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`571-272-7822
`Date Entered: January 4, 2019
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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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`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD. and
`SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`INVENSAS CORPORATION,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Cases
`IPR2018-01265 (Patent 6,054,336)
` IPR2018-01266 (Patent 6,566,167 B1)
` IPR2018-01267 (Patent 6,825,554 B2)1
`____________
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`
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`Before MICHAEL R. ZECHER, LYNNE E. PETTIGREW, and
`JOHN D. HAMANN, Administrative Patent Judges.
`
`ZECHER, Administrative Patent Judge.
`
`
`
`DECISION
`Granting Parties’ Joint Motions to Terminate Proceeding
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.71(a) and 42.74
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`
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`
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`1 This Decision addresses an issue that is identical in all three cases. We, therefore,
`exercise our discretion to issue one Decision to be filed in each case.
`
`
`
`IPR2018-01265 (Patent 6,054,336)
`IPR2018-01266 (Patent 6,566,167 B1)
`IPR2018-01267 (Patent 6,825,554 B2)
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`I. DISCUSSION
`On December 13, 2018, the parties jointly filed the following documents in
`each proceeding identified above: (1) a Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding
`(Case IPR2018-01265, Paper 8; Case IPR2018-01266, Paper 8; Case IPR2018-
`01267, Paper 8); (2) a true copy of the parties’ settlement agreement (Case
`IPR2018-01265, Ex. 1012; Case IPR2018-01266, Ex. 1024; Case IPR2018-01267,
`Ex. 1024), along with a consent letter (Case IPR2018-01265, Ex. 1013; Case
`IPR2018-01266, Ex. 1025; Case IPR2018-01267, Ex. 1025); and (3) a joint request
`to treat both the settlement agreement and the consent letter as business
`confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
`(Case IPR2018-01265, Paper 9; Case IPR2018-01266, Paper 9; Case IPR2018-
`01267, Paper 9).
`These proceedings are still in their preliminary stages. Petitioner, Samsung
`Electronics Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc., filed a Petition in
`each proceeding requesting the following: (1) an inter partes review of claims 1–3
`of U.S. Patent No. 6,054,336 (“the ’336 patent”) (Case IPR2018-01265, Paper 1);
`(2) an inter partes review of claims 1–12 of U.S. Patent No. 6,556,167 B1 (“the
`’167 patent”) (Case IPR2018-01266, Paper 1); and (3) an inter partes review of
`claims 1–5 of U.S. Patent No. 6,825,554 B2 (“the ’554 patent”) (Case IPR2018-
`01267, Paper 1). Patent Owner, Invensas Corporation, filed a Preliminary
`Response in each proceeding (Case IPR2018-01265, Paper 7; Case IPR2018-
`01266, Paper 7; Case IPR2018-01267, Paper 7), but we have not issued a decision
`on institution.
`In the Joint Motions to Terminate Proceeding, the parties represent that they
`have settled all their disputes regarding the ’336 patent, the ’167 patent, and the
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`IPR2018-01265 (Patent 6,054,336)
`IPR2018-01266 (Patent 6,566,167 B1)
`IPR2018-01267 (Patent 6,825,554 B2)
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`
`’554 patent. Case IPR2018-01265, Paper 8, 1; Case IPR2018-01266, Paper 8, 1,
`Case IPR2018-01267, Paper 8, 1. The parties also represent that all three patents
`were the subject of a district court case, captioned Invensas Corporation v.
`Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd., No. 2:17-cv-00670-RWS-RSP (E.D. Tex.), which
`the parties stipulated to dismiss with prejudice. Case IPR2018-01265, Paper 8, 1;
`Case IPR2018-01266, Paper 8, 1, Case IPR2018-01267, Paper 8, 1. Under these
`particular circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to dismiss all three
`Petitions without rendering any further decisions, thereby terminating these
`proceedings. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.71(a).
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`
`II. ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the parties’ requests to treat both the settlement agreement
`(Case IPR2018-01265, Ex. 1012; Case IPR2018-01266, Ex. 1024; Case IPR2018-
`01267, Ex. 1024) and the consent letter (Case IPR2018-01265, Ex. 1013; Case
`IPR2018-01266, Ex. 1025; Case IPR2018-01267, Ex. 1025) as business
`confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) are granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motions to Terminate
`Proceeding are granted, and all three Petitions are dismissed resulting in
`termination of these proceedings.
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`3
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`IPR2018-01265 (Patent 6,054,336)
`IPR2018-01266 (Patent 6,566,167 B1)
`IPR2018-01267 (Patent 6,825,554 B2)
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`For PETITIONER:
`Brian M. Berliner
`Ryan Yagura
`Nicholas Whilt
`John Kappos
`Mark Liang
`O’Melveny & Myers LLP
`bberliner@omm.com
`ryagura@omm.com
`nwhilt@omm.com
`jkappos@omm.com
`mliang@omm.com
`
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Robert Steinberg
`Jonathan M. Strang
`Matthew J. Moore
`Latham & Watkins LLP
`bob.steinberg@lw.com
`jonathan.strang@lw.com
`matthew.moore@lw.com
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