement and/or its associated collateral agreements, that any such written request be served upon the parties on the day the written request is provided to the Board.” IPR2018-00470, Paper 19, 1–2; IPR2018-00471, Paper 17, 1–2; IRP2018- 00770, Paper 7, 1; IRP2018-00771, Paper 7, 1.
We decline to impose upon non-parties an obligation beyond any required by law or regulation.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the Petitions are dismissed; FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ settlement agreement, including the associated collateral agreements, (Exhibits 1038, 1039, and 1040 in IPR2018-00470; Exhibits 1038, 1039, and 1040 in IPR2018-00471; Exhibits 1060, 1061, and 1062 in IRP2018-00770; Exhibits 1060, 1061, and 1062 in IRP2018-00771) shall be treated as business confidential information and kept separate from the files of U.S. Patent No. 6,924,226, and remain designated as “Board and Parties Only.” Case IRP2018-00470 Case IRP2018-00471 Case IRP2018-00770 Case IRP2018-00771 Patent 6,924,226 B2 For PETITIONER: Lori A. Gordon Christian A. Camarce Donald Banowit