SurfCast Inc v. Microsoft Corporation

1 HON. JOHN H. CHUN 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 7 AT SEATTLE SURFCAST INC., Plaintiff, Case No. 2:22-cv-01298-JHC vs. 10 STIPULATION AND ORDER REGARDING STAY MICROSOFT CORPORATION, Defendant.

1 WHEREAS, SurfCast Inc. has asserted claims in U.S. Patent Nos. 9,032,317; 9,043,712; 9,363,338; and 9,946,434 (the “patents-in-suit”); 3 WHEREAS, Defendant Microsoft Corporation filed four petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) on February 10, 2022 challenging all claims of the patents-in-suit; 5 WHEREAS, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) instituted those IPRs on October 7, 2022, and is expected to issue a final written decision within one year thereafter; 7 WHEREAS, Microsoft has indicated its intent to move to stay this case pending final resolution of the IPR proceedings and SurfCast does not oppose such a stay; 9 WHEREAS, this case is in an early stage, claim construction has not yet occurred, and courts in this district routinely stay patent litigation matters involving parallel PTAB proceedings, see, e.g., O’Brien v. Microsoft Corporation, No. C19-01625RAJ (W.D. Wash. Oct. 13, 2020); SRC Labs, LLC v. Microsoft Corp., No. C18-0321JLR (W.D. Wash. Nov. 20, 2018); Uniloc USA, Inc. v.HTC Am., Inc., No. C17-1558JLR (W.D. Wash. Aug. 23, 2018); Recognicorp, LLC v. Nintendo Co. Ltd., No. C12-1873, 2013 WL 2099518, at *3 (W.D. Wash. May 8, 2013); 15 WHEREAS, in the interest of avoiding unnecessary motion practice, and to conserve judicial resources, the parties have agreed to stay this case pending final resolution of the IPR proceedings; 18 IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the parties, subject to the approval of the Court, that this case is stayed pending final resolution, including any appeals, of the IPR proceedings on the patents-in-suit. Each party reserves the right to request that the stay be lifted or modified for good cause due to changed circumstances affecting the IPRs.

23 DATED this 12th day of October, 2022.

1 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP KELLER ROHRBACK LLP By: s/ Robin E. Wechkin By: s/ Ryan McDevitt Robin E. Wechkin (SBN 24746) Ryan McDevitt 4 SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP KELLER ROHRBACK LLP 8426 316th Place Southeast 1201 Third Avenue 5 Issaquah, WA 98027 Suite 3200 Telephone: (415) 439-1799 Seattle, WA 98101 6 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (206-623-1900) Email: [email protected] Brian S. Seal Attorney for Defendant Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Microsoft Corporation 200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW 9 Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20001 10 Telephone: 202-664-1537 Email: [email protected] 12 Attorneys for Plaintiff SurfCast Inc. 1 ORDER IT IS SO ORDERED. This case is STAYED pending final resolution, including any appeals, of the IPR proceedings on the patents-in-suit. All case deadlines are VACATED.

The parties shall file a status report every six (6) months updating the Court as to the status of the IPR proceedings.

DATED this 12th day of October, 2022 6 _____A_____________________________________ THE HONORABLE JOHN H. CHUN Presented by: UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP KELLER ROHRBACK LLP By: s/ Robin E. Wechkin By: s/ Ryan McDevitt Robin E. Wechkin (SBN 24746) Ryan McDevitt SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP KELLER ROHRBACK LLP 8426 316th Place Southeast 1201 Third Avenue Issaquah, WA 98027 Suite 3200 Telephone: (415) 439-1799 Seattle, WA 98101 Email: [email protected] Telephone: (206-623-1900) Email: [email protected] Brian S. Seal Attorney for Defendant Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP Microsoft Corporation 200 Massachusetts Avenue, NW Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20001 Telephone: 202-664-1537 Email: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff SurfCast Inc.