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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`______________
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`______________
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`JIAWEI TECHNOLOGY (HK) LTD., JIAWEI TECHNOLOGY (USA)
`LTD., SHENZHEN JIAWEI PHOTOVOLTAIC LIGHTING CO., LTD.,
`ATICO INTERNATIONAL (ASIA) LTD., ATICO INTERNATIONAL
`USA, INC., CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC.
`(CHIEN LUEN FLORIDA), CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC.
`(CHIEN LUEN CHINA), COLEMAN CABLE, LLC, NATURE’S MARK,
`RITE AID CORP., SMART SOLAR, INC., AND
`TEST RITE PRODUCTS CORP..
`Petitioner,
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`v.
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`SIMON NICHOLAS RICHMOND
`Patent Owner.
`______________
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`Case IPR2014-00936
`Patent 7,196,477
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`PETITIONER'S MOTION TO SEAL UNDER 37 CFR 42.54
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`Mail Stop "PATENT BOARD"
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
`P.O. Box 1450
`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`Pursuant to 37 C.F.R. § 42.54, Petitioner, Jiawei Technology (HK) Ltd.,
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`Jiawei Technology (USA) Ltd., Shenzhen Jiawei Photovoltaic Lighting Co., Ltd.,
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`Atico International (Asia) Ltd., Atico International USA, Inc., Chien Luen
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`Industries Co., Ltd., Inc. (Chien Luen Florida), Chien Luen Industries Co., Ltd.,
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`Inc. (Chien Luen China), Coleman Cable, LLC, Nature’s Mark, Rite Aid Corp.,
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`Smart Solar, Inc., and Test Rite Products Corp. (collectively “Petitioner”), hereby
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`moves to seal Exhibits 1018, 1021, 1031, and 1042-1044, which include
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`confidential information, as well as portions of the Petitioner’s Opposition to
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`Motion to Terminate and supporting declaration in Exhibit 1046 that also include
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`the confidential information. Petitioner is concurrently submitting non-confidential
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`versions of Exhibits 1021 and 1042-1044, as well as Petitioner’s Opposition to
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`Motion to Terminate and supporting declaration in Exhibit 1046, that have been
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`redacted to remove the confidential information. Petitioner also requests entry of
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`the Default Protective Order.
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`I.
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`GOOD CAUSE EXISTS FOR SEALING 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, and a party
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`may file a concurrent motion to seal and the information at issue is sealed pending
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`the outcome of the motion. See 37 C.F.R. § 42.14 (“The record of a proceeding,
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`including documents and things, shall be made available to the public, except as
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`otherwise ordered. A party intending a document or thing to be sealed shall file a
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`motion to seal concurrent with the filing of the document or thing to be sealed.
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`The document or thing shall be provisionally sealed on receipt of the motion and
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`remain so pending the outcome of the decision on the motion.”). The rules
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`promulgated by the USPTO “aim to strike a balance between the public’s interest
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`in maintaining a complete and understandable file history and the parties’ interest
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`in protecting truly sensitive information.” Office Trial Practice Guide, 77 Fed.
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`Reg. 48756, 48760 (Aug. 14, 2012). The moving party has the burden of
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`establishing “good cause” for sealing documents containing confidential
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`information. Garmin Int’l, Inc. v. Cuozzo Speed Techs. LLC, Case No. IPR2012-
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`00001, Paper 37, 4 (P.T.A.B. Apr. 5, 2013).
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`The Exhibits the Petitioner moves to seal contain confidential and highly
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`sensitive commercial information. As detailed below, with respect to each Exhibit
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`and portions of its Opposition to Motion to Terminate and supporting declaration
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`in Exhibit 1046 that the Petitioner seeks to seal, good cause exists for sealing these
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`documents and granting this motion.
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`Exhibit 1018 is Southwire Holding Company’s confidential
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`internal
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`document setting forth a resolution of its board of directors.
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`Exhibit 1021, in which financial account number information has been
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`redacted, includes payment records to Dentons Canada LLP and Dentons US LLP
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`and depicts confidential payment amount information.
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`Exhibit 1031 is a confidential internal announcement regarding an internal
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`“Fast Forward” program, including confidential sales and distribution information.
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`Exhibit 1042 includes copies of invoices to Coleman Cable, Inc. from
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`Dentons US LLP for payments for the subject proceeding, as well as related
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`emails, and depicts confidential payment amount and financial account number
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`information.
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`Exhibit 1043, in which financial account number information has been
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`redacted, includes wire transfer records from Coleman Cable to Dentons US LLP
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`depicting confidential payment amount information.
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`Exhibit 1044, in which financial account number information has been
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`redacted, includes a copy of a check and a related letter regarding payments from
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`Coleman Cable, LLC for the subject proceeding and depicts confidential payment
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`amount information.
