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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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`BROADCOM CORPORATION
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`Petitioner
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`TELEFONAKTIEBOLAGET L.M. ERICSSON
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`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2013-00601
`U.S. Patent No. 6,772,215
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`MOTION TO SEAL
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.14, Petitioner Broadcom Corporation
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`(“Broadcom”) requests permission to seal Ericsson’s Emergency Motion for Relief
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`from the Protective Order, Case 6:10-cv-473 (E.D. Tex., March 8, 2013) (Exhibit
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`1008).
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`The Board’s Decision Denying Ericsson’s Motion for Additional Discovery
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`(Paper No. 23) (“the Decision”) stated that “Broadcom should clarify if Exhibit
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`1018 is to be placed under seal. It appears, based on the face of the document and
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`related characterizations, that it contains confidential information. It is under seal
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`at PTAB at this time.” Decision at 5, FN. 3. The Decision addressed three IPRs,
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`namely IPR2013-00601, IPR2013-00602 and IPR2013-00636; Exhibit 1018 from
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`IPR2013-00636 is Exhibit 1008 in the present case. Broadcom therefore submits
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`the present Motion to Seal to confirm that Exhibit 1008 contains confidential
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`information and to request permission to keep Exhibit 1008 under seal.
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`I.
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`Exhibit 1008 Contains Confidential Information
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`Under 35 U.S.C. § 316(a)(1), the default rule is that all papers filed in an
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`inter partes review are open and available for access by the public, but a party may
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`file a concurrent motion to seal documents as provided by 37 C.F.R. § 42.14. Only
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`“confidential information” is protected from public disclosure. 35 U.S.C. §
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`316(a)(7); Office Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed. Reg. 48756, 48760 (Aug. 14,
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`2012). The Board will only grant a motion to seal for “good cause.” 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.54; IPR2012-00001, Paper No. 34 at 3.
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`Exhibit 1008 contains confidential statements regarding Broadcom and the
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`defendants in Ericsson Inc. v. D-Link Corp. et al., Civil Action No. 6:10-cv-473
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`(E.D. Tex.) (the “Texas Litigation”). Exhibit 1008 was filed under seal in the
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`Texas Litigation, and therefore this information is not publicly known, and should
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`remain confidential. Therefore, Broadcom respectfully requests permission to
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`keep Exhibit 1008 under seal at the PTAB.
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`II.
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`Proposed Protective Order
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`Broadcom proposes that the default protective order found in Appendix B of
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`the Trial Practice Guide be entered.
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`III. Certification of Conference with Opposing Party Pursuant to 37
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`C.F.R. § 42.54.
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.54, Broadcom certifies that it conferred with
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`Ericsson regarding the scope of the proposed protective order, and the parties agree
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`to use the default protective order in Appendix B of the Trial Practice Guide.
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` IV. Conclusion
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`Broadcom respectfully requests that the Board grant this Motion to Seal
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`because it has good cause to seal confidential Exhibit 1008.
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`Dated: January 27, 2014
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Dominic E. Massa/
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`I hereby certify that, on January 27, 2014, I caused a true and correct copy of
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`the foregoing MOTION TO SEAL to be served via email on the attorneys
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`identified in Ericsson’s Updated Mandatory Notice (Paper 8), whom consented to
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`Lead Counsel:
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