Apple Inc.v.Ericsson Inc.Download PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardJan 29, 201608706574 (P.T.A.B. Jan. 29, 2016) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper 7 571-272-7822 Entered: January 29, 2016 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD ____________ APPLE INC., Petitioner, v. ERICSSON INC. and TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET LM ERICSSON, Patent Owners. ____________ Cases IPR2015-01904 (Patent 8,812,059) IPR2016-00107 (Patent RE43,931) IPR2015-01905 (Patent 8,812,059) IPR2016-00108 (Patent 6,400,376) IPR2015-01919 (Patent 6,291,966) IPR2016-00109 (Patent 6,157,620) IPR2016-00004 (Patent 6,029,052) IPR2016-00110 (Patent 6,122,263) IPR2016-00050 (Patent 6,633,550) IPR2016-00152 (Patent 6,026,293) IPR2016-00106 (Patent RE43,931) IPR2016-00154 (Patent 6,029,052)1 ____________ Before KEVIN F. TURNER, BENJAMIN D. M. WOOD, PATRICK R. SCANLON, BARBARA A. BENOIT, and BETH Z. SHAW, Administrative Patent Judges. SCANLON, Administrative Patent Judge. DECISION Motion to Dismiss 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a) 1 This Decision addresses issues pertaining to all twelve cases. Thus, we exercise our discretion to issue one Decision to be filed in each case. IPR2015-01904, IPR2015-01905, IPR2015-01919, IPR2016-00004, IPR2016- 00050, IPR2016-00106, IPR2016-00107, IPR2016-00108, IPR2016-00109, IPR2016-00110, IPR2016-00152, IPR2016-00154 2 In each of the instant proceedings, Petitioner filed an Unopposed Motion to Dismiss on December 29, 2015. Paper 6.2 The Board authorized the filing of these Motions via e-mail on December 28, 2015. Petitioner requests, in each proceeding, dismissal of the pending petition and termination of the proceeding. Id. at 2. Each of these proceedings is still in a preliminary stage. Patent Owner has not filed a preliminary response, and we have not considered the merits of the Petitions. Furthermore, according to Petitioner, the parties met and conferred and Patent Owners do not oppose the Motions. Id. Petitioner also asserts that dismissal of the Petitions “will preserve the Board’s resources and the parties’ resources while also epitomizing the Patent Office’s policy of ‘secur[ing] the just, speedy, and inexpensive resolution’” in accordance with 37 C.F.R. § 42.1(b), and Patent Owners will not be prejudiced by dismissal. Id. at 3. Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to dismiss the petitions. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a). This paper does not constitute a final written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a). ORDER In consideration of the foregoing, it is hereby: ORDERED that Petitioner’s Motion to Dismiss in each of the instant proceedings is granted; 2 The paper number for the Motion to Dismiss is the same in all of the proceedings except for IPR2016-00050 and IPR2016-00110. In both of these cases, the Motion to Dismiss is Paper 7. IPR2015-01904, IPR2015-01905, IPR2015-01919, IPR2016-00004, IPR2016- 00050, IPR2016-00106, IPR2016-00107, IPR2016-00108, IPR2016-00109, IPR2016-00110, IPR2016-00152, IPR2016-00154 3 FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition in each of the instant proceedings is dismissed; and FURTHER ORDERED that each of the instant proceedings is terminated. IPR2015-01904, IPR2015-01905, IPR2015-01919, IPR2016-00004, IPR2016- 00050, IPR2016-00106, IPR2016-00107, IPR2016-00108, IPR2016-00109, IPR2016-00110, IPR2016-00152, IPR2016-00154 4 PETITIONERS: Michael Hawkins hawkins@fr.com Patrick Bisenius Stuart Nelson Christopher Green Ruffin Cordell IPR30146-0011IP1@fr.com PATENT OWNER: Todd Baker CPDocketBaker@oblon.com Sameer Gokhale CPDocketGokhale@oblon.com Lisa Mandrusiak CPDocketMandrusiak@oblon.com Alex Kuo CPDocketBaker@oblon.com Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation