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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 15:1126 Patent Infringement

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3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996

Jonathan W. Fountain

Nevada State Bar No. 10351

LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER CHRISTIE LLP

3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600

Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996

Tel: 702.949.8200

E-mail: jfountain@lrrc.com

John M. Desmarais (admitted pro hac vice)

Michael P. Stadnick (admitted pro hac vice)

Ameet A. Modi (admitted pro hac vice)

Kerri-Ann Limbeek (admitted pro hac vice)

DESMARAIS LLP

230 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10169

Tel: (212) 351-3400

E-mail: jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: mstadnick@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: amodi@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: klimbeek@desmaraisllp.com

Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEVADA

VOIP-PAL.COM INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

APPLE INC.,

Defendant.

Case No. 2:16-cv-00260-RFB-VCF

STIPULATION AND PROPOSED

ORDER TO STAY PENDING

A DECISION BY THE PATENT

TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD

REGARDING INSTITUTION OF

INTER PARTES REVIEW

It is hereby STIPULATED and AGREED between Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc.

(“Plaintiff” or “Voip-Pal”) and Defendant Apple Inc. (“Defendant” or “Apple”), to stay

litigation in this matter until decisions by the Patent Trial and Appeal Board regarding whether

to institute inter partes review of various petitions involving the subject patents in this action.

Good cause exists for the requested stay:

1. VoIP-Pal filed this action on February 9, 2016, against Apple, alleging

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

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patent”). (ECF No. 1);

2. On May 5, 2016, this Court entered an order extending the time for Apple to

answer the complaint until July 29, 2016. (ECF No. 13);

3. On June 15, 2016, Apple filed a petition for inter partes review (“IPR”) by the

Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) concerning the ‘815 patent on June 15, 2016 (the

“Apple ‘815 IPR petition”). Apple also petitioned the PTAB to conduct IPR on the ‘005 patent

(the “Apple ‘005 IPR petition”);

4. By statute, the PTAB must decide whether to institute review within six months

of its notice granting the petition a filing date. See 37 C.F.R. 42.107(b) (2015); 35 U.S.C. §

314(b). The PTAB provided notice on June 18, 2016 that Apple’s ‘815 IPR petition had been

granted a filing date; accordingly, the PTAB must decide whether to institute review on or

before December 18, 2016;

5. The PTAB must decide whether to institute Apple’s IPR on the ‘005 patent no

later than December 21, 2016;

6. An unrelated third party, Unified Patents Inc., has also requested IPR review

concerning the ‘815 patent (the “Unified Patents IPR petition”). By statute, the PTAB must

decide whether to institute review on the Unified Patents petition by November 26, 2016. See

37 C.F.R. 42.107(b) (2015); 35 U.S.C. § 314(b);

7. Apple filed a Motion to Stay Pending Resolution of Inter Partes Review by the

Patent Trial and Appeal Board on July 8, 2016 in this matter, (ECF No. 23);

8. Discovery has not yet begun, and a trial date has not yet been set in this matter;

and

9. District courts, pursuant to their inherent power to control and manage their own

dockets, have discretion to stay an action pending the outcome of reexamination proceedings

(including IPR) before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. Unwired Planet, LLC v.

Google Inc., No. 3:12-cv-00504-MMD-VPC, 2014 WL 301002, at *5 (D. Nev. Jan. 27, 2014).

Based on the foregoing, the parties agree, with the Court’s permission, to stay this

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suit. Specifically, the parties hereby agree to submit a status report (“Joint Status Report”) to

the Court by January 11, 2017, outlining the parties’ respective positions on how the case

should proceed in light of the PTAB’s institution decisions. The parties further agree and

stipulate to an order staying litigation in this matter until the Court reviews the Joint Status

Report and makes a decision on how to proceed.

Dated: this 19th day of July, 2016.

IT IS SO AGREED AND STIPULATED:

ALVERSON, TAYLOR,

MORTENSEN & SANDERS

/s/ Adam R. Knecht

Kurt R. Bonds

Nevada State Bar No. 6228

Adam R. Knecht

Nevada State Bar No. 13166

7404 W. Charleston Blvd.

Las Vegas, NV 89117-1401

Tel: 702.384.7000

E-mail: kbonds@alversontaylor.com

E-mail: aknecht@alversontaylor.com

Attorneys for Plaintiff Voip-Pal.com, Inc.

LEWIS ROCA ROTHGERBER

CHRISTIE LLP

/s/ Jonathan W. Fountain

Jonathan W. Fountain

Nevada State Bar No. 10351

3993 Howard Hughes Pkwy, Suite 600

Las Vegas, NV 89169-5996

Tel: 702.949.8200

E-mail: jfountain@lrrc.com

DESMARAIS LLP

John M. Desmarais, Pro hac vice

Michael P. Stadnick, Pro hac vice

Ameet Modi, Pro hac vice

Kerri-Ann Limbeek, Pro hac vice

230 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10169

Tel: 212.351.3400

E-mail: jdesmarais@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: mstadnick@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: amodi@desmaraisllp.com

E-mail: klimbeek@desmaraisllp.com

Attorneys for Defendant Apple Inc.

IT IS SO ORDERED:

________________________________

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

DATED: ________________________

July 19, 2016

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant Apple Inc.'s Motion to Stay (ECF No. 23). is 

DENIED as MOOT.

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