`571-272-7822
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`Paper No. 9
`Entered: July 28, 2017
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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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`NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS US LLC, and
`NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-00660
`Patent 9,241,261 B2
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`Before JENNIFER MEYER CHAGNON,
`MICHELLE N. WORMMEESTER, and CHRISTA P. ZADO,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHAGNON, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`CASE MANAGEMENT
`AND SCHEDULING ORDER
`37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`I. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
`1. Initial Conference Call
`Unless at least one of the parties requests otherwise, we will not
`conduct an initial conference call as described in the Office Patent Trial
`Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48,756, 48,765–66 (Aug. 14, 2012). The
`parties are directed to contact the Board within one month of this Order if
`there is a need to discuss proposed changes to the schedule or any proposed
`motions. See 77 Fed. Reg. at 48,765–66 (guidance in preparing for the
`initial conference call). To request an initial conference call, the parties
`should submit to Trials@uspto.gov a list of dates and times when they are
`available for a call.
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`2. Conference Calls with the Board
`In any request for a conference call with the Board to resolve a
`dispute, the requesting party shall: (a) certify that it has conferred with the
`other party in an effort to resolve the dispute; (b) identify with specificity the
`issues for which agreement has not been reached; (c) identify the precise
`relief to be sought; and (d) propose specific dates and times at which both
`parties are available for the conference call. Prior to contacting the Board,
`however, we encourage the parties to resolve any disputes arising in the
`proceeding on their own and in accordance with the precepts set forth in
`37 C.F.R. § 42.1(b).
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`3. Confidential Information
`A protective order does not exist in this proceeding unless the parties
`file one and the Board approves it. If either party files a motion to seal
`before entry of a protective order, a jointly proposed protective order should
`be presented as an exhibit to the motion. The parties are encouraged to
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`adopt the Board’s default protective order if they conclude that a protective
`order is necessary. See 77 Fed. Reg. at 48,771 (App. B, Default Protective
`Order). If the parties choose to propose a protective order deviating from
`the default protective order, they must submit the proposed protective order
`jointly.
`The parties must file confidential information using the appropriate
`availability indicator in the Board’s electronic filing system (e.g., “Board
`and Parties Only”), regardless of whose confidential information it is. It is
`the responsibility of the party whose confidential information is at issue, not
`necessarily the proffering party, to file the motion to seal, unless the party
`whose confidential information is at issue is not a party to this proceeding.
`Any motion to seal must include a certification that the moving party has in
`good faith conferred or attempted to confer with other affected parties in an
`effort to resolve any dispute. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.54(a).
`The Board has a strong interest in the public availability of the
`proceedings. Redactions should be limited strictly to isolated passages
`consisting entirely of confidential information. The thrust of the underlying
`argument or evidence must be clearly discernable from the redacted version.
`Information subject to a protective order will become public if
`identified in a final written decision in this proceeding. A motion to
`expunge the information will not necessarily prevail over the public interest
`in maintaining a complete and understandable file history. See 77 Fed. Reg.
`at 48,761.
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`4. Motion to Amend
`Although the filing of a Motion to Amend is authorized under our
`Rules, Patent Owner must confer with the Board before filing any Motion to
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`Amend. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.121(a). We strongly encourage the parties to
`arrange for such a conference call with the Board no less than ten (10)
`business days prior to the due date for filing the Motion to Amend. The
`parties also are directed to the Board’s website for representative decisions
`relating to Motions to Amend among other topics. The parties may access
`these representative decisions at:
`http://www.uspto.gov/ip/boards/bpai/representative_orders_and_opinions.jsp.
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`5. Depositions
`The parties are advised that the Testimony Guidelines appended to the
`Office Patent Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. at 48,772–73 (App. D),
`apply to this proceeding. The Board may impose an appropriate sanction for
`failure to adhere to the Testimony Guidelines. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.12. For
`example, reasonable expenses and attorneys’ fees incurred by any party may
`be levied on a person who impedes, delays, or frustrates the fair examination
`of a witness.
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`6. Cross-Examination
`Except as the parties might otherwise agree, for each due date—
`a. Cross-examination begins after any supplemental evidence is
`due. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2).
`b. Cross-examination ends no later than a week before the filing
`date for any paper in which the cross-examination testimony is expected
`to be used. See id.
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`7. Motion for Observation on Cross-Examination
`A motion for observation on cross-examination provides the parties
`with a mechanism to draw the Board’s attention to relevant
`cross-examination testimony of a reply witness because no further
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`substantive paper is permitted after the reply. See 77 Fed. Reg. at 48,768.
