`Trials@uspto.gov
`Entered: December 7, 2017
`Tel: 571.272.7822
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
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`GLOBAL TEL*LINK CORPORATION and DSI-ITI, LLC, 1
`Patent Owners.
`____________
`PGR2016-00044 (Patent 9,225,838), CBM2017-00034 (Patent 7,783,021),
`IPR2017-01177 (Patent 9,521,250), IPR2017-01279 (Patent 9,509,856),
`PGR2017-00005 (Patent 9,307,386), IPR2017-01606 (Patent 7,123,704),
`IPR2017-02169 (Patent 7,826,604), IPR2017-02203 (Patent 6,895,086)2
`
`
`Before KEVIN F. TURNER, MICHAEL W. KIM, THOMAS L.
`GIANNETTI, BARBARA A. BENOIT, GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, and
`MATTHEW S. MEYERS, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`
`TURNER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`
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`DECISION
`Granting Joint Motion to Terminate Proceedings Pursuant to Settlement
`35 U.S.C. §§ 317(a), 327(a) and 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72–42.74
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`1 The parties acknowledge that DSI-ITI, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary
`of Global Tel*Link Corporation.
`2 We use this caption in this paper to indicate that this Order applies to, and
`is entered in, all of the indicated cases. The parties are not authorized to use
`this caption.
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`
`
`Cases PGR2016-00044, CBM2017-00034, IPR2017-01177, IPR2017-01279,
`PGR2017-00005, IPR2017-01606, IPR2017-02169, IPR2017-02203
`Patents 9,225,838; 7,783,021; 9,521,250; 9,509,856; 9,307,386; 7,123,704;
`7,826,604; 6,895,086
`
`
`On December 6, 2017, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 317(a), 327(a),
`the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate in each of the above cited
`proceedings. See Appendix (“Joint Motion”). Along with the Joint Motion,
`the parties filed a Settlement Agreement (Ex. 2100), 3 and a Joint Request to
`Treat the Settlement Agreement as Business Confidential Information, in
`each proceeding. See Appendix (“Joint Request”). We authorized the above
`filings in an email sent to the parties on December 4, 2017.
`The parties represent that they have settled their disputes and
`memorialized their settlement in the written Settlement Agreement
`submitted in each case. In the Joint Motion, the parties also represent that
`the Settlement Agreement resolves all disputes between the parties in the
`post grant proceedings and the related lawsuits. The Settlement Agreement
`appears to be a true copy of the agreement between the parties, specifies the
`instant proceedings, and identifies other matters that are to be settled
`between the parties. Ex. 2100. On this record, no motion by any third party
`for joinder with these reviews is pending.
`The proceedings are at different stages, with some cases having a trial
`instituted therein, and in other cases where no decision on institution has yet
`been made. Although at different stages, upon consideration of the facts
`before us and the arguments presented in the Joint Motion, we determine
`that it is appropriate to terminate the proceedings with respect to both
`parties. See 35 U.S.C. §§ 317(a), 327(a); 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74.
`
`
`3 The Settlement Agreement was filed with the same exhibit number in each
`of the above-listed proceedings.
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`2
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`
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`Cases PGR2016-00044, CBM2017-00034, IPR2017-01177, IPR2017-01279,
`PGR2017-00005, IPR2017-01606, IPR2017-02169, IPR2017-02203
`Patents 9,225,838; 7,783,021; 9,521,250; 9,509,856; 9,307,386; 7,123,704;
`7,826,604; 6,895,086
`
`Therefore, the Joint Motion is granted. This paper does not constitute a final
`written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. §§ 318(a) or 328(a).
`
`
`ORDER
`For the foregoing reasons, it is:
`ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate Proceedings in
`PGR2016-00044, CBM2017-00034, IPR2017-01177, IPR2017-01279,
`PGR2017-00005, IPR2017-01606, IPR2017-02169, and IPR2017-02203 is
`granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Settlement Agreements, Exhibit 2100
`in each proceeding, be treated as business confidential information, be
`designated “Board Only,” and be kept separate from the file of the involved
`patent under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §§ 317(b), 327(b) and 37 C.F.R.
`§ 42.74(c).
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`3
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`Cases PGR2016-00044, CBM2017-00034, IPR2017-01177, IPR2017-01279,
`PGR2017-00005, IPR2017-01606, IPR2017-02169, IPR2017-02203
`Patents 9,225,838; 7,783,021; 9,521,250; 9,509,856; 9,307,386; 7,123,704;
`7,826,604; 6,895,086
`
`
`CASE
`PGR2016-00044
`CBM2017-00034
`IPR2017-01177
`IPR2017-01279
`PGR2017-00005
`IPR2017-01606
`IPR2017-02169
`IPR2017-02203
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`APPENDIX
`Joint Motion
`Paper 39
`Paper 24
`Paper 9
`Paper 9
`Paper 20
`Paper 9
`Paper 5
`Paper 5
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`Joint Request
`Paper 40
`Paper 25
`Paper 10
`Paper 10
`Paper 21
`Paper 10
`Paper 6
`Paper 6
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`Cases PGR2016-00044, CBM2017-00034, IPR2017-01177, IPR2017-01279,
`PGR2017-00005, IPR2017-01606, IPR2017-02169, IPR2017-02203
`Patents 9,225,838; 7,783,021; 9,521,250; 9,509,856; 9,307,386; 7,123,704;
`7,826,604; 6,895,086
`
`FOR PETITIONER:
`Erika H. Arner
`Brandon S. Bludau
`Justin N. Mullen
`Benjamin A. Saidman
`Jason E. Stach
`Daniel C. Tucker
`Guang-Yu Zhu
`FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP
`erika.arner@finnegan.com
`brandon.bludau@finnegan.com
`justin.mullen@finnegan.com
`benjamin.saidman@finnegan.com
`jason.stach@finnegan.com
`daniel.tucker@finnegan.com
`yu.zhu@finnegan.com
`guang-yu.zhu@finnegan.com
`
`
`Jeffrey R. Bragalone
`Brian P. Herrmann
`Justin B. Kimble
`Nicholas C. Kliewer
`Daniel F. Olejko
`Jerry D. Tice
`BRAGALONE CONROY P.C.
`jbragalone@bcpc-law.com
`bherrmann@bcpc-law.com
`jkimble-ipr@bcpc-law.com
`jkimble@bcpc-law.com
`nkliewer@bcpc-law.com
`dolejko@bcpc-law.com
`jtice@bcpc-law.com
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`5
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`Cases PGR2016-00044, CBM2017-00034, IPR2017-01177, IPR2017-01279,
`PGR2017-00005, IPR2017-01606, IPR2017-02169, IPR2017-02203
`Patents 9,225,838; 7,783,021; 9,521,250; 9,509,856; 9,307,386; 7,123,704;
`7,826,604; 6,895,086
`
`FOR PATENT OWNER:
`Richard M. Bemben
`Salvador M. Bezos
`Ross G. Hicks
`Joseph E. Mutschelknaus
`Kavon Nasabzadeh
`Michael B. Ray
`Lauren C. Schleh
`Michael D. Specht
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX PLLC
`rbemben-PTAB@skgf.com
`sbezos-PTAB@skgf.com
`rhicks-PTAB@skgf.com
`jmutsche-PTAB@skgf.com
`knasabza-PTAB@skgf.com
`mray-PTAB@skgf.com
`lschleh-PTAB@skgf.com
`mspecht-PTAB@skgf.com
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