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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.,
`TSMC NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION,
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR LIMITED,
`FUJITSU SEMICONDUCTOR AMERICA, INC.,
`ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC., RENESAS ELECTRONICS
`CORPORATION, RENESAS ELECTRONICS AMERICA, INC.,
`GLOBALFOUNDRIES U.S., INC., GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN
`MODULE ONE LLC & CO. KG, GLOBALFOUNDRIES DRESDEN
`MODULE TWO LLC & CO. KG, TOSHIBA AMERICA ELECTRONIC
`COMPONENTS, INC., TOSHIBA AMERICA INC., TOSHIBA
`AMERICA INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC.,
`TOSHIBA CORPORATION, and
`THE GILLETTE COMPANY,
`Petitioners,
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`v.
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`ZOND, LLC
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-008071
`Patent 7,604,716 B2
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`JOINT REQUEST TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
`AND TO KEEP SEPARATE
`PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`1 Cases IPR 2014-00846, IPR 2014-00974, and IPR 2014-01065 have been joined
`with the instant proceeding.
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`IPR2014-00807
`U.S. Patent No. 7,604,716
`JOINT REQUEST TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
`AND TO KEEP SEPARATE
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`INTRODUCTION
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`I.
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`ZOND LLC (“Patent Owner”) and Petitioners TAIWAN
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`SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD. and TSMC
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`NORTH AMERICA CORP (jointly, “TSMC”) (collectively, “the Parties” or
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`“Petitioner”) have executed a Settlement Agreement regarding U.S. Patent No.
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`7,604,716. Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 327(b), the Parties jointly request that the
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`Board treat the Settlement Agreement as business confidential information and
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`keep it separate from the file of the involved patent.
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`II. STATEMENT OF PRECISE RELIEF REQUESTED
`The Parties jointly request that the Board treat the Settlement Agreement
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`(Exhibit 1219) as business confidential information and keep it separate from the
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`file of the involved patent. The Parties further request the Board to not make the
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`Settlement Agreement available to any third-party, except as provided for in 35
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`U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74.
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`III. STATEMENT OF REASONS FOR THE RELIEF REQUESTED
`The Parties have settled all of their disputes involving U.S. Patents Nos.
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`6,805,779 (the “‘779 patent”), 6,806,652 (the “‘652 patent”), 6,853,142 (the “‘142
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`patent”), 6,896,773 (the “’773 patent”), 6,896,775 (the “’775 patent”), 7,147,759
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`(the “‘759 patent”), 7,604,716 (the “‘716 patent”), 7,808,184 (the “‘184 patent”),
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`IPR2014-00807
`U.S. Patent No. 7,604,716
`JOINT REQUEST TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
`AND TO KEEP SEPARATE
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`and 7,811,421 B2 (the “‘421 patent”) (collectively, the “Patents”). The Settlement
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`Agreement provides that its terms are confidential and the Parties have treated
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`them as such. The Parties have filed, concurrently herewith, a true and correct copy
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`of the Settlement Agreement (Exhibit 1219), as required by 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) and
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`37 C.F.R. § 42.74. The Exhibit was filed via the PRPS system to provide
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`availability to “Board Only.” The Parties jointly request that the Settlement
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`Agreement be treated as business confidential information and be kept separate
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`from the file of the involved patent, pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 327(b) and 37 C.F.R. §
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`42.74(c).
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`Respectfully submitted,
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` For Petitioner:
`TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR
`MANUFACTURING COMPANY LTD,
`and TSMC NORTH AMERICA CORP.
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` David M. O’Dell /
` David M. O’Dell, Reg. No. 42,044
`David L. McCombs, Reg. No. 32,271
`Haynes and Boone, LLP
`2323 Victory Avenue, Suite 700
`Dallas, TX 75219
`david.odell.ipr@haynesboone.com;
`david.mccombs.ipr@haynesboone.com.
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`For Patent Owner:
`ZOND, LLC
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`/Tarek N. Fahmi/
`Tarek N. Fahmi, Reg. No. 41,402
`ASCENDA LAW GROUP, PC
`333 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 200
`San Jose, CA 95110
`tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com
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`Dated: March 11, 2015
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`U.S. Patent No. 7,604,716
`JOINT REQUEST TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.6(e), this is to certify that I caused to be served a
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`true and correct copy of the foregoing “JOINT REQUEST TO MAINTAIN
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`CONFIDENTIALITY AND TO KEEP SEPARATE PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. §
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`327(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74” as detailed below:
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`Date of service March 11, 2015
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`Manner of service Email: tarek.fahmi@ascendalaw.com;
`gonsalves@gonsalveslawfirm.com;
`patents@ascendalaw.com
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`Documents served JOINT REQUEST TO MAINTAIN CONFIDENTIALITY
`AND TO KEEP SEPARATE PURSUANT TO 35 U.S.C. §
`327(b) AND 37 C.F.R. § 42.74
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`Persons Served Tarek N. Fahmi, Reg. No. 41,402
`ASCENDA LAW GROUP, PC
`333 W. Santa Clara St., Suite 200
`San Jose, CA 95110
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`Dr. Gregory J. Gonsalves
`2216 Beacon Lane
`Falls Church, Virginia 22043
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`/David M. O’Dell/
`David M. O’Dell
`Lead Counsel for Petitioner TSMC
`Registration No. 42,044
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