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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 28:1338 Patent Infringement

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ALVERSON, TAYLOR, MORTENSEN & SANDERS

LAWYERS

6605 GRAND MONTECITO PKWY, STE 200

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA 89149

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ALVERSON, TAYLOR,

MORTENSEN & SANDERS

KURT R. BONDS, ESQ.

Nevada Bar No. 6228 

ADAM R. KNECHT, ESQ.

Nevada Bar No. 13166 

6605 Grand Montecito Pkwy, Ste 200 

Las Vegas, NV 89149 

(702) 384-7000 

efile@alversontaylor.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

Voip-Pal.com, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEVADA

VOIP-PAL.COM, INC., a Nevada corporation,

Plaintiff,

v. 

CELLCO PARTNERSHIP d/b/a VERIZON 

WIRELESS., a Delaware corporation; AT&T 

CORP., a Delaware corporation; and DOES I 

through X, inclusive, 

Defendants.

CASE NO.: 2:16-cv-00271-RCJ-VCF

STIPULATION AND ORDER TO 

EXTEND DEADLINE TO FILE 

JOINT STATUS REPORT 

Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc. (“Plaintiff” or “Voip-Pal”) and Cellco Partnership d/b/a Verizon 

Wireless (“Verizon”) and AT&T Corp. (“AT&T”, and together with Verizon, “Defendants”), 

through undersigned counsel, stipulate and request the Court to continue the deadline to file a Joint 

Status Report from January 12, 2018 to January 26, 2018. 

1. VoIP-Pal filed this action on February 10, 2016, against Defendants, alleging

infringement of U.S. Patent Nos. 8,542,815 (the “’815 patent”) and 9,179,005 (the “’005 patent”). 

(ECF No. 1); 

2. On May 24, 2016, this Court entered an order extending the time for Defendants to

answer the complaint until July 29, 2016. (ECF No. 12); 

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3. On June 15, 2016, an unrelated third party to this action, Apple, Inc. (“Apple”), filed a 

petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) concerning 

the ‘815 patent (the “Apple ’815 IPR petition”). Apple also petitioned the PTAB to conduct IPR on 

the ‘005 patent (the “Apple ’005 IPR petition”); 

4. On July 28, 2016, the parties filed a stipulation and proposed order seeking a stay of

this litigation pending the PTAB’s decisions on whether to institute IPR on the ’815 and ’005 

patents. (ECF No. 29); 

5. On July 29, 2016, this Court granted the parties’ stipulation, ordering a stay of this

litigation pending the Court’s review of a Joint Status Report outlining the parties’ respective 

positions on how the case should proceed in light of the PTAB’s institution decisions. (ECF No. 

31); 

6. On November 21, 2016, the PTAB instituted IPR on all asserted claims of the ’815

patent. (Decision, Institution of Inter Partes Review of United States Patent No. 8,542,815, Apple 

Inc. v. VoIP-Pal.com, Inc., IPR2016-01201 (P.T.A.B. Nov. 21, 2016) at 32); 

7. Likewise, on November 21, 2016, the PTAB instituted IPR on all asserted claims of

the ’005 patent. (Decision, Institution of Inter Partes Review of United States Patent No. 9,179,005, 

Apple Inc. v. VoIP-Pal.com, Inc., IPR2016-01198 (P.T.A.B. Nov. 21, 2016) at 31); 

8. By statute, the PTAB was to issue final written decisions in the ’815 patent and ’005

patent IPR proceedings no later than November 21, 2017. 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(11);

9. On November 20, 2017, the PTAB issued final written decisions denying Apple’s

challenged claims in the ’815 patent and ’005 patent IPR proceedings (IPR2016-01201 and IPR2016-

01198). Additionally, the PTAB denied institution of IPRs for five other petitions filed against the 

‘815 and ‘005 patents, namely, three IPR petitions filed by AT&T (IPR2017-01382, IPR2017-01383, 

and IPR2017-01384), and two follow-on petitions filed by Apple (IPR2017-01398 and IPR2017-

01399). 

10. On December 20, 2017 Apple filed a motion for sanctions in the PTAB requesting

entry of judgment against Voip-Pal. Apple’s motion describes a series of ex parte letters sent to the 

PTAB by Dr. Sawyer, former CEO of Voip-Pal, referencing the IPR proceeding. Apple argues that 

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these ex parte communications tainted the IPR proceeding and violated PTAB regulations, the 

Administrative Procedure Act, and Apple’s due process rights. Voip-Pal’s opposition is due January 

12, 2018 and Apple’s reply is due January 26, 2018. 

11. A joint status report is due in two similar cases before the Honorable Richard F.

Boulware, II in Voip-Pal.com, Inc., v. Twitter, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-2338 and Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v. 

Apple, Inc., Case No. 2:16-cv-00260 on January 26, 2017. Because of the similarity of issues and 

procedural history involving these cases, the parties desire to extend the deadline to file their joint 

status report in this matter to correlate with the current deadlines in Voip-Pal.com, Inc., v. Twitter, 

Inc. and Voip-Pal.com, Inc. v. Apple, Inc. The parties intend to meet and confer and jointly prepare a 

joint status report. There is good cause to continue the deadline to file a joint status report until 

January 26, 2018. 

DATED the 2nd day of January, 2018. 

IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED:

ALVERSON, TAYLOR,

MORTENSEN & SANDERS

/s/ Adam R. Knecht

KURT R. BONDS, ESQ.

Nevada Bar No. 6228 

ADAM R. KNECHT, ESQ.

Nevada Bar No. 13166 

6605 Grand Montecito Pkwy, Ste. 200 

Las Vegas, NV 89149 

(702) 384-7000 

efile@alversontaylor.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff

BAKER BOTTS L.L.P.

/s/ Samir Bhavsar 

Bryant C. Boren, Jr. 

bryant.c.boren@bakerbotts.com 

May Eaton

may.eaton@bakerbotts.com 

1001 Page Mill Road, Bldg. One, St. 200 

Palo Alto, CA 94304 

(650) 739-7500 

Samir Bhavsar

samir.bhavsar@bakerbotts.com 

Susan Kennedy

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SNELL & WILMER

/s/ Kelly Dove

KELLY H. DOVE, ESQ.

Nevada Bar No. 10569 

3883 Howard Hughes Pkwy, #1100 

Las Vegas, NV 89169 

(702) 784-5200 

kdove@swlaw.com

Attorney for Defendant Cellco Partnership 

d/b/a Verizon Wireless

susan.kennedy@bakerbotts.com

Brian Johnston 

brian.johnston@bakerbotts.com 

2001 Ross Avenue 

Dallas, Texas 75201 

(214) 953-6500 

Attorneys for Defendant AT&T Corp. 

IT IS SO ORDERED:

_______________________________ 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 

Dated:__________________________ 

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