Midland Radio Corporation of Floridav.Cobra Electronics Corporation

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Jul 15, 2013

09886825 (P.T.A.B. Jul. 15, 2013)

Trial@uspto.gov Paper No. 18
571-272-7822 Date Entered: July 15, 2013
UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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MIDLAND RADIO CORPORATION.
Petitioner

v.

COBRA ELECTRONICS CORPORATION
Patent Owner,
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Case IPR2013-00021
Patent 6,584,306
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Before, MICHAEL W. KIM, GLENN L. PERRY, and,
BRIAN J. McNAMARA, Administrative Patent Judges.

McNAMARA, Administrative Patent Judge.

JUDGMENT
TERMINATION OF THE PROCEEDING

37 C.F.R. § 42.73

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On May 15, 2013, the parties filed a joint request (Paper Nos. 13 and 14) to
terminate this trial proceeding (Joint Motions To Terminate And To Seal). See 35
U.S.C. § 317(a); 37 C.F.R. § 42.72. On June 4, 2013, the Board authorized the
filing of the settlement as business confidential under 37 C.F.R. 42.74(c). Paper
No. 15. On June 6, 2013 the parties filed a copy of a written settlement agreement.
A decision by the Board to institute a trial was entered on April 15, 2013.
Paper No. 11. However, this matter was in the preliminary stages at the time the
parties moved to terminate. The parties have not identified any other related
matters. Under these circumstances, the Board determines that it is appropriate to
enter judgment
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and terminate the trial without rendering a final written decision.
37 C.F.R. § 42.72.
It is, therefore,
ORDERED that the joint motion to terminate the proceeding is GRANTED
and the proceeding is hereby terminated;
FURTHER ORDERED that the parties’ joint request that the settlement
agreement be treated as business confidential information which shall be kept
separate from the file of the involved patents under the provisions of 35 U.S.C. §
317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), is GRANTED.

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A judgment means a final written decision by the Board, or a termination of a
proceeding. 37 C.F.R. § 42.2.
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PETITIONER: (via electronic transmission)

Allen Justin Poplin
Gerald M. Kraai
Lathrop & Gage LLP
patent@lathropgage.com

PATENT OWNER: (via electronic transmission)

John T. Tower
Elisabeth A. Evert
Hitchcock Evert LLP
jtower@hitchcockevert.com
eevert@hitchcockevert.com