`Entered: February 12, 2015
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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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`FACEBOOK, INC., LINKEDIN CORP., and TWITTER, INC.,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SOFTWARE RIGHTS ARCHIVE, LLC,
`Patent Owner.
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`Cases IPR2013-00478 (Patent 5,544,352)
`IPR2013-00479 (Patent 5,832,494)
`IPR2013-00480 (Patent 5,832,494)
`IPR2013-00481 (Patent 6,233,571)
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, CHRISTOPHER L. CRUMBLEY, and
`BARBARA A. PARVIS, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PARVIS, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`ORDER
`Conduct of the Proceeding
` 37 C.F.R. § 42.5
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`IPR2013-00478 (Patent 5,544,352)
`IPR2013-00479, -00480 (Patent 5,832,494)
`IPR2013-00481 (Patent 6,233,571)
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`On February 6, 2015, in each of IPR2013-00478, IPR2013-00479,
`IPR2013-00480, and IPR2013-00481, within the time set in the Final
`Written Decision under 35 U.S.C. § 318(a) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.73 (Paper
`58), Patent Owner requested that its Motion to Seal Exhibit 2114 dated May
`19, 2014 (Paper 35) be withdrawn and the confidential version of Exhibit
`2114 be expunged from the record and replaced with a redacted version that
`has the confidential information removed. Paper 59.1 Also, on February 6,
`2015, Patent Owner submitted a redacted version of the Declaration of Dr.
`Amy Langville (“Langville Declaration”) as Exhibit 2114. Patent Owner’s
`request is unopposed.
`Additionally, Patent Owner requested Petitioner’s Motion to Seal the
`Transcript of Dr. Amy N. Langville (“Langville Transcript”) dated
`September 5, 2014 (Paper 42) be withdrawn and the confidential version of
`the Langville Transcript be expunged from the record and replaced with a
`redacted version that has the confidential information removed. On
`February 6, 2015, Patent Owner submitted what Patent Owner asserts is a
`redacted version of the Langville Transcript, filed as Exhibit 1034, Exhibit
`1236, and Exhibit 1033 in IPR2013-00478, IPR2013-00479, and IPR2013-
`00481, respectively. Petitioner opposes Patent Owner’s request to file the
`redacted version of the Langville Transcript.
`Patent Owner’s requests that (1) its Motion to Seal Exhibit 2114 be
`withdrawn and (2) we expunge the confidential version of Exhibit 2114
`(Paper 35) comply sufficiently with the guidance we provided in our Final
`Written Decision (Paper 58). We note that the confidential and redacted
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`1 For expediency, IPR2014-00478 is representative and all subsequent
`citations are to IPR2014-00478 unless otherwise noted.
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`IPR2013-00478 (Patent 5,544,352)
`IPR2013-00479, -00480 (Patent 5,832,494)
`IPR2013-00481 (Patent 6,233,571)
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`versions in each of IPR2013-00478, IPR2013-00479, IPR2013-00480, and
`IPR2013-00481 use the same Exhibit No. 2114. Accordingly, only the
`confidential versions of the Langville Declaration, filed as Exhibit 2114 on
`May 19, 2014 or May 20, 2014 in each of IPR2013-00478, IPR2013-00479,
`IPR2013-00480, and IPR2013-00481 are expunged.
`Regarding the Langville Transcript, the redactions in Patent Owner’s
`redacted version do not effectively shield information from public view
`because the words underneath the redactions are visible. Accordingly, we
`expunge the redacted versions of the Langville Transcript filed on February
`6, 2015 as Exhibit 1034, Exhibit 1236, and Exhibit 1033 in IPR2013-00478,
`IPR2013-00479, and IPR2013-00481, respectively. Additionally, Patent
`Owner cannot withdraw Petitioner’s motion to seal.
