Case 2:20-cv-00851-TSZ Document 251 Filed 03/05/24 Page 1 of 2
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
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`INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
`MACHINES CORPORATION,
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`Plaintiff,
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`C20-851 TSZ
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`ZILLOW GROUP, INC.; and
`ZILLOW, INC.,
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`INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS
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`Plaintiff,
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`ZILLOW GROUP, INC.; and
`ZILLOW, INC.,
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`Defendants.
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`C20-1130 TSZ
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`MINUTE ORDER
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`The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
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`Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge:
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`The parties are DIRECTED to meet and confer and to file a Joint Status
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`Report within fourteen (14) days of the date of this Minute Order addressing the
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`(a) Whether the stay of these matters should be lifted with respect to
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`U.S. Patent No. 8,315,904 (“the ’904 Patent”) (Seventh Claim in Case No. C20-
`851) and U.S. Patent No. 7,543,234 (“the ’234 Patent”) (Third Claim in Case
`No. C20-1130);
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`Case 2:20-cv-00851-TSZ Document 251 Filed 03/05/24 Page 2 of 2
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`If the stay is lifted, what dates and deadlines the Court should set for
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`claim construction (if needed), completion of discovery, dispositive motions, and
`trial;
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`(c) Whether plaintiff is bound by the decision in International Business
`Machines Corp. v. Zynga Inc., 642 F. Supp. 3d 481 (D. Del. 2022), declaring the
`’904 Patent invalid pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 101 and Alice Corp. v. CLS Bank
`International, 573 U.S. 208 (2014);
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`(d) Whether plaintiff is bound by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board’s
`ruling that Claims 1, 3–6, 13, and 15–18 of the ’234 Patent are unpatentable;
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`(e) Whether plaintiff alleges that defendants’ systems infringe Claims 2,
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`7–12, and/or 14 of the ’234 Patent; and
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`Given that only one claim remains in Case No. C20-1130, whether it
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`should be consolidated into Case No. C20-851.
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`The First, Second, and Sixth Claims in Case No. C20-851, relating to U.S.
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`Patents Nos. 7,072,849 (“the ’849 Patent”), 7,631,346 (“the ’346 Patent”), and 7,076,443
`(“the ’443 Patent”), respectively, remain stayed. The ’849 and ’443 Patents are the
`subjects of an appeal pending before the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal
`Circuit, Chewy, Inc. v. Int’l Bus. Machs. Corp., No. 22-1756, in which oral argument was
`heard on October 4, 2023, and the ’346 Patent is involved in a different case before the
`Federal Circuit, Ebates Performance Mktg., Inc. d/b/a Rakuten Rewards v. Int’l Bus.
`Machs. Corp., Nos. 24-1170, 24-1238, & 24-1274 (consolidated). The parties are
`DIRECTED to file a Joint Status Report within fourteen (14) days after the Federal
`Circuit issues any substantive decision in either matter.
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`record.
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`The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of
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`Dated this 5th day of March, 2024.
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`Ravi Subramanian
`Clerk
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`Deputy Clerk
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