`571-272-7822
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`Paper 50
`Entered: September 3, 2019
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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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`ERICSSON INC. and TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`
`Case IPR2015-01367
`Patent 5,602,831
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`Before BRIAN J. MCNAMARA, DAVID C. MCKONE, and
`JOHN F. HORVATH, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`MCKONE, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Termination of the Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74
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`IPR2015-01367
`Patent 5,602,831
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`I. INTRODUCTION
`The parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding. Paper 49
`(“Motion” or “Mot.”). The parties also filed what they indicate is a true and
`correct copy of a settlement agreement. Ex. 2019 (“Agreement”). In a Joint
`Request, the parties identified the Agreement as business confidential
`information and requested that the Agreement be kept separate from the
`patent file. Paper 47 (“Joint Request”). For the reasons discussed below,
`the Motion and Joint Request are granted.
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`II. ANALYSIS
`We have not decided the merits of this proceeding. The parties
`indicate that they have settled their dispute regarding U.S. Patent
`No. 5,602,831. Mot. 1, 3. The parties filed the Agreement, and represent
`that “[n]o other such agreements, written or oral, exist between or among the
`parties.” Id. at 4. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is
`appropriate to terminate this proceeding. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72. We also
`determine that it is appropriate to treat the Agreement as business
`confidential information to be kept separate from the patent file. See 37
`C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`III. ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate Proceedings is
`granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that this proceeding is terminated as to all
`parties;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Request to treat the Settlement
`Agreement (Ex. 2019) as business confidential information to be kept
`separate from the patent file is granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Settlement Agreement (Ex. 2019) be
`kept separate from the patent file.
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`PETITIONER:
`Steven Spears
`sspears@bakerlaw.com
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`Gregory Matthew McCloskey
`gmm@c-m.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Lori Gordon
`lgordon-PTAB@skgf.com
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`Byron Pickard
`bpickard-ptab@sternekessler.com
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`James Hietala
`jhietala@intven.com
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`Tim Seeley
`tim@intven.com
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`Steven Peters
`speters-PTAB@skgf.com
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