Cassiopeia IP LLC

Patent Trials and Appeals Board

Jun 24, 2020

IPR2020-00111 (P.T.A.B. Jun. 24, 2020)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 14
571.272.7822 Date: June 24, 2020

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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UNIFIED PATENTS, LLC,
Petitioner,
v.
CASSIOPEIA IP LLC,
Patent Owner.
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IPR2020-00111
Patent 7,322,046 B2
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Before KERRY BEGLEY, JON M. JURGOVAN, and
JOHN A. HUDALLA, Administrative Patent Judges.

JURGOVAN, Administrative Patent Judge.

TERMINATION
Due to Settlement After Institution of Trial
35 U.S.C. § 317; 37 C.F.R. § 42.74

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The parties have requested that this trial proceeding be terminated
pursuant to a settlement. On June 3, 2020, the Board authorized the parties
to file a joint request to terminate and to file the settlement agreement as
business confidential under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). On June 9, 2020, the
parties filed joint motions to terminate and to treat the settlement agreement
as business confidential information. Papers 11, 12; see 35 U.S.C. § 317;
37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.74(c). With their motions to terminate and to treat
the settlement agreement as business confidential information, the parties
also filed a copy of a written settlement agreement. Paper 12; Ex. 1018
(CONFIDENTIAL Settlement Agreement).
A decision by the Board to institute a trial was entered on April 29,
2020. Paper 9. This matter is in its early stages. The parties have not
identified any other related matters between them. Under these
circumstances, the Board determines that it is appropriate to enter judgment1
and terminate the trial without rendering a final written decision. 37 C.F.R.
§ 42.72.
It is, therefore,
ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the proceeding
(Paper 12) is GRANTED and the proceeding is hereby terminated; and
FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint motion that the
settlement agreement be treated as business confidential information and be
kept separate from the file of the involved patent under the provisions of
35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 11) is GRANTED.

1 A judgment “means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination
of a proceeding.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
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For PETITIONER:
Alyssa J. Holtslander
Roshan S. Mansinghani
UNIFIED PATENTS INC.
alyssa@unifiedpatents.com
roshan@unifiedpatents.com

James D. Stein
Andrew Strickland
LEE & HAYES, PLLC
james.stein@leehayes.com
andrew.strickland@leehayes.com

For PATENT OWNER:
Isaac Rabicoff
RABICOFF LAW LLC
isaac@rabilaw.com