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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,
`Petitioners
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`v.
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`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD.,
`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2017-00660
`U.S. Patent No. 9,241,261
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`JOINT MOTION BY PETITIONERS AND PATENT OWNER TO
`TERMINATE PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO
`35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD” Patent
`Trial and Appeal Board U.S. Patent and
`Trademark Office P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, Petitioners Nokia
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`Solutions and Networks US LLC and Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy (“Nokia”
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`or “Petitioners”) and Patent Owner Huawei Techs. Co. Ltd. (“Huawei”) jointly
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`request termination of the inter partes review of U.S. Patent No. 9,241,261 (“the 261
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`Patent”), Case No. IPR2017-00660, without prejudice, and request
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`that
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`the
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`settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information pursuant to 35
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`U.S.C. § 317(b). The Board authorized the parties to file this Joint Request on
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`December 22, 2017 via e-mail.
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`Patent Owner filed a patent infringement lawsuit alleging infringement of the
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`261 Patent in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas,
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`captioned Huawei Techs. Co. Ltd. v. T-Mobile US Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-57-JRG-
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`RSP. The parties have agreed to the dismissal of all claims in this lawsuit, including
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`those relating to the 261 Patent, and the parties have filed a stipulation and proposed
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`order for dismissal. There is no other litigation or proceeding involving the 261
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`Patent, and no litigation or proceeding is contemplated in the foreseeable future in
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`view of the Litigation Settlement Agreement (Ex. 1100).
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`Termination of Case No. IPR2017-00660 Would Be Appropriate.
`I.
`Termination of IPR2017-00660 by the Board would be appropriate. The
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`parties have executed a settlement agreement that resolves all of their disputes
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`concerning the 261 Patent—expressly including the present IPR—and the Board has
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`not yet conducted an oral hearing. Motions to terminate based on settlement are
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`routinely granted in the post-institution, pre-oral hearing timeframe. See, e.g., Oracle
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`Amer. Inc., et al. v. Realtime Data LLC, Case IPR2016-00373 (PTAB Apr. 11, 2017)
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`(Paper 30 at 3); Nike, Inc. v. Point 3 Basketball, LLC, Case No. IPR2016-00396
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`(PTAB Feb. 22, 2017) (Paper 20 at 3); Amer. Megatrends, Inc., et al. v. Kinglite
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`Holdings Inc., Case IPR2016-00114 (PTAB Dec. 13, 2016) (Paper 22 at 2).
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`Accordingly, good cause exists to terminate the proceedings based on settlement as
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`the Board has not yet conducted an oral hearing or otherwise resolved the merits of
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`the Petition.
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`As set forth in 35 U.S.C. § 317 and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, the agreement has been
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`made in writing in the form of a settlement agreement executed by the parties, and a
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`true and correct copy of that settlement agreement has been filed as Exhibit 1100.
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`The parties hereby represent
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`that
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`the document filed as Exhibit 1100
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`represents all agreements made in connection with, or in contemplation of, the
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`termination of this proceeding. All such agreements have been filed with the Board
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`as required by § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b).
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`As stated in 35 U.S.C. § 317(a), because Nokia and Huawei request this
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`termination, no estoppel under 35 U.S.C. § 315(e) shall attach as to Petitioner Nokia.
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`Submitted concurrently herewith is a request by Nokia and Huawei that the
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`settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information, be kept
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`separate from the file of the involved patents, and be made available only to Federal
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`Government agencies on written request, or to any person on a showing of good
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`cause pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Conclusion
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`Therefore, Nokia and Huawei respectfully request termination of the inter
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`partes review of U.S. Patent No. 9,241,261, Case No. IPR2017-00660, without
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`prejudice.
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`Dated: December 22, 2017
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`Dated: December 22, 2017
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`/ s/ S. Benjamin Pleune
`S. Benjamin Pleune
`Registration No. 52,421
`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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`/s/ W. Karl Renner
`W. Karl Renner
`Registration No. 41,265
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned “JOINT MOTION
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`BY PETITIONERS AND PATENT OWNER TO TERMINATE PROCEEDING”
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`was served in its entirety on December 22, 2017 pursuant to agreement via email to
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`counsel for Huawei at:
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`Roberto Devoto (devoto@fr.com)
`IPR35548-0061IP1@fr.com
`AXF-PTAB@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
`W. Karl Renner
`Jeremy Monaldo (monaldo@fr.com)
`Andrew Patrick
`Ayan Roy-Chowdhury
`Richard A. Sterba
`Brian G. Strand
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`/S. Benjamin Pleune/
`S. Benjamin Pleune, Reg. No. 52,421
`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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