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IN THE UNITED STATES PATENT AND TRADEMARK OFFICE
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`BEFORE THE PATENT TRIAL AND APPEAL BOARD
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`HTC CORPORATION; HTC AMERICA, INC.; SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS
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`E-WATCH, INC. and E-WATCH CORPORATION
`Patent Owner
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`Case IPR2014-009891
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`JOINT REQUEST TO TREAT THE SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS
`AS BUSINESS CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION
`UNDER 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) AND 37 C.F.R. 42.74(c)
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`Mail Stop “PATENT BOARD”
`Patent Trial and Appeal Board
`U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
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`Alexandria, VA 22313-1450
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`1 Case IPR2015-00543 has been joined with this proceeding.
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`Case IPR2014-00989
`Patent No. 7,643,168
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`Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c), Petitioner HTC
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`Corporation and HTC America, Inc. (“HTC”), and Petitioner Samsung Electronics
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`Co., Ltd. and Samsung Electronics America, Inc. (“Samsung”) (collectively
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`“Petitioners”) and Patent Owner e-Watch, Inc. and e-Watch Corporation (“e-
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`Watch”) hereby jointly request that Exhibits 1011 and 1012, which are true copies
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`of the written agreements between the parties, as referenced in the parties’ Joint
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`Motion to Terminate filed concurrently herewith, be treated as business
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`confidential information and kept separate from the file of the involved patent
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`pursuant to 35 U.S.C. § 317(b) and 37 C.F.R. § 42.74(c).
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`The parties hereby certify that, to the best of their knowledge, the documents
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`sought to be protected have not been made publicly available.
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`Date: September 11, 2015
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`Respectfully submitted,
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`/Robert C. Curfiss/
`Robert C. Curfiss
`Reg. No. 26,540
`19826 Sundance Drive
`Humble, Texas 77346
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner
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`Attorney for Patent Owner e-Watch
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`Bing Ai
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`11988 El Camino Real
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`ai-ptab@perkinscoie.com
`Telephone: (858) 720-5700
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`Attorney for Petitioner HTC
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`/Steven L. Park/
`Paul Hastings, LLP
`1170 Peachtree Street, NE
`Suite 100
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
`Telephone: (404) 815-2223
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`CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE (37 C.F.R. §§ 42.6(e), 42.105(a))
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`The undersigned hereby certifies that the above-captioned JOINT MOTION
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`its entirety on September 11, 2015 on the following parties via electronic mail:
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`Bing Ai
`Cheng C. (Jack) Ko
`Kevin Patariu
`Babak Tehranchi
`PERKINS COIE LLP
`11988 El Camino Real, Suite 350
`San Diego, CA 92130
`Telephone: (858) 720-5700
`HTC-EWATCH-IPR-Service@perkinscoie.com
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`Steven L. Park
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`1170 Peachtree Street, NE
`Suite 100
`Atlanta, GA 30309
`Telephone: (404) 815-2223
`stevenpark@paulhastings.com
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`Naveen Modi
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`875 15th St. N.W.
`Washington, D.C. 20005
`Telephone: (202) 551-1700
`naveenmodi@paulhastings.com
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`Elizabeth L. Brann
`PAUL HASTINGS, LLP
`4747 Executive Drive - 12th Floor
`San Diego, CA 92121
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`Telephone: (858) 458-3014
`elizabethbrann@paulhastings.com
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`/Robert C. Curfiss/
`Robert C. Curfiss
`Reg. No. 26,540
`19826 Sundance Drive
`Humble, Texas 77346
`Lead Counsel for Patent Owner

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