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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 29, 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 TO FILE SUPPLEMENTAL
`INFORMATION UNDER 37 C.F.R. § 42.123(b)
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.123(b) and the Board’s May 28, 2014 Order,
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`Patent Owner Destination Maternity Corporation (“Patent Owner”) hereby moves
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`to file exhibits related to its Patent Owner's Response to Corrected Petition for
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`Inter Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. RE43,531 (“Response”).1 (Paper Nos. 23-
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`24, May 5, 2014).
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`The exhibits were either unintentionally not
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`filed
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`contemporaneously with the Response, or attached to declarations rather than filed
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`as exhibits.
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`The exhibits that Patent Owner seeks to file are the following: (a) five
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`publicly available patents, three of which were exhibits in the April 24, 2014
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`deposition of Petitioner Target Corporation’s (“Petitioner”) expert (Exhibit Nos.
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`2030-34); (b) five publicly available 10K reports of Patent Owner (Exhibit Nos.
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`2038-42)2; (c) seven documents produced in the underlying litigation (Exhibit
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`Nos. 2043-49); (d) five publicly available websites (Exhibit Nos. 2050-53, 2083);
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`(e) four confidential Patent Owner spreadsheets not previously produced to
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`1 Patent Owner further requests permission to file a motion to seal, should the
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`Board grant this Motion.
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`2 The gaps in exhibit numbers are for exhibits filed only in related proceedings and
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`served exhibits that Patent Owner does not seek to file, such as supplemental
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`expert declarations, which include cites to the new exhibit numbers and some
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`additional language in response to Petitioner’s evidentiary objections.
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`Petitioner also exhibited as redacted (Exhibit Nos. 2056-63); (f) figures, tables,
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`pictures, and exhibits from expert declarations, which were included in Patent
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`Owner’s original filing (Exhibit Nos. 2064-73, 2075-80); (g) Patent Owner’s
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`publicly available Complaint against Petitioner
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`in the underlying litigation
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`(Exhibit No. 2081); and (h) publicly available MPEP § 2111.01 (Exhibit No.
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`2084).
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`The unfiled exhibits reasonably could not have been obtained earlier
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`because of a clerical error of not including the exhibits in the filing and attaching
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`exhibits to declarations rather than filing them separately. And it is in the interests
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`of justice to consider the supplemental information, which was already served on
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`Petitioner on May 23, 2014, was generally either publicly available or already in
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`Petitioner’s possession in connection with Patent Owner’s Response, or
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`underlying District Court litigation, does not give rise to any new arguments, will
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`avoid future administrative issues, and will not affect
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`the trial schedule or
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`prejudice Petitioner.
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`I. The supplemental information reasonably could not have been obtained
`earlier
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`The unfiled exhibits reasonably could not have been obtained earlier
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`because of a clerical error of not including the exhibits in the filing and attaching
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`exhibits to declarations rather than filing them separately. On May 5, 2014, Patent
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`Owner filed its Response unintentionally excluding certain documents as exhibits.
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`(Paper Nos. 23-24). On May 12, 2014, Petitioner served objections to evidence
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`pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(1). Petitioner’s objections included “37 C.F.R. §
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`42.63 et seq. (not evidence in these proceedings before the PTAB; purported
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`evidence not filed as an exhibit)” for almost 50 paragraphs of Patent Owner’s
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`expert declarations, the attachments to Patent Owner’s expert declarations, and
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`generally for Patent Owner’s Response.
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`On May 16, 2014, after reviewing Petitioner’s objections and attempting to
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`identify the missing exhibits, Patent Owner contacted Petitioner to give notice that
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`Patent Owner would request permission to file the documents as exhibits.
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`Between May 16, 2014 and May 20, 2014, Patent Owner communicated with
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`Petitioner in an attempt to reach agreement on the filing, but the parties came to an
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`impasse. On May 23, 2014, the parties discussed the issue with the Board, which
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`precipitated this filing. That same day, Patent Owner served supplemental
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`information on Petitioner pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(2), which included the
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`exhibits at issue.
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`It has been considered sufficient to submit supplemental information as a
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`result of a prior oversight with a showing that consideration of the supplemental
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`information would be in the interests of justice. See IPR2013-00191, Paper No.
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`39, at 4 (granting a motion to submit supplemental information for an oversight in
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`citing to the wrong patent given “the minor impact on the trial schedule, Patent
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`Owner’s assertion that the two references are similar substantively, as well as
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`Petitioners’ expert was not cross-examined yet and Patent Owner has the
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`opportunity to cross-examine on the supplemental information”); IPR2013-00401,
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`Paper No. 41, at 3 (granting motion to submit supplemental information when the
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`movant possessed the information for several months before a filing because “the
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`interests of justice are served by permitting entry of the supplemental information”
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`and prejudice to the respondent was negligible). Here, it is in the interests of
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`justice to consider the supplemental information as shown below.