`The observation must be a concise statement of the relevance of precisely
`identified testimony to a precisely identified argument or portion of an
`exhibit. Each observation should not exceed a single, short paragraph. The
`opposing party may respond to the observation. Any response must be
`equally concise and specific.
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`II. DUE DATES
`This order sets due dates for the parties to take action after institution
`of the proceeding. The parties may stipulate to different dates for DUE
`DATES 1 through 5 (earlier or later, but no later than DUE DATE 6). A
`notice of the stipulation, specifically identifying the changed due dates, must
`be promptly filed. The parties may not stipulate to an extension of DUE
`DATES 6 and 7.
`Regardless of whether the parties stipulate to a change of DUE
`DATE 4, for Board planning purposes, requests for oral argument must be
`filed no later than the date set forth in this order for DUE DATE 4.
`In stipulating to different times, the parties should consider the effect
`of the stipulation on times to object to evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1)), to
`supplement evidence (37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(2)), to conduct
`cross-examination (37 C.F.R. § 42.53(d)(2)), and to draft papers depending
`on the evidence and cross-examination testimony.
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`1. DUE DATE 1
`The patent owner may file—
`a. A response to the petition (37 C.F.R. § 42.120), and
`b. A motion to amend the patent (37 C.F.R. § 42.121).
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`The patent owner must file any such response or motion to amend by DUE
`DATE 1. If the patent owner elects not to file anything, the patent owner
`must arrange a conference call with the parties and the Board. The patent
`owner is cautioned that any arguments for patentability not raised in the
`response will be deemed waived.
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`2. DUE DATE 2
`The petitioner must file any reply to the patent owner’s response and
`opposition to the motion to amend by DUE DATE 2.
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`3. DUE DATE 3
`The patent owner must file any reply to the petitioner’s opposition to
`patent owner’s motion to amend by DUE DATE 3.
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`4. DUE DATE 4
`a. Each party must file any motion for an observation on the
`cross-examination testimony of a reply witness (see section A.7, above) by
`DUE DATE 4.
`b. Each party must file any motion to exclude evidence (37 C.F.R
`§ 42.64(c)) by DUE DATE 4.
`c. Each party must file any request for oral argument (37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.70(a)) by DUE DATE 4. As noted above, DUE DATE 4 is not
`extendible with respect to any request for oral argument.
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`5. DUE DATE 5
`a. Each party must file any response to an observation on cross-
`examination testimony by DUE DATE 5.
`b. Each party must file any opposition to a motion to exclude
`evidence by DUE DATE 5.
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`6. DUE DATE 6
`Each party must file any reply for a motion to exclude evidence by
`DUE DATE 6.
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`7. DUE DATE 7
`The oral argument (if requested by either party) is set for DUE
`DATE 7.
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`DUE DATE APPENDIX
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`DUE DATE 1 ...................................................................... October 30, 2017
`Patent owner’s response to the petition
`Patent owner’s motion to amend the patent
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`DUE DATE 2 ....................................................................... January 29, 2018
`Petitioner’s reply to patent owner’s response to petition
`Petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 3 ..................................................................... February 28, 2018
`Patent owner’s reply to petitioner’s opposition to motion to amend
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`DUE DATE 4 ......................................................................... March 21, 2018
`Motion for observation regarding cross-examination of reply witness
`Motion to exclude evidence
`Request for oral argument
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`DUE DATE 5 .............................................................................. April 4, 2018
`Response to observation
`Opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 6 ........................................................................... April 11, 2018
`Reply to opposition to motion to exclude
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`DUE DATE 7 ........................................................................... April 26, 2018
`Oral argument (if requested)
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`PETITIONER:
`S. Benjamin Pleune
`Ross R. Barton
`Samuel C. Merritt
`John D. Haynes
`Scott Stevens
`Robert J. Caison
`J. Ravindra Fernando
`Christopher Douglas
`Derek S. Neilson
`Michael Deane
`ALSTON & BIRD
`ben.pleune@alston.com
`ross.barton@alston.com
`sam.merritt@alston.com
`john.haynes@alston.com
`scott.stevens@alston.com
`robert.caison@alston.com
`ravi.fernando@alston.com
`christopher.douglas@alston.com
`derek.neilson@alston.com
`Michael.deane@alston.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
`Robert Devoto
`W. Karl Renner
`Jeremy Monaldo
`Andrew Patrick
`Ayan Roy-Chowdhury
`Richard A. Sterba
`Brian G. Strand
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`devoto@fr.com
`AXF-PTAB@fr.com
`jjm@fr.com
`patrick@fr.com
`roy-chowdhury@fr.com
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`strand@fr.com
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