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` Date: December 3, 2020
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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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`APPLE INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SEVEN NETWORKS, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
`____________
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`
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`IPR2020-00156 (Patent 10,110,534); IPR2020-00157 (Patent 10,110,534);
`IPR2020-00180 (Patent 9,648,557); IPR2020-00188 (Patent 9,608,968);
`IPR2020-00235 (Patent 10,091,734); IPR2020-00236 (Patent 9,369,539);
`IPR2020-00255 (Patent 9,516,127); IPR2020-00266 (Patent 10,135,771);
`IPR2020-00279 (Patent 9,712,476); IPR2020-00280 (Patent 10,027,619);
`IPR2020-00285 (Patent 10,039,029); IPR2020-00490 (Patent 9,473,914);
`IPR2020-00491 (Patent 9,712,986); IPR2020-00506 (Patent 9,769,176);
`IPR2020-00584 (Patent 9,603,056); IPR2020-00707 (Patent 9,712,476)1
`____________
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`
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`Before THU A. DANG, KARL D. EASTHOM, and JONI Y. CHANG,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CHANG, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`TERMINATION
`Due to Settlement After Institution of Trial
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`
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`1 This Order applies to each proceeding in the caption. The parties,
`however, are not authorized to use this style of filing in subsequent papers,
`without prior authorization.
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`

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`IPR2020-00156 (Patent 10,110,534); IPR2020-00157 (Patent 10,110,534);
`IPR2020-00180 (Patent 9,648,557); IPR2020-00188 (Patent 9,608,968);
`IPR2020-00235 (Patent 10,091,734); IPR2020-00236 (Patent 9,369,539);
`IPR2020-00255 (Patent 9,516,127); IPR2020-00266 (Patent 10,135,771);
`IPR2020-00279 (Patent 9,712,476); IPR2020-00280 (Patent 10,027,619);
`IPR2020-00285 (Patent 10,039,029); IPR2020-00490 (Patent 9,473,914);
`IPR2020-00491 (Patent 9,712,986); IPR2020-00506 (Patent 9,769,176);
`IPR2020-00584 (Patent 9,603,056); IPR2020-00707 (Patent 9,712,476)
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`35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`2
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`

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`IPR2020-00156 (Patent 10,110,534); IPR2020-00157 (Patent 10,110,534);
`IPR2020-00180 (Patent 9,648,557); IPR2020-00188 (Patent 9,608,968);
`IPR2020-00235 (Patent 10,091,734); IPR2020-00236 (Patent 9,369,539);
`IPR2020-00255 (Patent 9,516,127); IPR2020-00266 (Patent 10,135,771);
`IPR2020-00279 (Patent 9,712,476); IPR2020-00280 (Patent 10,027,619);
`IPR2020-00285 (Patent 10,039,029); IPR2020-00490 (Patent 9,473,914);
`IPR2020-00491 (Patent 9,712,986); IPR2020-00506 (Patent 9,769,176);
`IPR2020-00584 (Patent 9,603,056); IPR2020-00707 (Patent 9,712,476)
`
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`In each above-identified proceeding, Petitioner and Patent Owner
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`jointly move to terminate inter parte review in light of their settlement that
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`resolves their dispute regarding the patents at issue. Paper 27 (“Mot.”).2
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`The parties also filed a true copy of their written settlement agreement in
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`connection with the termination as required by 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74(b), in each above-identified proceeding. Ex. 2100.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), the parties additionally filed a joint request
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`to treat the Settlement Agreement as business confidential information kept
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`separate from the file of the involved patent, in each above-identified
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`proceeding. Paper 28.
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`Generally, the Board expects that a proceeding will terminate after the
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`filing of a settlement agreement. See Consolidated Trial Practice Guide3 at
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`86; see also 84 Fed. Reg. 64,280 (Nov. 21, 2019). Here, the parties indicate
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`that their Settlement Agreement completely resolves the controversy
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`between the parties relating to the involved patents. Mot. 3. They also
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`certify, in each above-identified proceeding, that “there are no collateral
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`2 For purposes of expediency, we refer to the papers and exhibits filed in
`IPR2020-00156. Similar papers and exhibits were filed in each of the other
`above-identified cases.
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`3 Available at https://www.uspto.gov/TrialPracticeGuideConsolidated.
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`3
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`

