Mercedes-Benz USA LLCv.Antennatech LLC

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Sep 24, 2015

12931050 (P.T.A.B. Sep. 24, 2015)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 9
571-272-7822 Date Entered: September 24, 2015

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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MERCEDES-BENZ USA LLC,
Petitioner,

v.

ANTENNATECH LLC,
Patent Owner.
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Case IPR2015-01576
Patent 8,180,279 B2
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Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KERRY BEGLEY, and
JACQUELINE T. HARLOW, Administrative Patent Judges.

MEDLEY, Administrative Patent Judge.

JUDGMENT
Termination of the Proceeding
37 C.F.R. § 42.73

On September 15, 2015, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317 and
37 C.F.R. § 42.74, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate the
proceeding. Paper 6. The parties also filed a joint request to have their
settlement agreement treated as confidential business information under
35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Paper 7. In the joint motion,
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and in subsequent correspondence with the Board, the parties represent that
the settlement agreement filed is a true copy and resolves all disputes
between the parties.
This proceeding is in an early stage and no decision whether to
institute inter partes review has been made. Based on the facts of this case,
it is appropriate to enter judgment.
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Therefore, the joint motion to terminate
the proceeding is granted.
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the settlement
agreement be treated as business confidential information, to be kept
separate from the patent file, is granted; and
FURTHER ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the
proceeding is granted; and
FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeding is terminated.

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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:

Jim Glass
Marc Kaplan
Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan LLP
jimglass@quinnemanuel.com
marckaplan@quinnemanuel.com

For Patent Owner:

Shakher Vyas
Stamoulis & Weinblatt LLC
vyas@swdelaw.com