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`Paper 14
`Entered: August 1, 2018
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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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`DYNACRAFT BSC, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`MATTEL, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2018-00038 (Patent 7,222,684 B2)
`IPR2018-00039 (Patent 7,950,978 B2)
`IPR2018-00040 (Patent 7,487,850 B2)
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`Before BARRY L. GROSSMAN, MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, and
`JAMES A. WORTH, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`WEATHERLY, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Granting Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding
`35 U.S.C. § 317(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`The parties have requested that this trial be terminated pursuant to a
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`settlement. On July 27, 2018, we authorized the parties via e-mail to file a
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`joint request to terminate these proceedings and to file the settlement
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`agreement as business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`The parties filed their joint motion in each of the above-referenced
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`IPR2018-00038 (Patent 7,222,684 B2)
`IPR2018-00039 (Patent 7,950,978 B2)
`IPR2018-00040 (Patent 7,487,850 B2)
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`proceedings on July 30, 2018. Paper 12.1 With their joint motions to
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`terminate, the parties also filed a copy of a written settlement agreement that
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`they request be kept confidential. Paper 12, 1; IPR2018-00038 and -00039,
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`Ex. 1019; IPR2018-00040, Ex. 1008.
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`We instituted trial in all three proceedings on April 17, 2017. Paper 7.
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`The parties indicate that they have agreed to resolve all disputes between
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`them related to the challenged patent. Paper 12, 1. “The parties certify that
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`the Settlement Agreement constitutes the entire understanding and
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`agreement between the parties, and that there are no other collateral
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`agreements or understandings made in connection with, or in contemplation
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`of, terminating this inter partes review.” Id. Patent Owner has not yet filed
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`its Patent Owner Response in any proceeding, and the trials are in their early
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`stages. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to
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`enter judgment and terminate the trial in each proceeding without rendering
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`a final written decision. 37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the Joint Motion for Termination in each proceeding,
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`Paper 12, is granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Confidential Settlement Agreement
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`(IPR2018-00038 and -00039, Ex. 1019; IPR2018-00040, Ex. 1008) shall be
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`treated as business confidential information and kept separate from the
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`public record under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.74(c).
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`1 Except as otherwise noted, references to Paper and Exhibit numbers apply
`to all three proceedings.
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`IPR2018-00038 (Patent 7,222,684 B2)
`IPR2018-00039 (Patent 7,950,978 B2)
`IPR2018-00040 (Patent 7,487,850 B2)
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`PETITIONER:
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`Larry L. Saret
`Rachel N. Bach
`MICHAEL BEST & FRIEDRICH LLP
`llsaret@michaelbest.com
`jharrington@hbiplaw.com
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`PATENT OWNER:
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`John Hutchins
`BANNER AND WITCOFF, LTD
`jhutchins@bannerwitcoff.com
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