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`Disclosure of the above information could put Coleman and Southwire at a
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`commercial disadvantage, for instance in subsequent negotiations with other
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`suppliers. Accordingly, Petitioner requests that these Exhibits, as well as portions
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`of its Opposition to Motion to Terminate and supporting declaration in Exhibit
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`1046, be filed under seal.
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`II.
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`CERTIFICATION OF NON-PUBLICATION
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`On behalf of Petitioner, undersigned counsel certifies the information
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`identified in Exhibits 1018, 1021, 1031, and 1042-1044, as well as portions of the
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`Petitioner’s Opposition to Motion to Terminate and supporting declaration in
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`Exhibit 1046, and sought to be sealed has not, to their knowledge, been published
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`or otherwise made public.
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`III.
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`CERTIFICATION OF CONFERENCE WITH OPPOSING
`PARTY PURSUANT TO 37.C.F.R. § 42.54
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`Petitioner has in good faith conferred with Patent Owner and Patent Owner
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`does not object to entry of the Default Protective Order.
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`IV.
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`PROPOSED PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`Petitioner respectfully requests entry of the attached Default Protective
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`Order. Upon entry of the Default Protective Order, Petitioner designates
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`Exhibits 1018, 1021, 1031, and 1042-1044 and portions of the Petitioner’s
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`Opposition to Motion to Terminate and supporting declaration in Exhibit 1046
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`“PROTECTIVE ORDER MATERIAL.”
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`V.
`CONCLUSION
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`In accordance with the above, Petitioner submits that it has complied
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`with the formal requirement for a Motion to Seal and has provided sufficient basis
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`to justify placing Exhibits 1018, 1021, 1031, and 1042-1044 and redacted portions
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`of Petitioner’s Opposition to Motion to Terminate and supporting declaration in
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`Exhibit 1046 under seal. Therefore, Petitioner requests that the Board enter the
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`Default Protective Order and seal the above identified Exhibits and portions of
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`both Petitioner’s Opposition to Motion to Terminate and supporting declaration in
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`Exhibit 1046.
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`Dated: _7/17/15__
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`233 South Wacker Drive
`Suite 7800
`Chicago, IL 60606-6306
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`DENTONS US LLP
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`_/Kevin Greenleaf/_______
`Mark C. Nelson
`Reg. No. 43,830
`Lissi Mojica
`Reg. No. 63,421
`Kevin Greenleaf
`Reg. No. 64,062
`Daniel Valenzuela
`Reg. No. 69,027
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`______________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`______________
`
`JIAWEI TECHNOLOGY (HK) LTD., JIAWEI TECHNOLOGY (USA)
`LTD., SHENZHEN JIAWEI PHOTOVOLTAIC LIGHTING CO., LTD.,
`ATICO INTERNATIONAL (ASIA) LTD., ATICO INTERNATIONAL
`USA, INC., CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC.
`(CHIEN LUEN FLORIDA), CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC.
`(CHIEN LUEN CHINA), COLEMAN CABLE, LLC, NATURE’S MARK,
`RITE AID CORP., SMART SOLAR, INC., AND
`TEST RITE PRODUCTS CORP.
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`SIMON NICHOLAS RICHMOND
`Patent Owner.
`______________
`
`Case IPR2014-00936
`Patent 7,196,477
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`DEFAULT PROTECTIVE ORDER
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`Default Protective Order
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`This default protective order governs the treatment and filing of confidential
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`information, including documents and testimony.
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`1. Confidential
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`information shall be clearly marked ‘‘PROTECTIVE
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`ORDER MATERIAL.’’
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`2. Access to confidential information is limited to the following individuals
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`who have executed the acknowledgment appended to this order:
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`(A) Parties. Persons who are owners of a patent involved in the proceeding
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`and other persons who are named parties to the proceeding.
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`(B) Party Representatives. Representatives of record for a party in the
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`proceeding.
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`(C) Experts. Retained experts of a party in the proceeding who further
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`certify in the Acknowledgement that they are not a competitor to any party, or a
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`consultant for, or employed by, such a competitor with respect to the subject matter
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`of the proceeding.
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`(D) In-house counsel. In-house counsel of a party.
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`(E) Other Employees of a Party. Employees, consultants or other persons
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`performing work for a party, other than in-house counsel and in-house counsel’s
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`support staff, who sign the Acknowledgement shall be extended access to
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`confidential information only upon agreement of the parties or by order of the
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`Board upon a motion brought by the party seeking to disclose confidential
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`information to that person. The party opposing disclosure to that person shall have
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`the burden of proving that such person should be restricted from access to
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`confidential information.
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`(F) The Office. Employees and representatives of the Office who have a
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`need for access to the confidential information shall have such access without the
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`requirement to sign an Acknowledgement. Such employees and representatives
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`shall include the Director, members of the Board and their clerical staff, other
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`support personnel, court reporters, and other persons acting on behalf of the Office.
