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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO. LTD.,
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`NOKIA SOLUTIONS AND NETWORKS OY,
`Patent Owner
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`Case: IPR2017-01581
`U.S. Patent No. 8,121,082
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`JOINT REQUEST TO FILE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS
`CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS INFORMATION PURSUANT TO
`35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
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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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`On December 21, 2017, Petitioner Huawei Techs. Co. Ltd. (“Huawei” or
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`“Petitioner”) and Patent Owner Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy (“Nokia”) settled
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`their dispute with respect to U.S. Patent No. 8,121,082 (“the 082 Patent”), which is
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`subject to the above-captioned inter partes review proceeding. The Litigation
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`Settlement Agreement between the parties fully resolves all disputes relating to the
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`082 Patent before the district court, court of appeals, and the PTAB. See
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`Exhibit 1100. Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b), any agreement or understanding
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`between the parties made in connection with, or in contemplation of, the termination
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`of a proceeding shall be in writing and a true copy shall be filed with the Board
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`before the termination of the trial. Accordingly, the parties have filed the Litigation
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`Settlement Agreement herewith as Exhibit 1100.
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), the parties hereby
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`jointly request that Exhibit 1100 is treated as confidential business information, kept
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`separate from the files of the involved patent, and 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. The Board authorized the parties to file this Joint Request on December 22,
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`2017 via e-mail.
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`The terms require the parties to treat the Litigation Settlement Agreement as
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`confidential
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`information and limit
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`the parties’ ability to share the settlement
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`agreement or disclose its contents with third parties. See Exhibit 1100, at 4–5.
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`Moreover, the Litigation Settlement Agreement does not contain any information
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`material to patentability. As such, the parties respectfully request that the Board treat
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`Exhibit 1100 as confidential business information pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b)
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`and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`Dated: December 22, 2017
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`Dated: December 22, 2017
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`/s/ W. Karl Renner
`W. Karl Renner
`Registration No. 41,265
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner
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`/ s/ S. Benjamin Pleune
`S. Benjamin Pleune
`Registration No. 52,421
`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
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`that
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`the above-captioned “JOINT
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`REQUEST TO FILE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT AS CONFIDENTIAL
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`BUSINESS INFORMATION” was served in its entirety on December 22, 2017
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`pursuant to agreement via email to counsel for Huawei at:
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`W. Karl Renner
`Jeremy J. Monaldo
`Brian G. Strand
`IPR35548-0036IP1@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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`/S. Benjamin Pleune/
`S. Benjamin Pleune, Reg. No. 52,421
`Lead Counsel for Petitioners
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