Giant Manufacturing Co., Ltd.v.dw-link IncorporatedDownload PDFPatent Trial and Appeal BoardJul 10, 201410949264 (P.T.A.B. Jul. 10, 2014) Copy Citation Trials@uspto.gov Paper 9 571-272-7822 Entered: July 11, 2014 UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE _____________ BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD ____________ GIANT MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., and GIANT BICYCLE, INC., Petitioners, v. DW-LINK INCORPORATED, Patent Owner. ____________ Case IPR2014-00706 Patent No. 7,128,329 ____________ Before JAMES T. MOORE, CARL M. DEFRANCO, and KRISTINA M. KALAN, Administrative Patent Judges. KALAN, Administrative Patent Judge. JUDGMENT Termination of the Proceeding 37 C.F.R. § 42.72 Case IPR2014-00706 Patent No. 7,128,329 2 The parties have requested that the above-captioned proceeding be terminated pursuant to a settlement. In an email sent on June 20, 2014, the Board authorized the parties to file a request to terminate the above-captioned proceeding. On June 23, 2014, and pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317, the parties filed a joint motion to terminate the above-captioned proceeding (Paper 7). The parties concurrently filed a joint motion to file the settlement agreement as business confidential information, to be kept separate from the patent file pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c) (Paper 8), along with a copy of the settlement agreement (Ex. 1013). This case is in the preliminary proceeding1 stage; no decision whether to institute a trial has been made. Based on the facts of the case, it is appropriate to terminate the proceeding. Therefore, the joint motion to terminate and the joint motion to file the settlement agreement as business confidential information are granted. Accordingly, it is ORDERED that the joint motion to file the settlement agreement 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. 1 A preliminary proceeding begins with the filing of a petition for instituting a trial and ends with a written decision as to whether trial will be instituted. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2. Case IPR2014-00706 Patent No. 7,128,329 3 For Petitioner: Burt Magen Vierra Magen Marcus LLP bmagen@vierramagen.com Brian Marcus bmarcus@vierramagen.com Patent Owner: Norbert Stahl Stahl Law Firm nstahl@patentlawservice.com Copy with citationCopy as parenthetical citation