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`(G) Support Personnel. Administrative assistants, clerical staff, court
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`reporters and other support personnel of the foregoing persons who are reasonably
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`necessary to assist those persons in the proceeding shall not be required to sign an
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`Acknowledgement, but shall be informed of the terms and requirements of the
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`Protective Order by the person they are supporting who receives confidential
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`information.
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`3. Persons receiving confidential information shall use reasonable efforts to
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`maintain the confidentiality of the information, including:
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`(A) Maintaining such information in a secure location to which persons not
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`authorized to receive the information shall not have access;
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`(B) Otherwise using reasonable efforts to maintain the confidentiality of the
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`information, which efforts shall be no less rigorous than those the recipient uses to
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`maintain the confidentiality of information not received from the disclosing party;
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`(C) Ensuring that support personnel of the recipient who have access to the
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`confidential information understand and abide by the obligation to maintain the
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`confidentiality of information received that is designated as confidential; and
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`(D) Limiting the copying of confidential information to a reasonable number
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`of copies needed for conduct of the proceeding and maintaining a record of the
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`locations of such copies.
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`4. Persons receiving confidential information shall use the following
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`procedures to maintain the confidentiality of the information:
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`(A) Documents and Information Filed With the Board.
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`(i) A party may file documents or information with the Board under seal,
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`together with a non-confidential description of the nature of the confidential
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`information that is under seal and the reasons why the information is confidential
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`and should not be made available to the public. The submission under seal, unless,
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`upon motion of a party and after a hearing on the issue, or sua sponte, the Board
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`determines that the documents or information do not to qualify for confidential
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`treatment.
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`(ii) Where confidentiality is alleged as to some but not all of the information
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`submitted to the Board, the submitting party shall file confidential and non-
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`confidential versions of its submission,
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`together with a Motion to Seal
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`the
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`confidential version setting forth the reasons why the information redacted from
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`the non-confidential version is confidential and should not be made available to the
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`public. The nonconfidential version of the submission shall clearly indicate the
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`locations of information that has been redacted. The confidential version of the
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`submission shall be filed under seal. The redacted information shall remain under
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`seal unless, upon motion of a party and after a hearing on the issue, or sua sponte,
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`the Board determines that some or all of the redacted information does not qualify
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`for confidential treatment.
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`(B) Documents and Information Exchanged Among the Parties. Information
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`designated as confidential that is disclosed to another party during discovery or
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`other proceedings before the Board shall be clearly marked as ‘‘PROTECTIVE
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`ORDER MATERIAL’’ and shall be produced in a manner that maintains its
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`confidentiality.
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`(i) Standard Acknowledgement of Protective Order. The following form
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`may be used to acknowledge a protective order and gain access to information
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`covered by the protective order:
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`IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
`
`______________
`
`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
`
`______________
`
`JIAWEI TECHNOLOGY (HK) LTD., JIAWEI TECHNOLOGY (USA)
`LTD., SHENZHEN JIAWEI PHOTOVOLTAIC LIGHTING CO., LTD.,
`ATICO INTERNATIONAL (ASIA) LTD., ATICO INTERNATIONAL
`USA, INC., CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC.
`(CHIEN LUEN FLORIDA), CHIEN LUEN INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., INC.
`(CHIEN LUEN CHINA), COLEMAN CABLE, LLC, NATURE’S MARK,
`RITE AID CORP., SMART SOLAR, INC., AND
`TEST RITE PRODUCTS CORP.
`Petitioner,
`
`v.
`
`SIMON NICHOLAS RICHMOND
`Patent Owner.
`______________
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`Case IPR2014-00936
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`ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR ACCESS TO PROTECTIVE ORDER
`MATERIAL
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`I ____________________________, affirm that I have read the Protective
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`Order; that I will abide by its terms; that I will use the confidential information
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`only in connection with this proceeding and for no other purpose; that I will only
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`allow access to support staff who are reasonably necessary to assist me in this
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`proceeding; that prior to any disclosure to such support staff I informed or will
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`inform them of the requirements of the Protective Order; that I am personally
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`responsible for the requirements of the terms of the Protective Order and I agree to
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`submit to the jurisdiction of the Office and the United States District Court for the
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`Eastern District of Virginia for purposes of enforcing the terms of the Protective
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`Order and providing remedies for its breach.
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`Dated:___________________
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`______________________
`[Signature]
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`CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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`The undersigned certifies that a copy of PETITIONER'S MOTION TO
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`SEAL UNDER 37 CFR 42.54 and DEFAULT PROTECTIVE ORDER for Inter
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`Partes Review of U.S. Patent No. 7,196,477 was served on the Counsel for the
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`Patent Owner via email to the following email addresses:
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`tfshiells@shiellslaw.com
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`admin@shiellslaw.com
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`marcusb@tlpmb.com
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`Dated: July 17, 2015
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`233 South Wacker Drive
`Suite 7800
`Chicago, IL 60606-6306
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`___/Nona Durham/_________
`Nona Durham
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