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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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`TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC
`Petitioner
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`MAGNA ELECTRONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-01685
`Patent 8,710,969
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PROCEEDING
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`JOINT REQUEST THAT SETTLEMENT & LICENSE AGREEMENT BE
`TREATED AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT
`TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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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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`TRW AUTOMOTIVE U.S. LLC
`Petitioner
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`MAGNA ELECTRONICS, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2015-01685
`Patent 8,710,969
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PROCEEDING
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`AND
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`JOINT REQUEST THAT SETTLEMENT & LICENSE AGREEMENT BE
`TREATED AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT
`TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.72, Petitioner TRW
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`Automotive U.S. LLC (“TRW”) and Patent Owner Magna Electronics, Inc.
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`(“Magna”) (collectively, the “Parties”) jointly request termination of Inter Partes
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`Review Case IPR2015-01685.
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`The IPR cases currently pending between the Parties are listed below in
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`Table 1.
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`Table 1: Pending IPRs between the Parties
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`Trial Number
`IPR2015-01693
`IPR2015-01692
`IPR2015-01685
`IPR2015-01013
`IPR2015-01012
`IPR2015-00961
`IPR2015-00960
`IPR2015-00950
`IPR2015-00949
`IPR2015-00923
`IPR2015-00439
`IPR2015-00438
`IPR2015-00437
`IPR2015-00436
`IPR2014-01499
`IPR2014-01497
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`Filing Date Patent
`8/8/2015
`8749367
`8/8/2015
`8749367
`8/7/2015
`8710969
`4/7/2015
`8686840
`4/7/2015
`8686840
`3/27/2015
`8116929
`3/27/2015
`8116929
`3/27/2015
`8636393
`3/27/2015
`8629768
`3/24/2015
`8686840
`12/19/2014 8599001
`12/19/2014 8599001
`12/19/2014 8599001
`12/19/2014 8599001
`9/12/2014
`8531279
`9/12/2014
`8531278
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`On February 10, 2016, the Parties e-mailed the Board to request the Board’s
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`authorization to file joint motions to terminate the IPR Proceedings listed in Table
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`1. The Parties also sought the Board’s authorization to file with the motions to
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`terminate the IPRs requests to treat the written Settlement & License Agreement as
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`business confidential information. The Board, in an e-mail dated February 10,
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`2016, authorized the Parties to file a motion to terminate and a request to treat the
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`written Settlement & License Agreement as business confidential information in
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`Case IPR2015-01685.
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`TRW filed its Petition in Case IPR2015-01685 on August 7, 2015 and
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`challenged certain claims of Magna Patent No. 8,710,969. Magna filed its
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`Preliminary Response (Paper 6) on November 19, 2015. The Board issued its
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`Institution Decision (Paper 7) on February 10, 2016, and instituted trial as to
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`claims 1–11 and 13–23 of the ’969 Patent. Under the Scheduling Order dated
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`February 10, 2016 (Paper 8, p. 6), Magna’s Patent Owner Response is due on May
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`10, 2016.
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`The Parties have settled all of their disputes involving the ’969 Patent, as
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`well as other patents owned by Magna which cover or relate to forward facing
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`camera systems. Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b), the Parties’ Settlement &
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`License Agreement has been made in writing, and a true and correct copy is filed
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`herewith as Exhibit 1010. The Settlement & License Agreement requires the
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`Parties to cooperate to request that the Board terminate all pending TRW IPRs.
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`The Settlement & License Agreement also calls for the dismissal of all pending
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`lawsuits between the Parties that relate to the Magna Patents identified above in
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`Table 1, particularly:
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`• Magna Electronics Inc. v. TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., et al.,
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`No. 1:12-cv-00654 (W.D. Mich.).
`• Magna Electronics Inc. v. TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., et al.,
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`No. 1:13-cv-00324 (W.D. Mich.).
`• Magna Electronics Inc. v. TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., et al.,
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`No 1:13-cv-01364 (W.D. Mich.).
`• Magna Electronics Inc. v. TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., et al.,
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`No. 1:14-cv-00341 (W.D. Mich.).
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`The Trial Practice Guide notes that “[t]here are strong public policy reasons
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`to favor settlement between the parties to a proceeding.” (77 Fed. Reg. 48756,
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`48768 (August 14, 2012)). The Trial Practice Guide further provides that “[t]he
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`Board expects that a proceeding will terminate after the filing of a settlement
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`agreement, unless the Board has already decided the merits of the proceeding [, see
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`] 35 U.S.C. 317(a), as amended, and 35 U.S.C. 327.” Id. The Parties thus request
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`termination of Case IPR2015-01685 with respect to both Magna and TRW. The
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`Parties also request that the Settlement & License Agreement (Ex. 1010) be treated
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`as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b). Because Magna
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`and TRW request this termination as to TRW, no estoppel under 35 U.S.C. §
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`315(e) shall attach to TRW under 35 U.S.C. § 317(a).
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`Respectfully Submitted,
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`By:
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`By:
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`/s/ David K.S. Cornwell
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`/s/ Timothy K. Sendek
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`Timothy K. Sendek, Reg. No. 64,542
`LATHROP & GAGE LLP
`155 N. Upper Wacker Dr. #3050
`Chicago, IL 60606
`(312) 920-3319
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`Counsel for Petitioner
`TRW Automotive U.S. LLC
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`David K.S. Cornwell, Reg. 31,944
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX
`P.L.L.C.
`1100 NEW YORK AVENUE, NW
`WASHINGTON, D.C. 20005
`(202) 371-8645
`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Magna Electronics Inc.
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`Date: February 15, 2016
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`IPR2015-01685
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing JOINT
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`MOTION TO TERMINATE PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317
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`and JOINT REQUEST THAT SETTLEMENT RELATED AGREEMENTS BE
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`TREATED AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION PURSUANT TO
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`35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74 and Exhibit 1010 was served on Patent
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`Owner on February 15, 2016 via email to the attorneys of record at the following
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`addresses:
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`Timothy A. Flory, Esq.
`Terence J. Linn
`Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP
`2851 Carlevoix Drive SE, Suite 207
`Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
`Flory@glbf.com
`Linn@glbf.com
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`David K.S. Cornwell
`Mark W. Rygiel
`Sterne, Kessler, Goldstein & Fox PLLC
`1100 New York Avenue NW
`Washington, DC 20005
`davidc-PTAB@skgf.com
`mrygiel-PTAB@skgf.com
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`/s/ Timothy K. Sendek
`Timothy K. Sendek, Reg. No. 64,542
`LATHROP & GAGE LLP
`155 N. Upper Wacker Dr. #3050
`Chicago, IL 60606
`(312) 920-3319
`Tsendek@lathropgage.com
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