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`Entered: September 28, 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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`FORD MOTOR COMPANY,
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`PAICE LLC & THE ABELL FOUNDATION, INC.,
`Patent Owner.
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`Case IPR2014-00570
`Patent 8,214,097 B2
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`Before SALLY C. MEDLEY, KALYAN K. DESHPANDE, and
`CARL M. DEFRANCO, Administrative Patent Judges.
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`DEFRANCO, Administrative Patent Judge.
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`Decision
`Patent Owner’s Motion to Seal
`37 C.F.R. §§ 42.14 and 42.54
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`Patent Owner, Paice LLC & The Abell Foundation, Inc. (collectively,
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`“Paice”), filed a motion to seal Exhibit 2001 pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.14.
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`Paper 9. Paice represents that Petitioner, Ford Motor Company (“Ford”),
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`does not oppose this motion.
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`IPR2014-00570
`Patent 8,214,097 B2
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`Exhibit 2001 is an arbitration agreement between Paice and Ford.
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`Paice certifies that the arbitration agreement contains confidential
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`information that has not been published or otherwise made publicly
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`available. Although the issue of the arbitration agreement arose in the
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`preliminary proceeding and was discussed in the Decision to Institute, it did
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`not arise again during the course of trial, and we have not relied on Exhibit
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`2001 in rendering our Final Written Decision. As such, protecting the
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`confidential arbitration agreement from public disclosure only minimally
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`impacts the public’s interest in maintaining a complete file history.
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`Further, Paice requests that an unredacted version of its Preliminary
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`Response (Paper 7) be sealed because it discusses confidential information
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`from the arbitration agreement, and, therefore, should be sealed for the same
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`reasons the arbitration agreement should be sealed. Importantly, Paice filed
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`a public version of its Preliminary Response (Paper 8) that redacts the
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`confidential information.
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`Based on Paice’s representations, the reasonably limited scope of the
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`protection sought, and the fact that the motion to seal is unopposed, we
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`determine that good cause exists to grant the motion to seal. 37 C.F.R.
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`§ 42.54.
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`Accordingly, it is
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`ORDERED that Paice’s motion to seal is granted;
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Paper 7 and Exhibit 2001 shall remain
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`sealed; and
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`FURTHER ORDERED that Paper 8 shall be made public.
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`IPR2014-00570
`Patent 8,214,097 B2
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`FOR PETITIONER:
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`Frank A. Angileri
`John E. Nemazi
`John P. Rondini
`Erin K. Bowles
`BROOKS KUSHMAN P.C.
`FPGP010IPR2@brookskushman.com
`jrondini@brookskushman.com
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`Lissi Mojica
`Kevin Greenleaf
`DENTONS US LLP
`lissi.mojica@dentons.com
`kevin.greenleaf@dentons.com
`iptdocketchi@dentons.com
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`FOR PATENT OWNER:
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`Timothy W. Riffe
`Kevin E. Greene
`Ruffin B. Cordell
`Linda L. Kordziel
`Brian J. Livedalen
`W. Peter Guarnieri
`FISH & RICHARDSON P.C.
`riffe@fr.com
`greene@fr.com
`IPR36351-0011IP1@fr.com
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