Microsoft Corporationv.VirnetX Inc.Download PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardJan 26, 201510714849 (P.T.A.B. Jan. 26, 2015) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper No. 21 571.272.7822 Filed: January 26, 2015 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD ____________ MICROSOFT CORP., Petitioner, v. VIRNETX, INC., Patent Owner. ____________ Case IPR2014-00614 Patent 7,418,504 B21 ____________ Before MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, KARL D. EASTHOM, and STEPHEN C. SIU, Administrative Patent Judges. EASTHOM, Administrative Patent Judge. JUDGMENT Termination of the Proceedings 35 U.S.C. § 317 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.72, 42.73, 42.74 1 Case IPR2014-00613 has been consolidated with the instant proceeding. A copy of the Judgment will be entered in each proceeding. IPR2014-00613 and IPR2014-00614 Patent 7,418,504 B2 2 On December 19, 2014, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74, the parties filed a copy of a settlement agreement (Ex. 2041) along with a joint request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential, to be separate from the patent file (Paper 17). In addition, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate the proceeding pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317. Paper 16. Patent Owner has not filed a Patent Owner Response. Issues raised during the trial have not been briefed fully and the Board has not yet decided the merits of the proceeding. 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’ 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 motion to terminate the proceeding is GRANTED; FURTHER ORDERED that the proceeding is TERMINATED. 2 A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination of a proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2. IPR2014-00613 and IPR2014-00614 Patent 7,418,504 B2 3 For PETITIONER: W. Karl Renner Kevin E. Greene FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. axf@fr.com IPR38868-0007IP1@fr.com For PATENT OWNER: Joseph E. Palys Naveen Modi PAUL HASTINGS LLP josephpalys@paulhastings.com naveenmodi@paulhastings.com Jason E. Stach FINNEGAN, HENDERSON, FARABOW, GARRETT & DUNNER, LLP jason.stach@finnegan.com Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation