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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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`IBG LLC and INTERACTIVE BROKERS LLC,
`Petitioners
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`TRADING TECHNOLOGIES INTERNATIONAL, INC.
`Patent Owner
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`Case CBM2016-00009
`Patent 7,685,055
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIAL
`INFORMATION UNDER SEAL PENDING DISPOSITION OF APPEAL
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`I.
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`Statement of Relief Requested
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`Pursuant to this Board’s authorization on June 13, 2017, Patent Owner
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`respectfully requests that all sealed documents in CBM2016-00009 be preserved in
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`non-public form pending disposition of any appeals. Moreover, within 10 days of the
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`disposition of all appeals in this matter, Patent Owner respectfully requests that all
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`confidential information filed by Patent Owner be expunged from the record pursuant
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`to Rule 42.56 and not be made public.
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`Patent Owner has conferred with Petitioner on both requests and Petitioner does
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`not oppose.
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`II. Reasons Why Requested Relief Should Be Granted
`A. The Record Should be Preserved Pending Appeal So the Federal Circuit
`Has Full Access to the Record
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`The Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure and the Federal Circuit Rules require
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`that the record be retained by the Board pending appeal. Specifically, Federal Circuit
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`Rule 17(a) states that “the agency must retain the record.” Federal Circuit Rule 17(d),
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`titled “Access of Parties and Counsel to Original Record” also requires that the parties
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`and their counsel have access to both the sealed and unsealed portions of the record
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`“when a petition for review or notice of appeal is filed.” No notice of appeal has yet
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`been filed, and the deadline for filing a notice of appeal is June 28, 2017.
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`If the record is not preserved in its entirety, including any sealed portions, and an
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`appeal is taken, the Federal Circuit will not be able to fully consider the issues, which
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`would cause prejudice to Patent Owner and violate the appellate rules. Moreover, as
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`the Board did not rely on any of this confidential information in its final written
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`decision, such information may properly be maintained under seal here.
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`B. Subsequent to the Disposition of Appeal, Confidential Information
`Should be Expunged
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`Additionally, Patent Owner respectfully requests that subsequent to the
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`dispositions of all appeals, all sealed confidential information filed on the CBM docket
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`be expunged for the reasons set forth below.
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`1. The Board Found Good Cause to Seal Patent Owner’s
`Confidential Information
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`In connection with its Patent Owner’s Response, TT filed a Motion to Seal.
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`(Paper 30). This motion covered certain exhibits containing or referring to third-party
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`confidential business information. (Exhibits 2294 and 2295).
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`The Board granted the Motion to Seal. (Paper 73). The information covered by
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`the Motion to Seal should be maintained under seal because this Board has already
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`found that there was good cause to grant the motions to seal in the first instance.
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`(Paper 73, at 3). Specifically, TT identified that the sealed papers contain sensitive
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`business information that would not otherwise be published or made available to the
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`public. As this information was not relied on in the Final Written Decision here,
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`protecting the confidential material throughout the appeals does not impact the public
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`interest in obtaining access to these proceedings. Further, any impact to the public
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`interest has been minimized as non-confidential versions of the papers have already
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`been filed. Id.
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`2. The Sealed Documents Contain Confidential and Sensitive
`Business Information That was not Relied on by the Board in the
`Final Written Decision
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`For the same reasons set forth in Patent Owner’s Motions to Seal, namely that
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`the sealed information “contain[s] information identified as [] sensitive, non-public
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`information that a business would not make public,” all the information filed under seal
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`in this matter should be expunged from the record within 10 days of the disposition of
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`all appeals. Expunging the sealed information will avoid the prejudice to parties that
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`would be caused by public disclosure of their sealed information. Patent Owner seeks
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`to have the confidential information in Exhibits 2294 and 2295 expunged after the
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`disposition of all appeals.
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`Because Patent Owner has already filed redacted versions of the sealed
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`documents, expunging confidential materials after appeal addresses the “public interest
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`in maintaining a complete and understandable file history for public notice purposes”
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`while protecting the confidential and proprietary information of other parties. (See 77
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`FED. REG. 48623). A short summary of these materials follows.
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`The confidential information contained in Exhibits 2294 and 2295 was not relied
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`upon in the Board’s Final Written Decision. (Paper 73, at 2). These exhibits contain
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`highly sensitive and proprietary third-party information, including confidential third-
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`party business strategy information and third-party admissions and statements. To
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`Patent Owner’s knowledge, these transcripts have not, and should not, be made public.
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`III. Conclusion
`Patent Owner respectfully requests that the entire CBM record be preserved in
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`its present form pending appeal, including preservation of documents filed under seal
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`in non-public form.
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`Within 10 days after disposition of any appeals, Patent Owner requests that the
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`sealed materials be expunged from the CBM docket.
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`Dated: June 23, 2017
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`By: /Cole B. Richter/
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`Counsel for Patent Owner
`Trading Technologies International, Inc.
`Inc.
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that a copy of the foregoing PATENT
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`OWNER’S MOTION TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
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`UNDER SEAL PENDING DISPOSITION OF APPEAL was served on June 23,
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`2017 via email directed to counsel of record for the Petitioner at the following:
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`Robert E. Sokohl
`rsokohl@skgf.com
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`Lori Gordon
`lgordon-PTAB@skgf.com
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`Richard Bemben
`rbemben-PTAB@skgf.com
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`PTAB@skgf.com
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`Date: June 23, 2017
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`/Cole B. Richter/
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