Case 2:22-cv-01298-JHC Document 67 Filed 10/12/22 Page 1 of 4
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`HON. JOHN H. CHUN
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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
`AT SEATTLE
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`SURFCAST INC.,
`Plaintiff,
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`vs.
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`MICROSOFT CORPORATION,
`Defendant.
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`Case No. 2:22-cv-01298-JHC
`STIPULATION AND ORDER
`REGARDING STAY
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`STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING STAY
`(2:22-cv-01298-JHC)
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`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`8426 316th Place Southeast
`Issaquah, WA 98027
`TEL. (415) 439-1799
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`WHEREAS, SurfCast Inc. has asserted claims in U.S. Patent Nos. 9,032,317; 9,043,712;
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`9,363,338; and 9,946,434 (the “patents-in-suit”);
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`WHEREAS, Defendant Microsoft Corporation filed four petitions for inter partes review
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`(“IPR”) on February 10, 2022 challenging all claims of the patents-in-suit;
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`WHEREAS, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) instituted those IPRs on
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`October 7, 2022, and is expected to issue a final written decision within one year thereafter;
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`WHEREAS, Microsoft has indicated its intent to move to stay this case pending final
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`resolution of the IPR proceedings and SurfCast does not oppose such a stay;
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`WHEREAS, this case is in an early stage, claim construction has not yet occurred, and
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`courts in this district routinely stay patent litigation matters involving parallel PTAB proceedings,
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`see, e.g., O’Brien v. Microsoft Corporation, No. C19-01625RAJ (W.D. Wash. Oct. 13, 2020); SRC
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`Labs, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., No. C18-0321JLR (W.D. Wash. Nov. 20, 2018); Uniloc USA, Inc.
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`v. HTC Am., Inc., No. C17-1558JLR (W.D. Wash. Aug. 23, 2018); Recognicorp, LLC v. Nintendo
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`Co. Ltd., No. C12-1873, 2013 WL 2099518, at *3 (W.D. Wash. May 8, 2013);
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`WHEREAS, in the interest of avoiding unnecessary motion practice, and to conserve
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`judicial resources, the parties have agreed to stay this case pending final resolution of the IPR
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`proceedings;
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`IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that
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`this case is stayed pending final resolution, including any appeals, of the IPR proceedings on the
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`patents-in-suit. Each party reserves the right to request that the stay be lifted or modified for good
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`cause due to changed circumstances affecting the IPRs.
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`DATED this 12th day of October, 2022.
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`STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING STAY
`(2:22-cv-01298-JHC)
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`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`8426 316th Place Southeast
`Issaquah, WA 98027
`TEL. (415) 439-1799
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`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
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`KELLER ROHRBACK LLP
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`By: s/ Robin E. Wechkin
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`By: s/ Ryan McDevitt
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`Robin E. Wechkin (SBN 24746)
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`8426 316th Place Southeast
`Issaquah, WA 98027
`Telephone: (415) 439-1799
`Email: rwechkin@sidley.com
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`Attorney for Defendant
`Microsoft Corporation
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`Ryan McDevitt
`KELLER ROHRBACK LLP
`1201 Third Avenue
`Suite 3200
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Telephone: (206-623-1900)
`Email: rmcdevitt@kellerrohrback.com
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`Brian S. Seal
`Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
`200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
`Suite 500
`Washington, D.C. 20001
`Telephone: 202-664-1537
`Email: bseal@taftlaw.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff SurfCast Inc.
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`ORDER
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`IT IS SO ORDERED. This case is STAYED pending final resolution, including any
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`appeals, of the IPR proceedings on the patents-in-suit. All case deadlines are VACATED.
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`The parties shall file a status report every six (6) months updating
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`the Court as to the status of the IPR proceedings.
`DATED this 12th day of October, 2022
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`A
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`__________________________________________
`THE HONORABLE JOHN H. CHUN
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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`Presented by:
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`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
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`KELLER ROHRBACK LLP
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`By: s/ Robin E. Wechkin
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`By: s/ Ryan McDevitt
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`Robin E. Wechkin (SBN 24746)
`SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP
`8426 316th Place Southeast
`Issaquah, WA 98027
`Telephone: (415) 439-1799
`Email: rwechkin@sidley.com
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`Attorney for Defendant
`Microsoft Corporation
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`Ryan McDevitt
`KELLER ROHRBACK LLP
`1201 Third Avenue
`Suite 3200
`Seattle, WA 98101
`Telephone: (206-623-1900)
`Email: rmcdevitt@kellerrohrback.com
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`Brian S. Seal
`Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP
`200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
`Suite 500
`Washington, D.C. 20001
`Telephone: 202-664-1537
`Email: bseal@taftlaw.com
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`Attorneys for Plaintiff SurfCast Inc.
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`8426 316th Place Southeast
`Issaquah, WA 98027
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