- PTAB · Sep 24, 2015 · IPR2015-01382 · APJ Michael R Zecher · IPR · Order
The Board granted the renewed joint motion to terminate and terminated the proceeding before deciding whether to institute review.
RulingsOther- PTAB / AIA Trials › Other PTAB motions (exclude, strike, seal, additional discovery, rehearing)Granted
“I. DISCUSSION On September 18, 2015, the parties filed a Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding (Paper 9), a copy of the parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 1009), and a Motion to Seal (Paper 8) that includes a request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). After reviewing the settlement agreement submitted by the parties, we informed the parties via email correspondence on September 21, 2015, that these papers were insufficient because the settlement agreement was redacted. See 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) (requiring a “true copy” of a settlement agreement be filed in the Office before the termination of an inter partes review); see also APTwater, Inc. v. ThinkVillage- Kerfoot, LLC, Case IPR2014-00132, slip op. at 2 (PTAB June 10, 2014) (Paper 17) (“A redacted version of the settlement agreement will not be accepted as a true copy of the settlement agreement.”). We instructed the parties to file a non-redacted version of the settlement agreement. On September 21, 2015, the parties complied with our instructions by filing a renewed Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding (Paper 10), and a true copy of the parties’ settlement agreement (Ex. 1010).1 The renewed Joint Motion to Terminate this proceeding also includes a joint request to treat the settlement agreement as business confidential information under 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). Paper 10, 4–5.” slip op. at 2
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