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`Date Entered: September 29, 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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`C&A MARKETING, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`GOPRO, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2017-01300
`Patent 9,025,896 B2
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, TERRENCE W. McMILLIN, and
`DANIEL J. GALLIGAN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ZECHER, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.71(a) and 42.74
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`Patent 9,025,896 B2
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`I. DISCUSSION
`On September 27, 2017, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate
`(Paper 7),1 a true copy of the parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 2003), and a joint
`request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential information
`under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 8).
`This proceeding is still in its preliminary stages. Petitioner, C&A
`Marketing, Inc., filed a Petition requesting an inter partes review of claims 1, 2, 8–
`11, 17, and 18 of U.S. Patent No. 9,025,896 B2 (“the ’896 patent,” Ex. 1001).
`Paper 2. Patent Owner, GoPro, Inc., filed a Preliminary Response (Paper 6);
`however, we have not entered a decision whether or not to institute an inter partes
`review.
`In the Joint Motion to Terminate, the parties indicate that they have settled
`all their disputes regarding the ’896 patent. Paper 7, 2–3. The parties represent
`that the settlement encompasses the following: (1) this proceeding; and (2) the co-
`pending district court case where the ’896 patent has been asserted against
`Petitioner, as well as C&A Licensing, LLC and PLR IP Holdings, LLC. Id. (citing
`Ex. 2004). Under these particular circumstances, we determine that it is
`appropriate to dismiss the Petition without rendering any further decisions, thereby
`terminating this proceeding. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.71(a).
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`1 The parties refer to 35 U.S.C. § 317(a) in both the title and body of the Joint
`Motion to Terminate. Section 317(a) states, in relevant part, “[a]n inter partes
`review instituted under this chapter.” Emphasis added. This particular subsection
`does not apply to the current situation because we have not entered a decision
`whether or not to institute an inter partes review.
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`II. ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the parties’ request to treat the settlement agreement
`(Ex. 2003) as business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is
`GRANTED; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate is
`GRANTED, and the Petition is dismissed resulting in termination of this
`proceeding.
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`IPR2017-01300
`Patent 9,025,896 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
`Matthew I. Kreeger
`Desmond P. O’Sullivan
`Ester Kim Chang
`Ryan R. Gatzemeyer
`Morrison & Foerster LLP
`75344-896-IPR@mofo.com
`mkreeger@mofo.com
`dosullivan@mofo.com
`echang@mofo.com
`rgatzemeyer@mofo.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
`John C. Alemanni
`Michael T. Morlock
`Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
`jalemanni@kilpatricktownsend.com
`mmorlock@kilpatricktownsend.com
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