Laird Technologies, Inc.v.M/A-COM Technology Solutions Holdings, Inc.

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

May 18, 2015

09255590 (P.T.A.B. May. 18, 2015)

Trial@uspto.gov
571-272-7822
IPR2015-00667 Paper 9
IPR2015-00670 Paper 9
Date Entered: May 18, 2015

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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LAIRD TECHNOLOGIES, INC.,
Petitioner,

v.

M/A-COM TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS HOLDINGS, INC.,
Patent Owner.
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Case IPR2015-00667
Case IPR2015-00670
Patent 6,272,3491
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Before TREVOR M. JEFFERSON, BRIAN J. McNAMARA, and
DANIEL J. GALLIGAN, Administrative Patent Judges.

McNAMARA, Administrative Patent Judge.

JUDGMENT
TERMINATION OF THE PROCEEDING

37 C.F.R. § 42.73

1 This Order addresses issues that are identical in related cases. Therefore, we
exercise our discretion to issue one order to be filed in each case. The parties,
however, are not authorized to use this style heading in any subsequent papers.
IPR2015-00667; IPR2015-00670
Patent 6,272,349

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The parties have requested that this matter be terminated pursuant to a
settlement. On April 22, 2015, we authorized the parties to file a Joint Motion To
Terminate and a Joint Request That The Settlement Agreement Be Treated As
Business Confidential Information under 37 C.F.R. 42.74(c). Paper 6. On April
24, 2015 the parties filed a Joint Motion Terminate, Paper 7, and a Joint Request
That The Settlement Agreement Be Treated As Business Confidential Information
and Kept Separate, Paper 8. See 35 U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. The
parties also filed a copy of a written settlement agreement and stated that there are
no other collateral agreements. Ex. 1019.
This matter was in the preliminary stages at the time the parties moved to
terminate. The deadline for filing a Patent Owner Preliminary Response had not
yet passed and a decision to institute a trial had not been entered. The parties have
not identified any other related matters. Under these circumstances, the Board
determines that it is appropriate to enter judgment2 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 is GRANTED
and the proceeding is hereby terminated;
FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the settlement
agreement be treated as business confidential information which shall be kept
separate from the file of the involved patents under the provisions of
35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), is GRANTED.

2 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination of a
proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
IPR2015-00667; IPR2015-00670
Patent 6,272,349

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PETITIONER: (via electronic transmission)

J. Michael Jakes
mike.jakes@finnegan.com

Daniel A. Crowe
dacrowe@bryancave.com

Scott E. Yackey
scott.yakey@bryancave.com

PATENT OWNER: (via electronic transmission)

Chun M. Ng
cng@perkinscoie.com

Kourtney Merrill
kmerill@perkinscoie.com