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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. IPR2013-00533
`(U.S. Patent No. RE43,531)
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`Dated: July 11, 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) Secret Fit
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`Belly Historical Sales & GM.xls (Ex. 2056); (2) Belly not Secret Fit 2009_2013
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`Kohl's.xls (Ex. 2058); (3) Belly not Secret Fit HE,MH,Out.xls (Ex. 2060); (4)
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`Belly Secret Fit Kohl's 10-18-13.xls (Ex. 2062); (5) Figures 2 and 3 of the Green
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`Declaration (Ex. 2064); (6) Exhibit C of the Green Declaration (Ex. 2068); (7)
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`Exhibit D of Green's Declaration (Ex. 2070); and (8) Exhibit D1 of the Green
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`Declaration (Ex. 2072) (collectively, the “Proposed Sealed Documents”).1 The
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`Proposed Sealed Documents were filed 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 the Proposed Sealed
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`Documents. See Protective Order, ¶ 4 (Paper No. 24).
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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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`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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`1 The Board granted Patent Owner permission to file this Motion in an Order
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`entered on July 8, 2014.
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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
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`maintains is proprietary, sensitive, and confidential business, technical, financial,
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`and/or strategy information further described below.
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`The Proposed Sealed Documents contain Patent Owner confidential
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`information, which is highly sensitive, confidential financial information related to
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`Patent Owner’s sales of maternity products.
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`These documents have been
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`designated “Highly Confidential -- Attorneys' Eyes Only” by Patent Owner under
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`the Protective Order entered in this Inter Partes Review. Moreover, the Board has
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`already granted a motion to redact portions of the Green Report and its exhibits,
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`which are being filed separately here. See Order, Paper No. 29.
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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, been
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`published or otherwise made public.
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`III. Conclusion
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`Accordingly, Patent Owner requests that Exhibits 2056, 2058, 2060, 2062,
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`2064, 2068, 2070 and 2072 be sealed.
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`Date: July 11, 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 July 11, 2014, a complete and entire copy
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`of 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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