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Nature of Suit Code: 830
Nature of Suit: Patent
Cause of Action: 35:145 Patent Infringement

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JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING

INTER PARTES REVIEW INSTITUTION DECISION

NO. 3:14-CV-03657 SI 

ROBERT E. FREITAS (SBN 80948)

rfreitas@fawlaw.com 

DANIEL J. WEINBERG (SBN 227159) 

dweinberg@fawlaw.com 

FREITAS ANGELL & WEINBERG LLP 

350 Marine Parkway, Suite 200 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Telephone: (650) 593-6300 

Facsimile: (650) 593-6301 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MLC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

MLC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, 

LLC, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 3:14-cv-03657 SI 

JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING 

INTER PARTES REVIEW INSTITUTION 

DECISION 

The Honorable Susan Illston 

Pursuant to the Court’s Order Granting Defendant’s Motion to Stay (Dkt. No. 31), MLC 

Intellectual Property, LLC (“MLC”) and Micron Technology, Inc. (“Micron”) jointly report that 

on July 20, 2015, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board of the Patent and Trademark Office 

(“PTAB”) issued a decision denying institution of an inter partes review of any challenged claim 

of U.S. Patent No. 5,764,571 (the “’571 patent”). Ex. A, IPR2015-00504, Paper 8 at 16. 

MLC submits that the stay, entered February 3, 2015, should immediately be lifted and 

requests that the Court reschedule the case management conference previously set for March 20, 

2015. 

Micron submits that the stay, entered February 3, 2015, should remain in place until such 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Susan Illston

Stay Continued until 9/30/15. Joint Statement due on 

September 25, 2015.

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time that the PTAB rules on Micron’s planned request for rehearing of the PTAB’s decision 

refusing to institute the inter partes review. The deadline for filing Micron’s request for 

rehearing is August 19, 2015. Requests for rehearing are typically resolved quickly. For 

example, a review of recent PTAB decisions shows that the PTAB takes, on average, 

approximately 36 days from time of filing to issue its decision on requests for rehearing.1 As a 

result, maintaining the current stay in place until Micron has exhausted the administrative 

procedures available before the PTAB would not result in any tangible prejudice to Plaintiff. 

Micron requests that the parties be required to jointly notify the Court upon receipt of the PTAB’s 

decision on Micron’s request for rehearing. At that time, the Court may lift the stay or keep it in 

place pending final resolution of the inter partes review, if instituted. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dated: July 27, 2015 FREITAS ANGELL & WEINBERG LLP 

/s/Daniel J. Weinberg 

Robert E. Freitas 

Daniel J. Weinberg 

FREITAS ANGELL & WEINBERG LLP 

350 Marine Parkway, Suite 200 

Redwood Shores, CA 94065 

Telephone: (650) 593-6300 

Facsimile: (650) 593-6301 

Attorneys for Plaintiff 

MLC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC 

 

1 See Paper No. 15, Daicel Corp. v. Celanese Intl. Corp., IPR2015-00173 (June 26, 2015) (56 

days to decision); Paper No. 18, Merial Ltd. v. Virbac, IPR2014-01279 (April 15, 2015) (55 days 

to decision); Paper No. 21, TRW Automotive US LLC v. Magna Electronics, Inc., IPR2014-00266 

(August 11, 2014) (32 days to decision); Paper No. 13, FourSquare Labs, Inc. v. Silver State 

Intellectual Technologies, Inc., IPR2014-00159 (August 1, 2014) (51 days to rehearing decision); 

Paper No. 14, Facebook, Inc. v. Rembrandt Social Media, L.P., IPR2014-00415 (July 31, 2014) 

(10 days to rehearing decision); Paper No. 36, K-40 Electronics, LLC v. Escort, Inc., IPR2013-

00203 (May 30, 2014) (7 days to decision); Paper No. 23, Synopsys, Inc. v. Mentor Graphics 

Corporation,IPR2014-00920 (January 22, 2015) (23 days to rehearing decision); Paper No. 

28,Spectra Logic Corporation v. Overland Storage, Inc., IPR2013-00357 (January 8, 2015) (12 

days to decision); Paper No. 10, HTC Corporation and HTC America, Inc. v. E-Watch, Inc. and 

E-Watch Corporation,IPR2014-00987 (January 7, 2015) (15 days to decision); Paper No. 

10, Torrent Pharmaceutical LTD. v. Merck Frosst Canada & Co., IPR2014-00559 (January 7, 

2015) (70 days to decision); Paper No. 17, The Jewelry Channel, Inc. USA d/b/a Liquidation 

Channel v. America's Collectibles Network, Inc.,CBM2014-00119 (January 6, 2015) (64 days to 

decision).

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Dated: July 27, 2015 FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 

/s/Michael Headley 

Michael Headley (SBN 220834) 

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 

500 Arguello Street, Suite 500 

Redwood City, CA 94063 

headley@fr.com 

Telephone: (650) 839-5070 

Facsimile: (650) 839-5071 

Timothy W. Riffe (Pro Hac Vice) 

Adam R. Shartzer (Pro Hac Vice) 

FISH & RICHARDSON P.C. 

1425 K. Street, N.W., 11th Floor 

Washington, DC 20005 

Telephone: (202) 783-5070 

Facsimile: (202) 783-2331 

Attorneys for Defendant 

MICRON TECHNOLOGY, INC. 

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ATTESTATION 

I, Daniel J. Weinberg, am the ECF User whose ID and password are being used to file this 

JOINT STATUS REPORT REGARDING INTER PARTES REVIEW INSTITUTION 

DECISION. I attest that, pursuant to United States District Court, Northern District of California 

Civil L.R. 5-1(i)(3) and General Order 45, concurrence in the filing of this document has been 

obtained from Counsel for Defendant Micron Technology, Inc. I declare under penalty of perjury 

that the foregoing is true and correct. 

Dated: July 27, 2015 /s/Daniel J. Weinberg 

 Daniel J. Weinberg 

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