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

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, 

LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

SPRINT NEXTEL CORPORATION, 

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS 

COMPANY L.P., SPRINT SPECTRUM 

L.P., SPRINT SOLUTIONS INC.,

Defendants.

EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, 

LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

APPLE, INC.,

Defendants.

Case Nos. C-13-04513, C-13-04201, C-13-04202, 

C-13-04203, C-13-04204, C-13-04205, C-13-

04206, C-13-04207, C-13-03587

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EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, 

LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

FACEBOOK, INC.,

Defendants.

EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, 

LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

FOURSQUARE LABS, INC.,

Defendants.

EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, 

LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

GROUPON, INC.,

Defendants.

EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, 

LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

LIVINGSOCIAL, INC.,

Defendants.

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EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, 

LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

TWITTER, INC.,

Defendants.

EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, 

LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

YELP, INC.,

Defendants.

EVOLUTIONARY INTELLIGENCE, LLC,

 Plaintiff,

v.

MILLENNIAL MEDIA, INC.,

Defendants.

On September 26, 2014 the court conditionally granted defendants’ motion to maintain the

stay in the above-captioned cases. Dkt. No. 174. As a condition of its order granting defendants’

motion, the court ordered defendants not participating in the ongoing inter partes review (“IPR”) of 

the patents at suit to file a written commitment no later than October 7, 2014 agreeing to the 

following limited estoppel:

[the non-participating party] will not assert the invalidity of any claim on 

any ground raised in the IPR and on which a final written decision is 

rendered under 35 U.S.C. § 318(a). Any dispute as to what is meant by 

“final written decision” or “any ground raised” will be resolved by the 

court. 

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Dkt. No. 174 at 14.

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Each non-participating defendant subsequently filed notice of their agreement to the above 

terms. See Dkt. Nos. 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 181. Accordingly, the court hereby confirms that the 

related cases are stayed until final written decision in the pending IPR, the date by which a final 

decision is now due, or further order of the court, whichever occurs first. Dkt. No. 174, at 13–14.

Within one week of the written final decision in the IPR, the parties shall file a joint status 

report informing the court as to the outcome of the IPR.

Dated: October 17, 2014 _________________________________

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

 1 The statutory estoppel of 35 U.S.C. § 315(e)(2) applies to IPR participants Apple, Yelp, and 

Twitter.

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