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Paper No. 16
` Entered: June 18, 2019
`
`Trials@uspto.gov
`571-272-7822
`
`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`____________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`____________
`
`METASWITCH NETWORKS LTD. and
`METASWITCH NETWORKS CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`
`
`
`SONUS NETWORKS, INC.,1
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2018-01719 (Patent 7,158,627 B1)2
`Case IPR2019-00051 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`Case IPR2019-00052 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`Case IPR2019-00272 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`Case IPR2019-00273 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`Case IPR2019-00395 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`Case IPR2019-00396 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`____________
`
`METASWITCH NETWORKS LTD. and
`METASWITCH NETWORKS CORPORATION,
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`
`1 The Patent Owner Mandatory Notices in each of the following seven cases
`indicate that Sonus Networks, Inc. does business as “Ribbon
`Communications Operating Company” and is 100% owner by Ribbon
`Communications Inc. See, e.g., IPR2018-01719 Paper 3.
`2 This Order applies to each of the listed proceedings. We exercise our
`discretion to issue one Order to be filed in each proceeding. The parties are
`not authorized to use this heading style in any subsequent papers.
`
`

`

`IPR2018-01719 (Patent 7,158,627 B1)
`IPR2019-00051 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00052 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00272 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00273 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00395 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00396 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00795 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`IPR2019-00796 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`
`
`
`
`RIBBON COMMUNICATIONS OPERATING COMPANY, INC.,3
`Patent Owner.
`____________
`
`Case IPR2019-00795 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`Case IPR2019-00796 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`____________
`
`
`
`Before GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, BARBARA A. PARVIS,
`DANIEL N. FISHMAN, STACEY G. WHITE, JON M. JURGOVAN,
`KIMBERLY McGRAW, JESSICA C. KAISER, and
`JOHN D. HAMANN, Administrative Patent Judges.4
`
`PER CURIAM.
`
`
`ORDER
`Termination of the Proceedings
`35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a), 42.72, and 42.74
`
`
`
`
`
`3 Patent Owner’s Mandatory Notices in each of the following two cases
`indicates that Ribbon Communications Operating Company, Inc. is 100%
`owned by Ribbon Communications Inc. See, e.g., IPR2019-00795, Paper 4.
`4 This is not an expanded panel of the Board. It is a listing of all Judges on
`the panels of the above-listed proceedings.
`2
`
`

`

`IPR2018-01719 (Patent 7,158,627 B1)
`IPR2019-00051 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00052 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00272 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00273 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00395 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00396 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00795 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`IPR2019-00796 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`
`
`
`On June 5, 2019, the parties filed an authorized Joint Motion to
`Terminate Proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 in each of the above-
`captioned cases. IPR2018-01719, Paper 8 (“Mot.”)5; IPR2019-00051, Paper
`14; IPR2019-00052, Paper 14; IPR2019-00272, Paper 8; IPR2019-00273,
`Paper 8; IPR2019-00395, Paper 7; IPR2019-00396, Paper 7; IPR2019-
`00795, Paper 6; IPR2019-00796, Paper 6. In addition, in each case, pursuant
`to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner filed a copy of a
`Settlement and Cross-License Agreement (see, e.g., Ex. 1021), along with a
`Joint Request to Keep Settlement Agreement Confidential (see, e.g., Paper
`9) requesting that the agreements be kept separate from the patent file in
`each of the above captioned cases and be treated as business confidential
`information. The parties represent that the filed exhibit is a true copy of the
`Settlement and Cross-License Agreement and that there are no collateral
`agreements or understandings made in connection with, or in contemplation
`of, the termination of the proceedings. Mot. 1. The parties indicate that
`terminations of the proceedings are appropriate because a settlement has
`been reached disposing of these and related disputes and all related
`settlement agreements have been filed. Mot. 1–2.
`
`
`5 Further citations are to IPR2018-01719 as representative, except as
`otherwise noted herein.
`
`3
`
`

`

`IPR2018-01719 (Patent 7,158,627 B1)
`IPR2019-00051 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00052 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00272 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00273 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00395 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00396 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00795 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`IPR2019-00796 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`
`
`
`The above-identified cases are all in the preliminary stages, and only
`five of the above-identified nine cases (i.e., IPR2018-01719, IPR2019-
`00051, IPR2019-00052, IPR2019-00272, IPR2019-00273) have instituted
`inter partes review. A final decision on the merits of each proceeding has
`not yet been made. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is
`appropriate to terminate each case without rendering a decision on
`institution or final written decision. 37 C.F.R. § 42.74. Therefore, the Joint
`Motions to Terminate are granted. This paper does not constitute a final
`written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
`As requested by the parties, the Settlement and Cross-License
`Agreement filed in each case will be treated as business confidential and
`kept separate from the patent file. 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
`
`Accordingly, it is
`ORDERED that the parties’ requests that the Settlement and Cross-
`License Agreement in each of the above-captioned cases be treated as
`business confidential information, to be kept separate from the patent file,
`are granted;
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Settlement and Cross-License
`Agreements (IPR2018-01719, Ex. 1021; IPR2019-00051, Ex. 1022;
`IPR2019-00052, Ex. 1022; IPR2019-00272, Ex. 1018; IPR2019-00273,
`
`4
`
`

`

`IPR2018-01719 (Patent 7,158,627 B1)
`IPR2019-00051 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00052 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00272 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00273 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00395 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00396 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00795 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`IPR2019-00796 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`
`
`Ex. 1018; IPR2019-00395, Ex. 1019; IPR2019-00396, Ex. 1021; IPR2019-
`00795, Ex. 1011; and IPR2019-00796, Ex. 1011) shall be treated as business
`confidential information and shall be kept separate from the pertinent file
`consistent with 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b);
`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Motions to Terminate are
`granted; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that the above-identified proceedings are
`terminated due to settlement.
`
`
`5
`
`

`

`IPR2018-01719 (Patent 7,158,627 B1)
`IPR2019-00051 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00052 (Patent 6,775,269 B1)
`IPR2019-00272 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00273 (Patent 7,602,710 B2)
`IPR2019-00395 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00396 (Patent 6,950,441 B1)
`IPR2019-00795 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`IPR2019-00796 (Patent 7,460,536 B1)
`
`
`For PETITIONER:
`
`Joshua Griswold
`David Conrad
`Craig Deutsch
`Ricardo Bonilla
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`griswold@fr.com
`conrad@fr.com
`deutsch@fr.com
`rbonilla@fr.com
`
`
`For PATENT OWNER:
`
`Chad Walters
`Kurt Pankratz
`Jamie Lynn
`BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.
`chad.walters@bakerbotts.com
`kurt.pankratz@baterbotts.com
`jamie.lynn@bakerbotts.com
`
`6
`
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