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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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`TARGET CORPORATION
`Petitioner
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`v.
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`DESTINATION MATERNITY CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case No. IPR2013-00532
`(U.S. Patent No. RE43,531)
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`Dated: May 5, 2014
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`Before JENNIFER S. BISK, MICHAEL J. FITZPATRICK, and
`MITCHELL G. WEATHERLY Administrative Patent Judges.
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`PATENT OWNER’S MOTION FOR ENTRY TO SEAL
`UNDER 37 C.F.R. §42.54
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`Pursuant
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`to 37 C.F.R. § 42.14, Patent Owner Destination Maternity
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`Corporation (“Patent Owner”) hereby moves to seal the following: (1) deposition
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`transcript of Amy Brady (Ex. 2019); (2) exhibit 114 from the deposition of Amy
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`Brady (Ex. 2020); (3) Declaration of Philip Green Regarding Commercial Success
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`(Ex. 2022); and (4) Patent Owner’s Response and Motion to Amend, which
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`contain information from the aforementioned Exhibits (collectively, the “Proposed
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`Sealed Documents”).1
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`The Proposed Sealed Documents were
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`filed
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`contemporaneously with this Motion.
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`Pursuant to the Protective Order entered in this Inter Partes Review, Patent
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`Owner is also filing partially redacted public versions of its Patent Owner
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`Response and the Declaration of Philip Green Regarding Commercial Success.
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`See Protective Order, ¶ 4 (Paper No. 24). Patent Owner is filing fully redacted
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`versions of the deposition transcript of Amy Brady, and its exhibit 114, because
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`the entirety of each were marked “Highly Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only”
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`by Petitioner Target Corporation (“Petitioner”).
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`Because the Proposed Sealed Documents contain proprietary confidential
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`business information, Patent Owner moves to seal them for good cause explained
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`in more detail below.
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`1 The Board granted Patent Owner permission to file this Motion in a May 2, 2014
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`e-mail to the parties.
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`I.
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`Good Cause Exists for Sealing Confidential Information
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`The Office Patent Trial Practice Guide provides that “[t]he rules aim to
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`strike a balance between the public’s interest in maintaining a complete and
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`understandable file history and the parties’ interest in protecting truly sensitive
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`information.” 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48760 (Aug. 14, 2012). Further, those “rules
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`identify confidential information in a manner consistent with Federal Rule of Civil
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`Procedure 26(c)(1)(G), which provides for protective orders for trade secret or
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`other confidential research, development, or commercial information.” Id. (citing
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.54); see also Illumina v. Columbia University, IPR2013-00011,
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`Paper 66, Aug. 12, 2013 Dec. (granting a motion to seal “technical and business
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`information” and “product development information”).
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`The Proposed Sealed Documents contain information that Patent Owner and
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`Petitioner maintain is proprietary, sensitive, and confidential business, technical,
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`financial, and/or strategy information further described below.
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`The deposition transcript of Amy Brady (Ex. 2019) contains, according to
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`Petitioner, Petitioner confidential information. Amy Brady was a Fed. R. Civ. P.
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`30(b)(6) designee regarding various topics including product development and
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`sales in the underlying U.S. District Court
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`litigation.
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`It
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`is Patent Owner’s
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`understanding that this document contains, inter alia, a non-public discussion of
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`Petitioner’s confidential business activities and strategies concerning the portion
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`of its business that is directed to developing and selling maternity products. This
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`information was designated “Highly Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only” by
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`Petitioner under the Protective Order entered by the U.S. District Court in the
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`underlying litigation.
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`Likewise, Exhibit 114 from the deposition of Amy Brady (Ex. 2020)
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`contains, according to Petitioner, Petitioner confidential information. It is Patent
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`Owner’s understanding that
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`this document contains,
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`inter alia, a non-public
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`discussion of Petitioner’s
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`confidential business activities and strategies
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`concerning the portion of its business that is directed to developing and selling
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`maternity products. This information was also designated “Highly Confidential --
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`Attorneys' Eyes Only” by Petitioner under the Protective Order entered by the
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`U.S. District Court in the underlying litigation.
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`The Declaration of Philip Green Regarding Commercial Success (Ex. 2022)
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`contains Patent Owner confidential information. This document contains highly
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`sensitive, confidential financial information related to Patent Owner’s sales of
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`maternity products. This document has been designated “Highly Confidential --
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`Attorneys' Eyes Only” by Patent Owner under the Protective Order entered in this
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`Inter Partes Review. The document also relies on documents produced in the
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`underlying litigation that were designated “Confidential”
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`and “Highly
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`Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only” by Patent Owner under the Protective Order
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`entered by the U.S. District Court.
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`Patent Owner’s Response and Motion to Amend contain Patent Owner and
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`Petitioner confidential
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`information.
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`These documents include portions of
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`Exhibits 2019, 2020, 2022, which are demonstrated above as confidential. The
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`portions used contain proprietary, sensitive, and confidential business, technical,
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`financial, and/or strategy information from both Patent Owner and Petitioner
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`regarding product development and sales information.
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`II.
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`Certification of Non-Publication
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`On behalf of Patent Owner, undersigned counsel certifies the information
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`sought to be sealed by this Motion to Seal has not, to their knowledge and based
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`on Petitioner’s prior representations, been published or otherwise made public.
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`Efforts to maintain the confidentiality of this information have been undertaken
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`by Patent Owner and Petitioner in a related district court proceeding between
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`the parties in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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`(CA. No. 2:12-cv05680 AB).
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`III. Conclusion
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`Accordingly, Patent Owner requests that Exhibits 2019, 2020, 2022, and
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`Patent Owner’s Response and Motion to Amend be sealed.
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`Date: May 5, 2014
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`DLA PIPER LLP (US)
`s/ Paul A. Taufer
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`Paul A. Taufer (Reg. No. 35,703)
`Michael L. Burns (Reg. No. 57,593)
`DLA Piper LLP (US)
`One Liberty Place
`1650 Market Street, Suite 4900
`Philadelphia, PA 19103
`Phone: (215) 656-3385
`Facsimile: (215) 606-3385
`paul.taufer@dlapiper.com
`michael.burns@dlapiper.com
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`Stuart Pollack (Reg. No. 43,862)
`DLA Piper LLP (US)
`1251 Avenue of the Americas
`27th Floor
`New York, NY 10020-1104
`Phone: (212) 335-4964
`Facsimile: (212) 884-
`stuart.pollack@dlapiper.com
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`Attorneys for Patent Owner, Destination
`Maternity Corporation
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that on May 5, 2014, a complete and entire copy of
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`the Patent Owner’s Motion For Entry To Seal Under 37 C.F.R. §42.54 was
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`provided via email to the Petitioner by serving the email correspondence address
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`of record as follows:
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`Norman J. Hedges
`R. Trevor Carter
`Daniel M. Lechleiter
`Faegre Baker Daniels LLP
`300 N. Meridian Street, Suite 2700
`Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-1750
`Phone: (317) 237-0300
`Fax: (317) 237-1000
`Norman.Hedges@FaegreBD.com
`trevor.carter@FaegreBD.com
`daniel.lechleiter@FaegreBD.com
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`/s/ Paul Taufer
`Paul A. Taufer
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