Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.v.Rothschild Location Technologies LLC

Patent Trial and Appeal Board

Jul 16, 2015

11413890 (P.T.A.B. Jul. 16, 2015)

Trials@uspto.gov Paper 11
Tel: 571-272-7822 Entered: July 17, 2015

UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE

BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

VOLKSWAGEN GROUP OF AMERICA, INC.,
Petitioner,
v.
ROTHSCHILD LOCATION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC,
Patent Owner.

Case IPR2015-00793
Patent 7,917,285 B2

Before JAMES P. CALVE, MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY, and
CARL M. DeFRANCO, Administrative Patent Judges.
WEATHERLY, Administrative Patent Judge.
TERMINATION
Dismissing the Petition
37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a)
On July 6, 2015, we authorized the parties via e-mail to file a joint
request to terminate this proceeding and to file the settlement agreement as
business confidential information under 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c). On July 14,
2015, the parties filed their joint motion. Paper 7. With their joint motion to
terminate, the parties also filed a copy of a written settlement agreement that
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they request be kept confidential. Paper 9, at 2; see also Exhibit 1017 (a
copy of the settlement agreement).
We have not instituted trial in this proceeding. Thus, this proceeding
is in its initial stages. The parties indicate that they have agreed to resolve
all disputes between them related to the challenged patent. Paper 7, at 2–3.
Under these circumstances, we determine that it is appropriate to dismiss the
petition. See 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.5(a), 42.71(a). This paper does not constitute
a final written decision pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 318(a).
Accordingly, it is
ORDERED that the Joint Motion to Terminate Inter Partes Review,
Paper 7, is granted;
FURTHER ORDERED that the Petition for Inter Partes Review of
the above-referenced patent is dismissed; and
FURTHER ORDERED that the Joint Request to Keep Paper Separate
as Business Confidential Information, Paper 9, is granted.
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PETITIONER:
Michael J. Lennon
Clifford A. Ulrich
KENYON & KENYON LLP
ptab@kenyon.com
PATENT OWNER:
Neal Massand
Hao Ni
NI, WANG & MASSAND, PLLC
nmassand@nilawfirm.com
hni@nilawfirm.com