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` Paper 23
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` Entered: November 16, 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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`NOKIA OF AMERICA CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`BLACKBERRY LTD.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-00635 Patent 6,996,418 B2
`Case IPR2018-00637 Patent 8,897,192 B21
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`Before JAMES B. ARPIN, GARTH D. BAER, AND AARON W. MOORE,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`ARPIN, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting Motion to Terminate the Proceeding
`35 U.S.C. § 317(a) and 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74(c)
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`1 The Board elects to enter a single paper addressing the parties’ related requests.
`See, e.g., IPR2018-00635, Paper 20, 3 (listing related cases). The parties are not
`authorized to use such multiple case caption filings.
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`Case IPR2018-00635 Patent 6,996,418 B2
`Case IPR2018-00637 Patent 8,897,192 B2
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`On November 9, 2018, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate
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`Proceeding Under 35 U.S.C. § 317 in each of the above-captioned cases.
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`IPR2018-00635, Paper 20; IPR2018-00637, Paper 21. In addition, pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.74(c), the parties filed a copy of a letter agreement (IPR2018-00635,
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`Ex. 2006; IPR2018-00637, Ex. 2006) and a patent assignment agreement
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`(IPR2018-00635, Ex. 2007 (Parts 1 and 2); IPR2018-00637, Ex. 2007 (Parts 1 and
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`2)) along with a Joint Request to File Agreements as Business Confidential Under
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`35 U.S.C. § 317(b) (IPR2018-00635, Paper 21; IPR2018-00637, Paper 22), to be
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`kept separate from the patent file in each of the above-captioned cases.
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`In each of IPR2018-00635 and IPR2018-00637, the Board has instituted
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`review, but has not yet issued a final written decision. Under these circumstances,
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`we determine that it is appropriate to terminate each case without rendering a final
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`written decision. 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74. Therefore, the Joint Motions to
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`Terminate are granted.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that the parties’ requests that the letter agreement (IPR2018-
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`00635, Ex. 2006; IPR2018-00637, Ex. 2006) and a patent assignment agreement
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`(IPR2018-00635, Ex. 2007 (Parts 1 and 2); IPR2018-00637, Ex. 2007 (Parts 1 and
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`2)) are treated as business confidential information, to be kept separate from the
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`patent file in each case, are granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motions to Terminate are granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the proceedings are terminated.
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`Case IPR2018-00635 Patent 6,996,418 B2
`Case IPR2018-00637 Patent 8,897,192 B2
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Kevin K. McNish
`Alan S. Kellman
`DESMARAIS LLP
`kkm-ptab@desmaraisllp.com
`akellman@desmaraisllp.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Stephen J. Elliott
`Steve Hsieh
`SULLIVAN & CROMWELL LLP
`elliotts@sullcrom.com
`hsiehs@sullcrom.com
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`Michael T. Hawkins
`Michael E. Cox
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`hawkins@fr.com
`cox@fr.com
`PTABInbound@fr.com
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