`Tel: 571-272-7822
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`Paper 22
`Entered: December 7, 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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`iHEARTMEDIA, INC.,
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`Petitioner
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`DTS, INC.
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`Patent Owner.
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`Case CBM2016-00010
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`Patent 7,908,172
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`Before MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, and MINN
`CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`TIERNEY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`37 C.F.R. 42.5
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`CBM2016-00010
`Patent 7,908,172
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`A conference call was held on November 18, 2016 including Patent
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`Owner Impulse Radio LLC (“Impulse”) and Petitioner iHeart Media, Inc.
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`During the call, Impulse Radio LLC represented that DTS Inc. is now the
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`owner of the challenged patent and requested authorization to substitute
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`DTS Inc. (“DTS”) in place of Impulse Radio. Mandatory Notices, Paper 19.
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`Petitioner did not oppose Impulse’s request. Based on the facts presented,
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`the Board authorized DTS and Impulse’s request.
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`DTS has submitted updated mandatory notices informing the Board
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`that DTS is now the patent owner in the current proceeding and has moved
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`to substitute its counsel for that of Impulse. Papers 19 and 20. The caption
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`of the proceeding has been changed to reflect the change in ownership of the
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`challenged patent and the substitution of DTS’s counsel for that of Impulse’s
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`is granted.
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`Additionally, during the conference call, DTS and Petitioner
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`represented that the parties were engaged in settlement negotiations.
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`PETITIONER:
`Marc Pensabene
`mpensabene@omm.com
`Brian Cook
`bcook@omm.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Daniel Albers
`dalbers@btlaw.com
`Steven Shipe
`steven.shipe@btlaw.com