GTECH CORPORATION, BOSS MEDIA AB et alv.SHFL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Apr 3, 2014

10016436 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 3, 2014)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 23
571-272-7822 Entered: April 3, 2014

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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GTECH CORPORATION, BOSS MEDIA AB,
GTECH HOLDINGS CORPORATION, LOTTOMATICA GROUP, S.P.A.,
SPIELO INTERNATIONAL CANADA ULC, SPIELO INTERNATIONAL UK
LTD., and SPIELO INTERNATIONAL USA, LLC,
Petitioners,

v.

SHFL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.,
Patent Owner.
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Case CBM2014-00048 (Patent No. 6,698,759)
Case CBM2014-00049 (Patent No. 6,237,916)
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Before CHRISTOPHER L. CRUMBLEY, KRISTINA M. KALAN, and
BRIAN P. MURPHY, Administrative Patent Judges.

KALAN, Administrative Patent Judge.

JUDGMENT
Termination of the Proceedings
37 C.F.R. § 42.72

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This judgment addresses motions to terminate based on a settlement agreement
that resolves both cases. We, therefore, exercise our discretion to issue a single
judgment to be entered in each case. The parties, however, are not authorized to
use this style heading.
Case CBM2014-00048, Patent 6,698,759
Case CBM2014-00049, Patent 6,237,916

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The parties have requested that the above-captioned trial proceedings be
terminated pursuant to a settlement. On March 31, 2014, 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). Case CBM2014-00048, Paper 17;
Case CBM2014-00049, Paper 20.
On April 1, 2014, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 327, the parties filed joint
motions to terminate in each of the above-captioned proceedings. Case CBM2014-
00048, Paper 18; Case CBM2014-00049, Paper 21. Accompanying the motions,
the parties filed a true copy of a settlement agreement along with a joint request to
treat the settlement agreement as business confidential, to be kept separate from the
patent file pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Case
CBM2014-00048, Paper 19, Ex. 1020; Case CBM2014-00049, Paper 22, Ex. 1015.
These cases are in the preliminary proceeding
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stage; no decision whether to
institute a trial has been made. Based on the facts of the cases, it is appropriate to
terminate the proceedings. Therefore, the joint motions to terminate the
proceedings are granted.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the parties’ request that the settlement agreement be treated
as business confidential information, to be kept separate from the patent file, is
granted;
FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motions to terminate the proceedings
are granted;
FURTHER ORDERED that the proceedings are terminated.

2 A preliminary proceeding begins with the filing of a petition for instituting a trial
and ends with a written decision as to whether trial will be instituted. 37 C.F.R.
§ 42.2.
Case CBM2014-00048, Patent 6,698,759
Case CBM2014-00049, Patent 6,237,916

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For Petitioner:

Kia L. Freeman
Danielle L. Herritt
McCarter & English, LLP
kfreeman@mccarter.com
dherritt@mccarter.com

Patent Owner:

Andrew Choung
Rex Hwang
Glaser, Weil, Fink, Jacobs, Howard, Avchen & Shapiro LLP
achoung@glaserweil.com
rhwang@glaserweil.com