Datanet LLC v. Microsoft Corporation

Opinion

THE HONORABLE JAMAL N. WHITEHEAD

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT AT SEATTLE DATANET, LLC, Case No. 2:22-cv-01545-JNW

Plaintiff, JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER

REGARDING STAY PENDING INTER v. PARTES REVIEW

MICROSOFT CORPORATION, NOTED ON MOTION CALENDAR: May 14, 2024 Defendant.

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER WHEREAS, Plaintiff Datanet, LLC (“Datanet”) and Defendant Microsoft Corporation (“Microsoft”) (collectively, “Parties”) are parties to the above-captioned case; WHEREAS, in the above-captioned case, Datanet alleges that Microsoft has infringed and is infringing one or more claims of each of U.S. Patent No. 8,473,478 (the “’478 patent”), U.S. Patent No. 9,218,348 (the “’348 patent”), and U.S. Patent No. 10,585,850 (the “’850 patent”) (collectively, the “Asserted Patents”); WHEREAS, Microsoft filed three petitions for inter partes review (“IPR”) on October 31, 2023 challenging the patentability of all asserted claims of the Asserted Patents; WHEREAS, on November 1, 2023, Microsoft moved to stay this case pending institution of the IPR proceedings (Dkt. 45), which the Court denied without prejudice pending institution decisions on the IPRs (Dkt. 69); WHEREAS, the Court has scheduled a technology tutorial to occur on May 31, 2024 and a claim construction hearing for June 12, 2024 (Dkt. 72); WHEREAS, the Court struck the trial date and related deadlines set forth in Dkt. Nos. 40 and 63, and the Court ordered the parties to file a joint status report, within ten days of receiving the PTAB’s institution decisions, that includes proposed dates for the remaining case schedule (Dkt. 72 at 2); WHEREAS, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (“PTAB”) instituted IPR for all asserted claims of the Asserted Patents on May 8, 2024, and is expected to issue a final written decision within one year thereafter; WHEREAS, Microsoft indicated that it intends to move to stay this case pending final resolution of the IPR proceedings and Datanet does not oppose such a stay; 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 instituted PTAB proceedings (see, e.g., WAG Acquisition, LLC v. Amazon.com, Inc., No. 2:22-CV-1424JLR, 2023 WL 1991888, at *2 (W.D. Wash. Feb. 14, 2023); Uniloc 2017 LLC v. HTC Am., Inc., No. 2:18-CV-1732RSM, JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER 2020 WL 7418076, at *2 (W.D. Wash. Dec. 18, 2020); Supercell Oy v. Rothschild Digit. Media Innovations, LLC, No. 2:15-CV-1119JLR, 2016 WL 9226493, at *2 (W.D. Wash. July 28, 2016)); 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; WHEREAS, this Court has previously approved such joint stipulations to stay a case pending final resolution of IPR proceedings (see, e.g., humangear, inc. v. Industrial Revolution, Inc., No. 2:23-cv-00102, Dkt. 20 (W.D. Wash. July 28, 2023); Surfcast Inc. v. Microsoft Corp., No. 2:22-cv-01298, Dkt. 67 (W.D. Wash. Oc. 12, 2022); Uniloc USA, Inc. v. HTC Am., Inc., No. 2:17-cv-1558, Dkt. 80 (W.D. Wash. Nov. 18, 2019)); IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED by the Parties, subject to approval of the Court, that 1. All proceedings in the above-captioned action shall be STAYED pending final resolution, including any appeals, of the IPR proceedings on the Asserted Patents; 2. The case schedule as set forth in the Minute Order (Dkt. 72) shall be vacated; and 3. The Parties shall file a Joint Status Report within 10 days of the later of: (i) the last of the three Final Written Decisions from the PTAB in the IPR proceedings, (ii) dismissal of the IPR proceedings, or (iii) other resolution of the IPR proceedings, including the conclusion of any appeals on the IPRs. DATED this 14th day of May, 2024. JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER

/s/ Isaac S. Crum /s/ Molly A. Terwilliger Gregory P. Sitrick (pro hac vice) Molly A. Terwilliger, WSBA No. 28449 Isaac S. Crum (pro hac vice) Patty Eakes, WBSA No. 18888 Sharif Ahmed (pro hac vice) MESSNER REEVES LLP Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 7250 N. 16th Street, Suite 410 1301 Second Avenue, Suite 2800 Phoenix, AZ 85020 Seattle, WA 98101 gsitrick@messner.com T: (206) 274-6400 icrum@messner.com F: (206) 274-6401 sahmed@messner.com molly.terwilliger@morganlewis.com patty.eakes@morganlewis.com Bradley S. Keller, WSBA #10665 Jofrey M. McWilliam, WSBA #28441 Natalie Bennett (admitted pro hac vice) 1000 Second Avenue, 38th Floor Seattle, Washington 98104 Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 206-622-2000 1111 Pennsylvania Ave NW Fax: 206-622-2522 Washington, DC 20004 bkeller@byrneskeller.com T: (202) 739-3000 jmcwilliam@byrneskeller.com F: (202) 739-3001 natalie.bennett@morganlewis.com Attorneys for Plaintiff Datanet LLC Andrew V. Devkar (admitted pro hac vice) Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 2049 Century Park East, Suite 700 Los Angeles, CA 90067 T: (310) 255-1000 F: (310) 255-2000 andrew.devkar@morganlewis.com Karon N. Fowler (admitted pro hac vice) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 110 North Wacker Drive, Suite 2800 Chicago, IL 60606-1511 karon.fowler@morganlewis.com Austin L. Zuck (admitted pro hac vice) Katerina Hora Jacobson (admitted pro hac vice) MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS LLP 1400 Page Mill Road Palo Alto, CA 94304 (650) 843-4000 austin.zuck@morganlewis.com katerina.horajacobson@morganlewis.com Attorneys for Defendant Microsoft Corporation

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER

DATED this 15th day of May, 2024

A Jamal N. Whitehead United States District Judge

JOINT STIPULATION AND ORDER