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`II. Consideration of the supplemental information would be in the interests
`of justice
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`It is in the interests of justice to consider the supplemental information
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`because (1) the supplemental information was already served on Petitioner on
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`May 23, 2014 pursuant
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`to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(2); (2) almost all of the
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`supplemental
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`information was either publicly available, already produced to
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`Petitioner in connection with Patent Owner’s Response, or produced to Petitioner
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`in the underlying District Court litigation; (3) Petitioner never requested copies of
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`the information; (4) the proposed supplemental information does not give rise to
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`any new arguments; to the contrary, it offers support to Patent Owner’s already-
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`filed argument; (5) filing the exhibits will avoid potential administrative issues
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`such as any future exhibit numbering, and use of exhibits during depositions and
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`in future filings such as Petitioner’s Reply to Patent Owner Response to Petition;
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`and (6) the filing will not affect the trial schedule and will not prejudice Petitioner.
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`First, it is in the interests of justice to consider the supplemental information
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`because the supplemental information was already served on Petitioner on May
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`23, 2014 pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.64(b)(2). Even if Petitioner could not locate
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`copies of the referenced documents, Petitioner received the information more than
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`50 days before its replies are due July 14, 2014, and before any attempt by
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`Petitioner to schedule depositions.
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`Petitioner also received the information 18
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`calendar days after Patent Owner filed its Response, and 11 calendar days after
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`Petitioner served its objections on Patent Owner thereby notifying Patent Owner
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`that some information in objected-to paragraphs were not in evidence.
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`Second,
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`it
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`is in the interests of justice to consider the supplemental
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`information because almost all of the supplemental
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`information was either
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`publicly available, already produced to Petitioner in connection with Patent
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`Owner’s Response, or produced to Petitioner in the underlying District Court
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`litigation. Only four documents were neither produced to Petitioner nor publicly
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`available at the time of Patent Owner’s filing. These documents were four
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`confidential Patent Owner spreadsheets, which were summarized in a spreadsheet
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`previously produced to Petitioner, and which were also numbered as redacted
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`exhibits (Exhibit Nos. 2056-63).
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`Third,
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`it
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`is in the interests of
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`justice to consider
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`the supplemental
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`information because Petitioner never requested copies of the information. As
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`shown above, Petitioner brought the unfiled exhibits to Patent Owner’s attention
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`via a general objection that identified paragraph numbers. Even after Patent
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`Owner discussed filing the exhibits, Petitioner did not request the documents.
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`Rather, Petitioner objected to the filing and argued that the exhibits could only be
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`filed in response to a motion to exclude. As such, it does not appear that the
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`Petitioner will be prejudiced by the filing.
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`Fourth,
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`it
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`is in the interests of justice to consider the supplemental
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`information because the proposed supplemental information does not give rise to
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`any new arguments; to the contrary, it offers support to Patent Owner’s already-
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`filed argument. Patent Owner’s supplemental information is merely copies of
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`documents upon which Patent Owner based some of
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`its arguments for
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`patentability.
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`Patent Owner served these exhibits pursuant
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`to 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.64(b)(2) in accordance with that provision’s purpose of curing objections to
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`exhibits. As such, filing the underlying documents will not add any new
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`arguments to Patent Owner’s Response.
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`Fifth,
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`it
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`is in the interests of
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`justice to consider
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`the supplemental
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`information because filing the exhibits will avoid potential administrative issues
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`such as any future exhibit numbering, and use of exhibits during depositions and
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`in future filings such as Petitioner’s Reply to Patent Owner Response to Petition.
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`If patent owner is not permitted to file the exhibits, Patent Owner will have the
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`dilemma of whether to number any future exhibits sequentially after the exhibits
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`of record or starting after the last-numbered served exhibit.
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`If Patent Owner is
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`permitted to file the exhibits,
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`the parties can use the exhibits of record in
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`depositions and future filings, which will also avoid Petitioner’s dilemma of
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`whether to file any of the exhibits in its replies. Filing the exhibits may also avoid
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`exhibit numbering mistakes in future filings.
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`Finally,
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`it
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`is in the interests of justice to consider the supplemental
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`information because the filing will not affect the trial schedule and will not
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`prejudice Petitioner. Petitioner was already aware of the information in the
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`unfiled exhibits, and filing them now will not affect Petitioner’s ability to meet
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`Due Date 2 on July 14, 2014. Moreover, Petitioner has not contacted Patent
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`Owner regarding depositions of its declarants and no depositions have been
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`scheduled, and filing now will only help Petitioner in its preparations for these
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`depositions. As such, Patent Owner’s filing of supplemental evidence should have
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`no effect on the trial schedule or Petitioner’s preparation of its case.
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`III. Conclusion
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`Accordingly, Patent Owner’s requests to file supplemental evidence should
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`be granted.
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`Date: May 29, 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 29, 2014, a complete and entire copy
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`of the Patent Owner’s Motion to File Supplemental Information under 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.123(b) was provided via email to the Petitioner by serving the email
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`correspondence address 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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