`In the Final Written Decision, we ordered that Exhibit 1034 will be
`made available to the public after 5 PM Eastern five business days after the
`entry date of this decision, unless prior to that time, Petitioner (1) withdraws
`the motion to seal and requests that we expunge Exhibit 1034, or
`(2) withdraws the motion to seal, requests that we expunge Exhibit 1034,
`and replaces it with a redacted version that leaves out the confidential
`information. Paper 59. Although Petitioner filed a motion to seal the
`Langville Transcript, Petitioner now opposes Patent Owner’s redactions and
`has taken no further action to protect information Petitioner contended
`should be sealed.
`Patent Owner did not file a motion to seal the Langville Transcript,
`instead relying on Petitioner’s unsupported motion (Paper 42). The record
`of a proceeding, including documents and things, shall be made available to
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`IPR2013-00478 (Patent 5,544,352)
`IPR2013-00479, -00480 (Patent 5,832,494)
`IPR2013-00481 (Patent 6,233,571)
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`the public unless otherwise ordered and “[a] party intending a document or
`thing to be sealed shall file a motion to seal concurrent with the filing of the
`document or thing to be sealed.” 37 C.F.R. § 42.14. Additionally, in its
`recent submission, Patent Owner did not explain why the redacted material
`in the Langville Transcript should be protected as confidential. Paper 59.
`As a result, although the Langville Transcript was filed by Petitioner
`in September 2014 and has been part of the record for several months,
`neither party has provided persuasive argument as to why any information in
`the Langville Transcript is confidential, and Patent Owner’s redacted version
`is the first indication that has been submitted as to what information is
`purportedly confidential. In light of Patent Owner’s attempt to file a
`redacted version, we will allow five additional days for Patent Owner to
`obtain an agreement from Petitioner regarding redactions. Nonetheless,
`because the record does not have a submission by either party that satisfies
`the burden of demonstrating that information in the Langville Transcript is
`confidential, if no agreement is reached, as we indicated in our Final Written
`Decision, the Langville Transcript will become public.
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`Order
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`It is
`ORDERED that only the confidential versions of the Declaration of
`Dr. Amy Langville, filed as Exhibit 2114 on May 19, 2014 or May 20, 2014
`in each of IPR2014-00478, IPR2014-00479, IPR2014-00480, and IPR2014-
`00481 are expunged and Patent Owner’s motion to seal Exhibit 2114 is
`withdrawn;
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`IPR2013-00478 (Patent 5,544,352)
`IPR2013-00479, -00480 (Patent 5,832,494)
`IPR2013-00481 (Patent 6,233,571)
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`FURTHER ORDERED that the redacted versions of the Transcript of
`Dr. Amy N. Langville, filed as Exhibit 1034, Exhibit 1236, and Exhibit 1033
`in IPR2013-00478, IPR2013-00479, and IPR2013-00481, respectively, are
`expunged; and
`FURTHER ORDERED that Exhibit 1034, Exhibit 1236, and Exhibit
`1033 in IPR2013-00478, IPR2013-00479, and IPR2013-00481, respectively
`will be made available to the public after 5 PM Eastern five business days
`after the entry date of this decision, unless prior to that time, Petitioner and
`Patent Owner jointly file unopposed redacted versions of Exhibit 1034,
`Exhibit 1236, and Exhibit 1033 in each of IPR2013-00478, IPR2013-00479,
`and IPR2013-00481, respectively.
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`IPR2013-00478 (Patent 5,544,352)
`IPR2013-00479, -00480 (Patent 5,832,494)
`IPR2013-00481 (Patent 6,233,571)
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`For PETITIONER:
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`Heidi L. Keefe
`COOLEY, LLP
`hkeefe@cooley.com
`dcpatentdocketing@cooley.com
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`David Silbert
`KEKER & VAN NEST, LLP
`djs@kvn.com
`efiling@kvn.com
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`For PATENT OWNER:
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`Martin M. Zoltick
`Nancy J. Linck
`ROTHWELL, FIGG, ERNST & MANBECK, P.C.
`mzoltick@rfem.com
`nlinck@rfem.com
`SRA-IPR@rfem.com
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