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`Paper 14
`Entered: June 17, 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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`ERICSSON INC. AND TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES I LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2018-01666
`Patent 9,421,330 B2
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`Before KRISTEN L. DROESCH, MICHAEL W. KIM, and
`JASON W. MELVIN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DROESCH, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`DECISION
`Granting the Parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding
`35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. § 42.72
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`Case IPR2018-01666
`Patent 9,532,330
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`I. DISCUSSION
`Pursuant to authorization by the Board, the parties filed the following:
`(1) a Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding (Paper 11); (2) a true copy of the
`parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 1038); and (3) a joint request to treat the
`settlement agreement as business confidential information, and to keep
`separate from the file of the involved patent, under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c)
`(Paper 12).
`Oral argument has not been held, and a final written decision has not
`been entered. In the Joint Motion to Terminate Proceeding, the parties
`indicate that they have settled all their disputes in this proceeding, and have
`agreed to terminate the proceeding. Paper 11, 3. The parties also “jointly
`certify that there are no other written or oral agreements or understandings,
`including any collateral agreements, between them, including but not limited
`to licenses, covenants not to sue, confidentiality agreements, payment
`agreements, or other agreements of any kind, that are made in connection
`with or in contemplation of, the termination of this proceeding.” Id. at 3–4.
`Under these particular circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to
`terminate the proceeding without rendering a final written decision.
`See 35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. We also have reviewed the true
`copy of the parties’ settlement agreement, and we determine that good cause
`exists to treat this settlement agreement as business confidential information,
`and keep it separate from the file of U.S Patent No. 9,532,330 (Ex. 1001,
`“the ’330 Patent”), under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`II. ORDER
`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby:
`ORDERED that the parties’ request (Paper 12) to treat the true copy
`of their settlement agreement (Ex. 1038) as business confidential
`information, and to keep separate from the file of the involved patent, under
`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) is granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the settlement agreement (Ex. 1038) shall
`be treated as business confidential information, kept separate from the file of
`the ’330 Patent, and made available only to Federal Government agencies on
`written request to the Board, or to any person on a showing of good cause,
`under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c); and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ Joint Motion to Terminate
`Proceeding (Paper 11) is granted, and the proceeding is terminated.
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`Patent 9,532,330
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`For PETITIONER:
`J. Andrew Lowes
`Clint Wilkins
`Adam Fowles
`HAYNES AND BOONE, LLP
`andrew.lowes.ipr@haynesboone.com
`clint.wilkins.ipr@haynesboone.com
`adam.fowles.ipr@haynesboone.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
`Byron L. Pickard
`Daniel S. Block
`Tyler J. Dutton
`STERNE, KESSLER, GOLDSTEIN & FOX P.L.L.C.
`bpickard-ptab@sternekessler.com
`dblock-ptab@sternekessler.com
`tdutton-ptab@sternekessler.com
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`James R. Hietala
`Russell Rigby
`Tim R. Seely
`INTELLECTUAL VENTURES
`jhietala@intven.com
`rrigby@intven.com
`tims@intven.com
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