`Patent No. 5,966,440
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.
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`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SIGHTSOUND TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2013-00023
`Patent 5,966,440
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`Before the Honorable MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, JUSTIN T. ARBES, and
`GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN,
`Administrative Patent Judges.
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`JOINT MOTION TO FILE CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS UNDER
`SEAL PURSUANT TO 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 & 42.54
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`Case CBM2013-00023
`Patent No. 5,966,440
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 and 42.54, Petitioner Apple Inc. (“Petitioner” or
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`“Apple”) respectfully submits this Joint Motion to Seal portions of Petitioner Apple
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`Inc.’s Reply in Support of Its Motion to Exclude Under 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.62 and 42.64,
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`which is being filed concurrently with this Motion.
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`I.
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`Background
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`In this proceeding, SightSound produced certain material that was included in
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`previous filings and is the subject of a pending Joint Motion to Seal (Docket 48),
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`seeking to maintain the confidentiality of that material.
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`II. Good Cause Exists For Sealing Certain Confidential Information
`For the reasons detailed in the parties’ prior Joint Motion to Seal (Docket 48),
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`portions of Petitioner Apple Inc.’s Reply in Support of Its Motion to Exclude Under
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`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.62 and 42.64 quoting this same designated material should be sealed
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`for the same reasons. Counsel for Patent Owner has authorized Petitioner to state
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`that Patent Owner joins in seeking this relief.
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`Dated: April 25, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`By /J. Steven Baughman/
`J. Steven Baughman, Lead Counsel
`Registration No. 47,414
`steven.baughman@ropesgray.com
`Ching-Lee Fukuda, Back-up Counsel
`Registration No. 44,334
`ching-lee.fukuda@ropesgray.com
`James R. Batchelder, Back-up Counsel
`Pro Hac Vice Granted
`james.batchelder@ropesgray.com
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`ROPES & GRAY LLP
`Prudential Tower
`800 Boylston Street
`Boston, Massachusetts 02199-3600
`(202) 508-4606 (Telephone)
`(617) 235-9492 (Fax)
`Attorneys/Agents For Petitioner
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`David R. Marsh, Ph.D. (Reg. No. 41,408)
`Kristan Lansbery, Ph.D. (Reg. No. 53,183)
`ARNOLD & PORTER LLP
`555 12th Street, N.W.
`Washington, DC 20004
`(202) 942-5068
`(202) 942-5999 (Fax)
`Attorney/Agent For Patent Owner
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`UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`Case CBM2013-00023
`Patent No. 5,966,440
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`APPLE INC.
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`SIGHTSOUND TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2013-00023
`Patent 5,966,440
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`Before the Honorable MICHAEL P. TIERNEY, JUSTIN T. ARBES, and
`GEORGIANNA W. BRADEN, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that the foregoing Joint Motion to File Confidential
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`Documents Under Seal Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 & 42.54 in connection with
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`Covered Business Method Review Case CBM2013-00023 was served on this 25th day
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`of April, 2014, by electronic mail upon Arnold & Porter LLP, counsel for Patent
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`Owner, at david.marsh@aporter.com and kristan.lansbery@aporter.com.
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`Dated: April 25, 2014
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`By /Megan F. Raymond /
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`Megan F. Raymond
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