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`Paper 10
`Entered: November 17, 2014
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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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`PARROT S.A. and PARROT, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`DRONE TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00730 (Patent 7,584,071 B2)
`Case IPR2014-00732 (Patent 8,106,748 B2)1
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`Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, MATTHEW R. CLEMENTS, and
`CHRISTOPHER M. KAISER, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CLEMENTS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceedings
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`1 We exercise our discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each case. The
`parties are not authorized to use this style heading for any subsequent
`papers.
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`IPR2014-00730 (Patent 7,584,071 B2)
`IPR2014-00732 (Patent 8,106,748 B2)
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`An initial conference call in the above proceeding was held on
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`November 14, 2014, between respective counsel for the parties and Judges
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`Blankenship, Clements, and Kaiser. Prior to the call, neither party filed a
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`proposed motions list. The following issues were discussed.
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`Scheduling Order
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`Currently, neither party seeks changes to the Scheduling Order. To
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`the extent that issues arise with DUE DATES 1–5, the parties are reminded
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`that, without obtaining prior authorization from the Board, they may
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`stipulate to different dates for DATES 1–5, as provided in the Scheduling
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`Order, by filing an appropriate notice with the Board. The parties may not
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`stipulate to any other changes to the Scheduling Order.
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`Discovery
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`The parties are reminded of the discovery provisions of 37 C.F.R.
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`§§ 42.51–52 and the Office Patent Trial Practice Guide. 77 Fed. Reg.
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`48,761–62 (Aug. 14, 2012). Discovery requests and objections are not to be
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`filed with the Board without prior authorization. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.64. If
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`the parties are unable to resolve discovery issues between them, the parties
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`may request a conference with the Board.
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`Settlement
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`In the event that the parties wish to terminate this proceeding pursuant
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`to a settlement, they should request a conference with the Board.
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`IPR2014-00730 (Patent 7,584,071 B2)
`IPR2014-00732 (Patent 8,106,748 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`James Hopenfeld
`hopenfeld@oshaliang.com
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`Tammy Terry
`terry@oshaliang.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`James Dilmore
`jdilmore@beckthomas.com
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`Gene Tabachnick
`gtabachnick@beckthomas.com
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