Groupon, Inc.v.Online News Link LLC

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Dec 31, 2014

11825905 (P.T.A.B. Dec. 31, 2014)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 12
571-272-7822 Entered: December 31, 2014

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UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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GROUPON, INCORPORATED,
Petitioner,

v.

ONLINE NEWS LINK LLC,
Patent Owner.
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Case IPR2014-01328
Patent 7,508,789 B2

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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

IPR2014-01328
Patent 7,508,789

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.
IPR2014-01328
Patent 7,508,789

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