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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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`AT&T SERVICES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`CONVERGENT MEDIA SOLUTIONS LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2016-01814
`Case IPR2017-012371
`Patent No. 8,914,840 B2
`Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BROWSING
`USING ALTERNATIVE LINKBASES
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`JOINT MOTION TO TERMINATE PETITIONER
`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(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(a), Petitioner AT&T
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`Services, Inc. (“AT&T”) and Patent Owner Convergent Media Solutions LLC
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`(“Convergent”) (collectively, the “Parties”) jointly request termination with
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`respect to Petitioner AT&T in the inter partes review of U.S. Patent No.
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`8,914,840 (“the ’840 Patent”). The filing of this request was authorized by
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`Supervisory Paralegal Andrew Kellogg on June 5, 2017.
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`This inter partes review is still in its early stages. Convergent has not yet
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`filed its Patent Owner Response, which is presently due June 6, 2017. Thus, the
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`Board has not yet decided the merits of the proceeding.
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`AT&T and Convergent have reached a Settlement Agreement to end their
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`disputes in this proceeding, a related IPR proceeding (No. IPR2017-01235 (joined
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`with No. 2016-01761)), and the underlying litigation in the Northern District of
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`Texas (Case No. 3:15-cv-2156-M, captioned Convergent Media Solutions, LLC v.
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`AT&T Services, Inc.).
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`The Parties’ Settlement Agreement has been made in writing, and a true
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`and correct copy shall be filed with this Office as business confidential
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`information pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b). There are no collateral agreements or
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`understandings made in connection with, or in contemplation of, the termination
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`of this proceeding. As stated in 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), because AT&T and
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`Convergent request this termination as to Petitioner AT&T, no estoppel under 35
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`U.S.C. § 315(e) shall attach to AT&T.
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`For the foregoing reasons, AT&T and Convergent respectfully request
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`termination with respect to Petitioner AT&T in the inter partes review of U.S.
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`Patent No. 8,914,840, Case No. IPR2017-01237 (joined with Case IPR2016-
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`01814).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
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`/s/Kurt Pankratz/
`Lead Counsel
`Kurt Pankratz (Reg. No. 46,977)
`2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 600
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`kurt.pankratz@bakerbotts.com
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`Back-up Counsel
`Roger Fulghum (Reg. No. 39,678)
`One Shell Plaza
`910 Louisiana Street
`Houston, Texas 77002
`roger.fulghum@bakerbotts.com
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`Eliot Williams (Reg. No. 50,822)
`1001 Page Mill Road
`Building One, Suite 200
`Palo Alto, California 94304-1007
`eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
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`Brian Johnston (Reg. No. 69,041)
`2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 600
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`brian.johnston@bakerbotts.com
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`Attorneys for AT&T Services, Inc.
`/s/ Matthew C. Juren
`Matthew C. Juren
`Registration No. 68,233
`Attorney for Patent Owner
`NELSON BUMGARDNER, P.C.
`3131 W. 7th Street, Suite 300
`Fort Worth, Texas 76107
`Telephone: (817) 377-9111
`Facsimile: (817) 377-3485
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`Attorneys for Convergent Media
`Solutions, LLC
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`In accordance with 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), the undersigned certifies that on
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`the 5th day of June, 2017, a complete and entire copy of JOINT MOTION TO
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`TERMINATE PETITIONER PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 317 AND 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74 was served, via email upon counsel for Convergent Media
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`Matthew C. Juren
`Barry J. Bumgardner
`NELSON BUMGARDNER, P.C.
`3131 W. 7th Street, Suite 300
`Fort Worth, Texas 76107
`barry@nelbum.com
`matthew@nelbum.com
`CMS-IPR@nelbum.com
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
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`/s/Kurt Pankratz/
`Lead Counsel
`Kurt Pankratz (Reg. No. 46,977)
`2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 600
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`kurt.pankratz@bakerbotts.com
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`Back-up Counsel
`Roger Fulghum (Reg. No. 39,678)
`One Shell Plaza
`910 Louisiana Street
`Houston, Texas 77002
`roger.fulghum@bakerbotts.com
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`Eliot Williams (Reg. No. 50,822)
`1001 Page Mill Road
`Building One, Suite 200
`Palo Alto, California 94304-1007
`eliot.williams@bakerbotts.com
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`Brian Johnston (Reg. No. 69,041)
`2001 Ross Avenue, Suite 600
`Dallas, Texas 75201
`brian.johnston@bakerbotts.com
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`Attorneys for AT&T Services, Inc.
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`Dated:
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