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`IPR2020-00156 (Patent 10,110,534); IPR2020-00157 (Patent 10,110,534);
`IPR2020-00180 (Patent 9,648,557); IPR2020-00188 (Patent 9,608,968);
`IPR2020-00235 (Patent 10,091,734); IPR2020-00236 (Patent 9,369,539);
`IPR2020-00255 (Patent 9,516,127); IPR2020-00266 (Patent 10,135,771);
`IPR2020-00279 (Patent 9,712,476); IPR2020-00280 (Patent 10,027,619);
`IPR2020-00285 (Patent 10,039,029); IPR2020-00490 (Patent 9,473,914);
`IPR2020-00491 (Patent 9,712,986); IPR2020-00506 (Patent 9,769,176);
`IPR2020-00584 (Patent 9,603,056); IPR2020-00707 (Patent 9,712,476)
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`agreements or understandings made in connection with, or in contemplation
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`of, the termination of this inter partes review.” Id. at 4. Although the
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`above-identified inter partes reviews have been instituted, these proceedings
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`are still in the briefing stage. We have not yet held an oral hearing and have
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`not entered a final written decision in any of these proceedings.
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`Upon review of the procedural posture of these proceedings and the
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`facts before us, we determine that the parties’ requests have merit and that it
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`is appropriate to terminate these proceedings and enter judgment without
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`rendering a final written decision in each above-identified proceeding.
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`See 35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.2, 42.72.
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`In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby
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`ORDERED that the Joint Motions to Terminate filed in these
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`proceedings are granted; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Requests to File Settlement
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`Agreement as Business Confidential Information and to keep such
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`settlement agreement separate from the patent files, and to make it available
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`only to Federal Government agencies on written request, or to any person on
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`a showing of good cause, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.74(c), are granted.
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`IPR2020-00156 (Patent 10,110,534); IPR2020-00157 (Patent 10,110,534);
`IPR2020-00180 (Patent 9,648,557); IPR2020-00188 (Patent 9,608,968);
`IPR2020-00235 (Patent 10,091,734); IPR2020-00236 (Patent 9,369,539);
`IPR2020-00255 (Patent 9,516,127); IPR2020-00266 (Patent 10,135,771);
`IPR2020-00279 (Patent 9,712,476); IPR2020-00280 (Patent 10,027,619);
`IPR2020-00285 (Patent 10,039,029); IPR2020-00490 (Patent 9,473,914);
`IPR2020-00491 (Patent 9,712,986); IPR2020-00506 (Patent 9,769,176);
`IPR2020-00584 (Patent 9,603,056); IPR2020-00707 (Patent 9,712,476)
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`PETITIONER:
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`W. Karl Renner
`Roberto J. Devoto
`Nicholas Stephens
`Stuart Nelson
`Patrick Bisenius
`Jeremy Monaldo
`Craig Deutsch
`Kim Leung
`David Holt
`Hyun Jin In
`Dan Smith
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`axf-ptab@fr.com
`devoto@fr.com
`nstephens@fr.com
`snelson@fr.com
`bisenius@fr.com
`jjm@fr.com
`deutsch@fr.com
`leung@fr.com
`holt2@fr.com
`in@fr.com
`dsmith@fr.com
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`
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`PATENT OWNER:
`
`Kenneth Weatherwax
`Bridget Smith
`Flavio Rose
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`

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`IPR2020-00156 (Patent 10,110,534); IPR2020-00157 (Patent 10,110,534);
`IPR2020-00180 (Patent 9,648,557); IPR2020-00188 (Patent 9,608,968);
`IPR2020-00235 (Patent 10,091,734); IPR2020-00236 (Patent 9,369,539);
`IPR2020-00255 (Patent 9,516,127); IPR2020-00266 (Patent 10,135,771);
`IPR2020-00279 (Patent 9,712,476); IPR2020-00280 (Patent 10,027,619);
`IPR2020-00285 (Patent 10,039,029); IPR2020-00490 (Patent 9,473,914);
`IPR2020-00491 (Patent 9,712,986); IPR2020-00506 (Patent 9,769,176);
`IPR2020-00584 (Patent 9,603,056); IPR2020-00707 (Patent 9,712,476)
`
`Edward Hsieh
`Parham Hendifar
`Patrick Maloney
`Jason C. Linger
`LOWENSTEIN & WEATHERWAX LLP
`weatherwax@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`smith@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`rose@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`hsieh@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`hendifar@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`maloney@lowensteinweatherwax.com
`linger@lowensteinweatherwax.com
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