Groupon, Incv.Online News Link LLCDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardDec 31, 201413161436 (P.T.A.B. Dec. 31, 2014) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper 12 571-272-7822 Entered: December 31, 2014 1 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE ____________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD ____________ GROUPON, INCORPORATED, Petitioner, v. ONLINE NEWS LINK LLC, Patent Owner. ____________ Case IPR2014-01327 Patent 8,457,545 B2 ____________ Before HOWARD B. BLANKENSHIP, GLENN J. PERRY, and GREGG I. ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judges. ANDERSON, Administrative Patent Judge. ORDER Termination of Proceeding 37 C.F.R. § 42.72 IPR2014-01327 Patent 8,457,545 On December 18, 2014, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, 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. In addition, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate the proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317. This case is in the preliminary proceeding 1 stage; no institution of a trial has been made. Based on the facts of this case, it is appropriate to enter judgment. 2 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. 1 A preliminary proceeding begins with the filing of a petition for instituting a trial and ends with a written decision as to whether a trial will be instituted. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2. 2 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination of a proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2. IPR2014-01327 Patent 8,457,545 For PETITIONER: Sandip H. Patel Scott A. Sanderson MARSHALL, GERSTEIN & GORUN LLP spatel@marshallip.com ssanderson@marshallip.com For PATENT OWNER: Amedeo F. Ferraro Wesley C. Meinerding MARTIN & FERRARO, LLP aferraro@martinferraro.com wmeinerding@martinferraro.com docketing@martinferraro.com Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation
