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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:271 Patent Infringement

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ORDER RE STAY

C-12-3970, C-12-3971, C-12-3972 RMW; RDS -1-

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SOFTWARE RIGHTS ARCHIVE, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

FACEBOOK, INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. C-12-3970 RMW 

SOFTWARE RIGHTS ARCHIVE, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

LINKEDIN CORPORATION,

Defendant.

Case No. C-12-3971 RMW

SOFTWARE RIGHTS ARCHIVE, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

TWITTER, INC.,

 Defendant.

Case No. C-12-3972 RMW

ORDER RE STAY

The court notes that its original stay “continues until the court has had an opportunity to 

review the PTO’s decision on whether or not to grant defendants’ IPR petitions.” Dkt. No. 82, at 

11. The court also “order[ed] the parties to file a joint status report regarding the PTO’s decision 

on whether or not to grant defendants’ IPR petitions within two days of the PTO’s decision.” Id.

Although the PTO has made its decisions to grant defendants’ IPR petitions, it appears the parties 

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ORDER RE STAY

C-12-3970, C-12-3971, C-12-3972 RMW; RDS -2-

neglected to file the joint status report. Given that the PTO granted the IPR petitions, the court 

orders parties to file a joint status report by May 14, 2014 indicating whether there is any 

disagreement over the court entering the following stay: “The case is stayed until the PTO has 

issued its final decisions on all of the IPR petitions challenging the patents-in-suit, or further 

order of the court, whichever occurs first. The court orders the parties to file a joint status report 

forwarding the PTO’s final decisions within seven days of the conclusion of any IPR 

proceedings.”

Dated: May 8, 2014

_______________________________

Honorable Ronald M. Whyte

United States District Judge

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