Software Rights Archive, LLC v. Facebook, Inc.

Filing 135

ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT. Joint Status Report due by 9/8/2017. Signed by Judge Haywood S. Gilliam, Jr. on 6/15/2017. (ndrS, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 6/15/2017)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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SOFTWARE RIGHTS ARCHIVE, LLC,
Plaintiff,

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Defendants.

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SOFTWARE RIGHTS ARCHIVES, LLC,

ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO
FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT

FACEBOOK, INC., et al.,

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Case No. 12-cv-03970-HSG

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Plaintiff,

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v.

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Case 12-cv-03972-HSG
ORDER DIRECTING PARTIES TO
FILE JOINT STATUS REPORT

TWITTER, INC.,

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Defendant.
These two related cases1 are currently stayed pending the completion of proceedings before

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the Patent Trial and Appeals Board (“PTAB”), or further order of the Court. See, e.g., Software

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Rights Archive, LLC v. Facebook, Inc., Case No. 12-cv-03970-HSG, Dkt. No. 106. In an email

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dated December 2, 2016, the PTAB indicated that it “has received the Federal Circuit’s mandate,

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and will issue any necessary orders in due course.” See, e.g., id., Dkt. No. 117-4 (Exhibit D to

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December 9, 2016 joint status report). The most recent joint status report, dated June 7, 2017,

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states that “[n]either the Patent Trial & Appeal Board nor the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office has

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taken any action in the relevant inter partes review proceedings since the parties’ previous report

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[on] December 9, 2016.” See, e.g., id., Dkt. No. 132.2 The Court hereby ORDERS the parties to

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A third related case was terminated after entry of a stipulated dismissal on March 15, 2017. See
Software Rights Archives LLC v. Linkedin Corp., Case No. 12-cv-03971-HSG, Dkt. No. 98.
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This represents no change from the parties’ most recent status report, filed on March 10, 2017.
See, e.g., Facebook, Case No. 12-cv-03970-HSG, Dkt. No. 132.

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file a joint status report regarding the status of the PTAB proceedings either (1) within five days of

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the entry of any further order by PTAB or (b) on or before September 8, 2017 if the PTAB has not

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entered an order by that date.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: 6/15/2017
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HAYWOOD S. GILLIAM, JR.
United States District Judge

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United States District Court
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