GTECH CORPORATION, BOSS MEDIA AB et alv.SHFL ENTERTAINMENT, INC.Download PDFPatent Trials and Appeals BoardApr 3, 201410016436 - (D) (P.T.A.B. Apr. 3, 2014) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper 23 571-272-7822 Entered: April 3, 2014 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD ____________ 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. ____________ Case CBM2014-00048 (Patent No. 6,698,759) Case CBM2014-00049 (Patent No. 6,237,916) 1 ____________ 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 1 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 2 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 2 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 3 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 Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation