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`Paper 11
`Entered: July 19, 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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`UNIFIED PATENTS INC., DISH NETWORK L.L.C., and
`DIRECTV, LLC,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`QURIO HOLDINGS, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`
`Cases
`IPR2015-01940 (Petitioner UNIFIED PATENTS INC.)
`IPR2016-00005 (Petitioner DISH NETWORK L.L.C.)
`IPR2016-00993 (Petitioner DIRECTV, LLC )
`Patent 8,102,863 B1
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`Before BARBARA A. BENOIT, KERRY BEGLEY, and
`JASON J. CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHUNG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`JUDGMENT
`Granting Request for Adverse Judgment
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b)
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`
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`Cases IPR2015-01940, IPR2016-00005, IPR2016-00993
`Patent 8,102,863 B1
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`I. BACKGROUND
`In Unified Patents Inc. v. Qurio Holdings, Inc., Case IPR2015-01940,
`Petitioner, Unified Patents Inc., filed a corrected Petition for inter partes
`review of claims 1–15 and 17–21 of U.S. Patent No. 8,102,863 B1 (“the
`’863 patent”). Paper 5. Patent Owner, Qurio Holdings, Inc., filed a
`Preliminary Response. Paper 6. On April 13, 2016, we instituted an inter
`partes review of all of the challenged claims. Paper 7. On July 13, 2016,
`Patent Owner filed a Request for Adverse Judgment, asking the Board to
`cancel claims 1–15 and 17–21 of the ’863 patent, which constitute all of the
`claims at issue in IPR2015-01940. Paper 10.
`In DISH Network L.L.C. v. Qurio Holdings, Inc., Case
`IPR2016-00005, Petitioner, DISH Network L.L.C., filed a Petition for inter
`partes review of claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 of the ’863 patent. Paper 1.
`Patent Owner filed a Preliminary Response. Paper 5. On April 4, 2016, we
`instituted an inter partes review of all of the challenged claims. Paper 6. On
`July 13, 2016, Patent Owner filed a Request for Adverse Judgment, asking
`the Board to cancel claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 of the ’863 patent, which
`constitute all of the claims at issue in IPR2016-00005. Paper 10.
`In DIRECTV, LLC v. Qurio Holdings, Inc., Case IPR2016-00993,
`Petitioner, DIRECTV, LLC, filed a Petition for inter partes review of
`claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 of the ’863 patent. Paper 2. Petitioner
`concurrently filed a Motion for Joinder requesting joinder of IPR2016-00993
`with IPR2016-00005. Paper 3. Patent Owner, Qurio Holdings, Inc., filed a
`Preliminary Response. Paper 9. On July 13, 2016, Patent Owner filed a
`Request for Adverse Judgment, asking the Board to cancel claims 17, 18, 20,
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`Cases IPR2015-01940, IPR2016-00005, IPR2016-00993
`Patent 8,102,863 B1
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`and 21 of the ’863 patent, which constitute all of the claims at issue in
`IPR2016-00993. Paper 10.
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`II. DISCUSSION
`A party may request adverse judgment against itself at any time.
`37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b). In IPR2015-01940, IPR2016-00005, and
`IPR2016-00993, Patent Owner requests adverse judgment and the
`cancellation of all of the claims on which inter partes review was instituted
`(IPR2015-01940 and IPR2016-00005) or petitioned (IPR2016-00993).
`Thus, after the cancellation of the specified claims of the ’863 patent, no
`claims would remain in any of the above-captioned inter partes reviews.
`Under these circumstances, the Requests for Adverse Judgment are
`appropriate. Therefore, we grant Patent Owner’s requests and enter
`judgment in IPR2015-01940, IPR2016-00005, and IPR2016-00993 against
`Patent Owner under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b).
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`III. ORDER
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`Accordingly, it is:
`ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Request for Adverse Judgment in
`IPR2015-01940 is granted, and judgment is entered against Patent Owner in
`IPR2015-01940 under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b) with respect to claims 1–15 and
`17–21 of the ’863 patent;
`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Request for Adverse
`Judgment in IPR2016-00005 is granted, and judgment is entered against
`Patent Owner in IPR2016-00005 under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b) with respect to
`claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 of the ’863 patent;
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`Cases IPR2015-01940, IPR2016-00005, IPR2016-00993
`Patent 8,102,863 B1
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Patent Owner’s Request for Adverse
`Judgment in IPR2016-00993 is granted, and judgment is entered against
`Patent Owner in IPR2016-00993 under 37 C.F.R. § 42.73(b) with respect to
`claims 17, 18, 20, and 21 of the ’863 patent;
`FURTHER ORDERED that DIRECTV, LLC’s Petition (Paper 2) and
`Motion for Joinder (Paper 3) filed in IPR2016-00993 are dismissed as moot;
`FURTHER ORDERED that claims 1–15 and 17–21 of U.S. Patent
`No. 8,102,863 B1 are CANCELLED; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that a copy of this Decision is to be entered
`into the file of Cases IPR2015-01940, IPR2016-00005, and IPR2016-00993.
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`Cases IPR2015-01940, IPR2016-00005, IPR2016-00993
`Patent 8,102,863 B1
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`PETITIONER:
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`P. Andrew Riley
`Joshua L. Goldberg
`Christopher C. Johns
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER LLP
`qurio863-ipr@finnegan.com
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`Jonathan Stroud
`UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
`jonathan@unifiedpatents.com
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`Thomas N. Millikan
`Kevin J. Patariu
`Joseph P. Reid
`Bing Ai
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`tmillikan@perkinscoie.com
`kpatariu@perkinscoie.com
`jreid@perkinscoie.com
`ai-ptab@perkinscoie.com
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`Eliot D. Williams
`G. Hopkins Guy III
`Ali Dhanani
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
`eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
`hop.guy@bakerbotts.com
`ali.dhanani@bakerbotts.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Robert P. Renke
`QURIO HOLDINGS, INC.
`robert.renke@flashpoint.com
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